Day 1
Frederick Douglass’s forceful autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom is
very exciting, which many students like.
This is Douglass’s most famous book: it is an example of courage for people
all around the world.
Capitalization of first word of a complete sentence after a colon
Correction of dangling modifier
Day 1
Frederick Douglass’s forceful autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom
is filled with excitement, which many students like.
Correction of dangling modifier
This is Douglass’s most famous book: It is an example of courage for
people all around the world.
Capitalization of first word of a complete sentence after a colon
Day 2
Douglass gave speeches like he had been trained for public speaking.
Most of the abolitionist speakers really outdid theirselves but Douglass was a
truly fiery speaker.
Use of correct form of reflexive pronoun
Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence
Correct subordinating conjunction
Day 2
Douglass gave speeches as if he had been trained for public speaking.
Correct subordinating conjunction
Most of the abolitionist speakers really outdid themselves, but Douglass was a
truly fiery speaker.
Use of correct form of reflexive pronoun
Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound
sentence
Day 3
Douglass had been beat by the slavemaster until he was forced to fun away.
Many scenes in the television series Roots were similar to the scenes
Douglass described in his autobiography.
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
Use of underlining or italics with title of television series
Correct past participle of irregular verb
Day 3
Douglass had been beaten by the slavemaster until Douglass was forced to
fun away.
Correct past participle of irregular verb
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
Many scenes in the television series Roots were similar to the scenes
Douglass described in his autobiography.
Use of underlining or italics with title of television series
Day 4
Frederick Douglass’s newspaper helped abolish slavery. The newspaper was
called the North Star.
The newspaper, as well as the exslave’s emotional speeches, were important to
the success of abolitionism.
Use of hyphen with the prefix ex-
Use of participial phrase to combine sentences
Subject and verb agreement
Day 4
Frederick Douglass’s newspaper, called the North Star, helped abolish slavery.
Use of participial phrase to combine sentences
The newspaper, as well as the ex-slave’s emotional speeches, was important to
the success of abolitionism.
Use of hyphen with the prefix exSubject and verb agreement
Day 5
Writing a report on Frederick Douglass Stephanie researched slavery and
outlines her ideas.
I. key events in Douglass’s life
a.
working in Baltimore
b.
running away from
slavery
c.
working for
abolitionism
Verb tense compatibility
Use of capitalization in an outline
Use of comma after introductory participial phrase
Day 5
Writing a report on Frederick Douglass, Stephanie researched slavery
and outlined her ideas.
Use of comma after introductory participial phrase
Verb tense compatibility
I. Key events in Douglass’s life
A. Working in Baltimore
B. Running away from slavery
C. Working for abolitionism
Use of capitalization in an outline