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 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...
by Language Arts Lady | Apr 29, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
I’m bringing back the Punctuation Puzzle! Many readers said they enjoyed these puzzles….so I will be bringing you one each week. (I love them too!) For your Character Ink Cottage Class kids and others with upper level students, do these with them! They will be...
by Language Arts Lady | Sep 30, 2019 | Articles, Grammar
One of the first things that we teach students who are learning to write sentences is that every sentence must have two things: a subject and a verb. (Technically, I teach that a sentence must have FIVE things—CAVES: Capital, All Makes Sense, Verb, End Mark,...
