1. LA: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Handouts: * Grammar #77–Semi-colons and Colons * If you were absent yesterday, pick up make-up work.
Homework: * Grammar #77—Semi-colons and Colons (start in class)
Assignments due: * None (we will grade yesterday Unit 2 Grammar Test)

2. Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page
Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following:
Tues., Sept. 25, QW #15: Scared Stiff
Then copy the bold print portion of this prompt on the top lines:
Think of a time in your life when you were scared stiff. It could have happened when you were little or have been a recent event. Describe what happened.
Remember to write in complete sentence, avoiding fragments and run-ons. If you are not sure how to spell a certain word, just sound it out and circle it.

3. Lesson Goal: Demonstrate your ability to apply colons and semi-colons correctly in sentences.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Explain what a semi-colon is and why it is used in sentences.
Apply semi-colons correctly within sentences.
Explain what a colon looks like.
Name three ways a colon could be used in sentences.
Apply colons correctly within sentences.

4. A colon is simply two dots, one on top of the other. :
Starter #2: Two punctuation symbols that look similar are the colon and semi-colon. Can you explain what each of those two symbols looks like?
  A colon is simply two dots, one on top of the other. :
The word “semi” means “half.” So a semi-colon uses only one dot, and that one dot sits on top of another symbol. ;
Question: What do we call it when you have two simple sentences in one sentence?
A compound sentence
The purpose of a semi-colon is to join two simple sentences to create one compound sentence, but there is a catch Use a semi-colon only when you are NOT using a conjunction as the joint.
Belinda likes oatmeal for breakfast; I prefer cream of wheat.
If I wanted to communicate that thought another way, without using a semi-colon, how would I do it?
Belinda likes oatmeal for breakfast, but I prefer cream of wheat.

5. Starter #3: A colon serves a different purpose in a sentence
Starter #3: A colon serves a different purpose in a sentence. A colon is used in one of three ways:
Use a colon to introduce a list of items (often using the words such as these, the following, or as follows).
English words that come from Spanish include the following: ranch, corral, and stampede.
Use a colon to separate the hour and minutes in expressing time.
School begins at 8:15 on the dot.
Use a colon after the salutation (opening greeting) in a business letter.
Dear Professor Donohue:
To whom it may concern: