Expressive Punctuation: Semicolons curriculum
This lesson uses extracts from Jeanette Walls' The Glass Castle and Alice Sebold's Lucky to illustrate ways of using semicolons to link related ideas.
Australia
Australian National Curriculum F-10
ACELA1544
Understand the use of punctuation conventions, including colons, semicolons, dashes and brackets in formal and informal texts
ACELA1556
Understand how punctuation is used along with layout and font variations in constructing texts for different audiences and purposes
Australian National Curriculum Senior Secondary
ACEEN033
Create a range of texts experimenting with text structures, language features and multimodal devices
ACEEN037
Create a range of texts using accurate spelling, punctuation, syntax and metalanguage
ACEEN051
Create a range of texts making innovative and imaginative use of language features
ACEEN070
Create a range of texts using nuanced language
ACEEA100
Create a range of texts using stylistic and grammatical choices for effect, including complex lexical elements, modality in the past conditional and subject-specific language forms and features
United States
Common Core
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.