ENGLISH 9Grading Period 5 Week 6: R&J, The Plague, Punctuation 4/29-3/3

4/29-3/3 Objective Assignments HW

Mon Read Drama; Research the Plague

WU: Correcting Fragments, ex. 28 1-5 (Writing and Grammar pg. 356)Read Act V, Scene 1The Plague: art, Giblin article (read and annotate article)

Article summary due Wednesday

Tues Read drama; research

WU: Correcting Fragments, ex. 28 6-10 (Writing and Grammar pg. 356)Read Act V, Scene 2Finish reading & annotating Giblin

Article summary due Wednesday

Wed Read drama WU: Correcting Fragments, ex. 30 1-5 (Writing and Grammar pg. 358)Update & complete study guideDramatic IronyRead Act V, Scene 3

Dramatic Irony handout (Workbook page 251)

Thurs Learn dash usage

WU: Correcting Fragments, ex. 30 6-10 (Writing and Grammar pg. 358)Dash notesPunctuation Handbook

Fri WU and comp book quizPunctuation HandbookMovie

The Culprits

From the Toggenburg Bible, 1411

Lancing a Buboe

Medieval Art & the Plague

Medieval Art & the Plague

Bring out your dead!

PUNCTUATION MARK NOTES the dashing DASH--

Punctuation: the dashMark: -- (—)• The dash is used to show

INTERRUPTION in a sentence• DASH = INTERRUPTION• Rule #1 A dash indicates a

sudden break or abrupt change in the flow of a sentence.• There was a fight at school today—

two guys fighting over a girl they both thought was their girlfriend.

• In this example, the interruption comes at the end of the sentence, so one dash is needed.

Rule #1“If you don’t listen—oh, forget it

—you’ll never figure out this problem.”

• If the interruption comes in the middle of the sentence, a dash is used BEFORE and AFTER.

• Note that there is a full sentence if the interruption is removed: “If you don’t listen, you’ll never figure out this problem.”

Who likes dashes?• POETS LIKE DASHES BECAUSE THEY CAN ADD TO THE MEANING OF A

POEM WITHOUT ADDING ANY MORE WORDS• “breathless” quality• “musical” quality• A way of emphasizing rhythm & structure• A “jerkiness” that gives extra interest to the words• In this poem, it gives the sense of the end of life, the last few ragged breaths

I heard a Fly buzz (465)   by Emily Dickinson

I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air – Between the Heaves of Storm The Eyes around – had wrung them dry –  And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset – when the King Be witnessed – in the Room –  I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away What portions of me be Assignable – and then it was There interposed a Fly –  With Blue – uncertain stumbling Buzz –  Between the light – and me –  And then the Windows failed – and then I could not see to see – 

Rule #2• A dash sets an explaining or defining phrase from the

rest of a sentence.• Sometimes we’ll interrupt ourselves in the middle of a

sentence to add more information. This info is set off by dashes.• The symptoms of the plague—vomiting, swollen glands and high fever—

struck quickly and caused death within 2-3 days. • Note there is a sentence without the interrupted extra

information: “The symptoms of the plague struck quickly and caused death within 2-3 days.”

• Note what has been added explains what the symptoms of the plague are: vomiting, swollen glands, high fever

• The added information INTERRUPTS the flow of the sentence. Without the interruption, dashes would NOT be used.• I went to school—elementary school, I mean—in Los Angeles.

Rule #3

#3. A dash marks an unfinished sentence.

• When we are interrupted in the middle of a sentence, it’s shown in writing by using a dash.

• “You never give me a chance to—”

• “Jim? Why, he is—” He stopped talking and went to thinking.

One dash or two?• If the interruption comes in the MIDDLE of the sentence, it

must be framed with dashes, so use TWO:• If it doesn’t rain—a good, hard and steady rain, I mean—we will have to

ration water very soon.

• If the interruption comes at the BEGINNING or END of the sentence, ONE dash is enough:

• Complaining—that’s what I hate hearing!!

The Dashing Dash-- • The dash is a “hip,” edgy punctuation mark

• favored by poets and journalists…• So versatile, it can work like colons, parentheses,

commas, or semicolons!• The dash can meet almost all your punctuating needs!