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April 23 1. I obviously got what I wanted : 2. I am being forced to work on The Art of Styling Sentences by my English Teacher: Ms. Nordahl 3. The class elected the shortest student as treasurer: Jim Rutledge 4. As I expected,I got an award: Nobel Prize, the most coveted of all scholar distinctions.

April 19 pg 52 1.Your grandmother was right: there is nothing new under the sun, nothing exciting, only time flows. 2.a.But these numbers tell only part of the story, only the deaths, only the casualties, only the sorrow. 2.b. But these numbers tell only part of the story, part lovely, part deadly.

March 29 2010

Whether you think that you are smart or whether you think that you are superior, you are stupid.

That basketball coach shouted that the referee is making biased calls, that the referee has been bribed, that the other team's coach is the one who bribed the ref, and that he will sue both oh them.

When I study, when I eat, when I breathe, and when I sleep, I make when weird sounds.


 * March 10, 2010**

Patterns 1-7:

Both paragraphs listed below incorporate the patterns studied thus far, however, one of them uses the structures more effectively.

1. Which would you say is better? Support your answer with specific instances from the text. 1st one- Writing was first invented in order to record, or as a way of communication. In communication, the context and purpose has to be clear and concise.

2. With the paragraph you decided wasn't as good as the other, then make at least two changes to that paragraph which would improve it.

Greening buds, patches of mud, scattered puddles, a birth of color -- spring was on its way. Noel always found this season to be the ripest: thoughts of change and potential circulated through her body. But what made this spring more anticipated than the last? Perhaps it was the knowledge that she was going to be moving back home at the end of the school year. Or perhaps it was the warming air or extra chatter at home or one of a million other things. Whatever it was, she knew this spring was special; it really was going to be a season of change.

Greening buds, patches of mud, scattered puddles, a birth of color -- spring was on its way. Noel always found this season to be the ripest: knowing of the changes that would soon be thrust upon her made her feel a certain tie to the blossoming fruit trees. She too would be plucked from her current home and shipped off to some far off place. Her endpoint: Lincoln, Nebraska. The plum's endpoint: who knew. But this was not the first time she had started over on some other side of the world, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. She had learned to look for the small beauties amidst these times of transition, and she knew these harbingers of spring would always find her no matter where she moved.

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2. My dog and cat - Justin and Ko - fight over the Xbox360. 3. My favorite colors -pink and purple - always attract me to new clothes. 4. Learning the basic skills - breathing and maintaining balance - will help me succeed in any sport 5. The Great Depression shocked the whole community.

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Hardware, software, and modem - are components of my Macbook.

Poetry and music, painting and sculpture, drama and dance - which of these do you like the best?

Motorcycles, drums, guitars, clarinets, violins, amplifiers, ATVs, golf cars, and MP3 players- these are examples of YAMAHA products.

Twenty-two students should have done the following: read "My Last Duchess" and the book C//andide,// and they should have written a ten page paper.

I tossed oranges,peaches,kiwis,mangoes into my shopping cart.

My friends play all of the seasonal sports such as soccer in spring and baseball in summer and hockey in winter and football in the fall.