Students will write on a predetermined topic. , the students will need some words to help build sentences. The beach ball will have words or phrases written on it that will help the students such as:  I love my pet___________(cat, dog, fish, etc. ) I like to play _______________(game) _ with my pet.  I feed my pet__ _____________. 

Paige and David talk about using apostrophes to show that something belongs to multiple people.

There is *one* extremely rare case in which we use apostrophes to make things plural. David and Paige, KA's resident grammarians, discuss this unusual case.

David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, cover appositives and how to use commas along with them.

The apostrophe has a bizarre history, including being the name for something that's not really related to grammar at all. David, Paige, and special guest Jake explain.

David, Paige, and Jake cover the fascinating history of the possessive apostrophe. Stay tuned for this bonus video!

David and Paige tackle the great comma debate of our time: Oxford comma or no Oxford comma?

David and Paige explain the meaning of two English words that look and sound very similar but act very different: _its_ and _it's_.

In English, you use commas to separate introductory elements from the rest of a sentence. Find out how with David and Paige!

Today we’re going to talk about using commas in dialogue,' said David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians.

Learn how to use commas when writing addresses (in space) and dates (in time).

This textbook follows California Language Arts Standards for grades 9-12 to provide a generalized understanding of composition and to serve as a supplementary aid to high school English teachers.

Dashes are like little actors—they can behave like colons, pairs of commas, or parentheses. Learn how to use them in this video!

Following a brief warm-up routine where students pretend to be a plant reacting to sunlight and water, students learn motions representing a period, question mark, and exclamation mark. As our narrators read ten sentences, students perform the motion that matches the appropriate end punctuation for each sentence.

To actively engage students in recognizing common errors in writing such as capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.

Apostrophes are great at standing in for missing letters, allowing us to shorten words. Paige and David discuss contractions and the Principle of Least Effort.

David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, introduce a new piece of punctuation: the apostrophe!

Apostrophes can help show when something belongs to someone. Paige and David explain how!