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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Symbol Error
(sad face
ymbol) parallelism
AWK awkward or faulty construction
PV passive voice
SP spelling error
CONTRACT Avoid contractions
VT incorrect verb tense
VSB vary sentence beginnings
WC word choice
CHOP choppy sentences
FRAG fragment
RO run-on sentence
NR not relevant
WW wrong word
[] look
! verbal surprise  A good thing!
+ good point; good information
- weak or incorrect information
SVA subject-verb agreement
PP pronoun problem
VO voice
POV point of view
CS comma spice
PR prepositions
REP repetitive
MM misplaced modifiers
ADD/EX add information or explain further
^ insert
MLA MLA format error
PUNCT punctuation error
CB Combine sentences
THESIS no thesis statement (or not clearly stated)
COH Coherence error

Monday, October 25, 2010

Senior Vocab list 6

Seniors--Vocab list 6

1. abjectadj., miserable

2. allurevt., tempt

3. arbitern., judge

4. cursoryadj., superficial

5. diabolicallyadv., wickedly

6. dormantadj., sleeping

7. equitableadj., fair

8. execrationn., cursing

9. inclemencyn., storminess

10. ministervi.,give help

11. mortificationn., humiliation

12. noisomeadj., foul smelling and unhealthy

13. pensiveadj., thinking deeply

14. purloinvt., steal

15. relinquishvt., give up

16. sagacityn., wisdom and good judgment

17. savoryadj., appetizing

18. somberadj., dark and gloomy

19. spurn vt., reject with contempt

20. surmountvt., overcome

Monday, October 18, 2010

Things Fall Apart Sites

http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/achebe_chinua/things/

http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/thingsfallapart.html

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/shared/Resources/NonSecure/00000001/ThingsFallApart_OCR.pdf

http://www.haphazardous.com/marcuseure/teachingportfolio/02pedagogy/thingsfallapart.pdf