1. Warm-up
Name one author/text that represents each of the following types of English and explain how each version came into being:
Old English
Middle English
Modern English (Old and New)

2. Writing Workshop

3. Comma Splice
Comma splice: use of a comma to join two independent clauses
Ex: She went home that night, she just wanted to be alone.
Fix it:
Add a conjunction
Use a semicolon
Separate the sentences into two
Ex: She went home that night, for she just wanted to be alone.

4. Comma Splices
A lot happened in my first year of high school, I have to say it was all a lesson learned on who you can and cannot trust.
I always get sidetracked by any small noise, this particular noise happened to be the sound of one of the meanest girls in sixth grade.
I always loved making my parents proud, they were my mentors so I had to show them what I could do.

5. When to use a semicolon…
To join two sentences.
Ex: Jimmy took my suitcase upstairs. He left his own bag in the car.
Jimmy took my suitcase upstairs; he left his own bag in the car.
When a compound sentence is littered with commas.
Ex: I wrote to Ann, Ramona, and Mai, and Jean wrote to Charles, Latoya, and Sue.
I wrote to Ann, Ramona, and Mai; Jean wrote to Charles, Latoya, and Sue.

6. Semicolon (cont.)
In lists, use semicolons to join items that already contain commas.
Ex: They visited Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and San Antonio, Texas.
Ex: Mr. Schultz, my science teacher; Ms. O’Hara, my English teacher; Mrs. Gomez, my math teacher; and Mr. Jones, my social studies teacher, attended the seventh- grade picnic.
DO NOT use semicolons to join an independent clause with a dependent clause or phrase.
Ex: I really wanted to go home; but couldn’t.
Ex: As if she read his mind; he walked to the door.

7. Semicolons
The contestants came from Atlanta, Georgia Memphis, Tennessee and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
I got all dressed up for the party, however, my best friend wore jeans.
German is a difficult language to master, however, if you plan to be a scientist, you may want to study this language.
The roof was leaking, and the walls were sagging, therefore, the Smiths hired a contractor to repair the house.
Apples are usually sold by the pound oranges are sold by the dozen.

8. Second Person Don’t use second person!
YOU
Also thee, thou, thy—but I don’t think you’ll be tempted to use these.
Letters and “How-tos” are different.
You should sleep eight hours each night. (informal)
One should sleep eight hours each night. (formal)

9. Revising “You”
Too bad, because the three year old sitting in the booster seat next to you wants to scream at the top of her lungs.
Running long distances in the rain is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of wrestling.
It’s like when you run until you can’t feel your legs anymore.

10. Verb Tense Stay in one tense throughout your entire writing piece.
Don’t shift between past and present tense.
Ex: I was so excited to go home. I arrive and tell my mom how much I can’t wait to greet my sister.
ALL PAST: I was so excited to go home. I arrived and told my mom how much I couldn’t wait to greet my sister.
ALL PRESENT: I’m so excited to go home. I arrive and tell my sister how much I can’t wait to greet my sister.

11. Tense I tell her to wake up, and she ignored me.
He screamed in my face, so I tell my mom.
I laughed so hard, I start crying.

12. Peer Edit Read your partner’s paper thoroughly, making comments on it.
Be sure to mark the following as you read:
verb tense (VT)
comma splice (CS)
semicolon misuse (circle the semicolon he/she misuses)
After you finish reading, complete the peer editing sheet for him/her.
Return to partner.

13. Dialectical Journals
Find four examples of irony in the prologue. Can be from any place in the prologue.
Write the example on the left.
Analyze the quote and explain its irony on the right.
Example of Irony
Explanation