Quotation Punctuation

BELL WORK 4/16When using quotation marks to show that someone is speaking, it

is important punctuate correctly. The first two rules are:

1. End punctuation belongs inside the quotation marks. Example: “I had a great time!”

2. When introducing who said the quotation, use a comma to introduce it (and capitalize first word of quotation). Example: He said, “Let’s go.”

Directions: Rewrite each sentence, and add any punctuation and quotation marks where needed.

3. John said Its going to be a rainy day4. He quickly told me I didnt do it

BELL WORK 4/17The next 2 rules for punctuating with quotations are:

1. When a quote is broken up, it should look like this:“When we get home,” she said, “we’ll make dinner.”

2. Place a comma at the end of the quote when following it with who said it.“Let’s go home,” she said.

2. Create an original sentence that includes a quotation that is broken up by the speaker (like in example 1).

3. Create a original sentence that includes a quotation and is followed by the speaker (like in example 2).

Don’t capitalize where the quote picks up

BELL WORK 4/19

Directions: Describe three things that you notice about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

“After going home,” Elijah said, “we quickly cleaned the house, mowed the lawn, and enjoyed a home-cooked, delicious meal.”

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

BELL WORK 4/23Adjectives that are used to compare things have special forms. Comparative and superlative adjectives are sometimes irregular. Consider the three adjectives: good, better, best.

•Good is a regular adjective that can describe anything pleasing. •Better is a comparative adjective that shows it’s favored between two things•Best is superlative which means that of all the people or items presented, only one can be the best.

The same rules apply for bad, worse, worst.

Directions: Write one sentence for each of the following words: good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst. You should have 6 total sentences.

BELL WORK 4/24Comparative adjectives compare two things. For regular comparative

adjectives (we discussed irregular ones yesterday), there two rules:

1. If the regular adjective ends in y, change the y to i before adding –er (ex: happy happier)

2. For many regular adjectives with 3 or more syllables, use the word more before the adjective (do not add –er). (ex: delightful more delightful).

Directions: For each word, change it to make it a comparative adjective. You will have to add –er or more using the rules above.

Example: Weak Weaker

3. Slow 2. Noisy 3. Enjoyable4. Good5. Funny 6. Beautiful

BELL WORK 4/25For regular superlative adjectives, there are 3 rules to follow:

1. If the regular adjective has 1 or 2 syllables, add “-est” to the end. (Make the second consonant double if you have a short consonant-vowel-consonant word) Example: sad saddest

2. If the adjective ends in y, change the y to i before adding –est. Example: funny funniest

3. For many regular adjectives with 3 or more syllables, use the word most before the adjective, and do not add –est. Example: delightful most delightful

Directions: Change each word to make it a superlative adjective. You will have to add –est or most using the rules above.

4. Weak 2. Wet 3. Dangerous4. Small5. Far6. Bad

BELL WORK 4/26

Directions: Describe three things that you notice about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

“I’m so proud of my family,” the grandmother said adoringly, “because I have the smartest children, most beautiful granddaughters, and funniest grandsons in this big, crazy world.”

BELL WORK 4/30There are several irregular adjectives that change form depending on

what they are describing.

Use FEWER with objects that can be counted one-by-one. Example: There are fewer days left this year than I thought.

Use LESS for nouns that cannot be individually counted or that are abstract. Example: There is less time left in the hour than I thought.

*When referring to time or money, less is usually used.

1. Write one sentence that correctly uses the word fewer.

2. Write one sentence that correctly uses the word less.

3. Write one sentence that correctly includes both fewer and less.

BELL WORK 5/1Use MANY with objects that can be counted one-by-one. Example:

There are many students left in the room.

Use MUCH for nouns that cannot be individually counted or that are abstract. Example: There is much love in this family.

*When referring to time or money, much is usually used.

1. Write one sentence that correctly uses the word many.

2. Write one sentence that correctly uses the word much.

3. Write one sentence that correctly includes both many and much.

BELL WORK 5/2Directions: Describe three things that you notice about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

She introduced him by loudly boasting, “This is my wonderful, brilliant grandson who has many friends and much respect for those around him.”

BELL WORK 5/3Directions: Describe three things that you notice about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

“I have too much homework,” John complained bitterly, “and I refuse to waste my much-needed break washing dishes, doing laundry, or mowing the tall, wet grass.”

REVIEW

BELL WORK 5/7

Directions: Rewrite each sentence, adding punctuation where needed. Things you may need to add are:-Quotation Marks -Periods-Commas -Apostrophes-Hyphens -Parentheses

1. Twelve students passed the class just twelve

2. I think youre twenty seven years old the well dressed student said.

3. Turtle walked into the mans house and she was astonished to see his gaming collection.

BELL WORK 5/8Directions: Rewrite each sentence, adding punctuation

where needed. Things you may need to add are:-Quotation Marks -Periods-Commas -Apostrophes-Hyphens -Parentheses

1. Then one month which happened to be December the womans bills just stopped arriving

2. Please turn down that one way street the officer said.

3. Inside on a cold day the childrens mother prepares sweet silky hot cocoa.

BELL WORK 5/9

Directions: Describe four things that you notice about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

Then one day (it happened to be the Fourth of July), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be.

BELL WORK 5/10

Directions: Describe three things that you notice about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

Six appointments were made, and one by one, family by family, talk, talk, talk, Barney Northrup led the tours hastily about Sunset Towers.

BELL WORK 5/14Remember the rules:

MANY and FEWER are used with countable nouns.MUCH and LESS are used with non-countable nouns.

1. Write a sentence that correctly uses the word MANY.

2. Write a sentence that correctly uses the word FEWER.

3. Write a sentence that correctly uses the word MUCH.

4. Write a sentence that correctly uses the word LESS.

BELL WORK 5/15Directions: Determine whether or not each sentence is compound and if

it needs a comma.

If it isn’t a compound sentence and is correct as is, write correct.

If it is a compound sentence:1. Rewrite the sentence2. Circle the FANBOY and add the comma3. Identify the subjects with an S and the verbs with a V

S V S VExample: John and Tony run to school, and they arrive early.

1. We always go to the carnival and the restaurant on the same day.

2. Elijah left for school early but he still missed the bus.

3. Kim and Karyn studied all night so they performed well on the test.

BELL WORK 5/16Directions: Describe three things that you notice

about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

Running home quickly, Jenna, Martha, and Monica turned around to their friends (who were falling behind) and loudly shouted, “Hurry up!”

BELL WORK 5/17Make all the verbs in your sentence/paragraph/paper the same

tense. (For example, all verbs should be past, present, or future).

Also, make sure that if you’re talking about something in the past, you are using past tense verbs.

Directions: Each sentence has a verb tense problem and a hyphen error. Please rewrite and correct each sentence.

1. The girls are going to twenty one different stores last week.

2. We watch the well lit fire and talked the night away.

3. The new job was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and Josie thinks that she’ll accept it.

Corrections for 5/17

1. The girls are going to twenty-one different stores next week.

2. We watched the well-lit fire and talked the night away.

3. The new job is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Josie thinks that she’ll accept it.

BELL WORK 5/22Directions: Describe three things that you notice

about the following sentence. For each item, don’t just tell me what you see, try to tell me how it works.

“After studying for my test last night,” Angela confidently asserted, “I’m sure that I’ll get an A.”

BELL WORK 5/23Directions: At the beginning of The Westing Game, we read the blurp (summary) on the back of the novel to see what it was about.

Without looking at it again, please write your own summary of Westing Game. Be sure to:

• Summarize the main plot/problem of the story.

• Make it sound enticing so that people will want to read it.

• Don’t give too much away.

• Make it at least 5 sentences long.

BELL WORK 5/24

Write three things that you are noticing are different in The Westing Game movie.

PRONOUN REVIEW &INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

BELL WORK 5/29A pronoun can replace a noun to make writing sound less repetitive.

An antecedent is a word or phrase the pronoun refers to that the reader understands by viewing the sentence.

Example: John went to the lake, and he had fun.He is the pronoun, and John is the antecedent that he refers to.

Directions: For each sentence, identify the pronoun and the antecedent that it refers to.

Example: The cake was good because it was chocolate.Answer: Pronoun: it Antecedent: cake

1. Joe, Tim, and Mary went home because they were tired.2. The park was quiet because it was closed for the night.3. Because she wasn’t feeling well, Tina went home.

BELL WORK 5/31A pronoun can replace a noun to make writing sound less repetitive.

An antecedent is a word or phrase the pronoun refers to that the reader understands by viewing the sentence.

Directions: For each sentence, identify the pronoun and the antecedent that it refers to.

Example: The cake was good because it was chocolate.Answer: Pronoun: it Antecedent: cake

1. After they got home from Cedar Point, the 7th graders were exhausted.

2. Mrs. Leon went on all big roller coasters, and she wasn’t scared at all.

3. Today will be a good day because it will be warm.

BELL WORK 6/4An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing, or amount. It is vague and "not definite". Some typical indefinite pronouns are:

all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone

Directions: Use each indefinite pronoun in a sentence. Remember: Use the word as a pronoun. In other words, make sure it functions as a noun/subject and is doing the action.1. Anybody2. None3. Another

BELL WORK 6/5Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to people, places, or things that are

unknown or not stated.

Indefinite pronouns usually begin with:

any (anyone, anybody) every (everyone, everybody)some (someone, somebody) no (no one, nobody)

Directions: Write the indefinite pronoun to complete each sentence.

1. I put my soda down on the table, but _________ moved it!

2. The party is going to be great! ___________ will be there.

3. Does _________ have change for a dollar so I can buy a soda?

4. I was disappointed because _______ that I invited came to the party.

5. Rachel was so popular that ________ wanted to sit next to her.

VOCAB REVIEW

BELL WORK 6/6Directions: Use each of the following vocab words in an

original sentence that demonstrates your understanding of the word.

You may NOT use the sentence from your vocab sheet, but you may use the definition to help you construct it.

1. Receding2. Relinquish3. Gaunt4. Grapple

BELL WORK 6/7Directions: Use each of the following vocab words in an

original sentence that demonstrates your understanding of the word.

You may NOT use the sentence from your vocab sheet, but you may use the definition to help you construct it.

1. RANT2. VAGUE3. SUBDUED4. TURMOIL

BELL WORK 6/11

Grab a half sheet of lined paper from the counter.

Directions: Write a 5-7 sentence letter to the incoming 7th graders for what they can do to be successful in my class next year.

BELL WORK 6/12

Please pick up a word search and your folder from the counter.

1. Get anything out of your in-class folder that you’d like to keep.

2. Start working on word search.

HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE SUMMER!