Editing: Review: Colon Usage

✍️ Today's hook

Review this skill: Add a colon: She packed three things a book, a pencil, and a snack.

🔥 Warm-up scribble

Write the shortest sentence you can think of. Now make it longer with one word.

🪶 Mentor sentence

🧱 "It was raining." → "Rain hammered the windows like an angry visitor."

What to do

Review this skill: Add a colon: She packed three things a book, a pencil, and a snack. Explain the rule in your own words.

Review this skill: Add a colon: She packed three things a book, a pencil, and a snack. Explain the rule in your own words.

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