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1. Friday, December 4, 2009 1.The sentence on page 21, number 1 was very confusing and hard to read. As I read along the sentence I got lost several times. This is because there were so much details in one sentence that were connected with commas. It was as if the sentence was a combination of bullet points of something. 2. Good sentence.
 * 1. Sentence Review -- ON your DOL page, write a short paragraph about snow, your vacation, your new haircut . . . Use four of the sentence structures we've covered in The Art of Styling sentences. Identify the pattern numbers.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 1. An essay traditionally has three major parts: introduction, body, conclusion. 2. //Candide//, //Romeo and Juliet//, //Metamorphosis// are my favorite books.

Monday, Nov. 30 //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. (simple sentences_ 2. There are orders to arrest all foreigners hereabouts but leave it to me. (Compound Sentence) 3. I have a brother in Dieppe, 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) Pattern 1 4. The abbe now spoke up, "It's because an imbecile from Arras listened to some foolish talk, which was enough to make him go and commit parricide: not like what happened in May 1610, but like . . ." (compound sentence) Monday, Nov. 23 ** 1. Read Checkpoints on page 17, then paraphrase. a. Remember, a paraphrase is NOT copying, but putting in your own words. How to do this? Read it, put it aside so you don't see the original, write, then double check to make sure you didn't plagiarize or mess up the meaning. b. Try to use one of the patterns in your paraphrase.

2. Exercises 1 and 2 on page 17 1. Mr. Otisjdjdhs is very famous for his easy tests: the students all got A's on their paper. 2. The dot-com companies have changed the work week: it changed from the first three weeks of the month to the last three weeks of the month.

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.
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2. Write two sentences of your own original creation using Pattern 2 about //Candide//.

November 9/10 Combine group two on page 11 using Pattern 1b. Put in your DOL wiki page. Read page 12 and 13. Do exercises 4 and 3. Then confirm with a neighbor that it looks correct. Put your neighbor's name as a checker at the bottom. Page 11 Group two The tiger seems restless; he is really big and he should have more room.

P14 Example #3,4 3. Paris and London is very red; Ireland and Scotland, much greener. 4. All the children want to go to McDonalds's for lunch; sometimes, dinner.

Thursday, November 5 2009 Page 11

Group One: -The girl looks happy. -SHe has a new car. -Her brother has one too. __Sentence Made: The girl looks happy; she has a new car, and her brother has one too.__