Do Now 1. Put your PRINTED, TYPED 2 nd Draft on your desk to be checked. 2. Copy your homework for tonight: Create a poem or creative story that explains the rules for semicolons, colons, and dashes. 3. Grab a table tent if you do not have a complete PRINTED rough draft of your research paper. 4. Quietly begin your Do Now.

Objectives 0 Identify the correct use of a colon in a text and compose original sentences using colons. 0 Create a vocab square for the collegiate word of the day. 0 Peer edit research papers.

Agenda (15) Do Now: Semi-Colon, Colon, & Dashes Review (10) Grammar: Practice Quiz (10) Collegiate Words of the Day (20) Research Papers 0 Peer Editing (10) Exit Ticket

SEMICOLONS 0 Join two closely related INDEPENDENT CLAUSES. 0 Join two independent clauses with a SEMICOLON. 0 Do NOT work with FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions).

COLONS 0 Come after an independent clause and before a LIST. 0 Come after an independent clause and before an ELABORATION. 0 Come after an independent clause to introduce a QUOTE. 0 NEVER come after a dependent clause or sentence fragment. 0 There’s one exception: a colon can separate a title from its subtitle, such as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

DASHES 0 Have more EMPHASIS than commas or parentheses. 0 Always stand in the place of another PUNCTUATION mark (comma, parentheses, period, semicolon, or colon). 0 Must follow an INDEPENDENT clause when you’re using only one dash in a sentence. 0 Should set off more than one word if you’re using two in a sentence. 0 Should not be used with FANBOYS.

Practice 0 1. C / II arrived late to school this morning; because my alarm didn’t go off C / IBefore the movie, Robin ordered a lot of snacks: popcorn, sweet tarts, and a candy bar C / IMariana just finished reading the book Rocking the ACT; How to Hit a High Score C / IWhen I go to the grocery store – I always bring a list / IA twentieth century American author – Ernest Hemingway – often wrote about war C / II checked the weather this morning – it’s not supposed to rain all week.

Practice Quiz 0 Take 10 minutes to complete the practice quiz on your own. 0 Use your notes from the Do Now - if you need. 0 If you finish before time is called, take out your vocab squares and then you may begin on your homework.

Collegiate Word of the Day: MISNOMER 0 Part of Speech: noun 0 Definition: a name that does not fit. 0 Antonyms: correctly named 0 Synonyms: incorrectly named 0 Other Forms: misnomers (pl)

Misnomer in Action: 0 Just because he wore a watch, calling the dog a “watch dog” was still a misnomer, because he didn’t actually watch out for intruders. 0 The misprint on the sign makes it a misnomer since the arrows point in more than one way.

Collegiate Word of the Day: ONEROUS 0 Part of Speech: adjective 0 Definition: burdensome; oppressive. 0 Antonyms: easy, effortless 0 Synonyms: heavy, crushing, grievous 0 Other Forms: onerously (adv), onerousness (n)

Onerous in Action: 0 The onerous amount of work overwhelmed the poor girl. 0 The employee’s paperwork was extremely onerous.

Peer Editing 0 Exchange the second draft of your research paper. 0 Silently read through your teammate’s paper making edits based on what they need to have in their paper. 0 If you finish early, you may switch back you paper and start on your exit ticket.

Exit Ticket 0 Once you’ve completed your exit ticket you may work on your English HW or take out your SSR book. 0 Hand your exit ticket to your teacher on the way out of the classroom. 0 Tonight’s Homework: Compose a poem or creative story to help you remember the rules of semicolons, colons, and dashes.