1. AP Language and Composition
“It’s a ‘Thought-provoking’ Thursday!”
March 19, 2009
Mr. Houghteling

2. AGENDA Misplaced Modifier Bellringer Appositive study:
When to use the comma, the dash, and the colon.
Introduce Grammar Website and Homework

3. Misplaced Modifier --Bellringer
Revise the following three sentences to remove the errors. You may COMBINE / REARRANGE / EXPAND/ and SUBTRACT
7. Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, the car seemed to run better.
10. We ate the lunch that we had brought slowly.
5. He was staring at the girl by the vending machine with the dark glasses.

4. Appositive Study Page 168—read examples.
Page 169—identify functions of appositives.
Page 171—Complete Exercise 2
Do only # 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9
Pages —Complete Exercise 3.
Do all, # 1-8.

5. HOMEWORK Check out this website: Look at the use of colons in #91
Look at the use of colons in #91
Review the use of punctuation for interrupters in #85 and #86.