1. Monday, April 27, 2015  Sit with a group where you will be successful (not tempted to play around).  You will need your journal and a yellow textbook.  Turn to page 551 and start reading about punctuation. We are learning about special punctuation like dashes, parentheses, hyphens, colons, ellipses, and brackets.  The definitions for these special punctuation marks are in green boxes through the chapter. You will be copying these definitions into the NOTES sections of your journal.

2. Go to these pages and copy all the information inside the green boxes (NOTES section of your journal):  Semicolons: p. 571, 572  Colons: p. 573  Hyphens: p. 587, 588, 590, 591  Apostrophes: p. 593, 594, 595  Parentheses: p. 598 (write what’s under the blue title “parentheses”)  Brackets: p. 599 (write what’s under the blue title “Brackets”)  Ellipses: p. 601, 601-602  Dashes: p. 601, 603

3. Semicolons: - To join independent clauses that don’t have FANBOYS - To join independent clauses that have conjunctive adverbs or transitions. - To separate items in a list that already have commas. Colons: - after an independent clause to introduce a list - to introduce a long or formal quotation - don’t use after a verb or preposition Hyphens: - when you write two-word numbers from 21 to 99 - when using a fraction as an adjective but not when you use a fraction as a noun - after prefix that’s followed by a proper noun/adj. - in words w/the prefix all-, ex- and self- and the suffix -elect - to connect 2 or more words used as one compound word (secretary-treasurer, editor-in-chief) - to connect a compound modifier before a noun, but not one that ends in –ly (well-worn shoes, up-to-date design)

4. Apostrophes: - with an –s to show possession (my dog’s toy) - to show the possessive case of plural nouns (bears’ den) - add an apostrophe + -s to the last word of a compound noun (my sister-in-law’s car, Girl Scouts’ cookie sale) - with indefinite pronouns (anyone’s guess) - to show omitted letters in a contraction (won’t, couldn’t) - to create plural forms of a letter or number (mind your p’s and q’s) Parentheses: - to set off explanations or info that’s related to the sentence - information within parentheses should not begin with a capital letter or end with a period. - If a sentence in parentheses stands on its own, it should have a capital letter and end mark. (This is a complete thought.) Brackets: - to enclose an explanation within a quote that was not part of the original quote. - to enclose an explanation within parentheses

5. Ellipses: - to show where words have been omitted from a quoted passage - to mark a pause in dialogue or speech - You don’t have to use them at the beginning of quoted material, even if you have omitted any information that came before the words you are quoting. - in the middle of a sentence to show an omission, pause, interruption, or incomplete statement - at the end of a sentence to show an omission, pause, or incomplete statement Dashes: - to show a strong, sudden break in thought or speech - in place of in other words, namely, or that is before an explanation

6. Tuesday, April 28 Writing Coach Workbooks Tear out pages 123, 124, 125, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 146 Practice A and B, ODD numbers only Practice C is extra credit (you may pick up to FIVE to do on notebook paper) Pages are due Thursday, April 30