Best Writing Warm-up EVER Please look through your spiral notebook and choose your favorite writing warm-up. Write a second draft of this warm-up. Once you have completed your second draft, please begin in-class reading.

Schedule for Friday, Jan. 8 Best Writing warm-up F Best Writing warm-up F In-class reading F Break, if earned F Punctuation Notes F Peer editing F Dance off Best Writing warm-up F Best Writing warm-up F In-class reading F Break, if earned F Punctuation Notes F Peer editing F Dance off

PunctuationPunctuation Review of how to use commas, semicolons and colons

Commas Used to separate three or more single items on a list. They ate pears, apples, plums, grapes and oranges. They ate pears, apples, plums, grapes and oranges. Used to indicate a slight pause in a sentence. I wore my favorite shirt, the blue one. I wore my favorite shirt, the blue one. Used to separate off parts of a sentence. The teacher, Mr. Owen, looked up. The teacher, Mr. Owen, looked up.

Semicolons Used to indicate a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a full stop. I only ate one piece of toast for breakfast; I wish I had eaten two. I only ate one piece of toast for breakfast; I wish I had eaten two. Used to separate groups of more than one word in a list. I took two books; four or five pencils; three pens; and a ruler. I took two books; four or five pencils; three pens; and a ruler.

Colons Used to introduce a quotation. The farmer said: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” The farmer said: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Used before dialogue in a script. Cat: Lunch! Cat: Lunch! Mouse: You’ll be lucky Mouse: You’ll be lucky Used to introduce a list. We will need: paper, pens, pencils. We will need: paper, pens, pencils.

There, Their, They’re Which one should you use?

Using There There denotes a place and means in, at, or to that place. I want to go over there for a better view of the stage. I want to go over there for a better view of the stage. Could you please place the signs over there? Could you please place the signs over there? There is a very good reason for his attitude. There is a very good reason for his attitude.

Their is a determiner belonging to them, a possessive pronoun. Are you going in their car? Are you going in their car? I want to be a part of their team. I want to be a part of their team. Their song was the best of the set. Their song was the best of the set. Using Their

They're is the contraction of they are. If you can replace they're with "they are", then you have used the correct one. They're going to go to the basketball game at 7:00. They're going to go to the basketball game at 7:00. I want to see what they're doing after the game. I want to see what they're doing after the game. They said that they're going to school. They said that they're going to school. Using They’re

Remember: The #1 rule in peer editing is TRUST.