Understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows conventions for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation

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Understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows conventions for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation.

Code

AC9E4LA12

Year level

Year 4

Subject

English

Strand

Language

Sub-strand

Language for expressing and developing ideas

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We are learning to understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows conventions for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation.

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Understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows   for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation.

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