All About Punctuation!

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All About Punctuation!

• Mrs. Pantanos Seventh Grade
• Pre AP/Advanced/Gifted

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Punctuation is helpful!

• Some student writers believe punctuation is just
  plain BOTHERSOME while writing. In fact, good
  writers know that punctuation is not bothersome,
  but helpful! Besides its helpful purpose, good
  writers can use punctuation to create AMAZING
  sentences.
• Remember, use punctuation to create amazing
  sentences!

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Punctuation is necessary!

• Punctuation is also necessary! When talking
  aloud, we are able to convey meaning using
  intonation, voice patterns, and body language.
  We also pause while talking to answer any
  questions from listeners and to explain anything
  which is unclear. Readers of text do not have the
  same advantages as face to face listeners.
• Remember, readers of text need punctuation to
  assist in their understanding . Never go without
  it!

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Readers of text need punctuation! But how do I
use it???

• Although many student writers know they need to
  add punctuation, they often feel unsure of what
  type of punctuation and/or how to use it.
• How do you feel about punctuation?
• How would you rate your overall use and
  knowledge of punctuation? 4,3, 2, or 1??????

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Missing Punctuation Confusion.

• Missing punctuation leads to much ambiguity,
  meaning that the reader will have to ask the
  writer what was meant, rather than the message
  being crystal clear in the first place.
• Get the punctuation right and the message will be
  crystal clear--always.

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Punctuation changes meaning!

• Here is a classic illustration of altering
  punctuation to change meaning
• A woman without her man is nothing.
• A woman without her, man is nothing.

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Experiment with punctuation.

• How many different ways can you write the
  following sentences? Fix the following sentence.
  . . .
• In conducting annual self assessment training
  providers should seek help
• In conducting annual self-assessment training,
  providers should seek help.
• In conducting annual self-assessment, training
  providers should seek help.

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Try another.

• The man dropped the bullet in his mouth
• The man dropped the bullet in his mouth.
• The man dropped, the bullet in his mouth.
• The man dropped the bulletin his mouth!
• Please note you cannot split this sentence with
  period or semicolon because there is only ONE
  subject and one verb!

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Try some more!

• Watch out man eating apes
• Watch out, man, eating apes.
• Watch out man eating apes!
• Watch out man-eating apes!
• Watch out, man, eating apes!
• We order merchandise and sell the products
• We order merchandise and sell the products.
• We order, merchandise, and sell the products.

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Try your last ones!

• When I sing well ladies feel sick
• When I sing well, ladies feel sick.
• When I sing, well ladies feel sick.
• You will be required to work twenty four hour
  shifts
• You will be required to work twenty four-hour
  shifts.
• You will be required to work twenty-four hour
  shifts.
• You will be required to work twenty-four-hour
  shifts.

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What do you already know about punctuation? Would
you like to learn more?

• A period looks like this .
• A period is used
• 1. at the end of the sentence
• 2. after initials
• 3. after abbreviations
• 4. inside closing quotation marks

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• A semi-colon looks like this
• A semi-colon is used
• 1. to join independent clauses not joined by a
  coordinating conjunction. The joined clauses
  must be complete sentences on their own!!!
• For example,
• The students made several recommendations to the
  principal concerning lunch the principal has
  only considered one at this time.

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• An apostrophe looks like this
• An apostrophe is used
• 1. to indicate an omission in a word like govt
  for government.
• 2. to indicate the possessive case such as the
  owners car or Julies hat.
• 3. the most common misuse of the apostrophe
  occurs with its, its, your, youre, yours,
  their, theirs, theyre, there.

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• A colon looks like this
• A colon is used for
• 1. Emphasis, especially of lists and definitions.
  For example, Middle school boys have only one
  hobby eating.
• I have important priorities in the morning eat
  breakfast, walk dogs, make bed, finish homework.
• 2. Dialogue
• Mom What did you do in school today?
• Teenager Nothing, school is boring.

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• A question mark looks like this ?
• A question mark is used
• 1. After a direct question
• Are you breaking up with me?
• 2. When the a sentence is half statement and
  half question You know, we are never ever
  getting back together? Notice the question
  mark INSIDE the quotation marks!

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• An exclamation point looks like this !
• An exclamation point is used to express strong
  emotion!
• For example, No! the teacher said. Do it
  now!

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• Quotation marks look like this
• This is what quotation marks are used for
• Quotation marks enclose a persons exact words.
  Use a capital letter on the first word of a
  direct quotation within the marks.
• If a quotation is interrupted and then
  continues into the next sentence, do not
  capitalize the first word of the second part.
• For example, My husband likes to talk about
  football, Julie said. OR My husband likes to
  talk about football," Julie said, especially
  during Super Bowl playoffs.

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Write your own example here
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Quotation Marks are also necessary when denoting
the genre of literature.

• Place quotation marks around the titles of short
  plays, short stories, short poems, chapter
  titles, and songs.
• Back Together by Taylor Swift on Red

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Write your own example here
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Underlining also denotes the genre of text.

• Underline titles of movies, newspapers, books,
  magazines, ships, and trains.
• For example Every morning, I read The New York
  Times. My favorite holiday movie is Christmas
  Story.

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• A dash looks like this --
• A dash is used to note a pause, break, change,
  hesitation, emphasis, or series of ideas.
• For example We will go to the Rocky Mountains
  in Juneif you get all As on your report card.
• I admire these qualities in a friendintelligence,
  humor, kindness, and respectand thats why
  Julie is the best friend ever!

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• This is what a hyphen looks like -
• A hyphen is used to connect parts of compound
  words. Hyphens are joiners. Use them when you
  need to clarify an idea from two or more words.
• For example, the first-quarter touchdown, the
  bluish-green coat, a well-known student, a
  part-time job.

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• This is what an ellipsis looks like . . .
• An ellipsis indicates the omission of letters or
  words from text.
• If an ellipsis comes at the end of the sentence,
  it contains 4 dots to signify the period mark.
• For example The Character Counts Luncheon
  honored forty students. . .at Switzerland Point
  Middle School.
• And then they lived happily ever
• after. . . .

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• This is what parentheses looks like ( )
• Use parentheses whenever you want to include
  material that is not as important or doesnt fit
  in the natural flow of the text. Use parentheses
  RARELY. If the material is important enough to
  include it, use some other means of including it
  such as writing a separate sentence.
• For example, Julie Pantano (a mother of four
  children herself) loves teaching middle school
  kids!

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Write your own example here
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What do you already know about punctuation?

• A comma looks like this ,
• Commas have many, many uses. Mostly, commas are
  used to separate items in a series or set off a
  word, phrase, or clause.
• For example, I want to purchase winter boots,
  coat, and hat. OR However, I am very busy
  today. OR Since my mom is driving by the mall
  tomorrow, she said she would take me shopping.

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The comma is the most confusing punctuation mark
for students. However, try this trick, and your
sentences will come out comma perfect every time!

• Remember that commas usually arrive AFTER the
  AAAWWUBBIS!!!
• after, although, as, when, while, until,
  because, before, if, since

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Commas also come with the FANBOYS

• FANBOYS are conjunctions. Commas and
  conjunctions join sentences.
• SENTENCE, FANBOY SENTENCE
• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• I walked to the bus stop, and I went to school

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What else do commas do?

• Separate adjectives of equal value
• Separate direct quotation from the rest of the
  sentence
• Separate the day from year
• Separate the city from state
• Separate a name from a title
• Set off words in the appositive position
• To set off introductory words like yes

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More comma uses. . .

• To set off transitional words
• After the greeting of a friendly letter
• After the closing of a letter

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Write your own example here
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What have I learned today about punctuation that
I did not know before?

• Write your answer on an exit slip!!! Put your
  exit slip in your class slot by door.