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Goal: Students will improve their ability to apply their knowledge of the rules of punctuation and grammar to their writing.

Objective:#1: Students will discuss the importance of using proper grammar and punctuation. Objective #2: Students will review the rules of proper grammar and punctuation. Objective #3: Students will edit given sentences by correcting the errors in capitalization and punctuation. Objective #4: Students will create their own sentences and edit them for proper grammar and punctuation.

__**Assignment #1:**__ Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below. last saturday me and my family went to the bronx zoo and saw lots of animals giraffes polar bears monkeys elephants later in the day they ate fish for dinner but me didnt like it my sister and me like pizza better at the zoo i got to feed peanuts to the elephants the bears and the seals cant be fed by anyone but the trainers

1. Who went to the zoo? 2. How long were the people at the zoo? 3. What did the animals eat? 4. Who fed them?
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__**Assignment #2**__: See the teacher for the worksheet needed for this assignment. Read the sentences. Then put a "C" over anything that should be capitalized and put a "P" over anything that needs to have punctuation inserted or changed. When you are finished, to to Discussion Question #1/Assignment #2.

1. dr dennis who is our family doctor has an office; in willimantic he also has one in hartford but we never go there?

2. i saw a lot of animals at the bronx zoo when i went to the aquarium in norwalk. i thought id only see fish instead there were models of dinosaurs too and also some meerkats i was confused

3. grandmother murphy is my favorite grandmother. because she always helps me with my homework whenever i visit her we eat dinner at willimantic pizza


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__**Assignment #3:**__ With your peers, make a list of types of words that should be capitalized. Then make a list of when you should use commas, quotation marks, and ending punctuation. After your lists are complete, post them under Assignment #3A-D. Check to see if your peers have added anything you've missed. Finally, see the teacher for the worksheet of sentences that you will be correcting for this assignment.

__**Assignment #4**__: Write three sentences of your own. Each sentence should have at least two words that are capitalized. Each sentence should also have a comma that matches one of the reasons for using commas. Be sure to use a question mark, a period, and an exclamation mark, too.