Puncuation
What is this called: [.]
A Period
boris lived inhogg bay
Boris lived in Hogg Bay.
What does a period do in a sentence?
Show the end of a sentence
Who is the main character in the story?
Borris
I take care of Boris. He is my son. I have brown hair and a ponytail. When it was my wedding, I wore a white wedding dress.
Boris' mom
What is this called: [?]
Explanation mark
after lunchmom hadan idea
After lunch, Mom had an idea
Why do we have spaces to separate words in a sentence?
Without spaces, we wouldn't be able to read a sentence. All the words would crash into each other.
Without spaces, you wouldn't be able to read this:
IliketogotosleepbutinthemorningIhavetogotoschool
Where does Borris want to go?
Africa, or on an adventure
My fur is orange, I have stripes, and I walk on all four legs. One day, when I was talking in the park, I ran into a boy named Borris. He seemed nice, so I decided to go and live with his family. Borris loved me so much that he gave me a name and a food bowl when we got home.
Boris cat (At cat, whose name is Lion)
What is this called: [!]
Explanation Mark
can wego to the cafeteria andeat some pizza.
Can we go to the cafeteria and eat some pizza?
Why do we capitalize the first letter of a word at the beginning of a sentence?
We do this to show the start of a sentence.
Where does Boris end up going?
I love Captain Clive! He is my favorite. I live in Hog Bay and my friends at school are Alice and Fredrick.
Borris
What is this called [,]
A comma
my friend isabel loves to each red takis for her snak
My friend Isabel loves to eat red Takis for her snack.
What does putting this [?] at the end of a sentence mean?
It means that the sentence is asking a question
What is one of the problems in the story?
1.) Boris doesn't want to be at the park
2.) He gets lost in the park
3.) Boris wants to travel more
I used to travel a lot. I used to travel to Paris, to Mexico, and even to China. But now I mostly stay in Hogg Bay. Boris' family uses me to go places. But nowadays I don't go very far. Oh yeah! I also have four wheels.
The bus (The family's Bus)
Which one is correct? (Why? 100 bonus)
a.) Do you like being in this class!
b.) Do you like being in this class?
c.) Do you like being in this class.
B
(Bonus: because the sentence is asking a question. It is not showing emotions, and it is not making a statement)
ahhhhh There is aspider onthe ground can someone helpme
Ahhhhh! There is a spider on the ground. Can someone help me?
What else do we capitalize other than the first letter at the beginning of a sentence? Do you know why?
We capitalize specific names of people, places, and pets.
We do this because we capitalize the first letter in proper nouns
Takis is a specific name for chips
Alex is a specific name for a boy
What happens at the end of the book?
(100 bonus points if you tell me the name of the cat)
Boris' mom and dad find him. And he takes home a cat he finds in the park.
(Lion)
There are a lot of people who come and visit me. People like looking at all the plants, trees, and bushes when they come to visit. Though Boris thinks I'm pretty boring. His parents seem to enjoy being in places with trees, where you can have picnics and enjoy the outdoors, which is what I am full of. I even had Borris swinging and on my vines.
The park
(Hogg Bay Conservation Park)