february 11 th 1. choose the item that best shows correct punctuation for the salutation of this...
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February 11th
1. Choose the item that best shows correct punctuation for the salutation of this business letter.
F Dear Principal Monahan;G Dear Principal Monahan,H Dear Principal Monahan . . .J Dear Principal Monahan:
2. Read Sentence 2.We have clubs for painting, skateboarding, science, gardening, and many otherhobbies, however many students, including myself, are still searching for a club thatsuits our interests.How should the underlined words be revised to correct this run-on sentence?A hobbies: however, manyB hobbies; however manyC hobbies; however, manyD hobbies: however many
February 12th
Get the handout on the back counter Write the I can statement and assignments in your
agenda
SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context.
SPI 0701.1.12 Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.
Have your progress report out on your desk
February 12th
3. Read Sentence 3.A group of us for this reason wish to start a new school club—the Herman JuniorHigh Book Club.Choose the best way to revise this sentence for clarity.F A group, for this reason, of us wish to start a new school club—the Herman
Junior High Book Club.G A group of us wish to start a new school club, for this reason—the Herman
Junior High Book Club.H For this reason, a group of us wish to start a new school club—the Herman
Junior High Book Club.J A group of us wish to start a new school club—the Herman Junior High Book
Club for this reason.
4. Read Sentence 7.We like analyzing characters, and we often debated about why they behave the waythey do.Choose the correct way to revise the underlined part of this sentence.F had debatedG debateH debatingJ will debate
February 13th
5. Read Sentences 4 through 6.I’ve always loved reading. My friends feel the same way. We discuss books every chance
we get.Choose the best way to combine these sentences.A I have always loved reading, and my friends feel the same way, and we discuss books
every chance we get.B I love reading as do my friends, and we discuss books every chance we get.C My friends and I love reading; therefore; we love to discuss books to gether every
chance we get.D Since my friends and I love reading, we discuss books every chance we get.
6. Read Sentence 8.A few weeks ago, my friends and me were discussing a book.Choose the correct way to revise the underlined words.A my friends and myselfB my friends and IC I and my friendsD me and them
February 14
7. Read Sentence 9.Then someone said I think a book club would be so cool.Choose the item that correctly uses quotation marks.F “Then someone said, I think a book club would be so cool.”G “Then someone said” I think a book club would be so cool.H Then someone said “I think a book club would be so cool.”J Then someone said, “I think a book club would be so cool.”
8. Choose the correct way to write the book title.A Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up PeruvianB “Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up Peruvian”C Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up PeruvianD “Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up Peruvian”
February 15th
9. Choose the correct way to write the book title.
A Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up Peruvian
B “Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up Peruvian”
C Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up Peruvian
D “Crossed Cultures: Growing up American, Growing up Peruvian”
ANSWERS
1.J
2.C
3.H
4.D
5.G
6.B
7.J
8.C
9.G