Task Card Directions#1: Bring your short story, colored pencils and pencil to each station.#2: Visit each station, in any order. #3: Do not leave a station, until the task is completed.#4: When finished, bring story back to your seat and make changes on your laptop.#5: Homework: First Draft (with edits) is due tomorrow!

Task #1:With your colored pencils, mark or highlight the following things in your paper. Your paper should be VERY colorful! If not, add more descriptions to these areas.

With your RED colored pencil, mark/highlight any thing that describes the character’s physical characteristics.

With your GREEN colored pencil, mark/highlight any word that describes the WHERE the story takes place.

With your YELLOW colored pencil, mark/highlight any word that describes WHEN the story takes place.

With your ORANGE colored pencil, mark/highlight any word that describes the WEATHER.

Task #2:When punctuating dialogue, you must start a new paragraph each time a new speaker speaks. Go through your paper and make sure it’s punctuated correctly.

For example:

“Hello!” shouted Mrs. Andrews.“Hello,” Adam mumbled.“What have you been up to?” asked Mrs. Andrews with

a smirk on her face. While waiting for an answer, she took a drink of her water.

“Well, I’ve been waiting for you to get back to the classroom.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Adam, I was filling up my water bottle. What can I do for you?” Mrs. Andrews responded still feeling Adam wasn’t being as honest as he could be.

“Uh, well, um. Never mind, Mrs. Andrews. I’m sorry, I don’t need any thing. I just forgot my homework,” Adam said with a sigh of relief.

Task 3:Check your dialogue for this rule. If you see any mistakes, change them directly on your paper.

Rule #1: Use quotation marks to begin and end a direct quotation.

Separate the quoted material from the dialogue tag by commas.

Do not use quotation marks to set off an indirect quotation or thought.

For example: I said, “The paper is written by Mrs. Andrews. It’s amazing!”

I said I thought the paper Mrs. Andrew’s wrote was amazing.

Task 4:Check your dialogue for this rule. If you see any mistakes, change them directly on your paper.

Periods and commas always go INSIDE quotation marks.

For example: “I think I’ll get a corn dog for lunch,” Dorthea thought.

“I think I’ll get a corn dog for lunch!” Dorthea shouted.

Dorthea said, “I think I’ll get a corn dog for lunch.”

Task 5:When should you indent for a new paragraph? Make these changes.

Rule of thumb for stories are….

When you start in on a new idea

When you skip to a new time

When you skip to a new place

When a new person begins to speak

When you want to add suspense or drama