1. Freewrite Take 10 mins to write about the Boston bombing yesterday. How do you feel about it? What do you think Americans should do about it? Etc. Just seconds after the first explosion rocked the area near the Boston Marathon finish line at about 2:50 p.m., there was a second blast a few blocks away on Boylston Street

2. Punctuating Titles

3. When Do I Underline or Italicize? Remember: Never do both! Titles of Books Titles of Magazines Titles of Newspapers Titles of Plays Titles of Films Titles of Encyclopedias Titles of Long Poems Titles of Radio Programs Titles of Comic Strips Titles of Software Titles of Art Titles of Ships (space, water, etc.)

4. When Do I use Quotation Marks? newspaper article titles magazine article titles poem titles short story titles song titles episodes of radio shows episodes of television shows subdivisions of books

5. To help you remember whether to use quotes or underline a title, ask yourself, “Would I carry this text under my arm, or put it in a file folder?”

6. Under the Arm: Underline/or Italicize it  NOT BOTH! You could carry a book, a newspaper, a magazine, or one volume to a set of encyclopedias under your arm. The titles of a book, newspaper, magazine, or encyclopedia are underlined. When you think of a play, the script of a movie, and the script of a television program typed and bound, it would be big enough to carry under your arm.

7. In a File Folder: Use Quotations Think of a file folder when you want to remember what gets quotation marks. If you could carry the item in a file folder, the title of the item will need quotation marks when you write it out. A poem, the lyrics to a song, and an article from the daily paper could all fit into your file folder, so the titles of these items all need quotation marks.

8. Practice: Under the Arm or in a File Folder? The Tennessean Sponge Bob Square Pants The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Titanic Still I Rise by Maya Angelou The River Mona Lisa Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star The Gun Monsters Are Due on Maple Street The Noble Experiment SCMS Band Students Travel to Chattanooga