Transcript Punctuation Lesson Plan

No Warm Up Today
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Have journal out for notes!
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Reminders:
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Journal Check this Wednesday
Independent Reading pages due on Friday!
Return To Kill A Mockingbird
Homework:
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1 body paragraph of essay
Grammar: Ex B on page 791-792
Introduction Issues
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No personal pronouns in analytical writing (I, me,
you, we, us)
Short Stories are in quotes: “Scarlet Ibis”
No contractions (can’t, we’ll)
No conversational language: “well,” “anyways”
“OK.” Use formal, academic English.
No need for extensive plot summary (one sentence)
Speak about literature in the present tense.
Thesis: Answer both parts of the question
Semicolons
1. Use a semicolon to separate two independent
clauses in a compound sentence when there is no
conjunction between them.
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The hurricane came ashore near Lake Charles; its
winds were measured at more than one hundred miles
per hour.
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The warnings were broadcast early in the day; thus,
there was no loss of life.
Semicolons
2. Use semicolons to separate a series when one or
more of the elements of the series contain
commas.
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He bought a red, a green, and a blue tie; three buttondown shirts; and a pair of penny loafers.
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We will stop in Maumee, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
Albany, New York; and Amherst, Massachusetts.
Colons
Use colons after an independent clause:
1. to introduce a series.
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The following vegetables should be planted in March:
radishes, carrots, leeks, turnips, and cabbage.
In this sentence, the clause before the colon is
independent.
In a sentence like:
In March, you should plant radishes, carrots, leeks,
turnips, and cabbage.
There is no independent clause before the series, you must
not use a colon.
Colons
2. to join two independent clauses when the second
amplifies or interprets the first.
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A preliminary step is essential to successful whipped
cream: you must chill the bowl and the beaters.
3. to introduce a quotation.
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Every English schoolchild knows the opening line of
Twelfth Night: “If music be the food of love, play on.”
Classwork/Homework
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Ex B on page 791 -792.
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Write one body paragraph in the format discussed in
class (Due on Tuesday.)
Reminders:
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Journal Check on Wednesday! Stamp issues must be
resolved by Tuesday at 4:00 pm.
Independent Reading pages due on Friday
Vocab Test on Friday (lessons 7 & 8)