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13/10/2010 20:21
Remember that the Halloween stories are due on Monday, October 25! Try to get someone to look at your grammar for you before you turn it in; we will not have time to be passing the story back and forth for editing.
An excellent website to use to help you edit your paper is...
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28/09/2010 00:41
There is a hangman game up on the Quia site with the vocabulary from this news article
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16/09/2010 11:41
Write a one paragraph summary of the article "Best Friends? You Must Be Kidding"
Use the guidelines distributed in class and the example in your Write Source book, pg 545, to help you.
Turn it in on A4 paper, not in your notebook!
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16/09/2010 09:03
We will have a test on Tuesday, Sept. 21.
The test will include:
Vocabulary words 7-20
A reading passage with multiple choice and long answer questions
There is a flashcard activity on Quia for the vocabulary that will be on the test.
www.quia.com/jg/2026711.html
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14/09/2010 15:50
Complete the handout (side 1) on Subject-Verb Agreement.
If you were absent, or if you lost your sheet, download a copy here: S-V pre-test.docx (856 kB)
If you did not yet respond to the questions on the article, "Best Friend? You Must be Kidding", do so now so that you will be prepared...
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13/09/2010 23:05
Read the article, "A Best Friend? You Must Be Kidding"
1. Look up the vocabulary words in #1. Add any other new words you find in the passage.
2. There are 8 discussion questions on the article. Select any 5 and answer them in brief paragraphs.
You will be using...
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06/09/2010 18:33
https://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Interactive pages-- has explanations, exercises and "quiz yourself" sections
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06/09/2010 18:28
owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/
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