Week 2 Admission Ticket

Remember that we are focusing on punctuation and capitalization rules this year. My intention is to proceed roughly in order with the P&C appendix at the back of Our Mother Tongue. Each week, what I'll do is state the rule, then give students an opportunity to apply it correctly. They should complete and bring this assignment to class in return for their weekly Admission Ticket for our Gilded Coupon Campaign.

Week 1 addresses capital letters.

Rule: "The first word of every sentence or quotation always begins with a capital letter." (OMT, p.177)

Follow this capitalization rule to correct the poem excerpt below (You may highlight or underline 3 times each letter that needs capitalizing.):

bob the Tomato is taking a trip.
a day on the sea will be fun!
how many veggies are on his small ship?
the answer, of course, is 1!

larry the Cucumber joins Captain Bob.
could he find a place on the crew?
maybe first mate -- he'd be great for the job!
now on the boat, there are 2!

two little veggies are taking a trip.
junior says, "what about me?
i've got some crackers and soda to sip!"
count them again, 1-2-3!

larry says, "hey! who will push us along?
i'm not very good with an oar.
let's call Mr. Nezzar, because he's so strong!"
now on the boat, there are 4!

junior says, "captain! our numbers are growing!
soon we'll be rowing, the wind will be blowing,
but tell me please, how will we know where we're going
if no one is sitting up there?
we need someone up in the air!"

the gourd they call Jerry is next to arrive.
his compass and spyglass would help them survive!
so, quickly they vote him shipmate number 5!
and send him up high in the air --
to stare at the sea from his chair.

--Excerpt taken from How Many Veggies? by Phil Vischer