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Monday, February 10, 2014

Realistic Fiction: Generating Ideas

Grammar Recap
Memorize and ERADICATE these types of mistakes going forward!!!

1) The man entered with a gun, bank personnel were not amused    Comma Splice


2) The man entered with a gun bank personnel were not amused.  Fused Sentences

3) The man entered with a gun and bank personnel were not amused. Run on sentence       

Show me examples of compound sentences or compound sentence errors and win +1 for doing so.

G/H Class Only
Social Issues: Choose any 3 from the list to investigate...

Food Inc

C/D and E/F - Be ready for your bookclubs tomorrow.

H/W - All classes
Writing: Finish your second social scene or blurb using today's generating strategy. (Due: Wed)

Grammar: - Finish by Wednesday. Take small screen shots to prove that you did the work.



Watch this video. You will score more points on your SATs if you do!

Ideas to generate stories Enjoy Thani's Slam...

 Look at these examples of strong extended metaphors for people who are thinking of resubmitting in order to improve their grades.

7 comments:

  1. Mr. Buxton on the rags to riches there is one sentence that says it is a sentence but there is an and and no comma before it.

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  2. Jessie,
    That is probably why its wrong
    Today's lesson on revising was so clear! I have found so many mistakes in my writing!
    Those mentor texts are so helpful!
    Thani that is an awesome slam poem.

    While also trying to sustain her widowed mother that is bedridden and her mother also has a fractured hip

    I didn't use a comma before and here is the revised sentence:
    While also trying to sustain her widowed mother that is bedridden, and her mother also has a fractured hip

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  3. I noticed that in what I wrote I didn't have a comma!

    I didn't use a comma before and here is the revised sentence:

    Revised Sentence:
    I didn't use a comma before, and here is the revised sentence:

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  4. No, but Jordan, I used up my hints for it and it said that it was a sentence

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  5. you still have a mistake jordan.

    first clause is 'dependent' - it can not stand alone -

    While also trying to sustain her widowed mother that is bedridden

    you wrote a 'complex sentence - we will study these next...!

    show me the error Jess - maybe it was just commas in a series?

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  6. Oh ya whoops!
    Thanks Mr. Buxton!

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  7. Ok Mr. Buxton. I took a Screen shot of it

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