THE DASH (and it's not a sprint)

Today, we will take notes on the proper use of the DASH.  Then review the comma, semi-colon, colon and dash by doing the exercises below, and lastly, in your groups you will finish the study guides I handed out yesterday.  Note - your homework for tonight is to CATCH UP with your journals.  You have seven journal entries.  

Combine each of the following into one sentence.

1) The bear was big. The bear broke open the garbage. The bear ate the left over pizza. Dan's father shot the bear. Dan cried.

2) Espionage is the secret collection of intelligent information. The history of espionage goes back over two thousand years. Espionage was started in China by Sun Tzu.

For the following correct the punctuation:


Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.

1. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

2. Only one course was open to us surrender, said the ex-major, and we did.

3. Judge Carswell later to be nominated for the Supreme Court had ruled against civil rights.

4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article How Not to Go Camping.

5. Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.