Capitalization
Commas
Compound Sentences
End Punctuation
Pre-writing Activities
100
This word should be capitalized: Jenna and tom go to the movies.
What is Tom?
100
A comma should go after: I bought new pens to match my pink, blue and purple paper clips.
What is blue?
100
This coordinating conjunction best completes this sentence: I printed the final, __ I didn't make copies yet.
What is but?
100
My name is Sam
What is a period?
100
This is when you write down all your thoughts to organize later.
What is freewriting?
200
This word should be capitalized: I love New York city in the winter.
What is City?
200
A comma should go after: My birthday is July 6 1986.
What is 6?
200
This coordinating conjunction best completes this sentence: I will make copies after I read through it, __ I can make sure there are no errors.
What is so?
200
I do not like green eggs and ham
What is a period?
200
This is when you put all of your thoughts into circles and connect them with lines to show order.
What is a bubble map?
300
For the Hunger Games, I love the book best, but for Catching fire, I love the movie.
What is Fire?
300
Henrietta, Mississippi is the name of a town in some book I read, but I can't remember which one.
What is Mississippi?
300
I am saving up to go to Dallas, __ I am a Cowboys fan.
What is for?
300
Would you like them in a box
What is a question mark?
300
This is two overlapping circles that shows similarities between two things, people, or ideas.
What is a Venn diagram?
400
This word(s) should be capitalized: The U.S. marshal service is the most undervalued federal department on procedural crime dramas.
What is Marshal Service?
400
The old wrinkly man sat on the bench.
What is old?
400
I like to read, __ I don't have enough money for books.
What is but?
400
I shouted at my mom, "Go away_"
What is an exclamation point?
400
This is when you write down your ideas and connect them with lines to show order.
What is a spider cluster?
500
I want to go to Barcelona, but I don't speak spanish.
What is Spanish?
500
A comma should go after: Let's go to Barcelona, Spain and Quebec, Canada.
What is Spain?
500
The dog can sing, __ the cat can play the piano.
What is and?
500
Will you go all the way up the mountain to tell Sarah that dinner is ready
What is a question mark?
500
This is when you brainstorm into several different categories that remain separate on your paper.
What are columns?
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