AGENDA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 GET OUT THE FOLLOWING AND CLEAR EVERYTHING ELSE OFF YOUR DESK: REVISED COPY OF ESSAY PEN/PENCIL TODAY WE ARE CLOCKING AS A GROUP FOR EDITING MISTAKES WHEN THE BELL RINGS, YOU WILL NEED TO BE SILENT SO THAT WE MAY BEGIN PROMPTLY YOU WILL START BY FOLDING THE COLORED PIECE OF PAPER AS MRS. SPIKES INSTRUCTS YOU AND PLACING YOUR NAME AND PERIOD ON THE RUBRIC.
CLOCKING ORDER (WRITE ONLY ON THE COLORED PAPER) 1.CAPITALIZATION 2.COMMAS 3.CONSISTENT VERB TENSE 4.HOMOPHONES (SOUND ALIKE, BUT SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. E.G., THERE, THEIR, THEY’RE) 5.SPELLING 6.EVERYTHING ELSE
CAPITALIZATION DO NOT CAPITALIZE THE NAME OF THE ARCHETYPE. I HAVE SEEN ALL KINDS OF ERRORS IN THE CAPITALIZATION OF BOOK TITLES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VERBS MUST BE CAPITALIZED Now Is the Time for Running
CLOCKING ORDER (WRITE ONLY ON THE COLORED PAPER) 1.CAPITALIZATION 2.COMMAS 3.CONSISTENT VERB TENSE 4.HOMOPHONES (SOUND ALIKE, BUT SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. E.G., THERE, THEIR, THEY’RE) 5.SPELLING 6.EVERYTHING ELSE
COMMA USAGE 1.USE A COMMA TO SEPARATE THE ELEMENTS IN A SERIES (THREE OR MORE THINGS), INCLUDING THE LAST TWO. "HE HIT THE BALL, DROPPED THE BAT, AND RAN TO FIRST BASE.“ 2.USE A COMMA + A LITTLE CONJUNCTION (AND, BUT, FOR, NOR, YET, OR, SO) TO CONNECT TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES, AS IN "HE HIT THE BALL WELL, BUT HE RAN TOWARD THIRD BASE.“INDEPENDENT CLAUSES 3.USE A COMMA TO SET OFF INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS, AS IN "RUNNING TOWARD THIRD BASE, HE SUDDENLY REALIZED HOW STUPID HE LOOKED.“ 4.USE A COMMA TO SET OFF PARENTHETICAL ELEMENTS, AS IN "THE FOUNDERS BRIDGE, WHICH SPANS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, IS FALLING DOWN." BY "PARENTHETICAL ELEMENT," WE MEAN A PART OF A SENTENCE THAT CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT CHANGING THE ESSENTIAL MEANING OF THAT SENTENCE. 5.USE A COMMA TO SET OFF QUOTED ELEMENTS. KATNISS SAID, “I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE.”
CLOCKING ORDER (WRITE ONLY ON THE COLORED PAPER) 1.CAPITALIZATION 2.COMMAS 3.CONSISTENT VERB TENSE 4.HOMOPHONES (SOUND ALIKE, BUT SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. E.G., THERE, THEIR, THEY’RE) 5.SPELLING 6.EVERYTHING ELSE