Punctuation

1
Punctuation

• Objective 3002.1.12 Recognize the correct
  placement of end marks and other marks of
  punctuation with quotation marks used in
  dialogue.

2
(No Transcript)
3
Apostrophe 2
4
Create five sentences of your own using
apostrophes.

1. Show a contraction
2. Show one person owning something
3. Show more than one person owning something.

5
Ms. Deeres Examples

1. The students papers were lost in all of Ms.
   Deeres supplies.
2. I cant remember where I placed my hair brush.
3. Tommys lunch break begins in thirty minutes.
4. About the time she remembered to take out the
   trash, her cousins Labrador came running up and
   ripped open the bag all over the kitchen floor.
5. The dog wouldnt listen to its owner when she
   yelled, "Stop!

6
Example 2 As she walked in the store, she
remembered eggs,bread,lettuce,bacon,milk, and
orange juice.
7
Colon 2
Dear Mrs. McGuire Dear Corporate Office
8
Create three sentences of your own using a colon.

• Ms. Deeres example
• My favorite aspects of fall the leaves blowing
  through the air, the crisp breeze in the morning,
  the smell of bonfires and candy corn, and the
  thought of hayrides.

9

• Ahh!
• Help!

10
Create five sentences using exclamation points .

• Ms. Deeres example
• Hold on, whatever you do, dont let go of that
  rope!

11

• Ms. Deeres example
• Hey girl! Hey girl! The young man yelled as
  he stood at Ms. Deeres door looking at the young
  lady walking down the hall.

12
Create five sentences using quotation marks.
13

• A semicolon acts just like a period (.) in a
  sentence.
• Ms. Deere had a blast during her fall break she
  had so much fun that she didnt want to come back
  to school.
• The above sentence could be split into two
  sentences.

14
Create five sentences using semicolons. Remember,
you must have two independent clauses(complete
sentences on either side of a semicolon.

• Start with these sentences. Combine these two
  sentences using a semicolon.
• Jennifer went to Gulf Shores over fall break.
• She became sick after eating raw oysters at the
  Pink Pony mini bar.

15
Can you combine these two sentences without using
a semicolon?

• Jennifer went to Gulf Shores over fall break.
• She became sick after eating raw oysters at Pink
  Pony mini bar.
• Try using a conjunction ( for, and,nor,but, or,
  yet, so). You might need a comma.
• How will you know if you need a comma???

16
If you have two independent clauses (complete
sentences) on either side of the conjunction, you
will need a comma before the conjunction.

• Jennifer went to Gulf Shores over fall break.
• She became sick after eating raw oysters at Pink
  Pony mini bar.

17
(No Transcript)
18
Create three sentences using a comma splice.
Then, go back and correct those sentences
combining them either with a semicolon or a
conjunction and comma.

• Ms. Deeres example
• Cinderella searched for love, Jack searched for
  gold.
• Cinderella searched for love, but Jack searched
  for gold.

19

• Thirty-three
• Eighty-four
• Create two sentences using a hyphen that
  separates numbers.

20
Hyphen 2
Ms. Deeres example The students will have to
re-take the test on Friday. Create two
sentences using a hyphen with prefixes.
21
Hyphen 3

• Example
• She was a good-natured dog.
• good-natured is an adjective describing the dog.
• Create three sentences using a hyphen to separate
  compound words operating as adjectives.

22

• Ms. Deeres example
• Im going to tell you the story of the three
• but shh dont tell anyone that I told you this
  story.
• Create two sentences using a dash in this way.

23
Dash 2

• One girl in particulate Jane decided to ignore
  the sheriff's warnings.
• You will rarely use a dash like this.

24
Dash 3
25
You should have a total of 40 sentences on your
paper. Count your sentences now and make sure you
have them all. Put your name on your sheet and
pass it back.