Period 3,4,5,6 Ten Minute Warm-up
Directions: Copy and add correct quotation marks.
1. Who said, All the world’s a stage? asked Ms.
Newhouse. Tell me in what era he lived.
2. Abuelita, what big ears you have, giggled
Capercita Roja, and what big teeth you have!
3. The better to eat you with, mija! cried the wolf.
4. Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? asked one of
the tres cochinitos.
5. Dragons, explained Hagrid, make lovely pets fer
responsible pet owners. But yer have to be real
careful not to get ‘em upset, he added.
Answers to 10 minute warm-up
1. Who said, “All the world’s a stage?” asked Ms.
Newhouse. “Tell me in what era he lived.”
2. “Abuelita, what big ears you have,” giggled
Capercita Roja, “and what big teeth you have!”
3. “The better to eat you with, mija!” cried the wolf.
4. “Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?” asked one of
the tres cochinitos.
5. “Dragons,” explained Hagrid, “make lovely pets
fer responsible pet owners. But yer have to be
real careful not to get ‘em upset,” he added.
Warmup: Quotations and Titles
Create a bulleted list of the items below. Use either
underlining or quotation marks correctly for each title.
1. Your two favorite songs
2. Your two favorite movies
3. Your two favorite television shows
4. Your two favorite books
5. Your favorite short story
6. Your favorite poem
7. Your favorite newspaper
8. Your favorite magazine
Homework on Quotations and Titles
• Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting
Seven of the titles you identified. Rank your
favorite six and explain the reasoning for your
ranking.
Quotations and Titles Warm-up #2
• Write the following sentences - which include titles with correct punctuation and spelling. Include
paragraph breaks as needed.
• Get ready to play a game using these and other titles.
1. Where are they showing Gone Girl asked Chloe. I have
no idea said Zoe. I’m going to see The Rocky Horror
Picture Show with my Goth friends tonight.
2. I loved reading To Kill a Mockingbird, said Harper.
Sidney replied In the Heat of the Night is a better movie
about the civil rights movement.
Quotations and Titles Warm-up #2
Answer to #1
1. “Where are they showing Gone Girl?” asked
Chloe.
“I have no idea,” said Zoe. “I’m going to see
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with my Goth
friends tonight.”
Quotations and Titles Warm-up #2
Answer to #2
2. “I loved reading To Kill a Mockingbird,” said
Harper.
Sidney replied, “In the Heat of the Night is a
better movie about the civil rights movement.”
Quotations and Titles Warm-up #3
• Write the following sentences - which include titles with correct punctuation and spelling. Include
paragraph breaks as needed.
• Get ready to play a game using these and the titles
from yesterday’s warm-up.
A. What is your favorite Tim Burton film? asked Sonja. At
Halloween I like to watch The Nightmare Before
Christmas, said Felix.
B. We were watching Entertainment Tonight and the
commentators were talking about the Academy Awardwinning film To Kill a Mockingbird. We’re reading that
novel at school! exclaimed Duvall.
Quotations and Titles Warm-up #3
• Write the following sentences - which include titles with correct punctuation and spelling. Include
paragraph breaks as needed.
• Get ready to play a game using these and the titles
from yesterday’s warm-up.
A. What is your favorite Tim Burton film? asked Sonja. At
Halloween I like to watch The Nightmare Before
Christmas, said Felix.
B. We were watching Entertainment Tonight and the
commentators were talking about the Academy Awardwinning film To Kill a Mockingbird. We’re reading that
novel at school! exclaimed Duvall.
Answer to Warm-up #3A
• Write the following sentences - which include titles - with
correct punctuation and spelling. Include paragraph breaks
as needed.
• Get ready to play a game using these and the titles from
yesterday’s warm-up.
A. “What is your favorite Tim Burton film?” asked Sonja.
“At Halloween I like to watch The Nightmare Before
Christmas,” said Felix.
B.
My family was watching Entertainment Tonight and the
commentators were talking about the Academy Awardwinning film, To Kill a Mockingbird.
“We’re reading that novel at school!” exclaimed
Duvall.
Warm-up #4
• Write the following sentences - which include
titles - with correct punctuation and spelling.
Include paragraph breaks as needed.
A. Have you seen Dracula, the Untold Story?
asked Vlad. We saw it at the drive-in in
Morongo Valley, said Mehmet.
B. My little brother threw up when he saw the
vampire, said Van Helsing. We should have
gone to The Maze Runner instead.
Warm-up #4
• Write the following sentences - which include
titles - with correct punctuation and spelling.
Include paragraph breaks as needed.
A. “Have you seen Dracula, the Untold Story?”
asked Vlad.
“We saw it at the drive-in in Morongo Valley,”
said Mehmet.
B. “My little brother threw up when he saw the
vampire,” said Van Helsing. “We should have
gone to The Maze Runner instead.”