Sentence+Works+MC

1/8/2010 My version: It was a cold winter day; there was a lot of snow that it made people hard to walk. I had a lot of fun with my friends and by myself. I am sad; I didn't get as many presents as I wanted, and my brother didn't receive much either. Going to PC bang, sledding, talking were activities that I did during this winter vacation.

Joe's original 1/6/10 It was cold: there was a lot of snow. I had a lot of fun. I am sad; I didn't get many presents, and my brother didn't get much either. PC bong, sledding, talking are activities that I did.

12/04/09

1. My partner Jack and I decided as: Robert Mondavi's father, Cesare, came from Sassafarento near Ancona, on the Adriatic coast of the Marches. Its not a particularly rich or fertile part of Italy even now; except for Verdicchio, it is much of a wine-growing region and a good deal less so, in 1883, when Cesare was born, the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, was able to sign his name.

2. The sentence has semi-colons, and commas and it seems to work fine with out change.

12/02/09

Develop a series for each of the following sentences

1. An essay traditionally has three major parts: introduction, body, conclusion. 2. Taco, ramen, pizza are my favorite foods.

11/30/09

//Copy and paste the following sentences into your DOL page. The periods are correct. You need to place commas, semi-colons and colons in the proper places. Then explain what kind of sentence it is and why it creates good sentence fluency.//

1. Three diamonds! Each worth three thousand pistoles! Sir, I would lay my life down for you sooner than throw you in the dungeon. - Just simple 2. There are orders to arrest all foreigners hereabouts, but leave it o me. - again, it has a dependent clause at the back. - compound sentence

3. I have a brother in Dieppe in Normandy; I will take you there; and if you have any diamonds for him, he will look after you as if he were looking after me. (semi-colons as well as a comma or two) - many independent clauses and dependent clauses put together by semi-colons and commas. - seems like Pattern 1 from the book

4. The abbe now spoke up "It's because am imbecile from Arras listened to some fookish talk, which was enough to make him go and commit parricide -- not like what happened in May 1610, but like . . ." - independent clause and a dependent clause in a sentence. More structured. - introduces at the beginning, explains further in the later part of the sentence.

11/23/09

Pattern 1: make 1 sentence with 2 similar ideas that you do not want to separate by punctuation Pattern 2: need a word or phrase from the first clause, but it should not be stated in the second clause, have it be implied Pattern 3: Second clause explains the ideas introduced in the first clause. Do not use this pattern with a colon unless the s second is related to the first. 1. The teacher must have been an easy-grader : the students all got A's on their papers. 2. The dot-com companies have changed the work week: now they only go to work five days a week.

11/12/09

Pattern 1. The following are Pattern 2 Sentences -- Punctuate them correctly. a. Thought is the blossom; language, the bud, action, the fruit. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson b. Sam walks quickly and sprightly to the store; Yunji, lackadaisically.

2. Write two sentences of your own original creation using Pattern 2 about //Candide//. Candide is well built; the King, fat. Candide is handsome; Cunegonde, pretty.

Pattern 1A Group 2

The girl looks happy because she has a new car; her brother has one too.

11/11/09 Pattern 1B Group 1

The tiger seems restless;he is really big, he should have more room.

Pattern 2 Exercise 3 & 4 3. China is desert-like; Ireland and Scotland, much greener. 4. All the children want to go to McDonald's for lunch; adults, the cafe.