Objective: 3002.1.12 Recognize the correct placement of end marks and other marks of punctuation with quotation marks used in dialogue.

1. Show a contraction2. Show one person owning something3. Show more than one person owning

something.

1. The students’ papers were lost in all of Ms. Deere’s supplies.

2. I can’t remember where I placed my hair brush.

3. Tommy’s lunch break begins in thirty minutes. 4. About the time she remembered to take out

the trash, her cousin’s Labrador came running up and ripped open the bag all over the kitchen floor.

5. The dog wouldn’t listen to its owner when she yelled, "Stop!”

Dear Mrs. McGuire:

Dear Corporate Office:

Ms. Deere’s example: My favorite aspects of fall: the leaves blowing through the air, the crisp breeze in the morning, the smell of bonfires and candy corn, and the thought of hayrides.

Ahh! Help!

Ms. Deere’s example: “Hold on, whatever you do, don’t let go of

that rope!”

Ms. Deere’s example: “Hey girl!” “Hey girl!” The young man

yelled as he stood at Ms. Deere’s door looking at the young lady walking down the hall.

A semicolon acts just like a period (.) in a sentence.

Ms. Deere had a blast during her fall break; she had so much fun that she didn’t want to come back to school.

The above sentence could be split into two sentences.

Start with these sentences. Combine these two sentences using a semicolon.

Jennifer went to Gulf Shores over fall break. She became sick after eating raw oysters at

the Pink Pony mini bar.

Jennifer went to Gulf Shores over fall break. She became sick after eating raw oysters at Pink Pony mini bar.

Try using a conjunction ( for, and,nor,but, or, yet, so). You might need a comma.

How will you know if you need a comma???

Jennifer went to Gulf Shores over fall break. She became sick after eating raw oysters at Pink Pony mini bar.

Ms. Deere’s example: Cinderella searched for love, Jack searched

for gold. Cinderella searched for love, but Jack

searched for gold.

Thirty-three Eighty-four

Create two sentences using a hyphen that separates numbers.

Ms. Deere’s example: The students will have to re-take the test on Friday.

Create two sentences using a hyphen with prefixes.

Example: She was a good-natured dog.

good-natured is an adjective describing the dog. Create three sentences using a hyphen to separate compound words operating as adjectives.

Ms. Deere’s example: I’m going to tell you the story of the three –but shh– don’t tell anyone that I told you

this story.

Create two sentences using a dash in this way.

One girl in particulate – Jane— decided to ignore the sheriff's warnings.

You will rarely use a dash like this.