1. English III November 21, 2011 Mr. Houghteling “It’s a Test it out Tuesday!”

2. Bellringer—Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions After reading the very short story below, write a response in which you make conclusions about the short story. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” ▫—Ernest Hemingway

3. AGENDA Quiz on Subject- Verb and Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement Writing with Stop/Go

4. STOP All STOP punctuation separates TWO complete ideas. GO If there is an incomplete idea ANYWHERE in the sentence, we must use GO punctuation. (CI | CI)(II | II, CI | II, II | CI) Period (. ) CI. CI No Punctuation CI II II Semicolon ( ; ) CI ; CI Example: I love to play video games ; I have 34 titles in my collection. CI ; transition word, CI Example: I love to play video games ; however, my mother refuses to buy me any. Comma (, ) II, CI Example: After all we’ve been through together, I cannot believe she wouldn’t go out with me. CI, (which or other wh word) II Example: Scientists say you should ingest Vitamin C, which supports your immune system. CI, (-ing word used as present participle) II Example: The stunt man drove his motorcycle into the wall, breaking his wrist in the process. CI, (-ed word used as past participle) II Example: He found his clean cat in the corner, dried by the sun and purring softly. Colon ( : ) CI : II (which is a list) Example: I went to the store to buy some groceries : kale, eggs, iceburg lettuce, tomatoes, and hot dogs. Dash ( — ) CI — II (which is an afterthought or explanation of the complete idea) Example: My brother suffers from triskaidekaphobia — fear of the number 13. Comma + a coordinating conjunction CI, BOYSFAN CI (But, Or, Yet, So, For, And, Nor) Colon ( : ) CI : CI Example: My love for video games has not swayed my mother : she refuses to give me money to buy any more titles. *Please note that the use of the colon is appropriate here because the second sentence directly relates to, or answers the first sentence. Dash ( — ) CI — CI Example: My love for video games has not swayed my mother — she refuses to give me money to buy any more titles. *Please note that the use of the dash is appropriate here because the second sentence directly relates to, or answers the first sentence.

5. Stop Create one sentence for each type of STOP listed below: ▫CI. CI ▫CI; transition word, CI ▫CI, boysfan word CI

6. Go Create one sentence for each type of GO listed below: ▫II, CI ▫CI, II (wh word) ▫CI: II (a list)