Punctuation Unit, Grades 6-8: 5 Grammar Lessons on Commas, Dashes & Ellipses

Five days of middle school punctuation, ready to teach. Students move from commas around extra information, through parentheses and dashes, to the marks that show a pause, then use an ellipsis to cut a quotation without changing its meaning, and finish by choosing the right mark and editing a paragraph.

What's inside

• 5 complete lessons (Days 1 to 5), 75 slides in all: 16, 15, 15, 15 and 14 slides, with speaker notes on every slide
• 5 lesson plans, 2 pages each, each with a 25-minute version and a Watch For list
• 5 Rule Notes student pages, 1 page each
• 5 student worksheets, 2 pages each: 84 numbered items in all (21, 17, 19, 14 and 13), plus a 2-item exit ticket on every day
• 5 teacher answer keys, 1 page each
• 5 print-all PDFs, 6 pages each

Answer key included

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