By: Jimmy Timko, Cameron Cranley, Shayne McNally, Emma Cantlon

1. Writing Conventions By: Jimmy Timko, Cameron Cranley, Shayne McNally, Emma Cantlon

2. Incorrect Amature 6. Minature 7. Receit Definitly 8. Ryhme Firey 9. Vacume With 10. Lisense Use Correct Spelling!
 Always try to spell correctly, even on hard words. Most people have a dictionary, encyclopedia, or computer at their disposal. So there is no excuse for an incorrectly spelled word. If you are having trouble with a word, you can use one of the resources listed above, or you can just sound the word out.

3. Correct Amateur 6. Miniature Category 7. Receipt Definitely8. Rhyme Fiery 9. Vacuum Width 10. License Spelling Cont...

4. Capitalization…
 Is a difficult thing to do, but if you know what to do, it can be mastered easily. • Capitalize the first word of every sentence. • Capitalize names of people, their titles, and initials. Also capitalize Jr. and Sr. • Capitalize the pronoun I. • Capitalize the names of organizations and places. • Capitalize the first letter of adjectives that are made from the names of certain places or objects. • Capitalize directions when the are used to designate actual places, not directions. • Capitalize days of the week, months, but not seasons • Capitalize important words and the beginning and ending in the title of a book, magazine, etc. Capitalize important documents and events in history. • Capitalize acronyms and initialisms.

5. Capitalization Cont… • Ex. Today is Monday. • Ex. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or MLK was a great person. • Ex. I am a seventh grader. • Ex. Habitat for Humanity is everywhere, including New Jersey. • Ex. Last night, we had Chinese Food. • Ex. When we moved to the West, we traveled North. • Ex. I was born Monday November 3, which is in the Fall • Ex. “The Call of the Wild” is a good book. • NASA is not stationed where the F.B.I. is.

6. Writing Paragraphs • Remember to indent the beginning of paragraphs. • When you’re done writing, you should proofread. • Rules: • Each paragraph should have at least 5 to 7 sentences. • When you move onto a new idea start a new paragraph and remember to ALWAYS indent! • A composition should consist of 5 paragraphs 1 opening paragraph, 3 detail paragraphs and 1 conclusion paragraph. • Without paragraphs stories would just be one big book of jumbled words. • Paragraphs contribute to clarity and the ability to easily understand words and ideas.

7. My Weekend! Little Joey wrote about his weekend, see if you can spot the mistakes in these sentences. Make sure all spelling, grammar, and punctuation is correct. today i went to the bronx zoo and seed a kangaroo who telled me to tie my shew, he were a funy kangerroo who hoped around the zoo, next i seed a fat hippo in an tank, he were funny to, my weekend was very fun!

8. Sentence Ending Punctuation • Use a period at the end of declarative and imperative sentences. • Use a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence. • Use an exclamation point at the end of an exclamatory sentence.

9. Sentence Ending Punctuation Cont... Put your punctuation skills to the test! • What did you do over the weekend! • I went to a hockey game and met Wayne gretzky? • Go water the plants? • Could you please water the plants? • The New Jersey Devils are officially on a streak.

10. Using Commas • Separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses in a series with a comma. • To set off names used in direct addresses. • Set off two or more prepositional phrases at the begging of a sentence or a single long prepositional phrase at the begging of a sentence. • Set off words that interrupt the flow of thought in a sentence. • Comma after the day in when writing a date. • Use a comma when there are two adjectives that equally describe the same noun. • Use a comma before the conjunction in a compound sentence, but not if the clauses are short.

11. Using Commas Cont. • Use a comma after a noun of direct address. • Use a comma after the greeting and closing in a friendly letter. • Use a comma after an appositive.

12. Commas • Scott Stevens played for St. Louis, Washington, and New Jersey in his career. • I live at 1220 Candlewood Lane, Sea Girt, New Jersey. • In the summer of 1916, there were several shark attacks along the Jersey Shore. • The grass, obviously, is green. • She was born on January 10, 2000. • Zdeno Chara has a hard, fast slap-shot. • The Great Wolf Lodge is a lot of fun, and it is like a tradition. • I received the pass and scored.

13. Commas • Larry, what are you doing? • Dear John, • From, Chris • Mrs. Lawrence, our ILA teacher, was not in school on Friday.

14. Quotation Marks • Put quotation marks around a DIRECT quote. If a dialogue tag interrupts the quote, there would be two sets of quotation marks needed. • The first letter of a quotation is capital. Unless, if dialogue tags interrupt a quote, the first word of the second quote would not be capitalized. • When a quotation does not end a sentence, a comma should be placed inside the quotation marks. • Put quotation marks around titles of songs, poems, short stories, articles, and essays. • Put quotation marks around a slang word, or a word being discussed or used in a special way. • Use single quotation marks for quotations inside another set of quotations. • There is only one punctuation used in a sentence, even with quotations. • Periods and commas always come inside quotations, but question marks and exclamation points don’t. • If the exclamation or question mark punctuates the whole sentence and the quote, it goes inside the quotation marks. If it only punctuates the sentence and not the quote, it goes outside the quotation marks.

15. Quotation Marks Cont. • “What is your favorite color, I bet it’s red,” said Jack. • “Actually,” said Tom, “my favorite color is orange. • The Beatles have a good song called, “Let it Be.” • He didn’t know how to spell, “vacuum.” • “Did he say ‘where are we going’ because I didn’t hear him” said Pat. • Did he say, “Where are you going?” • When did he say, “You got a ninety of a test”?

16. Proofreading When you are finished with your piece of writing, you should always go back and proofread. On the next slide is your key to proofreading…

17. Editor’s Checklist • Read it over and make sure it makes sense. • Make sure all sentences are complete with the correct punctuation • Check spelling with the spell check tool. • Check for word usage errors that the spell check won’t catch. • Make sure you followed capitalization rules. • Check your comma usage. • Follow quotation mark rules. IF YOU FOLLOW THESE RULES AND CHECK YOUR WORK, YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO!