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Appositives and Subject-Verb Agreement with Mowgli (Punctuation Puzzle)

Appositives and Subject-Verb Agreement with Mowgli (Punctuation Puzzle)

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...
Plural Nouns and Passed-Past Confusion With Cinderella (Punctuation Puzzle)

Plural Nouns and Passed-Past Confusion With Cinderella (Punctuation Puzzle)

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...
Proper Nouns and Quotations with Pinocchio (Punctuation Puzzle)

Proper Nouns and Quotations with Pinocchio (Punctuation Puzzle)

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!...
Prepositional Phrases and Commas with Dumbo (Punctuation Puzzle)

Prepositional Phrases and Commas with Dumbo (Punctuation Puzzle)

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...
Raise/Rise and Indirect Quotations with Cinderella (Punctuation Puzzle)

Raise/Rise and Indirect Quotations with Cinderella (Punctuation Puzzle)

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...
Indefinite Pronouns and Confusing Pronouns with Mulan (Punctuation Puzzle)

Indefinite Pronouns and Confusing Pronouns with Mulan (Punctuation Puzzle)

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...
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