October 16, 2013

In what year was Porterville College established?

A. 1897B. 1927C. 1946D. 1953E. 1981

Source: California Colleges (californiacolleges.edu)

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Chapter 9 from The Power of Habit Your quotation sandwich paragraph from Chapter 9 Your first rough draft, second rough draft, and lab

review sheet for Essay #2 Choose your top three of the “10 Habits You Must Quit

to Be Happy” and write them at the top of a piece of paper:

Procrastinating on Your Goals Criticizing Others

Blaming Others and Making Excuses

Running from Your Problems and Fears

Avoiding Change Living in Another Time and Place

Trying to Control Everything Trying to Be Someone You Are Not

Talking Down to Yourself Being Ungrateful

READING QUIZDo your best to answer each question

fully. Remember, the point of the quiz is to show me you read and understood the

chapter. Please, absolutely no talking.

EVALUATIONS

MISPLACED MODIFIERS

Misplaced Modifiers

A modifier is a word or group of words that describes or adds information about another word. A modifier should appear as close as possible to the word it modifies.

Misplaced Modifiers

Jane spent almost fifty dollars on her haircut.

Spinach contains lutein, a vitamin that strengthens the

eyes.

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Misplaced Modifiers

A modifier is misplaced when it appears in the wrong place in the sentence. Either it seems to modify a word other than the one the writer intended, or there’s more than one word it could modify and the reader can’t tell which one.

Misplaced Modifiers

MISPLACED The carpentry student nailed the plank to the floor with red hair.

CLEAR The carpentry student with red hair nailed the plank to the floor.

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Misplaced Modifiers

MISPLACED The restaurant only serves lunch on Sundays.

CLEAR The restaurant serves only lunch on Sundays.

CLEAR The restaurant serves lunch on Sundays only. 

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Dinner Dinner

Dinner Dinner

Dinner Dinner

Lunch &Dinner

Misplaced ModifiersMISPLACED Leo walked outside to smell the

flowering rosemary plant wearing his bathing suit.

CLEAR Wearing his bathing suit, Leo walked outside to smell the flowering rosemary plant. 

Activity 5: Identify Misplaced Modifiers

Underline misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If the sentence is correct, write correct.

1. The beer can almost hit my grandmother thrown out of the car window.

2. The new standards for graduation only required a low-level statistics class.

3. Boris found a pink and squirming nest of baby mice.

4. Leo borrowed a shirt from his brother with long sleeves.

5. My little niece threw her creamed spinach into the air.

Activity 5: Identify Misplaced Modifiers

Underline misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If the sentence is correct, write correct.

1. The beer can almost hit my grandmother thrown out of the car window.

2. The new standards for graduation only required a low-level statistics class.

3. Boris found a pink and squirming nest of baby mice.

4. Leo borrowed a shirt from his brother with long sleeves.

5. My little niece threw her creamed spinach into the air.

Activity 5: Identify Misplaced Modifiers

Underline misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If the sentence is correct, write correct.

1. The beer can almost hit my grandmother thrown out of the car window.

2. The new standards for graduation only required a low-level statistics class.

3. Boris found a pink and squirming nest of baby mice.

4. Leo borrowed a shirt from his brother with long sleeves.

5. My little niece threw her creamed spinach into the air.

Activity 5: Identify Misplaced Modifiers

Underline misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If the sentence is correct, write correct.

1. The beer can almost hit my grandmother thrown out of the car window.

2. The new standards for graduation only required a low-level statistics class.

3. Boris found a pink and squirming nest of baby mice.

4. Leo borrowed a shirt from his brother with long sleeves.

5. My little niece threw her creamed spinach into the air.

Activity 5: Identify Misplaced Modifiers

Underline misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If the sentence is correct, write correct.

1. The beer can almost hit my grandmother thrown out of the car window.

2. The new standards for graduation only required a low-level statistics class.

3. Boris found a pink and squirming nest of baby mice.

4. Leo borrowed a shirt from his brother with long sleeves.

5. My little niece threw her creamed spinach into the air.

Activity 5: Identify Misplaced Modifiers

Underline misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If the sentence is correct, write correct.

1. The beer can almost hit my grandmother thrown out of the car window.

2. The new standards for graduation only required a low-level statistics class.

3. Boris found a pink and squirming nest of baby mice.

4. Leo borrowed a shirt from his brother with long sleeves.

5. My little niece threw her creamed spinach into the air. Correct!

Correcting a Misplaced Modifier

To correct a misplaced modifier, place the modifier closer to the word it describes.

MISPLACED The Italian visitors drove a rental car leaving on vacation.

CLEAR Leaving on vacation, the Italian visitors drove a rental car.

ACTIVITY 6: CORRECT 1-5

Activity 6: Correct Misplaced Modifiers

Underline the misplaced modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentence, moving the modifier closer to the word it modifies and making other changes as necessary.

1. My husband and I volunteered at the school antique sale with the best of intentions.

2. The volunteers put out the hillside fire from the next county.

3. The kids I was babysitting from next door played video games for hours.

4. Liam greeted the unexpected guests in his old pajamas.5. My learning group always arranged to meet in the

Student Union at my previous college.

Activity 6: Correct Misplaced Modifiers

Underline the misplaced modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentence, moving the modifier closer to the word it modifies and making other changes as necessary.

1. My husband and I volunteered with the best of intentions at the school antique sale.

2. The volunteers put out the hillside fire from the next county.

3. The kids I was babysitting from next door played video games for hours.

4. Liam greeted the unexpected guests in his old pajamas.5. My learning group always arranged to meet in the

Student Union at my previous college.

Activity 6: Correct Misplaced Modifiers

Underline the misplaced modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentence, moving the modifier closer to the word it modifies and making other changes as necessary.

1. My husband and I volunteered with the best of intentions at the school antique sale.

2. The volunteers from the next county put out the hillside fire.

3. The kids I was babysitting from next door played video games for hours.

4. Liam greeted the unexpected guests in his old pajamas.5. My learning group always arranged to meet in the

Student Union at my previous college.

Activity 6: Correct Misplaced Modifiers

Underline the misplaced modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentence, moving the modifier closer to the word it modifies and making other changes as necessary.

1. My husband and I volunteered with the best of intentions at the school antique sale.

2. The volunteers from the next county put out the hillside fire.

3. The kids from next door I was babysitting played video games for hours.

4. Liam greeted the unexpected guests in his old pajamas.5. My learning group always arranged to meet in the

Student Union at my previous college.

Activity 6: Correct Misplaced Modifiers

Underline the misplaced modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentence, moving the modifier closer to the word it modifies and making other changes as necessary.

1. My husband and I volunteered with the best of intentions at the school antique sale.

2. The volunteers from the next county put out the hillside fire.

3. The kids from next door I was babysitting played video games for hours.

4. In his old pajamas, Liam greeted the unexpected guests.

5. My learning group always arranged to meet in the Student Union at my previous college.

Activity 6: Correct Misplaced Modifiers

Underline the misplaced modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentence, moving the modifier closer to the word it modifies and making other changes as necessary.

1. My husband and I volunteered with the best of intentions at the school antique sale.

2. The volunteers from the next county put out the hillside fire.

3. The kids from next door I was babysitting played video games for hours.

4. In his old pajamas, Liam greeted the unexpected guests.

5. My learning group at my previous college always arranged to meet in the Student Union.

“10 Habits You Must Quit to Be Happy” Write five specific ways you fit

the habit Write your cue(s) for the habit Write your routine(s) for the habit Write your (perceived) reward(s)

for the habit Using Duhigg’s Golden Rule of

habit change, create a plan to change the habit

COMPARE YOUR HABIT WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE

THE SAME ONEAre your cues, routines, and

rewards the same or different? Do the plans for change seem

feasible and realistic?

ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGING THESE BAD

HABITS? WHY OR WHY NOT?

Vocabulary Words

As a group, make a list of ten vocabulary words from Chapter 9

These words should be key terms that are important to know in order to fully understand the chapter

They should not be vocabulary words you have used in the past

Complete the vocabulary chart handout

Most Important/Interesting/Exciting Thing You Learned Today

A. Reading quizB. EvaluationsC. Misplaced ModifiersD. “10 Habits You Must Quit”E. Vocabulary Words

What would you like to learn more about in the future?

A. Reading quizB. EvaluationsC. Misplaced ModifiersD. “10 Habits You Must Quit”E. Vocabulary Words

Homework for Monday

Write a one-and-a-half-page essay answering the following question using quotations and paraphrases from Chapter 9: When does a person become responsible for changing a habit?

Post to the blog by Thursday at 11:55 p.m.; respond to at least two students by Sunday at 11:55 p.m.

Top piece of bread: at least one sentence to introduce the quotation

Meat: sentence that contains the quotation

Bottom piece of bread: at least one sentence to explain or comment on the quotation (usually the majority of the paragraph)

BREAKMeet in Computer Commons A