ENGLISH – HOURS 1, 3, 4 – Day 32
· Write an example of a compound sentence.
- What makes it “compound”?
Comma notes:
Discussed the evil comma splice and how to eliminate it from sentences
a. (INCORRECT): The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, she is rather tall.
b. (CORRECT): The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, FANBOYS she is rather tall.
For: cause/effect
And: addition
Nor: choice
But: contrast
Or: choice
Yet: contrast
So: result
Practiced identifying comma splices: “To Splice Is Not So Nice”
ADD TO NOTES:
a. AAAWWUBBIS – After, Although, As, While, When, Until, Before, Because, If, Since) at the beginning of one of the independent clauses and joining the two independent clauses.
b. Add 2 of the following 4 examples TO YOUR NOTES:
- If you do not understand the directions, you can read them again.
- Before you write the sentence, you should read other people's sentences.
- After you have read them all, you can try to use a different AAAWWUBBIS word.
- Although you may not understand all this, you can follow the examples.
Finish OPEN-BOOK TAKE-HOME TEST (worth nearly 5 homework assignments).
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1, 3, 4:
Act 1 packet due Wednesday.
Using the slides below, study for Wednesday’s “Who Said It” test
1st hour:
PLAYWRITING – Day 34
Continue working on ROUND 2 scripts: DUE TODAY
- With your partner, create a GOOGLE DOC and with BOTH NAMES at the top, write 2 short scripts (1-sided).
- One that lacked subtlety using: http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm
- Then re-wrote same script with subtlety…
PLAYWRITING homework:
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