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Values
1. Submit Activity A. (paper and tape)
2. Submit Activity B.
3. Submit Activity C. (paper and tape)
4. Submit Activity D. (paper and tape)
5. Submit Activity E.
6. Submit Activity F.
7. Submit Activity G: Call your teacher.
8. Activity H
Run-ons and Fragments
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1.
Read the following sentence pairs. Each phrase will be labeled
“fragment” or “complete sentence.” Correct the sentence
fragments according to the instructions provided in each case.
a)
To tell people about abuses of government across the
world. (fragment)
Joey always wanted to become a famous public speaker.
(complete sentence)
Correct the fragment by combining it with the complete
sentence.
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Correct the fragment by adding a subject and an active verb.
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b)
Since the annual fishing derby held there offers rich prize
money. (fragment)
Samantha decided to go fishing on Long Lake. (complete
sentence)
Correct the fragment by removing the subordinate conjunction.
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Correct the fragment by combining the fragment and the
complete sentence.
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c)
Who has remained a loyal Roughrider fan through thick
and thin. (fragment)
Mel is a sports fan who never loses her enthusiasm.
(complete sentence)
Correct the sentence fragment by replacing the pronoun at the
beginning with a noun.
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Correct the sentence fragment by combining it with the
complete sentence.
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2.
Read the following run-on sentences. Correct each according
to the instructions provided.
a)
Most of Wide Mouth Masons’ tours have been in the
United States, their latest tour is international.
Correct the run-on sentence by using a period.
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Correct the run-on sentence by using a coordinating
conjunction.
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b)
It was too nice a day to stay in my friends and I decided
to go to the lake.
Correct the run-on sentence by using a conjunctive adverb.
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Correct the run-on sentence by using a semicolon.
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c)
Raccoons are causing problems, local home owners are
concerned.
Correct the run-on sentence by using a conjunctive adverb.
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Correct the run-on sentence by using a coordinating
conjunction.
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d)
Tal Bachman included Regina as part of a Saskatchewan
tour only US cities will be included as part of his next
tour.
Correct the run-on sentence by using a period.
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Correct the run-on sentence by using a semicolon.
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I.
(Teacher locate quotes in childhood poem you taught in lesson.
Quotes must be examples of terms listed below. Match quote to
figure of speech.)
Match the following quotations from *** to the appropriate figure of
speech. See your English Language Arts Ready Reference for help
with definitions of the figures of speech. Use each letter twice.
a. Allusion
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Metaphor
e. Alliteration
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J.
Creative Writing
Answer questions 1 and 2 on lined paper. Label your work clearly
and attach it to this assignment.
1.
Read the following paragraph about how one person finds life
much easier now than it was fifty years ago.
You kids have got it easy now. I remember when I was a
little girl growing up on the farm. The threshing crews would
come in at harvest time to harvest my daddy’s crops. My
mother, your great-grandmother, would begin her day at 5
a.m. and end it at midnight. For seven days, she spent 16
hours a day cooking for a crew of fifteen men. By the time
the day was finished, she had cooked five meals. In one day
these hard-working threshers devoured oatmeal, toast,
bacon, eggs, coffee, bread, fresh butter, chickens, roast beef
and mountains of sandwiches.
Imagine yourself fifty years in the future. Write your own “you
kids have got it easy now” paragraph. Remember to avoid
sentence fragments and run on sentences.
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2.
Everyone knows at least one “old-timer” whose stories can hold
an audience spellbound. Unfortunately, the stories they
transmit are often forgotten once the tellers have passed on.
An incident is a short account that focuses on a
particular occurrence or event. Incidents are often part
of longer narratives and have a beginning, a middle
and an end.
b)
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Record (either electronically or in written form) a
childhood incident of a SENIOR acquaintance of yours.
Once you have “collected” the story, transcribe it, proof it,
and submit it in either written or typed form as your
response to this activity. Your final written submission
should be one well-written paragraph in length. The first
sentence should introduce the incident. The body of the
paragraph will relate the incident. The last sentence will
provide a general impression of the entire incident.
Remember to avoid sentence fragments and run-on
sentences in your paragraph.
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K.
Introduce Yourself
In the section called “Who Are You?” in Lesson One you were asked to
write out a brief introduction of yourself.
Now, you will record this introduction of yourself on audio
tape.
Remember, your introduction should:
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begin with a greeting.
say where your family comes from and where you were
raised.
name two or three things you like.
name one thing you dislike.
state one of your goals for the future.
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Assignment 2 Checklist
What have you submitted in this
package? Have you included all of the
required material in the correct order?
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white address sheet
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Activity A
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Activity B
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Activity C
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Activity D
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Activity E
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Activity F
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Activity G
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Activity H
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Activity I
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Activity J
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Activity k
* Be sure to submit your audiotape and identify yourself on
your audiotape!
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