DOLQ3+Jenny+J.


 * Day 8: April 22, 2010**

1. Ms. Crook handed the project back to us and I saw my grade printed boldly on the top: an "A," the grade I really had worked for.

2. When I entered the room, I immediately felt the presence of my favorite teacher: Ms. Kendal.

3. The class elected a very mischievous boy as treasurer: Jim Rutledge.

4. Julie tried to explain to her parents the award: Excellencier, the most coveted of all academic distinctions.


 * Day 7: March 29, 2010**

1. If your teacher says to read it twice, if she tells you to do your homework, or if she wants you to work on a project, you'd better follow your teacher's wishes than your friend's.

4. Whether you think that she is pretty or whether you think she is nice, you can't touch her because she's my girlfriend.

5. The basketball coach shouted that the referee stop calling whistles for trivial things, that the other team's coach stop distracting his team, and that the players use more concentration while the game is going.

Whether I thought the spring break was great or whether I thought it was horrible, it's time to switch gears.


 * Day 6: March 10, 2010**

1. Which would you say is better? Support your answer with specific instances from the text.

I would say that the first paragraph is better, because it does a better job in delivering the message to the reader. The first paragraph is more concise and clear; in the second sentence, especially, the use of colon is appropriate and not dragging. In the second paragraph, however, the use of the colon is a bit clumsy: the writer goes on and on, and it is difficult to grasp the point.

(4/6 sentence patterns)

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 really 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 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. It could have been Nebraska or Melbourne or Brittany or Johanesburg. 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.


 * Day 5: March 8, 2010**

2. The two intruders (my dog and cat) broke apart our precious props. 3. My favorite colors - red and black - always attract me to new clothes. 4. Learning the basic skills - hand-eye coordination and flexibility - will help me succeed in any sport. 5. The catastrophe (plant shutdown) shocked the whole community.


 * Day 4: March 3, 2010**

1. Hardware, software, a modem - these are three most essential parts of a computer. 2. Poetry and music, painting and sculpture, drama and dance - how can I ever give up any of these? 3. Planning and writing, editing and revising, reading and reciting - such are the necessary steps of writing a proper essay.


 * Day 3: February 10, 2010**

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


 * Day 2: January 27, 2010**

(p.27) Write sentences using the series listed below. For one group use no conjunctions between the items; in another add a conjunction between them.

1. oranges / peaches / kiwis / mangoes

While we watched television, we ate oranges, peaches, kiwis, mangoes.

2. soccer in spring / baseball in summer / hockey in winter / football in the fall

Jenna plays soccer in spring and baseball in summer and hockey in winter - and football in the fall.


 * Day 1: January 26, 2010**

1. Applauded, encouraged, loved, the winner left the stadium feeling great. 2. The children gathered around their teacher, eating, laughing, expecting. 3. When the game was canceled, the rowdy spectators at the ball game hooted, booed, shouted.