Grammar Monday!10/5

Grammar Monday

• Grammar Quiz

• Review Old Skills

• New Skill – Capital Letters

• Practice – ALL skills

• End Goal – Improve writing with new grammar and ROCK the ACT

Old Skills

• Identify:

Wow, I thought that test was really hard.

Identify: Answers

Wow, I thought that test was really hard.

Wow- Interjection Was - Verb

I- Pronoun Really - Adverb

Thought – Verb Hard - Adj

That – Adj

Test - Noun

Fix this sentence

• Fix ONLY

• Mary ate brocoli for dinner, however; There was only brocoli in the refrigerater. (7)

Answers

• Mary ate brocoli for dinner, however; There was only brocoli in the refridgerater. (7)

• There was only broccoli in the refrigerator, therefore; Mary ate broccoli for dinner.

Capital Letters

• They aren’t just for angry texts anymore.

• 12 Rules

Rule 1

• The first word of a sentence.

• Do you like ice cream?

• She said yes.

Rule 2

• The pronoun “I” • Last night I ate a bowl of ice cream.

• I think that is easy.

Rule 3

• Proper Nouns• Specific people• Specific places• Specific

organizations• Brands

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Chicago, Illinois

• Supreme Court

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

• Aunt Jenny

Rule 4

• Names of specific deities, religious figures, and holy books

• God SPECIFICALLY• God• Greek gods

• Zeus

• Buddha

• Shiva

• Moses

• Bible

Rule 5

• Titles that PRECEDE names, not titles that follow names

• I was able to interview Mayor Smith,

• I was able to interview Jenny Smith, mayor of Elmhurst.

Rule 6

• Directions that are names

• Not compass directions, but rather sections of the country

• I want to move to the South.

• I hear the Northwest is beautiful.

• I live north of Amundsen.

Rule 7

• Days of the week

• Months of the year

• Holidays

• Halloween

• October

• Friday

• winter (seasons that are used generally are not capitalized)

• Fall 1999 (specific one!)

Rule 8

• Names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages

• Costa Rica

• Spanish

• French

• Greek

• English

Rule 9

• First word in a direct quote

• Mary said, “Hey, you owe me ten dollars!”

Rule 10

• Major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs• UNLESS it is the

first word

• Catcher in the Rye

• Pride and Prejudice

• Romeo and Juliet

Rule 11

• Members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups

• Amundsen Vikings

• Democrats

• Chinese

• Friends of the Wilderness

• African-Americans

Rule 12

• Period and Events• NOT century

numbers

• Victorian Era

• Great Depression

• Constitutional Convention

• sixteenth century

Practice

If it needs to be fixed, fix it. If not, write OK.

1. Coca-cola

2. labor day

3. Green Bay packers

4. Saterday

5. Monday

Answers

• 1. Coca-Cola

• 2. Labor Day

• 3. Green Bay Packers

• 4. Saturday

• 5. OK

Fix it

• renaissance era

• republicans

• Aunts and uncles

• Eugene Lee is a Doctor at the hospital

• potters for peace

• I Am The Messenger

Answers

• Renaissance Era

• Republicans

• aunts and uncles

• Eugene Lee is a doctor at the hospital

• Potters for Peace

• I am the Messenger

Fix this sentence

Profesor Dixon said “The members of Friends Of The Orfans can leave class early. (6)

Answers

Profesor Dixon said “the members of Friends Of The Orfans can leave class early. (7)

Professor Dixon said, ‘The members of Friends of the Orphans can leave class early.”

Reflection

• Parts of Speech

• Semicolons

• Capital Letters

• Tricky Words

• Which of these are your strength? Why?

• Which do you need more help with? What kind of help will work?