Punctuation and Capitalization

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Table of Contents
  1. What is punctuation?   3. Webquests, Fun, and Tasks
       What is Punctuation , Learn It , Practice It        WebQuests, Fun, Tasks
  2. What is capitalization?   4. PowerPoint Presentations
       What is capitalization , Learn It , Practice It        Punctuation PowerPoints, Capitalization PowerPoints
 
5. Miscellaneous Resources
 
       
     

1. Punctuation
Back to Top What is Punctuation?
1. Define - punctuation (google.ca)
2. Using punctuation marks: scroll down for content (how-to-study.com)
3. What is punctuation - an overview: PowerPoint Presentation (learningtechnologies.ac.uk)
   
   
  Why Learn Punctuation?
1. Why punctuate? (ncistudent.net)
2. Punctuation: choose your sense (english4today.com)
3. The importance of correct punctuation : ) (ojohaven.com)
   
   
Back to Top Learn Punctuation Back to Top Practice Punctuation
1. Punctuation explained (askoxford.com)
a. Punctuation 1 quiz (Dave Sperling and Dennis Oliver)
2. Punctuation tree (Capital Community College: Hartford, Conn USA)
b. Punctuation 2 quiz (Dave Sperling and Dennis Oliver)
3. Punctuation (University of Calgary)
c. Punctuation (Capital Community College)
4. Punctuation explained (New York University)
d. Punctuation pretest (Blue Book of Grammar)
5. Punctuation lessons (Capital Community College)
e. Punctuation test (buzzin.net)
6. Punctuation (Purdue University)
f. Forty question "mastery test" (Blue Book of Grammar)
7. Punctuation rules (Blue Book of Grammar)
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8. Commonly-used punctuation marks (wikipedia.org)
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9. Rules of punctuation: 14 min video password needed (United Streaming)
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10. English punctuation - one: 26 min video password needed (United Streaming)
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11. English punctuation - two: 26 min. video password needed (United Streaming)
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12. English punctuation - three: 26 min. video password needed (United Streaming)
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13. English punctuation - four: 26 min. video password needed (United Streaming)
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2. Capitalization
Back to Top What is Capitalization? Links needed. Suggestions wanted. - - - ssavard at sd71.bc.ca (replace spaces and "at" with @)
 
 1. Define - capitals (buzzin.net)
   
   
  Why Learn Capitalization?
 

Links needed. Suggestions wanted. - - - ssavard at sd71.bc.ca (replace spaces and "at" with @)
   
   
Back to Top What is Capitalizatiom?
1. Using capital letters #1 (Dave Sperling, eslcafe.com)   a. Capitals test (buzzin.net)
  2. Capitalization (Purdue University)  
b. Capitalization quiz #1 (Blue Book of Grammar)
  3. Capitalization #2 (Capital Community College: Hartford, Conn USA)  
c. Capitalization quiz #2 (Blue Book of Grammar)
  4. Capitalization Rules (Blue Book of Grammar)    
       
 
   
 
3. Webquests, Fun, and Tasks
Back to Top WebQuests Links needed. Suggestions wanted. - - - ssavard at sd71.bc.ca (replace spaces and "at" with @)
  1. Grammar webquest (Hilton Central School District, NY, USA)
   
   
 
Back to Top Fun
1. Apostrophes game (bbc.co.uk)
2. Commas game (bbc.co.uk)
3. Making sentences (bbc.co.uk)
4. Eats, shoots & leaves punctuation game (eatsshootsandleaves.com)
5. Punctuation game (britishcouncil.org)
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6. Bookworm (yahoo.com)
7. FowlWords (Merriam-Webster Online .com)
8. Letter Rip (miniclip.com)
9. Tongue twisters (A.J. Berghuis, New Zealand)
10. Word find (Houghton Mifflin Company)
11. Power proofreading (Houghton Mifflin Company)
12. Sentence shooter (bbc.co.uk)
 

 
   
 
Back to Top Tasks, quizzes, lessons
1. English grammar quizzes (Internet TESL Journal)
2. Self-study grammar quizzes (Internet TESL Journal)
3. Daily grammar lesson archives: 440 grammar lessons (dailygrammar.com)
4. The Daily English Show video podcasts (Sarah Lilburn, Aotearoa, New Zealand)
   
   
 
4. PowerPoints
Back to Top Punctuation PowerPoints
1. Conquering the comma (Purdue University)
2. English House of Commas (Capital Community College)
3. Our friend, the semicolon (Capital Community College)
4. The colon: sentence gateway (Capital Community College)
5. The mighty apostrophe (Capital Community College)
   
   
 
Back to Top Capitalization PowerPoints
1. Capital letters are for... (learnanytime.co.uk)
2. A capital idea (Capital Community College)
3. Capitalization issues ( (Bluefield College, Virginia, USA)
   
   
 
5. Miscellaneous
Back to Top Basic Writing Skills
1. Writing sentences (actden.com)
2. Writing paragraphs (actden.com)
3. Writing essays (actden.com)
4. Guide to writing a basic essay (Kathy Livingston)
5. Turning Microsoft Word into a talking word processor (Paul Hamilton, SETBC)
   
   
 
Back to Top Glossaries, Dictionaries, Idioms
1. Grammar glossary (University College of London, UK)
2. Dictionaries and thesauruses (Canaan Schools, Vermont USA)
3. ESL idiom page (Dennis Oliver)
   
   
 
Back to Top English Style Guides
1. Elements of style (bartleby.com)
2. MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University, USA)
3. APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University, USA)
   
   
 
Back to Top Translate
1. Babel Fish translation (altavista.com)
2. Google Translate (google.com)
   
   
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