Writing: punctuation

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Writing

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

• .... have learned how and when to use capital letters and punctuation
• .... have an idea of what is being asked of you on the writing exam

MINTS & punctuation

Which ones are missing in the video?

Which ones were missing in the video?

Use appropriate punctuation marks in the following sentences.

1. We had a great time in France the kids really enjoyed it

2. Some people work best in the mornings others do better in the evenings

3. What are you doing next weekend

4. Mother had to go into hospital she had heart problems

5. Did you understand why I was upset

6. It is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work

7. We will be arriving on Monday morning at least I think so

8. A textbook can be a wall between teacher and class

9. The girls father sat in a corner

10. In the words of Murphys Law Anything that can go wrong will go wrong

Which ones were missing in the video?

Answers

1. We had a great time in France – the kids really enjoyed it.

2. Some people work best in the mornings; others do better in the evenings.

3. What are you doing next weekend?

4. Mother had to go into hospital: she had heart problems.

5. Did you understand why I was upset?

6. It is a fine idea; let us hope that it is going to work.

7. We will be arriving on Monday morning – at least, I think so.

8. A textbook can be a ‘wall’ between teacher and class.

9. The girl’s father sat in a corner.

10. In the words of Murphy’s Law: ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.’

Assignment, essay question

• Do you agree with the statement? Why or why not?
• You have 15 minutes to answer the question/statement
• Your answer should be between  75-100 words

Essay question
"Schools should start at a later time of day"

Do you still remember?

Titles

Names of places, cities, people, countries, etc

Months and days of the year

Start of the sentence

With the 'I'

M

I

N

T

S

At the end of a complete thought

Used to ask a question

Used for strong emotions

Used to make a pause between thoughts and/or to list things

Used to combine two sentences, to list a lot of things or to replace words like 'and' or 'but'

Full stop/period

Question mark

Exclamation mark

Comma

Semicolon

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

.... have learned how and when to use capital letters and punctuation

.... have an idea of what is being asked of you on the writing exam

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