A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation

by Janet Angelillo

How do you teach punctuation in a way that students remember and apply to their own writing? With these mini-lessons, and partner and small-group activities, students catch on to the power of punctuation by looking at how favorite authors use it and by noticing it in advertising, newspapers, and all kinds of text. The author shares great ideas for using picture books and big books, chapter books and more for learning about commas, capitalization, dashes, ellipses, and more. Suddenly, students are motivated to improve the punctuation in their own writing, because they see how punctuation is used by writers they admire. Includes lots of punctuation practice ideas, teaching ideas for all year, lessons, and tips for conferring with students about their work. For use with Grades 2-5.

Genres: Education, Professional Development

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Christine DePetrillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A much more authentic look at punctuation instruction. Highly recommend.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wish I would have read this one years ago. Angelillo takes an inquiry approach to teaching punctuation using mentor texts. Fits well with Katie Wood Ray's work.

[Jen Munnerlyn]

This book has been ordered for the 2009-10 school year on the advice of Katherine Casey who led the NESA Literacy Coaching group meeting in Jordan in November, 2008.