Week of October 18- 22
DOL Week 8- Write and study sentences each night.
Advanced English
We will be writing a persuasive essay this week on the benefits of walking. Monday and Tuesday we will work on prewriting and rough drafts. Final drafts will be due on Thursday, October 21.
Unit 9 Nouns
We will begin Unit 9 on Nouns on Wednesday.
DOL Week 8 test on Friday.

Regular English
Unit 19 Test on Wednesday. Study notes.
Thursday and Friday we will write a persuasive essay on the benefits of walking.
DOL Week 8 test on Friday
Notes for Unit 19
Pages 454-471

* End Marks
. ? !
(Declarative, imperative, interrogative & exclamatory sentences)
Be able to put the correct end mark on sentences.

* Comma Rules
1. To separate three or more items in a series
(We had soup, crackers, and milk.)
2. To show a pause after an introductory word
(Yes, you may go to the fair.)
3. After two or more prepositional phrases at the
beginning of a sentence
(In the first part of class, we will review.)
4. To set off interruptions (appositives)
( Sue, the girl next door, likes to draw.)
5. To set off names of direct address
(Mom, do I really have to go?)
6. Compound sentences ( and or but)
7. Salutation of friendly letters and closing of
friendly and business letters
8. To prevent misreading
9. Between the day of the week and month (Friday,
October 1) and between the day /the
year/ the sentence (On October 1, 2004, we will
take a test.) Date rule
10. To separate city from state/country and state
from the rest of the sentence City state rule.
11. Abbreviated titles after a name (Sally Ride,
Ph.D.)
12. Too when too means also. (She, too, is late.
She is late, too.)
13. Direct quotations (inside closing- outside
opening)

*Semicolons
; semicolons are used to join compound sentences
*Colons
: colons are used for a list of items at the end of a
sentence(these, the following, as follows are key
words)
: colons are used to separate hour and minute
: colons are used in the salutation of a business
letter

Quotation Marks
" " Use quotation marks before and after a direct
and interrupted quotation
" " Use for short stories, poems, articles, songs,
book chapters, essays
*Italics
Italics = underlining
Use for titles of books, plays, magazines, films, newspapers, TV series, long poems, names of trains, planes, ships

*Apostrophes
Possession
Singular nouns always add `s
Plural nouns not ending in s and `s
Plural nouns ending in s add `
Contractions
Used to show the letter that is left out
Ex. It is = it's you are = you're

*Hyphens
Used in compound numbers ( thirty-three)
Used in compound nouns (sister-in-law)
Used to divide words at the end of a line between
syllables

*Abbreviations
Titles (Mr., Mrs., Dr., Jr.)
A.M. P.M. B.C. A.D.
Calendar items only in charts and lists
Scientific units of measure (in., ft., g, l)
Street abbreviations on envelopes
Postal abbreviations on envelopes

*Writing Numbers

Spell out if one to two words
Use numerals for more than two words
Numbers at the beginning of sentence must always be
spelled
Large numbers use numeral and million or billion ( 4
million)
If one numeral is used, then use numerals throughout
the sentence
Ordinal numbers must be spelled (first, second,
third,...)
Words to show time unless exact time is used
(ten o'clock, 10:14 A.M.)

*Always use numerals to show
Dates, house numbers, street numbers, room numbers, phone numbers, page numbers, amounts of money of more than two words, percentages ( 45 percent)
Must use the word percent in sentences