Summary
There’s a mark for every purpose! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby introduce you to the six most commonly-used punctuation marks in the English language. You’ll find out which mark ends declarative and imperative sentences; which ends sentences that ask a question; which ends exclamatory sentences; which indicates a pause and can be used to join sentences with the appropriate words; which introduces a list of items that ends a sentence; and which can join sentences without conjunctions. Got that?! Good.
Viewer safety
Ages 7+
Our rating is a quick teacher-to-teacher guide — preview before showing.
Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Punctuation:
- What is one new thing you learned about punctuation?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining punctuation.
- Draw or give one example of your own.