1. Language Arts: Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Handouts: * Grammar #64 (Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations, Part 2)
Homework: *Grammar #64 (Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations, Part 2), due tomorrow, BOC
Assignments due: * Grammar #63 (Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations, Part 1)

2. Starter #1: Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page
Starter #1: Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following:
Wed., March 27, QW #55: A Pleasant Surprise
Pretend you were going to plan a surprise for your mom, your dad, or a grandparent. Your purpose is to show how much you love and appreciate that person. Describe what you will do and explain why. (Select something “realistic,” that is, something you really could pull off.)
Remember to write in complete sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons. If you are not sure how to spell a certain word, just sound it out and circle it.

3. Lesson Goal: Learn more about using capitals correctly in sentences, quotations, and salutations.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Explain when to use capital letters insofar as sentences, quotations, and salutations are concerned.
Apply the correct use of capitals for sentences, quotations, and salutations.
Identify errors in capitalization for sentences, quotations, and salutations.

4. 1) Capitalize the first word of every sentence.
Starter #2: Yesterday we began a new unit, about using capitals in sentences and in quotations. What three things did we learn?
1) Capitalize the first word of every sentence.
2) Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation when it serves as a sentence.
3) Do NOT capitalize a quoted word after the attribute when it merely continues the sentence.
“my pen pal, said Mark, “lives in Germany.”
“My pen pal, said Mark, “lives in Germany.”
“how long have you been writing to him?” asked Thad. “does he have a friend?”
“How long have you been writing to him?” asked Thad. “Does he have a friend?”

5. Thad said he had been writing to Karl for a year.
Starter #3: How do you handle an indirect quotation? What is an indirect quotation?
An indirect quotation is one that is not word-for-word what the person said. The author merely sums up what someone said without giving the exact words.
Thad said he had been writing to Karl for a year.
What’s the rule on indirect quotations? Capitalize the first word of the sentence itself, but do NOT capitalize the first word of what was said:
There’s no need to capitalize what Thad said because it is NOT a direct quote.

6. Starter #4: What do we mean by the term “salutations” in a letter?
Salutations are the opening or closing portions of a letter. For example:
Dear Mrs. D,
Sincerely,
Here’s the rule you need to remember: Capitalize the first word in any salutation AND the title and names of the person:
For example:
Dear President Obama,
Yours very truly,