Do Now

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Do Now
Take out a sheet of paper and pen or pencil. You
will turn this in in 7 minutes! Rules (Fill in
the blank) Rule 1 Respect ________, others, and
your ______________. Rule 2 Come to class on
time and _____________. Rule 3 Follow
instructions the _____________ time they are
given. Rule 4 Use appropriate _________________
at all times. Consequences (Short Answer) List
the consequences 1) 2) Match the situation with
the rule that it is breaking. 1.
Swearing. (A) Rule 1 2. Talking while
the teacher is speaking. (B) Rule 2 3.
Coming to class without something to write with.
(C) Rule 3 4. Not getting out a piece of
paper after the teacher asks you to (D) Rule 4
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"To the left, to the left"

• Pass your papers to the left. Do NOT pass papers
  until you have received the papers from the
  person next to you.
• The last person in each row will pass papers up
  to the person in front of him or her. Do NOT pass
  papers until you have received the papers from
  the person behind you.
• The person who has all of the papers on his or
  her desk will put them in the bin for the class
  (for example, person with all of the papers for
  1st period will put papers in the 1st period
  bin).

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Do Now Answers

• Rules (Fill in the blank)
• Rule 1 Respect yourself, others, and your
  environment.
• Rule 2 Come to class on time and prepared.
• Rule 3 Follow instructions the first time they
  are given.
• Rule 4 Use appropriate language at all times.
• Consequences (Short Answer)
• List the consequences
• 1) Detention
• 2) Referral
• Match the situation with the rule that it is
  breaking.
• 1. Swearing. (D) Rule 4 Use appropriate
  language at all times
• 2. Talking while the teacher is speaking. (A)
  Rule 1 Respect yourself, others, and your
  environment.
• 3. Coming to class without something to write
  with. (B) Rule 2 Come to class on time and
  prepared.
• 4. Not getting out a piece of paper after the
  teacher asks you to (C) Rule 3 Follow
  instructions the first time they are given.

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Getting Your Attention

• When Ms. Ash wants you to be quiet, she will
  stand in front of the class, hold up her hand,
  and use the beeper.
• Lets practice.
• Turn to the person next to you and tell them
  about your Winter Break.

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Which person do you think is smarter?

• We will read two passages from a class essay by
  two different authors, and the class will vote on
  which author seems smarter.

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Author A

• It was 335 pm on Friday, December 19th, the
  last day before Winter Break. The afternoon
  announcements had just ended, but my heartless
  teacher still made us sit quietly in our seats,
  all of our eyes glued to the second hand of the
  clock.
• When the bell finally rang, I grabbed
• my backpack, dashed out the door, and met my
  friends in the spillout. Unfortunately, I still
  had to be at All Stars for two more hours, but I
  knew that the two weeks of freedom that I had so
  patiently waited for was so close I could almost
  taste it.

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Author B

• we has winter break in decembrrrr and are teacher
  didnt let us go and i wanted to go but we couldnt
  go.
• Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! The bell finaly rung and I gotta
  go and leave norland 2 go home 2 play w/ my
  freinds and i will not brb, 2 weeeeeekkkks
  offfff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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VOTE!!!

• Raise your hand if you think Person A is smarter.
• Raise your hand if you think Person B is smarter.

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Conventions!

• Using proper grammar, punctuation,
  capitalization, and other conventions is
  important because it makes your writing more
  clear and shows that you are educated.
• In other words, it makes you look SMARTER!

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Capitalization

• Today, we are going to focus on the rules of
  capitalization.

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"But we learned capitalization in the 3rd grade!"

• Before you say this, look at the following
  statistics
• 87 of my students do not consistently follow the
  rules of capitalization in their writing.
• 62 of my students demonstrate little to no
  knowledge of the rules of capitalization in their
  writing.

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Paper Set Up

• Take out a sheet of paper. On the top right-hand
  corner, write the heading.
• Name
• Date
• Period
• Subject
• On the top of the page, write the following
• Big Question When should you use capitalization?

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1. Beginning of a Sentence

• Write a sentence about the first day back to
  school. Make sure to capitalize the first word!
• Sentence

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2. Beginning of a quotation

• Capitalize the first word in a quotation if the
  quotation is a complete sentence.
• Example If you liked it, then you shouldve put
  a ring on it, sang Beyoncé.
• When a quotation consists of one complete
  sentence in two parts, only one capital is
  needed.
• Example How much longer, Imani whined, until
  we get there?
• If a quotation contains more than one sentence,
  capitalize the first word of each sentence.
• Example So make it a great day or not, said
  Mrs. Nelson. The choice is yours.

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3. Proper Noun

• Proper noun- refers to a specific and unique
  person, place, or object
• There are many different types of proper nouns,
  such as
• Names of People
• Geographical Names
• Specific Groups
• Specific Places
• Specific Things

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Copy Down the Following Chart and Fill in Your
Example Column
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4. Pronoun I
I
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5. Titles of Works

• You should capitalize the keys words of a title
  of a book, magazine, movie, TV show, or song.
• Key Words means everything except for little
  words, like the, in, of, to, and other
  prepositions.

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5. Titles of Works

• Whats your favorite?
• Write down your favorite of each of the following
  categories.
• Book
• Magazine
• Movie
• TV Show
• Song

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6. Days, Months, Holidays

• Write out todays day of the week and date and
  your favorite holiday.
• Example My birthday is Thursday, April 16, 2009.
• Todays day of the week and date
• Favorite holiday

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Do Now

• Take out the notes you took from the PowerPoint
  yesterday. You can use them to answer the
  following questions.
• List the 6 examples of when you use
  capitalization.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
• 6.
• 7. What was the Big Question yesterday?
• Rewrite the following sentence with correct
  capitalization.
• 8. andre and I were so glad that we didnt have
  to go to norland on presidents day.

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This Weeks Assignment

• The following exercises from the grammar book
  will be due at the beginning of class Friday,
  January 9th.
• You will be issued a grammar book so that you can
  work on this at home.
• You may also work on it in class if you have
  extra time after your tests Tuesday through
  Thursday.
• You will be given a writing assignment later this
  week that applies the capitalization rules were
  learning that will be due Monday, January 12th.

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Do Now

• We will finish taking our interim exams today.
• The only thing you will need is a pencil.
• After that, work on your homework assignment that
  is due Friday. Use the grammar book under your
  desk.
• I will put the writing assignment that is due
  Monday on the board later during class.

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This Weeks AssignmentDue Friday, January 9th

• p. 638 Exercise 1- Write sentence, highlight
  capitalized word
• p. 639 Exercise 2- Write sentence, highlight
  capitalized word
• p. 641 Exercise 4- Write word only
• p. 643 Exercise 5- Write word only
• p. 646 Exercise 6- Write word only
• p. 648 Exercise 8- Write correct if sentence is
  correctly capitalized. If not, write word only.
• p. 649 Exercise 10- Write word only

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Capitalization Writing Assignment

• Due Monday, January 12th
• Write 1 double-spaced page about what you did
  over Winter Break.
• Include the following things
• -3 Is
• -2 specific places you went (e.g. Aventura Mall,
  Miramar)
• -2 brand names
• -2 names of people
• -1 direct quote (e.g. Thank you so much! Deja
  cried. How did you know I wanted an iTouch for
  Christmas?
• -1 TV show, movie, or book
• -1 day of the week
• -1 month
• -1 holiday
• Highlight and label all capitalized words.
• Persons Name I 01Specific Place
  Brand Name
• E.g. Susan and I went to Aventura Mall to buy
  Jordans.

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Capitalization Writing Assignment

• Skip lines and write labels above words.
• Use the following abbreviations when labeling
  words.
• Use tally marks as you write to keep track of how
  many capitalization examples you have used.

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Example

• Beg.
• Even though two weeks was definitely not
• I
• long enough, I made the most of the break by
• going home and spending time with my best
• PN I/Beg.
• friend Charlene. I spent the first weekend of my
• SP
• break relaxing here in Miami.
• Beg. 11
• I (3) 11
• PN (2) 1
• SP (2) 10