Honors English II
January 11 t h -January 15 t h
Monday, January 11
Write 3 sentences using semicolons, and two sentences using colons.
Wednesday, January 13
Arthur Conan Doyle’s great sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, was superrational, and the famous author himself
was the world’s best-known advocate of spiritualism, the belief that human personality survives death
and that the living can communicate with the dead. Nevertheless, spiritualism was all the rage around
the turn of the twentieth century. Séances, rapping, table turning, automatic writing, and other occult
methods of contacting the spiritual world attracted thousands. Doyle was the antithesis of a man who
would try communicating with the dead; and after converting to Spiritualism, he set about trying to
convert others.
1. A) NO CHANGE
B) since
C) that is
D) but
2. The author deleted the following
sentence, which was originally placed
after the first sentence.
Even today, people look to psychics for
help and advice from other worlds and
past lives.
Was deleting the sentence a good
decision?
F) No, because it connects the
spiritualism of the past to today’s
reader.
G) No, because it elaborates on
spiritualism.
H) Yes, because the information is not
relevant to the point and interrupts the
flow of the passage.
J) Yes, because people then didn’t use
psychics.
3. A) NO CHANGE
B) And yet
C) In spite of this
D) Delete Nevertheless and correct the
capitalization.
4. F) NO CHANGE
G) so
H) however,
J) therefore,
Thursday, January 14
Snowflakes form from tiny water droplets, following a specific process of chemical bonding as they
freeze, which results in a six-sided figure. The rare “triangular” snowflake, similarly, confounded
scientists for years because it apparently defied the basic laws of chemistry. The seemingly triangular
shape of those snowflakes suggests that forming through a different process of chemical bonding. By recreating snowflake formation, a discovery has revealed to scientists Kenneth Libbrecht and Hannah
Arnold the cause of this apparent variation.
1. A) NO CHANGE
B) Form, from tiny, water droplets,
C) form from tiny, water, droplets
D) form, from tiny water droplets
2. F) NO CHANGE
G) for example,
H) additionally,
J) however,
3. A) NO CHANGE
B) the manner in which formation
C) which had formed
D) that they form
4. F) NO CHANGE
G) the discovery of the cause of this
apparent variation has been made by
scientists Kenneth Libbrecht and
Hannah Arnold.
H) scientists Kenneth Libbrecht and
Hannah Arnold have discovered the
cause of this apparent variation.
J) the cause of this apparent variation
has been discovered by scientists
Kenneth Libbrecht and Hannah Arnold.
Friday, January 15
“I am thinking of going to the movies”, said Indira. Marcy wondered if they would “have time to go
home first”. She asked Indira what time the movie started. I’m pretty sure it starts at 5:20, answered
Indira. She thought they were going to have to hurry.
1. A) NO CHANGE
B) to the movies” said,
C) to the movies,” said
D) to the movies” said
2. F) NO CHANGE
G) would, “have time to go home first.”
H) would “have time to go home first.”
J) would have time to go home first.
3. A) NO CHANGE
B) Indira: “what time the movie
started.”
C) Indira “what time the movie started.”
D) Indira, “what time the movie
started.”
4. F) NO CHANGE
G) “I’m pretty sure it starts at 5:20”
answered
H) “I’m pretty sure it starts at 5:20,”
answered
J) ‘I’m pretty sure it starts at 5:20,’
answered
5. A) NO CHANGE
B) “were going to have to hurry.”
C) ‘we’re going to have to hurry.’
D) “were ‘going to have’ to hurry.”