Interactive Note-Taking
This
presentation
covers
capitalization.
Sample Item
Wanda wouldn’t offer her little brother
brotheraa
A
Christmas cookie
cookiebecause
becausehe
heate
ateall
allof
ofher
her
B
Halloween candy last october.
october.
C
October
A.
B.
C.
D.
Is brother,
needs a capital
cookie, or
letter, which
october a
option C
problem?
provides.
Brother
Cookie
October
October
No change is necessary.
Ca pitalize the fir st letter
of the fir st wor d of a
sentence .
The
rottenpear
pearsat
satininaapuddle
puddleofofgoo
goo
the rotten
on the kitchen counter.
Dude, formal
writing is not the
same as texting
your friend!
Ca pitalize the pr onoun
I.
If that liar Darlene claims that she spent
the night studying, Ii will
will say
say that
that iIsaw
sawher
her
kissing Thomas at the movies.
Don’t be lazy!
Capitalize those I ’s.
You deserve a
capital letter!
Ca pitalize pr oper nouns .
On Tuesday,
September18,
18,elizabeth
Elizabeth
tuesday, september
cooked her first pot of squid eyeball stew.
Proper nouns include
the days of the week,
the months of the
year, and names.
Other Proper Nouns
 Titles before
Names
 Specific
Places
 Organizations
 Companies
 Product
Names
 Religions
 Languages




Nationalities
Holidays
Departments
Historical
Eras
 Regions of the
Country
 Titles of Works
Quick Test
Directions: For the items in you notes ,
choose the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
“No change is necessary.”
Show me
what you
know.
This presentation
covers commonly
misspelled
words and
knowledge of
spelling rules.
Sample Item 1
Because we were hungary,
hungary, we
wecould
couldnot
not
AA
concentrate on the lecture. We will definitely
definitely
B
consult Wanda since she was fueling
fuelingher
herbrain
brain
C
with a fruit smoothie.
Hungry is
Is hungary,
definitely
definitely, or
misspelled, but
fueling
choice A
misspelled?
corrects it!
A. hungry
hungry
B. definately
C. feuling
D. No change is necessary.
Sample Item 2
At the flea market, Harold bought fresh tomatoes,
a pair of used jeans, and a stuffed deer head with
a broken antler. He considered the shopping trip
successfull.
A. succesful
B. successful
successful
C. sucessful
D. No change is necessary.
IsChoice
successfull
B does
the job—twoIfcso,
s,
misspelled?
two
which
ss,choice
but only
one l. it?
corrects
W hen in doubt, rely on
“gut” feelings.
Your eyes have seen in print—and your
brain has registered —all of the possible
words that you will encounter for this skill. If
you don’t recognize the right answer, go
with the one that feels right.
Hey, I know
that word!
Quick Test
Directions: For the items in your notes,
choose the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
“No change is necessary.”
Show me
what you
know!
This
presentation
covers
standard
punctuation.
Sample Item 1
As we got out of the car
car we
we could
could smell
smell the
the
A
delicious chicken
chickenand
andrice
ricethat
that
Grandma
Grandma
was
was
B
C
cooking for dinner.
A.
B.
C.
D.
car, we
car,
we
Do
Exactly!
you need
You
a
comma
after car
need
to connect
the,
chicken, and
chicken
, orclause.
rice?
introductory
rice, that
No change is necessary.
Sample Item 2
A. Since Grandma wasnt looking, Julie filled the
dogs bowls with leftovers from the meal.
B. Since Grandma wasn’t looking, Julie filled the
dogs’ bowls with leftover’s from the meal.
C. Since
Since Grandma
Grandmawasn’t
wasn’tlooking,
looking,
Julie
Julie
filled
filled
the
dogs’
the
dogs’
bowls
bowls
with leftovers
with leftovers
from the
from
meal.
the meal.
Notice that the
apostrophes
are all correct
in version C.
End Mar ks
• Use the period [ . ] to end statements.
Jasmine ate a chocolate-broccoli muffin.
• Use the question mark [ ? ] when asking a
question.
Did Jasmine eat a chocolate-broccoli muffin?
• Use—not overuse —the exclamation
mark [ ! ] to signify excitement or
emphasis.
Oh, no! Jasmine ate a chocolate-broccoli muffin!
One exclamation mar k per
essay is a good aver a ge.
But I really love! I
mean love! the
exclamation
mark!!! I want to
use it all the time!!!
It’s me!!!
Commas, Par t 1
• Use a comma with a coordinating
conjunction to connect two sentences.
• Coordinating conjunctions = and, but, for,
or, nor, yet, and so.
Jasmine will pass the comma test,
but Slacker
test. Slacker
Sam
will not.
Sam
will not.
You have to
study if you want
to do well!
Commas, Par t 2
• Use and alone to connect two items.
• Use commas and an and to connect
three or more items.
Jasmine will buy a bag of potato chips,
chips a
hotdog,
and
a hotdog.
and a soda
Hard work
deserves a
reward!
Semicolon
• Use the semicolon [ ; ] to connect two main
clauses which is like combining two complete
sentence into one. This is called a compound
sentence.
Jasmine prefers
worries classes
about her
that
grade
require
in statistics.
statistics;
her to write:
math
nother
herbest
bestAbnormal
subject. Psychology, and
Math to
Intro
isisHumanities,
not
subject.
US Government.
But I excel at
punctuation!
Apostrophe
• Use the apostrophe [ ’ ] with an s to show
possession: Jasmine’s pen, the cat’s eyes,
the professors’ frowns
• Or use the apostrophe to indicate the
letters/spaces removed in a contraction:
she’ d, can’ t, should’ ve
We can’t
cheatfrom
fromJasmines
Jasmine’spunctuation
punctuationquiz
cant cheat
quiz
because
absent
because
shesshe’s
absent
today!today!
Ha! Dentist
appointment!
Quick Test
Directions: For the items in your notes,
choose the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
“No change is necessary.”
Show me
what you
know.
The End.
That’s what I’m
talking about.