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lifeline 1. Choose the subject of your life line. The subject can be a person, like George Washington, or a group, such as a company. If you are making a life line about yourself, then you would be the subject.

2. Write the name of the subject on the top of the piece of paper.

3. Write down the birth date of your subject on the bottom half of the paper, along with a clarifying phrase such as "The subject was born." Make sure to write this date on the far left side of your paper. If your subject is a group, like a company, you would write down the date the company started.

4. Draw a dot just below the birth date. You will draw a dot under each event you write down.

5. List all of the major events of your subject's life in chronological order. The events should appear in a horizontal line next to the birth date. Major life events are any events that had a deep and meaningful impact on the subject's life. Then, write your feelings about the events.

Topic Sentence It should capture the main idea. Palindromes are words, numbers, and phrases that can be read the same backwards and forwards. Names such as Bob, Eve, and Anna are palindromes because they can be reversed to spell the same word. In the book Holes everyone in the Yelnats family named their first son Stanley because it was a palindrome for Yelnats. "Madam, I'm Adam.", "Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.", and "Lee had a heel." are examples of phrase palindromes. One example of a number palindrome is at 8:02 on the 20th of February 2002 it was 20:02 02/ Can you come up with a palindrome of your own? What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Topic Sentence The topic sentences above are all interesting, and they make the reader want to keep reading. When I was a child, I thought my grandfather was superman. I have always looked forward to seeing my grandfather. My grandfather had more stories than a children’s library. However, the topic sentences below are too boring: My grandfather is a nice man. I love my grandfather. My grandfather makes me very happy.

Title Should capture the main idea Should want to make someone read you paragraph (make it interesting). It is not a complete sentence. Goes in the middle top line of the paper. Capitalize the first word and the important words. Don’t capitalize [conjunctions, articles, prepositions].

The Simple Past We use the simple past to indicate exactly when an action or event took place in the past. I visited my sister yesterday. We went out to dinner last night.

The Simple Past The simple past is used to describe actions and/or events that are now completed and no longer true in the present. I attended MIT in (I no longer attend MIT.) I lived in Toronto for five years. (Now I live in Thailand.)

How to combine sentences Creating complex sentences Combining Sentences 14 Turn one sentence into an adverb clause by adding a subordinating conjunction such as after, although, because, if, when, or where. subordinating conjunction If the adverb clause begins a sentence, follow the clause with a comma. I called.I received your message. Before I received your message, I called. I called before I received your message.

How to combine sentences Subordinating conjunction Combining Sentences 15 A subordinating conjunction shows a relationship between an adverb clause and the word(s) that it modifies. For example, before, once, since, when, and while indicate time. Common Subordinating Conjunctions asbeforesincewhen as if if so that whenever as long as onceunlesswhile

Homework Draw a lifeline of an important time in your life.