Incorporating into your writing George and Lennies new home at the ranch is a simple building useful rather than ornamental Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted The furniture is recycled Over each bunk t ID: 231369
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Quotations
Incorporating
into your writingSlide2
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive. “The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled. “Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.” A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs. “. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
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George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive. “The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled. “Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.” A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs. “. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”
What’s wrong with this paragraph?Slide4
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
“The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled. “Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.” A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs. “. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”Slide5
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
“The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled.
“Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”
A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs. “. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”Slide6
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
“The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled.
“Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”
A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs.
“. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”Slide7
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
“The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled.
“Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”
A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs.
“. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”
80/2o – 80% my words, 20% quotesSlide8
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
“The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” The furniture is recycled.
“Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”
A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs.
“. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”
Fix the problem by incorporating small quotes into my sentences.Slide9
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
The walls were not papered or even painted, simply
“whitewashed.”
The floor did not receive even that much attention; it was
“unpainted.”
Why waste good paint on a cowboys’ bunkhouse?
The furniture is recycled.
“Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”
A card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs.
“. . . around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on
.”
ICE: Introduce, Cite, ExplainSlide10
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
The walls were not papered or even painted, simply
“whitewashed.”
The floor did not receive even that much attention; it was
“unpainted.”
Why waste good paint on a cowboys’ bunkhouse?
The furniture is recycled.
Over each bed is an
“apple box,”
nailed to the wall to form two shelves – a ranch hand was not likely to own more than would fit in such a small space.
A
card table sits in the middle of the room, but no
chairs: more boxes are grouped for
”the players to sit on
.”
A man who works in a field all day is unlikely to complain of the lack of chairs.
ICE: Introduce, Cite, ExplainSlide11
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
The walls were not papered or even painted, simply
“whitewashed.”
The floor did not receive even that much attention; it was
“unpainted.”
Why waste good paint on a cowboys’ bunkhouse?
The furniture is recycled.
Over each bed is an
“apple box,”
nailed to the wall to form two shelves
– a ranch
hand was not likely to own more than would fit in such a small space.
A
card table sits in the middle of the room, but no chairs: more boxes are grouped for
”the
players to sit on.” A man who works in a field all day is unlikely to complain of the lack of chairs.
Add proper citationsSlide12
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
The walls were not papered or even painted, simply
“whitewashed” (Steinbeck 17).
The floor did not receive even that much attention; it was
“unpainted” (Steinbeck 17).
Why waste good paint on a cowboys’ bunkhouse?
The furniture is recycled.
Over each bed is an
“apple box” (Steinbeck 17)
nailed to the wall to form two shelves – a ranch hand was not likely to own more than would fit in such a small space.
A
card table sits in the middle of the room, but no
chairs: more boxes are grouped for
”the players to sit
on” (Steinbeck 17).
A man who works in a field all day is unlikely to complain of the lack of chairs.
Add
proper citationsSlide13
George and Lennie’s new home at the ranch is a simple building, useful rather than ornamental. Little money has been spent on making the bunkhouse attractive.
The walls were not papered or even painted, simply
“whitewashed.”
The floor did not receive even that much attention; it was
“unpainted.”
Why waste good paint on a cowboys’ bunkhouse?
The furniture is recycled.
Over each bed is an
“apple box”
nailed to the wall to form two shelves – a ranch hand was not likely to own more than would fit in such a small space.
A
card table sits in the middle of the room, but no
chairs: more boxes are grouped for
”the players to sit
on” (Steinbeck 17).
A man who works in a field all day is unlikely to complain of the lack of chairs.
Add proper citationsSlide14
Citations go OUTSIDE the quotation marks, INSIDE the punctuation.
”the players to sit on” (Steinbeck 17).