Writing+Workshop+Resources

= Writing Workshop Resources =

Lesson 7:
=__Part I. Rules and practice for punctuating and paragraphing Dialogue.__= ==AFTER reading the following bullet points, click on the link below the bullet points and read the rules for punctuating and paragraphing dialogue. Then do the PRACTICE exercise by clicking on the blue "Exercise" tab at the bottom of the review page. You can copy and paste each sentence into the box provided and then insert the correct punctuation. Print your answers, then click on ANSWERS at the bottom to check how you did and what you still need to correct.==

Remember to begin a NEW paragraph EVERY time the speaker changes.

 * === READ the page explaining WHERE to use commas and notice that most punctuation stays INSIDE the quotation marks. ===
 * === NOTE the differences in punctuation depending on WHERE the SPEAKER TAG ( // Mary said, said Joe // ) is in the sentence. ===
 * === Note where the CAPITAL letters are and are NOT used in each example. ===
 * === Note where the CAPITAL letters are and are NOT used in each example. ===
 * === Note where the CAPITAL letters are and are NOT used in each example. ===

Part II: Create a new file with a COPY of your narrative.

 * === __**Use a different color to highlight EACH speaker's dialogue in your draft**__. If you have two DIFFERENT colors in any paragraph, it means you have TWO speakers in the same paragraph and you MUST revise this so only ONE color is in a single paragraph. ===
 * === You CAN have action and dialogue in the same paragraph, just not two different speakers. ===
 * === Compare your punctuation to the placement of commas, periods, and capital letters on the review web page in the link above and edit as needed. ===
 * === Compare your punctuation to the placement of commas, periods, and capital letters on the review web page in the link above and edit as needed. ===
 * === Compare your punctuation to the placement of commas, periods, and capital letters on the review web page in the link above and edit as needed. ===

=Lesson 6: Pros and Cons of different Resources to use to vary word choice in writing:= = = =**Lesson 5: "Excerpts from "A Fire in My Hands" by Gary Soto--Packet of poems and Soto's comments ABOUT HIS WRITING PROCESS**=

Excerpt from //The Runaway// showing emotions and thoughts that come through when a writer uses FIRST PERSON point of view.


=**Lesson 4: Alice and Diane Scene Boot Camp draft for markup**=

Mini-conference checklist


=Lesson one: Idea Generators:=