LO to use speech marks or inverted commas

LO: to use speech marks or inverted commas to punctuate direct speech.

What are speech marks? Speech marks are punctuation marks that show what somebody has said. They are also called inverted commas, because they are commas that are inverted or reversed to go around the spoken words or dialogue.

You’re plotting something. “You’re plotting something, ” said Mrs Twit.

2. A new speech sentence starts with a capital letter (even if it is the middle of another sentence) When he saw Mr Twit, the cheeky little boy stuck his tongue out and sang, “Smelly old Twitty, smelly old twitty”. Sarah looked into the Twits’ garden and said, “Let’s go and see the monkeys. ” .

3. Separate what was said from speaker with a comma unless, there is already a ? or an ! (a) “Hey, my spaghetti’s moving!” cried Mr Twit. (b) “Why is my spaghetti moving? ” he might have asked. (c) “It’s not as good as the ordinary kind, ” he said. ALSO The comma, ! or ? is always inside the speech marks too.

4. Start a new paragraph if a sentence has a new speaker saying something. Then, Mrs Twit asked, “You want to know why your spaghetti was squishy? ” Mr Twit wiped the tomato sauce from his beard with the corner of the table cloth. “Why? ” he said. “And why it had a nasty bitter taste? ” “Why? ” he said. “Because it was worms!” cried Mrs Twit.

Can you punctuate these sentences? I told you I was watching you cackled Mrs Twit. Save me cried Mrs Twit. What are you doing over here in England Roly Poly Bird the monkeys asked. I have come for a holiday he replied.

5. Start a new paragraph if the narrative/story continues after speech unless it is commenting on the person’s thoughts and feelings about what they have just said. “I think it’s very tasty”, Mrs Twit said. She was watching him from the other end of the table. It gave her great pleasure to watch him eating worms. In this example the story continues to comment on what Mrs Twit is thinking and feeling about what she has just said. We therefore we don’t start a new paragraph. “Just look at you sitting there in your same old chair”, Mr Twit cried, “and you’ve shrunk so much your feet are dangling in the air. ” Mrs Twit went white with fear. Here, it switches from what Mr Twit is saying, thinking or feeling, to what Mrs Twit is thinking and feeling. We therefore start a new paragraph.

Would you Start a New Paragraph After Speech? “You’ve got the shrinks!” cried Mr Twit, pointing his finger at her like a pistol. “You’ve got them badly! You’ve got the most terrible case of shrinks I’ve ever seen!” Mrs Twit became so frightened she began to dribble. “Monkeys can reach anywhere!” shouted Muggle-Wump. He was in a frenzy of excitement now, waving his paint brush in his bucket and leaping all over the room.

“You’re plotting something, ” Mrs Twit said.

“Oh, do shut up, you old hag, said Mr Twit”.

• Suddenly, as Mr Twit tipped the last drop of beer down his throat, he caught sight of Mrs Twits awful glass eye staring up at him from the bottom of the mug. It made him jump. “I told you I was watching you”, cackled Mrs Twit. “I’ve got eyes everywhere, so you’d better be careful. ”

• “Who wants windows? , ” Mr Twit had said when they were building their house.

The boys were terrified. “He’s going to boil us!” cried one of them. “He’ll stew us alive!” wailed the second one. “He’ll cook us with carrots!” cried the third.

But the fourth little boy, who had more sense than the others, whispered, “Listen, I’ve just had an idea. ”

Two Cheeky Children Encounter The Twits Imagine two cheeky children go into Mr and Mrs Twit’s garden and the twits catch them. Write a short piece about what they say to each other. Be sure to: • Use speech marks and other punctuation correctly. • Use the success criteria to help you.

Did we meet our success criteria? Success Criteria: Put “ speaker says. ” Did I meet the Success Criteria? around what words the A new speech sentence starts with a capital letter (even if it is the middle of another sentence). Separate what was said from speaker with a comma unless there is already a ? or an ! Start a new paragraph if a sentence has a new speaker saying something. Challenge: Start a new paragraph if the narrative/story continues after speech unless it is commenting on the persons thoughts and feelings about what they have just said.