Warm-ups Punctuation

Colons Turn in the Writer’s Choice book to p. 733. There are 4 uses for the colon. Cross-reference these with your pretest to make sure you have all 4 uses in your notes. Complete ex. 3 on p. 734. Use the sheet of paper I gave you. You will turn this in to me.

Semicolons Turn in the Writer’s Choice book to pg. 735. There are 4 uses for the semicolon. Cross-reference these with your pretest to make sure you have all 4 uses in your notes. Complete 1-10 of ex. 6 on p. 737. Use the sheet of paper I gave you. You will turn this in to me.

Colons & Semicolons Round 2 If you’ve mastered and want a challenge: Pick an SAT word list Choose 5 words that are new to you Try to write 1 cohesive sentence that contains both a semicolon and a colon and all 5 words. If you need/want more practice: Get the practice sheet Write on your own paper

Commas Part 1 Turn in the Writer’s Choice. Read over the rules on pgs. 738-740. Take notes as needed. Complete ex. 9, 1-5. Do not write sentence. Write the word(s) before the comma(s) Write on your own sheet of paper. I will not collect; I will come around and record your score.

Commas Part 2 Open up the Writer’s Choice to pg. 738. Copy the rules for commas on pgs. 738-747 (the stuff in blue writing). There are 19. Some of you may have started these notes yesterday. Complete exercise 14 on p. 748. You do not have to rewrite. Write the word that comes before each comma you add.

Commas Part 2 Open up the Writer’s Choice to pg. 738. Read over the rules on pgs. 738-747. There are 19 rules. You do not have to take notes. I will have handouts tomorrow. Complete exercise 14 on p. 748. You do not have to rewrite. Write the word that comes before each comma you add.

Commas Open the Writer’s Choice book to p. 742. Complete 1-5 of ex. 10 You do NOT have to write the sentence. Write the word(s) that come(s) before the comma.

Comma Rules Open up the Writer’s Choice book to p. 738. In your own words, copy the rules from pgs. 738-743. There are 8. Complete ex. 11, p. 743, 6-10. Do NOT write the sentence.