1. Find your seat quickly and quietly.
4th Hour- Week of 3/18
Find your seat quickly and quietly.
Get your laptop, but keep it closed. Put it under your desk.
Take out your notebook and turn to a new page.
Title it “Using Quotation Marks”
Add this to your table of Contents.
Work on your dissecting a prompt worksheet or read silently until I begin class.

2. Use quotation marks to set off a direct quotation.
Using Quotation marks
Use quotation marks to set off a direct quotation.
Direct quotation is something that someone said word-for-word.
For example:
Correct: "I hope you will be here," he said.
Incorrect: He said that he "hoped I would be there." (The quotation marks are incorrect because hoped I would be there does not state the speaker's exact words.)

3. Dialogue Tags
Use a dialogue tag to introduce who is saying the quote.
For example:
He said, she asked, it cried, we exclaimed, they argued etc

4. But do not capitalize it if the quotation completes the sentence.
Capitalization
If the quotation is a complete sentence, ALWAYS capitalize the first word in the quotation, even midsentence.
For example:
Correct: Lamarr said, "The case is far from over, and we will win.”
Incorrect: Lamarr said, “the case is far from over, and we will win.”
But do not capitalize it if the quotation completes the sentence.
Correct: Lamarr said the case is “far from over” and that “we will win.”
Incorrect: Lamarr said the case is “Far from over” and that “We will win.”

5. Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
Punctuation- Commas
Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
Examples: He said, "I don't care." "Why," I asked, "don't you care?"
This rule is optional with one-word quotations.
Example: He said "Stop."

6. Punctuation with dialogue tags
If that quotation comes before a dialogue tag, end it with a comma, not a period inside the quotation marks. This includes one-word quotations.
Examples: "I don't care," he said. "Stop," he said.

7. Punctuation- Periods
Periods (and commas) go inside the quotation marks.
Examples: The sign said, "Walk." Then it said, "Don't Walk," then, "Walk," all within thirty seconds. He yelled, "Hurry up."

8. Punctuation- Question Marks
The placement of question marks with quotation marks follows logic. If a question is within the quoted material, a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.
Examples: She asked, "Will you still be my friend?" The question Will you still be my friend? is part of the quotation.
Do you agree with the saying, "All's fair in love and war"? The question Do you agree with the saying? is outside the quotation.

9. Elipsis
Use ellipsis to indicate that you left out part of the quote or there is more to the quote than what you included.
Use Brackets if you need to change or add words, letters, etc.
For example:
Original direct quotation:
“It is widely acknowledged that today’s drivers do more than just drive. Whether the distraction arises from built-in ‘infotainment’ systems or from portable electronic devices brought into the vehicle, drivers have a wide array of nondriving tasks available to them at any given time” (Salvucci and Taatgen 67).
Quotation with ellipsis and brackets used correctly:
“It is widely acknowledged that today’s drivers do more than just drive [D]rivers have a wide array of nondriving tasks available to them at any given time” (Salvucci and Taatgen 67).

10. Azmerit portal exploration
For the remainder of the class period, we will be exploring the AZMerit portal in preparation for the AZMerit test.
Click on the portal icon:

11. Operational test site
At first you will be asked for your first name, SSID, and Session ID.
On test day, you will be given your SSID and Session ID.
Today, you cannot access the operational test site.
Click “Sample Test Site” in the bottom left hand corner.

12. Log in as a guest. Choose grade 8
Sample Test Site
Log in as a guest.
Choose grade 8
Look through some of the sample tests. Familiarize yourself with the types of questions they ask and the tools available to help you.