Punctuation Rules – Semicolon Practice for High School

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Semicolon Rules Bell-Ringer Practice: High school students STILL don’t know punctuation rules? Set them up for success and teach to mastery with these practice exercises on how to use semicolons sentences.

Here’s how it works:

1. Start by giving notes with a PowerPoint and matching student guided notes.

2. As bell-ringers, students punctuate practice sentences.

Note: While the primary focus of the bell-ringers is semicolons, this resource is designed to be completed after students have learned commas. (See the comma resource here.) While you don’t have to go in that order, this resource provides opportunities for students to review commas as well as to learn semicolons.

3. By continuously reviewing previously taught rules, this method allows students to gradually master the rules over the course of 10 bell-ringers.

Includes:

• Rules for Semicolons PowerPoint

• Student Guided Notes –> full-page or half-page option

• Guided Notes Key

• 10 Bell-Ringer Exercises; 5 sentences each

• PowerPoint with Bell-Ringer Exercises–blank for use with whiteboard

• PowerPoint key for Bell-Ringer Exercises

I always liked the idea of the Daily Oral Language method for teaching grammar in small doses, but I found it too haphazard for students to gain mastery. This resource continuously builds on prior learning in a methodical fashion.

Purchase today and watch your students gain confidence and mastery with usage of semicolons.

Bonus: After completing these exercises, many students started using semicolons in their writing — correctly!