Checkpoint lesson 6 punctuation and articles

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Today

Check your article - structure and punctuation

Compare to the rubric

Punctuation exercise Checkpoint book

DASHES!!!!!!

When do you use captial letters?

• First word of a sentence.
• Names (and titles), places. (these are proper nouns).
• Adjectives derived from proper nouns (American flag).
• Abbreviations (FBI, CIA, AIVD).
• The pronoun 'I'

Commas

Between items in dates and addreses. Michael arrived at Ellis Island, New York, On February 14, 1924.

Between words in a list. I bought apples, bread, candy, meat, and vegetables.

Between adjectives. He bought a very beautiful, big, red car.

Before and after quotes with tags. She said, 'I am hungry.'  'I am hungry,' she said..

After introductory words. Hoping for the best, we checked our luggage.

Before conjuntions. I went grocery shopping, while my mother did the laundry.

Conjunction? Words that glue words to other words e.g for, nor, but, yet so, as etc

Colons

Between two ideas when the second explains the first.

Kerry didn't eat: she was already full.

Before a list. Grandma brought Chloe's favourite three sweets: Chocolate kisses, Tootsie Rolls, and a snickers bar.

Between titles and subtitles.

Studying for tests: a guide.

Between hours and minutes.

It's 2:00 a.am. 

Semicolons.

Between two independent clauses. (A clause is an independant thought. Edward joined the basketball team; remarkably, the young man excelled at the sport.

Between elements that use commas.

The possible dates are Thursday, June 5; Saturday, June 7; or Monday, June 9.

Exclamation point!

At the end of a word, phrase, or sentence filled with emotion.

Hurry up! We are late for class!

Inside a quotation mark when the quote is an exlamation.

"Hurry up! We are late for class!"

Punctuation

- Periods (or full stops).

- Question marks?

- Exlamation points!

- 'quotation marks'.

- semicolons ( ; ).

- colons ( : ).

- Apostrophes.

- Commas

Apostrophes

Contractions

It's (It is) okay to cry sometimes.

You all would have. Y'all'd've.

At the end of a name to indicate ownership. That is James' book.

That is Mark's book.

'Quotation marks'

When directly quoting diologue.

Hamlet says, "To be, or not to be. That is the question."

For titles of chapters, articles, stories, etc.

My favourite book is 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief'.

Full stops (or periods).

At the end of a sentence.

At the end of a command or request. Please do your homework.

Before a decimal number. I write 2.5 pages a day.

Between dollars and cents. The newspaper costs $1.50.

In a person's intials. My name is J.O. Witberg.

Question marks?

At the end of a question. 

Why do you look so sad?

Inside quotation marks if the quote is a question.

She asked, "Why do you look so sad?"

Check!

Take your partners article assignment using the rubric

Write feedback - how can they improve it for the test?

Finally check your punctuation answers for question 9 Checkpoint practise paper

Answer

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