Brackets
Brackets
How to Teach Brackets
Play the quick video lesson HERE and click the upper left back arrow to return to this lesson.
Common Core Language Standard 2
English has a wide variety of punctuation. The British use brackets the way Americans use parentheses. Punctuation is based more upon tradition than upon clearly defined rules.
Today’s mechanics lesson is on how to use brackets. Brackets can serve the same purpose as parentheses.
Now let’s read the mechanics lesson and study the examples.
Use brackets to provide missing or explanatory information within direct quotations. Example: You found it [the missing coat] on the table.
In scripts and plays, brackets are also used as stage directions both inside and outside of dialogue. Example: [Nervously] I don’t know what you mean.
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to mechanics lesson.
Practice: “Please refer to the Addendum-page 71-to review the violations [of the city ordinances],” the attorney counseled.
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Mechanics Practice Answers: “Please refer to the Addendum [page 71] to review the violations [of the city ordinances],” the attorney counseled.
Now let’s apply what we’ve learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using brackets.
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