by Language Arts Lady | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
“The days are long, but the years are short.” No place is this quote truer than with littles! Filling an entire day with activities and fun and learning and peace and rest and nutrition and, and, and for toddlers and preschoolers can be a bit overwhelming. Regardless...
by Language Arts Lady | May 9, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
By Zac Kieser and Donna Reish My writing assistant, Zachary Kieser, and I are having so much fun coming up with these Punctuation Puzzles! They are interesting ways to brush up on grammar and usage skills that you might be rusty on—and great for junior high and high...
by Language Arts Lady | May 8, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
He passed the test or He past the test? Go passed the house or Go past the house? Passed and past are super confusing–as evidenced in social media every where. It’s not just students who have trouble with this confusing word...
by Language Arts Lady | May 7, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
Oh, proper nouns and quotations. Where do I start to explain the myriad of difficulties that students (and adults!) have with these. Am I starting to sound more like Lamenting Lady than Language Lady in the openings to these Punctuation Puzzles? If so, I am sorry!...
by Language Arts Lady | May 6, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
Comma rules are super subjective. As a matter of fact, I tell my upper high schoolers that commas following sentence openers will generally not be the errors in SAT/ACT/PSAT testing sentences. These rules are that subjective! I hear and recognize all of the commas in...