DOLQ3+Christine

April 22, 2010 1. After hours of research, I finally got what I had wished: an "A," the grade I really had worked for. 2. I went to visit my favorite person: Emily. 3. The class elected the venerable man as treasurer: Jim Rutledg. 3. She received the award: the Excellent Citizen Plaque, the most coveted of all honorable distinctions.

April 19, 2010 Page 51, 52 1. Your grandmother was right: there is nothing new under the sun, nothing interesting under the sun, only a small frog lies under the sun. 2a. But these numbers tell only part of the story, only the events, only the actions that she had taken. 2b. But these numbers tell only part of the story, part of her thought, part of her world.

March 29, 2010 1. If your teacher says to read it twice, if your friend says to not read it twice, or if your parents tells you to listen to your reacher, you'd better follow your teacher's wishes rather than your friend's. 4. Whether you think you are the best, or whether you think you are right, you are wrong. 5. The basketball coach shouted that the referee should be fair, that his players should try their best, that the other team's coach should stop interfering his players.

Sentence about Spring Break When I ate ice cream waffles, when I ate pineapple fried rice, when I ate cheese cake, I felt very happy because I was having such delicious food and because it was spring break. March 10, 2010


 * 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. I think the first paragraph is better because it is more concise and to the point. The first paragraph uses the colons very effectively, but the second paragraph uses it in a way that the paragraph sounds awkward. 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.

With Changes Greening buds, patches of mud, scattered puddles, a birth of color -- spring really was on its way. Noel always found this season to be the ripest, because she knew that there would be changes that would soon be thrust upon her made her feel a certain tie to the fruit trees that were just beginning to show their blossoms. 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. 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.

__March 8, 2010__ 2. The mischievous creatures (my dog and cat) ruined the couch. 3. My favorite colors-red, green, and blue-always attracts me to new clothes. 4. Learning the basic skills-strength and agility-will help me succeed in any sport. 5. The disastrous event (plant shutdown) shocked the whole community.

__March 3, 2010__ 3. Swimming or jogging, eating or exercising, studying or playing, what are your preferences for spring break?

1. Hardware, software, a modem - these parts make up a computer. 2. Poetry and music, painting and sculpture, drama and dance - these are all forms of art.

ORIGINAL SENTENCE: Oranges, watermelon, mangoes - these are my favorite fruits.

__February 10, 2010__ Twenty-two students should have done the following: read "My Last Dutchess" and the book __Candide,__ and they should have written a ten page paper.

__January 27, 2010__** 1. While watching TV, I ate oranges and peaches and kiwis and mangoes. 2. Do you like playing soccer in spring or baseball in summer or hockey in winter or football in the fall?