Aim: How do we punctuate dialogue correctly? Do Now: HW out please!

1. Aim: How do we punctuate dialogue correctly? • Do Now: • HW out please! • When you write a story and you want to show someone is talking, what do you do to set it apart from the other writing in your story? Please explain in your writer’s notebook

2. Use quotation marks to show someone is speaking! punctuating dialogue

3. The Rules • 1. Use quotation marks to enclose a direct quotation/a person’s exact words “When the bell rings, leave the room quietly,” the teacher said.

4. The Rules • 2. A direct quotation generally begins with a capital letter Lisa said, “Dinner isn’t ready yet.”

5. The Rules • 3. When a quote is interrupted with a tag, the second part of the quote begins with a lower case letter. “I don’t like the fall,” said Sam, “but I love the winter.”

6. The Rules • 4. A direct quote can be set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or end punctuation. “I think science is more exciting than math,” said Bernie. Velma commented, “I especially like to do the experiments.”

7. The Rules • 5. A comma or end punctuation is placed inside the closing quotation marks. “The exhibit begins over there,” said the museum guide.