15 October - 21 October

> Extra Credit presentations:  >> CLICK HERE <<  to see presenters;

> Papers due today (moved from last Friday) -- make sure they are submitted to Turnitin.com. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT.

> Parallel Structure --  >> NOTES HERE << . Notes include in-class assignment.

Homework: Fix the parallel structure issues in the following sentences:

>Review yesterday's sentences;  

New sentences to work on in class:

Assignment, due tomorrow: using proper parallel structure, ...

1.  Create a sentence about Into Thin Air using parallel structure and comprised of a list of 4 items that are single words (but may contain modifiers).
   
2. Create a sentence about Life of Pi using parallel structure and comprised of a list of 3 items that are phrases.
   
3. Create a sentence about A Midsummer Night’s Dream using parallel structure and comprised of a list of 2 items that are clauses.
   

>Review sentences from yesterday;

Visit from Mr. Cassady to pitch the IB program to you.

Sentences to work on:

Identify how many items are on the list. Then write out the list items (only; not the full sentences) and circle or otherwise highlight the element that is parallel.

• working hard
• reading the latest court cases
• staying up-to-date on laws and regulations
• giving a lot of time to your clients

Your sentences:

1. One by one, like sheep in a dream, they passed through the hedgerow, crossed quietly over a meadow and came down to the rice paddy.
   
2. The twenty-six men were very quiet: some of them excited by the adventure, some of them afraid, some of them exhausted from the long night march, some of them looking forward to reaching the sea where they would be safe.
   
3. But he was afraid, for it was his first night at the war, so he hurried to catch up, stumbling once, scraping his knee, groping as though blind; his boots sank into the thick paddy water and he smelled it all around him.
   
4. His fear now was diffuse and unformed: ghosts in the tree line, nighttime fears of a child, a boogieman in the closet.
   
5. He would learn their names and laugh at their jokes.
   

>More parallel structure: First two sentences below have parallel structure errors. Fix them. The second two are directions for you to create your own parallel structure sentences. 

1. After losing his glasses, Tom drove down the wrong side of the street, ran a stop sign and two red lights.
   
2. The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and looking up irregular verbs.
   
3. Create your own: Write a compound-complex sentence that uses parallel structure. Highlight the parallel structure.
   
4. Create your own: Write a sentence using P.S. that incorporates a list, but where the items are not the beginning list item.
   

>Quick review of yesterday's assignment;

Quick parallel structure quiz;

THEN...

Rewrite the following paragraph into active voice.