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My eight-year-old son Zachary *could not* (according to him) remember all the punctuation rules he needed for an upcoming test.
I said, “Can you remember PCC BED?” I will give you a dime if you say “PCC BED” one hundred times.
He did.
I said, “When the test comes around, ask for a piece of scrap paper and write down ‘PCC BED.'”
P stands for punctuation always goes inside the quotation marks.
C is for capitalizing the first word in someone’s quote.
C is for “comma separates Zachary.” That is, when someone is addressing you, they have to stop and put a comma before and after your name unless it’s the beginning or end of a sentence.
B is book titles are capitalized and underlined.
E is for “entire names.” That is, the words Mr. Zachary Hage all start with capital letters.
D is for double sentences are tricks. (Think second-grade level questions; it made sense for him.)
It worked. He understood and passed with flying colors.
Got any homework and test-taking tricks to share?
Good luck from a fellow dad,
:: Joe Hage ::
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