Thursday, April 30, 2009

Response to Webquest

Writing Skills


Looking Deeper from Different Perspectives:

Run On Sentence Expert

1. What is a run on sentence? A:is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined with no punctuation or conjunction.

2. How can you correct one? A: you can think of complete sentences as individual "scenes" that can be arranged in five different ways.


3. Write three examples of run on sentences; correct them! A: I make the bed you wash the clothes. Correction: I make the bed and you wash the clothes. She walks I run. Correction: She walks and I run. She kissed him he kissed her. Correction: She kissed him and he kissed her.


Sentence Fragment Expert:

1. What is a sentence fragment? A: incomplete sentences


2.How can you correct one? A: make sure to have a subject and verb.


3. Write three examples of sentence fragments; correct them! A: Because we like him.
Correction: We danced with him because we like him. Because he likes me. Correction: He smiles at me because he likes me. Because she cried. Correction: He watched her because she cried.





Comma Expert:


1. When are you supposed to use commas?


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Paragraph Expert:


1. What is a topic sentence? A:The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of the paragraph. It gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about.

2. Write an example of a unified paragraph. A: My dog Bob went running down the street. He jumped over the fence and into the neighbors yard. Bob then started barking at a black cat. Then Bob ran after the cat and hit the fence. Bob ended up knocked out.


3. How can you make a paragraph unified? A: stay on one topic!




Eldridge? I didnt do this in a group I did it by myself!

Monday, April 6, 2009

response to Changing the world PART 2

I am going to change the world by turning off lights when I see they don't need to be on. It will save energy and produce less light but it will be better for the world. You can open your blinds or curtains for light.
I am also going to pick up garbage i see laying around where it doesn't belong. Now days alot of people in our world, country, nation, and so on litter alot. Just as I walked around the other day I saw garbage everywhere. Some of my friends even litter. So it's my time to change the world and make our City a better place. It will be nice and clean for visitors and when we take long walks we wont have to look at a dirty place. I think our city should have more garbage cans around. One day i may ask the mayor about why there is not garbage cans around.
If you see someone litter pick it up or ask them nicely to pick it up. Asking people to help our world shouldn't be harmful. Our world can become a better place if people actually try to make it that way. If there was no world where would we be? Why don't you think about this to yourself and maybe you will want to change the world to. Cleaning, turning off, unplugging, and seeing is not that hard to do, you just can't be lazy about it. I have done five hours of community service in my whole life, but I know i have helped more then that! So it's my time to help and my time has started now.