Lessons tagged with "quotations"
Use Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the proper use of commas and quotation marks. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice the correct placement of quotation marks and commas with dialogue.
Punctuate Quotations Correctly
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students how to punctuate quotations in their writing. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to separate signal phrases from direct quotations using commas and quotation marks. They will also learn to capitalize the first word of a direct quotation.
Use Quotation Marks Around the Exact Words of a Speaker
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dialog tag. Then, they punctuate the sentence with quotation marks and read the sentence again, paying attention to the quotation marks. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Plan and Write Informational Text
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing unit covers how to write informational text. It includes planning and writing; revising by adding transitions; adding quotations; and rearranging, adding, or deleting sentences.
Punctuate Quotations Correctly
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on punctuating quotations correctly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence, identify the dialog tag, and then punctuate the quotation correctly. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Support a Thesis with Quotations and Paraphrasing
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on supporting a thesis using quotations and paraphrasing. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a given thesis based on a provided text. Then, they read the text, identifying quotations that support the thesis and paraphrasing other information that supports the thesis. Finally, they explain how the quotations and paraphrasing support the thesis. In addition to the lesson, there are four more articles and graphic organizers for Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.