HALLOWEEN

Today, we are going to do some grammar exercises, look up new vocabulary words, and read pages 80-90.

 Grammar: 

A) Sentence Combining

Breakfast is my favorite meal. I like hot food for breakfast. I prefer eggs and bacon to oatmeal. A good breakfast always starts my day off right.

B) Punctuation

Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.

1. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

2. Only one course was open to us surrender, said the ex-major, and we did.

3. Judge Carswell later to be nominated for the Supreme Court had ruled against civil rights.

4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article How Not to Go Camping.

5. Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten. 

 New Vocabulary Words

Accord
Refuge
Disperse
Invigorate
Sieve
Retaliation
Divert
Manifest
Insidious
Treason
Linguist 

10/31 – pages 80-90

11/2 – 11/4 Workshop Stories

11/7 – pages 90-100

11/8 – pages 100-110

11/9 – quiz

11/10 – 11/11 Workshop Stories

11/14 – work on stories or catch up on reading journals

11/15 – 110-120

11/16 – 120-130

11/17 – 130-140

11/18 – 140 – End of Book. Short Stories FINAL DRAFT DUE.