Grade 6
-
Communication and Multimodal Literacies
-
Language Usage
-
Research
-
Reading Informational Text
-
Reading Literary Text
-
Reading and Vocabulary
-
Writing
Virginia ELA Standard: 6.LU.2.A
Construct complete sentences with appropriate punctuation, avoiding comma splices and run-ons in writing.
Fixing Shakespearean Run-Ons
Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.
Punctuation Power
In a sentence, punctuation may seem meek when compared to those mighty words, but punctuation has incredible power over the meaning of a sentence. Students will try re-punctuating sentences to find new meanings – without changing a single word!