Question: How can
students “discover” how to punctuate?
Answer: Teacher removes
all punctuation from a passage. Distributes the passage. Students listen as the
teacher reads the passage aloud, inserting punctuation when it is needed
because of pauses. They then compare their punctuation of the passage with the
passage and its original punctuation. It’s not a question of right or wrong.
The students discuss the punctuation they have inserted, compare it to the
original and discuss the reasons for the original punctuation.
Comment: An interesting idea that could put some
interest into the issue of punctuation. RayS.
Title: “A Strategy to
Increase Punctuation Awareness.” LR Gauthier. Journal of Reading (February
1993), 401-402.
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