Thursday, September 17, 2009

Due Monday, 09/21/09, or Tuesday, 09/22/09

1. Study the material on combining sentences. You will have
a test over the material covered on the PowerPoint.
2.For more information,read page 676 "Commas in Compound
Sentences." Type and correct the first five sentences in
Practice 2 on page 676.
3. Read "Fragments That Start with Dependent Words"
on page 403-404.
4. Read chapter 11 "Illustration" on pages 167-172 and
read "WRITING GUIDE: ILLUSTRATION" on page 183. After reading
these pages, write an essay on one of these topics: Awkward
moments that I have had; Hidden problems that some people
may have; false stereotypes; the real me. Pick one of these
and develop three illustrations that support your topic.
Prewrite, outline, write and correct a draft, and print a final
copy. Hand all of these in. You paper should be 400-450 words.

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