Punctuation Lesson, Grades 3-4: Commas & End Marks in Dialogue

Mia said, "We can go." "We can go," said Mia. What moved, and which mark changed? In about 40 minutes, students learn what happens when the dialogue tag comes after the quote: a plain sentence ends with a comma inside the closing quotation mark instead of a period, and a question mark or exclamation point stays. The tag starts with a small letter unless it begins with a name.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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