th 2017 Friday Do Now Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph Once the bell rings you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in todays paragraph ID: 775678
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Welcome! January 27th, 2017 Friday
Do NowGet your folder from the front crate and find your seatBegin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph.Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises.Thank you
Slide2Friday January 27, 2017At age 19, Carl Sandburg left his boyhood home in Illinois he took no bag or supplies. He was headed for the open rode where he would live as a hobo. Sandburgs hobo experiences wood appear later in his writing. He become best know for his poetry. He also wrote folk songs and a biography of abraham Lincoln. "Time is the coin of your life" Sandburg said. "It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.
Slide3ACT Practice: Parallelism and Modifiers
Trade your homework with a partnerGrab a marker, colored pencil, highlighter, ect. from your tower (something colored)Write your name at the bottom of your partner’s paper
Slide4ACT Practice: Parallelism and Modifiers
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. After seeing the movie, the space creatures seemed more believable than ever to all of us.
A. NO
CHANGE
B. the
space creatures seemed believable.
C. all
of us believed more the space creatures.
D. all
of us felt the space creatures were more believable than ever.
16. Sitting on a rock, the rumbling thunder faintly heard Candace.
F.
NO
CHANGE
G. Candace faintly heard the rumbling thunder.
H. the rumbling thunder heard Candace faintly.
J. the thunder rumbling heard the faintly Candace.
17. Living by the airport, the noise bothered us.
A. NO
CHANGE
B. airport
, we bothered the noise.
C. airport
, we were bothered by the noise.
D. noise
, the airport bothered us.
18. While waiting for the plumber, the hot-water tank began to leak all over the basement floor.
F. NO
CHANGE
G. plumber
, the hot-water tank begin
H. plumber, the hot-water tank was beginning
J. plumber, I saw the hot-water tank beginning
Slide5ACT Practice: Parallelism and Modifiers
19. Walking to the pawnshop,
Bob’s watch dropped
into the sewer.
A
. NO CHANGE
B. Bob’s watch fell into the sewer
C. Bob dropped his watch
D. the watch dropped Bob
20. The paramedics covered the boy’s
forehead with a cold compress, which was bruised and
swollen.
F. NO CHANGE
G. forehead with a cold compress which was bruised and
swollen
H. forehead, which was bruised and swollen, with a cold
compress
.
J. forehead with a cold compress
.
21. At the end of the semester, I realized
I only needed tutoring
in one course.
A. NO CHANGE
B. only I needed tutoring
C. I needed only tutoring
D. I needed tutoring only
22. Collecting seashells on the beach,
the sunset was a beauty to watch
.
F. NO CHANGE
G. the sunset was beautiful
H. it was a beautiful sunset.
J. I watched the beautiful sunset.
Slide6ACT Practice: Parallelism and Modifiers
23. The cat is soft, cuddly, and
has warmth
.
A. NO CHANGE
B. it has warmth.
C. the cat is warm.
D. and warm.
24. We will lie on the beach, swim in the ocean, and
we will sleep under the stars
.
F. NO CHANGE
G. sleep under the stars.
H. we will be sleeping under the stars.
J. we would sleep.
25. The new auditorium is both beautiful and
it is spacious
.
NO CHANGE
it has a lot of space.
spacious.
has a lot of space.
26. Parents are either too permissive or
they are too strict
.
F. NO CHANGE
G. strict.
H. they too are strict.
J. too strict.
Slide7ACT Practice: Parallelism and Modifiers
27. The grammar exercises are long, difficult, and
contain absurdities
.
A. NO CHANGE
G. absurd.
H. are containing absurdities.
J. are also absurd.
28. One option the students have is to fail the test; the other is
working
long hours.
F. NO CHANGE
G. work
H. to work
J. to have worked
29. You have to be smart, friendly, and
show energy
.
NO CHANGE
have to show energy.
have to be energetic.
energetic.
30. Every road to the school is either jammed or
is closed
for repairs.
F. NO CHANGE
G. has been closed
H. is being closed
J. closed
Slide8Daily Goals
For the rest of the day, you have two goals:Read the excerpt from “9/11 Heroes: A Fireman’s Story.” Afterwards, respond to the analysis questions on the back. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your answers for numbers 4, 7, and 8.Go to IXL.com and click on 11th grade skills under Language Arts. By Sunday afternoon, complete both of the IXLs below with a score of at least 80%.J.4: Semicolons, colons, and commas reviewH.1: Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases