Scott Foresman Reading Street

Teach and Model

Develop the Concept

Apply to Writing

Test Preparation

Cumulative Review

READING-GRAMMAR CONNECTION

Write this sentence from Elena’s
Serenade on the board:

"Let me hear you," I say.

Explain that this is a quotation;
the quotation marks indicate the
speaker’s exact words. A
comma separates the speaker’s
words from the rest of the
sentence.

Display Grammar Transparency 30. Read aloud the definitions
and sample sentences. Work
through the items.

Grammar Transparency 30

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Tina and me enjoy the
naturel world in the
desert. (I; natural)
Tina said “I thouht I saw a
snake.” (said,; thought)

GUIDED PRACTICE

Review the concept of quotations.

A quotation shows the
exact words of a speaker
in a conversation.
Use a comma to separate
the speaker’s exact words
from the rest of the sentence.
Use a capital letter to begin
the first word inside the
quotation marks.
Put the punctuation mark
that ends the sentence
inside the quotation marks.

HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 117.
Work through the first two
items with the class.

Grammar and Writing

Practice Book p. 117

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Doesnt the warm sun in the
desert feel pleasent?
(Doesn’t; pleasant)
The desert animels rests
during the day. (animals;
rest)

USE QUOTATIONS IN
WRITING

Explain that using quotations that
show exactly what people said
makes stories and articles more
vivid and interesting.

Interesting: The little girl said she
wanted to be a glassblower.

More Interesting: The little girl
said, “I want to be a glassblower!”

Have students review
something they have written
to see if they can use
quotations to make it more
interesting.

HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 118

Grammar and Writing

Practice Book p. 118

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Roadrunners are birds and
they usual live in the
desert. (birds,; usually)
Joe said, “Roadrunners are
abel to run 15 miles per
hour”. (able; hour.”)

Tina said, “I wonder if there
are wolfs in the desert.
(wolves; desert.”)
Coyotes live in the desert
and they are members of
the dog family to.
(desert,; too)

Test Tip

You may be asked to identify
which words should go inside
quotation marks. In addition to
showing the exact words of
people, quotation marks
indicate many kinds of titles,
such as song, poem, and
story titles. Titles of longer
works such as books are
indicated with italics in print
or underlined in handwriting.

Examples: Jane read a story
called “A Big Lizard.” I read a
poem called “Desert Nights.”

HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 119