1. Identify the type of irony in each of the
Do this now
Identify the type of irony in each of the
following scenarios:
An ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life.  On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.
A man gets arrested and tells the officer, “Thanks a lot.”
The big bad wolf waits in grandma’s bed for the unsuspecting Little Red Riding Hood.

2. Copy each of the following sentences and correct them by adding the necessary punctuation.
It’s never too late stated Danny to start your New Year’s resolutions
Alicia whispered that her favorite Edward Gorey short story was Donald Has A Difficulty most people would say The Gashlycrumb Tinies is their favorite
My favorite line in the movie Joss revealed is when Thor says in my youth I courted war

3. Announcements/Reminders
Wordsmith practice is today and every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:30 in Mr. Whitehead’s room for the month of January.
5th and 7th period will be reporting to computer lab #108 Thursday and Friday of this week.
ACT tutoring students: I will continue to tutor on Monday afternoons, but an official Kaplan representative will be tutoring at 2:30 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in Ms. Wesley’s room if interested.

4. Announcements/Reminders
3rd period, we need to talk about ThinkShow

5. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
Use quotation marks to enclose a direct quotation (a person’s exact words)
The first word of the quote should begin with a capital letter.
Sally said, “You are my hero!”
She said that he was angry.
Why does #2 not have quotation marks?

6. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
When a quote is divided into two parts, the second part begins with a lowercase letter if is not a new sentence.
“I wish,” she said, “that we went to the same school.”
“Where is he?” she said. “He cannot have forgotten our appointment!”

7. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
A comma or period is always placed inside the closing quotation mark.
“I haven’t seen the film version of Romeo and Juliet,” remarked Jeannette, “but I understand it is really good.”
We just finished reading the short story “The Most Dangerous Game.”

8. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
A semicolon (;) or colon (:) is always placed outside the closing quotation mark.
My mom’s favorite poem is Maya Angelou’s “Woman Work”; in fact, I can recite it.
Find examples of the following figures of speech in “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”: simile, personification, and metaphor.

9. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
A question mark or exclamation point is placed inside the quotation mark if the quote is a question or exclamation.
“Where does Romeo first meet Juliet?” asked George. (The phrase inside the quotation marks is a question.)
“Help me please!” she screamed. (The phrase inside the quotation marks is an exclamation.)

10. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
A question mark or exclamation point is placed outside the quotation mark if it is part of the entire sentence.
I cannot believe you have never heard of the song “I Will Always Love You”! (The phrase inside the quotation marks is not exclaimed.)
Which of the characters says, “Parting is such sweet sorrow”? (The phrase inside the quotation marks is not a question.)

11. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
Use single quotation marks to enclose a quotation within a quotation.
“Do you agree with O’Henry that Della and Jim ‘were the wisest’?” asked Greg.

12. Quotation Mark Rules (“ ”)
Use quotation marks to enclose titles of short works, such as short stories, poems, songs, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, book chapters, and television or web episodes.
We read the short story “Thank You Ma’am.”
Have you heard the song “Big Girls Don’t Cry”?
We read the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” outside under the trees. 

13. Italics and Underline rules
Italicize or underline titles of long works, such as books, epic poems, plays, films, newspapers, magazines, works of art, television series, and also ships, trains, airplanes, and spacecraft.
Beowulf / Beowulf (epic poem)
Insidious / Insidious
The Commercial Appeal / The Commercial Appeal
The Mona Lisa / The Mona Lisa (painting)
People Magazine / People Magazine
Family Guy / Family Guy

14. Italics and Underline rules
Italicize foreign words and phrases in the context of an English sentence.
I tried a Cuban dish that, in Spanish, is known as platanos verdes.
Apple pie à la mode is my favorite dessert.

15. Italics and Underline rules
Italicize words, letters, or numerals used to represent themselves.
If I had to describe my cat in one word, that word would be independent.
The s on the plaque is so ornate that it almost looks like an 8.

16. Get your CPS remote (if you can’t remember your number, don’t panic)
Do this NOW
Get your CPS remote (if you can’t remember your number, don’t panic)
Correct the following sentence.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is my favorite Bowie album screamed Herbert

17. CPS Time

18. Honors & Pre-AP
Without using any punctuation (but knowing what punctuation is necessary where), write a one page narrative about two unique characters at a unique setting having a unique conversation.
This narrative should be dialogue-driven; the plot is not important.
Trade your paper with a neighbor and let them fill in the necessary punctuation.
Now, who wants to share?

19. Traditional
Working individually, write three sentences with NO punctuation marks.
One sentence must include a title of some kind, and two sentences must include dialogue of some kind.
Make a key with the correct punctuation for yourself. You will turn both papers in.
Trade your paper with a neighbor and let them fill in the necessary punctuation.
Compare answers and discuss the correct punctuation.

20. Let’s look at some good examples.

21. Copy the following sentences and correct them by adding the necessary punctuation.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen owners of a 300-acre farm said we refuse to use that pesticide because it might pollute the nearby wells
Mr. and Mrs. Allen, owners of a 300-acre farm, said, “We refuse to use that pesticide because it might pollute the nearby wells.”
Mr. and Mrs. Allen stated that they refuse to use that pesticide because of possible water pollution
Mr. and Mrs. Allen stated that they “refuse to use that pesticide” because of possible water pollution.

22. Homework
Brainstorm research paper topics which you would be interested in writing about.
The topic must be a specific social or political issue in which you are answering a question and presenting an argument for a certain case.
Make sure that you can find enough resources on this specific topic to use.
Due Monday: Research question that you would like to answer in your paper. Remember, it must be approved by me.

23. We will now watch an educational video on the research process.
You MAY complete your quotation packet or other homework in conjunction with viewing the video.
You may NOT put your head down, play on your electronic device, or talk during the video.
If anyone does, we WILL have a quiz on the contents of the video.