WORKING WITH SHURLEY ENGLISH Using the rules By

WORKING WITH SHURLEY ENGLISH Using the rules By. Mrs. Garcia

HOW TO FIND THE RULES Shurley English uses two types of rule categories: Capitalization rules and Punctuation Rules To find the rule number students must ask themselves questions such as, � “Is this a punctuation or capitalization correction? ” � “Where is this word located in the sentence, beginning, middle, or end? ” � For capitalization ask: Is this word a person, place, time, or other random capitalization rule? � Next, find key words to help you locate the section in which the rules belong. For example if the word describes or names a person, the section will always be #2: Capitalize Names, Initials, and Titles of People. � For punctuation rules ask: What section talks about commas and place, commas and times, commas to make meanings clear, endmark punctuation, and so on.

CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION RULES Capitalization Rules are located on pages 13 -14 in the student edition Shurley English textbook. Punctuation Rules are located on pages 17 -19 in the student edition Shurley English textbook. Both sets of rules can be found under the Shurley English tab on my personal website at sagarcia 04. weebly. com

HOW TO USE THE RULES The sentence below is already correct. You must use the rules to label the correction. � All capitalization rules go above the letter while all punctuation rules go below the punctuation under the sentence. Sally, my friend, lives in Ohio. We have two capitalization rules to find and three punctuation rules to find (sometimes rules and be the same in a sentence)

Sally, my friend, lives in Ohio. First, we must set up our sentence and draw our lines for capitalization rules or punctuation rules. � You should have two capitalization rules to find and three punctuation rules to find. Let’s begin by looking at JUST the capitalized words. � What two letters are capitalized? � What is Sally? � Sally is a human, person, or girl. And where is Sally located in the sentence? (beginning, middle, or end) � The S in Sally and the O in Ohio. Beginning. So, we can look at Section 1 of the capitalization rules for a rule that says we need to capitalize the beginning of a sentence.

1 Sally, my friend, lives in Ohio. What rule in Section 1 talks about capitalizing the first word of a sentence? -Rule #1 Write a number 1 above the S in Sally.

1 14 Sally, my friend, lives in Ohio. What is Ohio? -A state What Section should we look in? -Section 4 What rule says we should capitalize a state? - Rule # 14 Put a 14 above the O in Ohio.

1 14 Sally, my friend, lives in Ohio. 11 11 Do we have any more capitalizations? Next, we need to look at our punctuation rules. We have two commas and a period Can we take out my friend and the sentence still makes sense? -Yes Are we looking for rules that relate to commas and time? -No Are we looking for rules that relate to commas and a place? -No So, the only other section about commas is Section 4. What rule talks about using commas to set off most appositives, or to rename the word or words before the comma? -11, PUT AN 11 UNDER EACH COMMA.

1 14 Sally, my friend, lives in Ohio. 11 11 Our last punctuation mark is the period. What Section talks about end-marks? -Section 1 What rule talks about using a period at the end of a sentence that makes a statement? -Rule 1 Put a #1 below the period after Ohio. 1

This is how we add rules to a sentence. Familiarizing yourself with the rules will help you understand how to edit your writing and eventually lead you to write error-free compositions.