3. iWriteRight:
Capitalization and Punctuation
from The Outsiders,
by S.E. Hinton
quote from a character on pages 121-122:
Directions: Listen to the teacher read the following
quote with correct punctuation. Fill in the missing punctuation in the quote,
and fix any capitalization errors you see.
i dont want to die now it ain't
long enough sixteen years ain't long enough i wouldnt mind it so much if there
wasnt so much stuff i ain't done yet and so many things i ain't seen its not
fair you know what that time we were in windrixville was the only time ive been
away from the neighborhood
Check for Capitalization:
·
"I" as a personal pronoun
·
beginning of sentences
Check for Punctuation:
·
apostrophes in contractions
·
end of sentence punctuation (period, question
mark)
·
quotation marks for spoken dialogue