Tuesday, Sept. 18 ~ Homecoming Week "Mathlete vs. Athlete"

Roots

• tract, tra - draw, pull
• vac - empty
• ven,vent - come

Grammar

• Since we started parallel structure yesterday, let's practice that skill first. Click here. 

Practice: Bedford Exercise 20 – 1 Run-On Sentences (Write these in your journal or notability.)

Directions: Revise any run-on sentences using the method of revision suggested in brackets.

Example: Orville had been obsessed with his weight as a teenager, he rarely ate anything sweet. (Restructure the sentence)

New: Because Orville had been obsessed with his weight as a teenager, he rarely ate anything sweet.

1. The city had one public swimming pool, it stayed packed with children all summer long. (Restructure the sentence)
2.  The building is being renovated, therefore at times we have no heat, water, or electricity. (Use a comma and coordinating conjunction)
3. The view was not what the travel agent had described, where were the rolling hills and the shimmering rivers? (Make two sentences)
4. All those gnarled equations looked like toxic insects, maybe I was going to have to rethink my major. (Use a semicolon)
5. The city government had good reason to fear the major earth quake, most of the business district was built on landfill. (use a colon)
6. The car was hardly worth trading, the frame was twisted and the block was warped. (Restructure the sentence)
7.  The next time an event is canceled because of the bad weather, don’t blame the meteorologist, blame nature. (Make two sentences)
8. Ray was fluent in American Sign Language he could sign as easily as he could speak. (Restructure the sentence) 

HW: Finish Ex.20-1 in notability AND don't forget that tomorrow is Celebrity Look Alike Day!