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...
by Language Arts Lady | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
Zac and Cinderella do a great job explaining the RISE and RAISE problems in today’s puzzle. But RISE and RAISE cannot be taught alone—so Zac has prepared two more Punctuation Puzzles scheduled to follow this one about those similar confusing word pairs—Set/Sit and...
by Language Arts Lady | May 4, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
Welcome to another Punctuation Puzzle! This one is a doozy…and Zac does an amazing job teaching through it. So I won’t take much of your time in this introduction except to point out two important teacher tips for you: 1) It is imperative that students learn...
