{"id":6124,"date":"2017-09-21T08:37:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=6124"},"modified":"2017-09-21T08:37:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:37:26","slug":"teaching-beginning-quotation-use-download-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/teaching-beginning-quotation-use-download-included\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Beginning Quotation Use (Tricky Trick Download Included!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201c[A]lways get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off more than a big slab of prose at the start,\u201d nineteenth-century writer P.G. Wodehouse commented. He is not alone among authors in emphasizing dialogue in writing, but teaching students how to use quotations can be so difficult.<\/p>\n

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So, I\u2019d like to give you some tips on teaching basic quotation use and punctuation to your students. Also, check out the Tricky Tricks Sheet at the end of this post. It gives a concise summary of basic quotation rules. Additionally, Character Ink Press\u2019s Meaningful Composition 5 I<\/em><\/a> includes more info on using quotes, along with a number of other writing lessons.<\/p>\n

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Tip #1 \u2013 Teach quotes as they are needed for assignments<\/h3>\n

Oftentimes, the easiest way to teach quotations is in conjunction with essay and report writing. Most students do not learn quotation rules well unless they have a chance to use them. So, they benefit immensely when they can apply a quotation rule to the assignment they are working on.<\/p>\n

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This also ensures that your students will know the skills they need for their assignments. Obviously, it\u2019s easier for them to use a skill correctly when they have just learned it.<\/p>\n

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Tip #2 \u2013 Use good examples and have students interact with examples<\/h3>\n

Everyone learns better when they have an example that clearly demonstrates what they have just learned. For example, let\u2019s say you have just taught your students about quotes with speech tags at the beginning. After going through the rules, you would want to use an example like this:<\/p>\n

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Charlie Brown sighed and said, \u201cOh brother, this always happens to me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This sentence shows the two rules for punctuating this type of quote: comma in between the speech tag and quote and<\/strong> if there is a period, a period inside the quotation marks. This is a fantastic beginning; however, to help your students analyze the example, it is extremely helpful to let them interact with it.<\/p>\n

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What do I mean by interacting with the examples? Highlighting, underlining, boxing, circling.<\/strong> Whenever possible, you want your students to mark the example\u2019s important aspects\u2014capital letters, punctuation, quotation marks.<\/p>\n

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Tip #3 \u2013 Go SLOWLY through examples<\/h3>\n

Quotations are some of the trickiest elements in writing. Students will not catch all the rules unless you take the time to carefully work through the examples with them. Highlighting, underlining, etc. is part of this. The other part is mentioning how each part of the example matches the rules you just taught. For example,<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was a dark and stormy night,\u201d Snoopy wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Start with the first letter and explain how a quote starts with a capital letter. Then move on to the comma and mention how it comes before the quotation marks and between the quote and speech tag. End with discussing how a speech tag ends in a period when it follows the quote. This, of course, can be done in conjunction with marking:<\/p>\n

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Download Beginning Quotes Tricky Tricks Sheet by clicking or tapping below, or clicking here<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Tip #4 \u2013 Give time for students to practice<\/h3>\n

Seeing is one thing, but doing is another. Students need time to practice with unpunctuated sentences. Give them sentences that make them decide where to put the punctuation. Have them come up to the board and punctuate a sentence. For example, you might write this sentence up on the board:<\/p>\n

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What should I do Lucy Charlie Brown asked despairingly<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Then, have your student do their best to punctuate the sentence. If they know the rules perfectly, the sentence will look like this:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat should I do, Lucy?\u201d Charlie Brown asked despairingly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Most students will not get it right the first time or the first few times. But, even if they mess up, they are getting practice using quotes by themselves. Of course, it also allows you to see which quotation rules they have or have not learned. You can then focus your examples and efforts on helping them learn that rule.<\/p>\n

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Tip #5 \u2013 FIX students\u2019 quotes in their papers for them and EXPLAIN the errors to them<\/h3>\n

Correcting students\u2019 quotes in their papers is crucial. It allows you to discuss rules with them in the context of an actual paper. This will help them see how the quotation rules apply in their actual writing.<\/p>\n

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Of course, it doesn\u2019t help students learn if you just fix their errors. You have to explain what was wrong and why you corrected it the way you did. For example,<\/p>\n

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Charlie Brown sadly stated, \u201cthe Kite-Eating Tree ate my kite again.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If they wrote something like this, you would capitalize the<\/strong> in their paper.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Brown sadly state, \u201cT<\/strong>he Kite-Eating Tree ate my kite again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then you would explain that a quote always starts with a capital letter.<\/p>\n

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I hope these five tips gave you some help in teaching basic quotations. As I mentioned at the beginning, check out the following Tricky Tricks sheet on basic quotations.<\/p>\n

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P.S. What questions does this post leave you with? I will be expanding on this article later, so let me know how I can help you!<\/h3>\n

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