• I can edit sentences for mistakes in mechanics.

• I can edit sentences for wordiness by combining word, phrases, and clauses.

• I can analyze a writer’s rhetoric and how it develops his purpose.

• I can actively participate in group discussions.

AP LangSeptember 11-12

• House Made of Dawn which was a book published in 1968 focuses on an American Indian man’s struggle to reconcile traditional tribal values with modern-day American life.

• Although symbolic puns are relatively rare in dreams they do occasionally sho up in surprising ways.

• It is called a lake, Moraine is really a three-acre pond located beneath a high, majestic ridge on Grapetree Mountain.

• The athlete must train for long hours, and watch his diet.

Sentence EditingEdit for mistakes in comma use and title punctuation

• N. Scott Momaday writes eloquently about culture. He writes about American Indian culture. He won a Pulitzer Prize for

House Made of Dawn. It is a novel.

• Momaday wrote The Way to Rainy Mountain. It gives an account of American Indian life. It is a perceptive account on the history and culture of the Kiowas.

Combine the following sentences by inserting words and phrases. Insert the underlined portions into the main sentence.

The word BAUBLE MOST NEARLY means:

A.(n.) A maze

B.(adj.) allowing light to pass through

C.(n.) The exact or direct opposite or contrast

D.(n.) A trinket

E.(n.) Humiliation or embarrassment caused by irritation or frustration; (v.) To humiliate, to cause to feel shame, to hurt the pride of

Vocabulary Review exercise 4 in the packet

A.(n.) A trinket

B.(n.) A maze

C.(adj.) Acting or being beast-like

D.(adj.) Lacking sufficient strength or power to accomplish something or achieve some effect

E.(n.) An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence

The word BESTIAL MOST NEARLY means:

A.(n.) Humiliation or embarrassment caused by irritation or frustration; (v.) To humiliate, to cause to feel shame, to hurt the pride of

B.(adj.) Lacking sufficient strength or power to accomplish something or achieve some effect

C.(n.) An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence

D.(adj.) Acting or being beast-like

E.(v.) To brag greatly

The word CHAGRIN MOST NEARLY means:

A.(n.) A correction or change to a text

B.(adj.) Mild; Tasteless; Dull

C.(n.) An obstacle, hindrance or obstruction

D.(n.) An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence

E.(n.) A broken fragment of glass, pottery, etc.

The word IMPEDIMENTMOST NEARLY means:

A.(n.) A maze

B.(n.) An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence

C.(n.) The exact or direct opposite or contrast

D.(n.) A broken fragment of glass, pottery, etc.

E. (n.) A trinket

The word ANTITHESISMOST NEARLY means:

• Do numbers 1 and 2 of Sentence Unscrambling and finish number 2 of Syntax Analysis.

Syntax

• A Block: Finish “Sinners” analysis

• A and B Blocks– Read silently “A Modell of Christian Charity” and use

SOAPSTone to begin to analyze its tone and purpose.

– As you read, each of you will also read for one component of SIFTTS.

Read and analyze

• What do you think Winthrop means by calling the new land “a city upon a hill”?

• Do you think we have lived up to Winthrop’s ideal of this new land? Why or why not?

Journal