Punctuating titles of short works worksheets

By grade

• 5th Grade Right on level
• 6th Grade A step harder

What students need to know

Short works wear quotation marks: poems, songs, stories, and articles. 'The Raven' is a poem; a whole book would be underlined or set in italics instead.

This skill runs from 5th grade through 6th grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.

Punctuating titles of short works across the grades

5th grade

Fifth graders punctuate titles of short works with quotation marks placed exactly, L.5.2.d: poems, songs, stories, and articles inside real sentences.

6th grade

Sixth graders handle titles automatically, including titles with their own commas, and know the long-work rule (italics or underlining) that pairs with this one.