: Punctuation
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Approach: Station Level: year 8 
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Focus: Punctuation
Resources:Punctuation card

Questions/instructions:

Imagine your friend has asked you to check this
piece of writing.

Help your friend by putting in the punctuation.
The first one is done for you.
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Punctuation card


% responses
2006 ('02)
y8
Line 1: – “laughed”
full stop immediately after
32 (25)
– “that”
speech marks before
66 (66)
capital T
37 (29)
Line 2:
 – immediately after “fun”
,”
14 (22)
”,
8 (5)
,
1 (3)
”
48 (43)
– “hone”
capital H
72 (74)
full stop immediately after
78 (83)
Line 3:
 – “do”
speech marks before
72 (71)
capital D
85 (90)
– immediately after “again”
?”
34 (33)
”?
15 (19)
?
11 (9)
”
22 (18)
Line 4:

 – “shilo”
capital S
71 (71)
full stop immediately after
65 (61)
Line 5:
 – “no way”
speech marks before
73 (76)
capital N
81 (77)
!
13 (12)
.
3 (0)
,
9 (15)
– “Im”
apostrophe in-between I and m
32 (38)
– “hot”
,”
14 (14)
”,
5 (7)
,
2 (4)
”
50 (46)
– “hone”
capital H
66 (66)
full stop immediately after
49 (39)
Line 6: – “lets”
speech marks before
52 (47)
capital L
51 (49)
apostrophe before s
9 (9)
– “davids”
capital D
54 (61)
apostrophe before s
24 (22)
– immediately after “house”
.”
30 (26)
”.
10 (9)
.
39 (39)
”
12 (13)
Total score:
32–38
4 (3)
26–31
17 (18)
20–25
27 (24)
14–19
20 (30)
0–13
32 (25)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 8
Commentary:
Many year 8 students did not handle the punctuation of spoken text correctly. Performance was similar in 2002 and 2006. Girls averaged higher than boys and Pakeha higher than Mäori and Pasifika students.
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