Unit

Quotation Marks

Local Objective

At the end of the unit, students will be able to...

a. Use quotation marks correctly in direct quotations.

b. Use quotation marks and underlining in titles.

Objective used to evaluate students


Yes

Assessment Activity

Informal Evaluations-Teacher observations will be made during all guided practice. Several sentences will be used for lecture and student understanding. Guided practice will help students learn to use quotation marks correctly in direct quotations and to use quotation marks and underlining in titles.

Independent Activities-Daily assignments will be made as necessary after quided practice is accomplished and achieved. In independent practice, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of using quotation marks correctly in direct quotations and using quotation marks and underlining in titles.

Level of Expectation

80%

List of concepts and Evaluation Types


ConceptEvaluation Type
Daily Independent ActivitiesCR
Written ConversationPE

Learning Activity

The students will:

1. Understand the usage of quotation marks.  When using quotation marks, answer the following three questions. One, who is the speaker? Two, what are the speaker's exact words? And three, where do the quotation marks go?

2.  Write down a conversation you've had with someone recently. Try and write at least five sentences that were exchanged during the conversation. Identify who the speaker is for each sentence and add the correct punctuation. 

3. Understand that some titles get quotation marks and some titles get underlined. On the markerboard, using several titles, decide which will get underlined and which will not.

Instructional Method

The teacher will:

1. When trying to understand the usage of quotation marks, students should answer to following three questions. One, who is the speaker? Two, what are the speaker's exact words? And three, where do the quotation marks go?

2.  Students should write down a conversation they had with someone recently. Students should try and write at least five sentences that were exchanged during the conversation. Have students go back and identify who the speaker is for each sentence and add the correct punctuation. Students will be able to show an understanding for using quotation marks correctly in direct quotes.

3. Students need to understand that some titles get quotation marks and some titles get underlined. On the markerboard, write several titles. Discuss that books, newspapers, magazines, movies, and TV shows get underlined; however, article names, short stories, chapter titles, songs, and poems get quotation marks.

Content Standards

CA 1, CA 4

Process Standards

2.2, 3.7, 1.10

Resources

McDougal, Littell Basic Skills in English

Markerboard

Correction Exercise

Additional Exercises Available

Tutoring

Special Needs

Peer Coaching

Tutoring

Shortened Assignments

GLEs v1.0


GLE CodeDisciplineStrandBig IdeaConceptGrade Level/CourseGLE
CA/2/2/C/07/aCommunication ArtsWritingCompose well-developed text using standard English conventionsPunctuationGrade 7In composing text, use - comma rules for punctuating various sentence structures - correct format in writing titles - quotation marks in dialogue - lons in business letter salutations

GLEs v2.0 and CLEs


GLE CodeDisciplineStrandBig IdeaConceptGrade Level/CourseGLE
CA/W/1/A/7/d.Communication ArtsWritingApply a writing process in composing textWriting Process7th GradeFollow a writing process to edit for conventions (W2E)
CA/W/2/E/7/b.Communication ArtsWritingCompose well-developed textConventions7th GradeIn written text, use commas and quotation marks in dialogue, and semi-colon in compound sentences