Punctuation Postcard
Punctuation Work in Class, Homework and Test Work in Class. 1. Imagine that during the February holidays, you have the opportunity to spend £2000 on a ten-day trip to the UK. Plan your trip in detail (in pairs, create a table of costs and places to visit in Google Docs and share with me). 2. Complete the Punctuation Quiz. (Note, you will later be tested on your knowledge of this document). 3. Homework for next Monday. Take half an hour and watch this video on punctuation : When you start the video, the guy's approach might seem pretty awful but, trust me, he's good at what he does! Do the exercises with him. Here is the timing of the different sections of the video: 5:32 Comma use 11:33 Quiz 12:35 Comma splice (this is how many of you misuse the comma) 16:30 Quiz 16:49 Semi-colon 19:13 Colon use 21:25 Exercise 22:13 Apostrophe use 26:30 Its versus It’s 27:09 Last quiz (can everyone do this exercise?) You will be tested in class on the exercise...