Quotation Marks in Dialogue Editing Invitation Dialogue Quotation Marks in Dialogue

Invitation to Notice & Imitate Day 1 “I know what I’d wish for. Some normal clothes!” Fairy Godrabbit rolled her eyes. “Look at me. I look like a tossed salad. Dressing in this getup is for the birds! I wish…” “Is this your wish or my wish?” Jack interrupted. “Okay, okay. I see you don’t carrot all about me! So choose!” Jack paused. “I want…I want…horns!” Writers use quotations around written conversation between characters, or dialogue. End punctuation marks such as periods or exclamation points go inside the quotations. Excerpt from Jackalope by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Grummel (pg. 11)

Invitation to Write & Celebrate Day 2 Writers use quotation marks around dialogue to show when the character begins to talk, and stops talking. The quotation marks go around what they character says. When they landed, the head pirate climbed out of the boat and yelled, “Ahoy that, matey! Be this the Spanish Main?” “No,” I said. “This is the North Beach.” “Shiver me timbers!” the pirate said. “We must have taken a wrong turn at Bora Bora.” Writers assign dialogue to help the reader know which character is talking. The words to assign dialogue are outside the quotation marks. Find another place where dialogue is assigned… So in narrative texts the quotation marks help the reader understand. They signal to the reader when characters are talking, and when the narrator is telling the story. Excerpt from How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (pg. 5)

Let’s try it out! Use dialogue! Remember to put quotation marks around the character’s words. Day 2 Find a piece of writing where you could incorporate dialogue to tell the story. Share Time! Let’s SAY some revised sentences with dialogue! Remember to assign the dialogue, but only put the quotation marks around what the characters say aloud. Let’s check with a partner to see if our quotation marks are in the correct place…. Share Time! Let’s SHOW our quotation marks around the dialogue.

Test Talk: We Try It Together Day 3 (1) Having your own room seems like heaven to anyone who has ever had to share a bedroom. (2) Nothing is worse than putting up with a little brother or sister who makes a mess of your things. (3) Nearly everyday I would trip into our bedroom and yell, Get in here and clean up these toys now!” (4) For years I fought a battle with my younger brothers over making noise, picking up dirty clothing, and staying out of my things. (5) Yet, after we moved one day I suddenly realized I missed them. (6) This all started when my father lost his job. (6) We had to move to Kansas City, Missouri into a house with only two bedrooms. (7) I was forced to share a room with Jorge and Ivan. (8) They took all my socks, played my music without asking, and messed up my bed. (9) Neither yelling at them or taking their things seemed to affect them. (10) I even tried telling them nicely, “Boys please come here to help pick up your toys. (11) Asking politely made no difference, and the mess never got picked up. 1 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3? A Insert comma after in B Insert quotation marks before Get C Insert period after yell D Make no change Selection from: Measuring Up Live Online

Test Talk: We Try It Together Day 3 (1) Having your own room seems like heaven to anyone who has ever had to share a bedroom. (2) Nothing is worse than putting up with a little brother or sister who makes a mess of your things. (3) Nearly everyday I would trip into our bedroom and yell, Get in here and clean up these toys now!” (4) For years I fought a battle with my younger brothers over making noise, picking up dirty clothing, and staying out of my things. (5) Yet, after we moved one day I suddenly realized I missed them.    (6) This all started when my father lost his job. (6) We had to move to Kansas City, Missouri into a house with only two bedrooms. (7) I was forced to share a room with Jorge and Ivan. (8) They took all my socks, played my music without asking, and messed up my bed. (9) Neither yelling at them or taking their things seemed to affect them. (10) I even tried telling them nicely, “Boys please come here to help pick up your toys. (11) Asking politely made no difference, and the mess never got picked up. 2 What is the correct way to write sentence 10? A Delete quotation mark before Boys B Change Boys to boys C Insert quotation marks after the period D Insert comma after here Selection from: Measuring Up Live Online

Selection from: Measuring Up Live Online Test Talk: I Try It! Day 4 (11) Luckily, not long after this we moved to a new house and I got my own room back. (12) Suddenly, I was lonely. (13) There was no one to talk to late at night. (14) My room was clean but boring. (15) And worse, they sounded like they were having fun in their room. (16) I marched in and commanded them, “Get all of your things now.” (17) I told them, “We are going back to being roommates! (18) They looked at me like I was crazy, but we all crowded into one room again. (19) And we talked most of the night! 3 What change, if any, is needed in sentence 16? A Change your to you’re B Delete the quotation marks after now C Insert quotation marks before I D Make no change Selection from: Measuring Up Live Online

Selection from: Measuring Up Live Online Day 4 (11) Luckily, not long after this we moved to a new house and I got my own room back. (12) Suddenly, I was lonely. (13) There was no one to talk to late at night. (14) My room was clean but boring. (15) And worse, they sounded like they were having fun in their room. (16) I marched in and commanded them, “Get all of your things now.” (17) I told them, “We are going back to being roommates! (18) They looked at me like I was crazy, but we all crowded into one room again. (19) And we talked most of the night! 4 How should sentence 17 be changed? A Change told to tell B Change We to we C Insert quotation marks after the exclamation point D Insert quotation marks before back Selection from: Measuring Up Live Online

Left Behind in a Truck Stop Independent Practice Day 5 Left Behind in a Truck Stop (1) There are nine children in my family and until last weekend I still felt special. (2) We all took vacations together even though my father had to rent one of those mini-school buses church groups used. (3) Anytime we were about to take a trip dad would always say, This is going to be the best time of your life kids!” (4) He would pile all of us in with sleeping bags and coolers of food and drive all night to get to some camping grounds in the middle of nowhere. (5) However, on one trip I had to use the rest room in the early morning, and I went inside a convenience store by myself. 1 What is the correct way to write sentence 3? A Insert a quotation mark before This B Change kids to Kids C Change is to was D Delete the quotation mark after kids

Left Behind in a Truck Stop Independent Practice Day 5 Left Behind in a Truck Stop (6) My mother had a system of checking for everyone whenever we stopped. (7) Mom would call out, “Kids are you here? (8) However, last Saturday it was three o’clock in the morning and my mom was half asleep. (9) You know how as a parent you often can sense your children in the room. (10) Well, as mom grunted our names, we all grunted as we heard ours. (11) I never heard my name because I was in the truck stop. (12) My sister, Callie, heard my name but being half asleep she moaned, “Uh-yeah.” (13) Then when she actually woke up, she heard my name and moaned again. (14) Callie’s moaning made my mother mistakenly think I was there. 2 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?   A Change the question mark to a period B Insert a quotation mark after the question mark C Delete the quotation mark before Kids D Make no change

Left Behind in a Truck Stop Independent Practice Day 5 Left Behind in a Truck Stop (6) My mother had a system of checking for everyone whenever we stopped. (7) Mom would call out, “Kids are you here? (8) However, last Saturday it was three o’clock in the morning and my mom was half asleep. (9) You know how as a parent you often can sense your children in the room. (10) Well, as mom grunted our names, we all grunted as we heard ours. (11) I never heard my name because I was in the truck stop. (12) My sister, Callie, heard my name but being half asleep she moaned, “Uh-yeah.” (13) Then when she actually woke up, she heard my name and moaned again. (14) Callie’s moaning made my mother mistakenly think I was there. 3 What is the correct way to write sentence 12? A Delete the quotation mark before Uh-yeah B Change moaned to moans C Change she to they D Sentence 12 is written correctly in the story.

Left Behind in a Truck Stop Independent Practice Day 5 Left Behind in a Truck Stop (15) I spent three hours in that truck stop with lovely people. (16) Just about when the sun started coming up, I knew my father would need my help reading the map and would notice I was gone. (17) I knew they would come back sooner or later. (19) My mother would sound off her roll call. (20) I could imagine her calling out, Kaylee are you here?” (21) There would be silence when my name was called and my father would swing the mini-bus in reverse. 4 How should sentence 20 be changed? A Insert a quotation mark before Kaylee B Change her to she C Delete the quotation mark at the end of the sentence D Insert a quotation mark before I