Punctuation Nov. 6

Writing Portfolio
We worked on fine-tuning the four-part quotation analysis by focusing on the following:

• Using dialogue tags or colons to introduce quotations
• Including MLA in-text citations
• Highlighting important words or phrases from the quotation (Looking not just at WHAT is said, but also HOW it's said.)\

We practiced with the following quotations:

"Well, I guess the old man came out to greet his public again."
"I stared at him in astonishment. Xiao-cheng's eyes were still following the departing trucks. His lips were set in a mocking smile" (151).

"She lied to me! She told me Xinjiang was like a flower garden. She said we would live comfortably and eat well. And then what did we find when we got there? Nothing! Not a damned thing! Not even a building to live in. Not even lumber or bricks. We had to build a lousy hut out of dirt. I fell off the roof when we were building it, and now I'm a cripple" (145).

"Wasn't home a private place? A place where the family could feel secure? How could strangers come and search through our secrets? If Grandpa was a landlord, they could confiscate all his things. But I was not a landlord. Why did they have to search through all my things?" (138).

"The flames licked around the edges of the picture. The corners curled up, then turned brown. The brown spread quickly toward the center, swallowing Grandma, then the camel, and finally Dad's woolen hat" (124-125).


Core
Bellwrite #29: Complete the following diagram

Punctuation Mark	Name	Length (or type) of pause	Analogy	Conventions for use (Rules)	Example of use
.	period	full stop	stop sign	Use to mark the end of a complete thought.	Nathan likes to run.
!
?
,	comma		sheep dog
;
:			pregnant woman
—	dash
-
( )

We read the picture book, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves," which deals with misunderstandings that come from comma blunders.

Students also completed a reading check on Red Scarf Girl, reported on their spelling/vocabulary for the week, and passed off their memorizations.

For History, we watched the first four minutes of a video on the Korean War.

Homework: Please work on your Red Scarf Girl essay.