Transcript DLP Week Eleven - Belle Vernon Area School District

D.L.P. – Week Eleven
G R A DE SE VE N
Day One – Skills
• Capitalization – Proper Nouns – Things
Names of specific things must be capitalized. They may be the names of products
(Kleenex), holidays (Fourth of July), or companies (Nike). When the noun is more than
one word, follow the same rules for capitalizing words in a title.
• Punctuation – Comma – Dates
When writing a date, a comma must separate the day from the year. (May 5, 2015)
When an entire date is included within a sentence, the date will be followed by a comma
if the sentence continues after it. (He graduated on May 5, 2015, on a warm day.)
• Sentence Combining – Using Subordination
Two ideas can be combined into one sentence by making one sentence into a
subordinate (dependent) clause. If the dependent clause begins the sentence, a comma
must follow it.
D AY O NE – SE NT E NCE O NE
James Thurber was born
december 8 1894 in Columbus,
Ohio.
James Thurber was born
December 8, 1894, in Columbus,
Ohio.
D AY O NE – SE NT E NCE T WO
He lost sight in one eye. A
friend shot him with a BB gun.
He lost sight in one eye when a
friend shot him with a BB gun.
Day Two – Skills
• Capitalization – Proper Nouns – Organizations
Names of specific organizations and government departments need to be capitalized. Follow
the rules for capitalization in a title to decide which words in the multi-word name are
capitalized.
• Style – Varying Sentence Beginnings
To make writing more interesting to a reader, do not start two sentences in a row with the same
word. Sentences should not all follow the same pattern either. Try to change up how sentences
start. Begin some sentences with a prepositional phrase, a subordinate clause, or even a
participial phrase.
• Punctuation – Titles
When referring to a title when writing, it must be punctuated properly. Shorter works are
placed in quotations. Shorter works include poems, short stories, songs, a chapter in a longer
book, or a newspaper or magazine article. Longer works include books, names of magazines or
newspapers, and movies.
D AY T WO – SE NT E NCE O NE
Thurber attended Ohio State
University and then worked as a
code clerk for the state
department.
Thurber attended Ohio State
University and then worked as a
code clerk for the State
Department.
D AY T WO – SE NT E NCE T WO
He moved to New York City in
1926 and became a reporter for
the Evening Post.
In 1926, he moved to New York
City and became a reporter for
the Evening Post.
Day Three– Skills
• Punctuation – Titles
When referring to a title when writing, it must be punctuated properly.
Shorter works are placed in quotations. Shorter works include poems,
short stories, songs, a chapter in a longer book, or a newspaper or
magazine article. Longer works include books, names of magazines or
newspapers, and movies.
• Agreement – Pronoun and antecedent
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. An antecedent is
the noun that the pronoun replaces. They must agree. For example, if
one is singular, then the other must be. If one is masculine, then the
other must be.
D AY T HR E E – SE NT E NCE O NE
Harold Ross founded The New
Yorker in 1925.
Harold Ross founded The New
Yorker in 1925.
D AY T HR E E – SE NT E NCE T WO
Thurber joined the magazine in
1927 and wrote for them for
many years.
Thurber joined the magazine in
1927 and wrote for it for many
years.
Day Four– Skills
• Punctuation –Comma – Prepositional Phrases
When a sentence starts with one prepositional phrase, it is the writer’s choice to place a
comma after it or not. Be consistent. Some single prepositional phrases involving time seem
logical. (At first, I was unsure.) However, if more than prepositional phrase begins a sentence,
a comma must be placed at the end of them. (On Thursday in the morning, I…)
• Punctuation – Hyphen
Some compound words are connected by a hyphen. To be certain if a word needed a hyphen,
consult a dictionary.
Hyphens are also used at the end of a written or typed line of text if the complete word does
not fit. Use the hyphen between syllables of the word.
• Sentence Combining –Using Immersion
Two sentences can be combined simply by including the information from one sentence into
the other. This helps to prevent short, choppy sentence. (Mary is tall. Mary is my friend.
These can be combined by immersing one into the other and saying, “My friend Mary is tall.”)
D AY FO UR – SE NT E NCE O NE
In addition to writing Thurber
drew cartoons for the
magazine.
In addition to writing, Thurber
drew cartoons for the
magazine.
D AY FO UR – SE NT E NCE T WO
His cartoons showed sad looking
animals. They also showed
oversized wives with undersized
husbands.
His cartoons showed sad looking
animals and oversized wives with
undersized husbands.
Day Five– Skills
• Modifiers – Misplaced
A misplaced modifier occurs when the word(s) used to describe something are not
placed in the sentence properly. Sometimes the modifier is simply too far away from
what it describes. At other times, the modifier is placed near something else that it
mistakenly describes.
• Verb Usage – To Be
The verb “be” is a linking verb. Oddly, it is never used without another helping verb
before it. (will be) The verb “be” is conjugated as am, are, is, are in the present tense,
was, were in the past tense, and be in the future tense with either will or shall preceding
it. The other two linking verbs been and being come from other tenses of this verb.
• Punctuation – Comma – Items in a Series
If more than two items are used in a list, this is called items in a series. Each item in the
list must be separated by a comma including a comma before the conjunction.
D AY FIVE – SE NT E NCE O NE
Thurber drew cartoons until the
1950’s for many issues of the
magazine.
Until the 1950’s,Thurber drew
cartoons for many issues of the
magazine.
D AY FIVE – SE NT E NCE T WO
The magazine be famous for its
cartoons biographies and
stories.
The magazine is famous for its
cartoons, biographies, and
stories.