1. Readers feel that Longfellow wrote the best narrative poems in American Literature. Use of apostrophe to show possession Use of adjective qualifier Elimination of unnecessary capitalization Use of quotation marks with title of a poem The Wreck of the Hesperus is one of Longfellows poems. Day 1

2. Use of apostrophe to show possession Use of adjective qualifier Elimination of unnecessary capitalization Use of quotation marks with title of a poem Day 1 Many readers feel that Longfellow wrote the best narrative poems in American literature. “The Wreck of the Hesperus” is one of Longfellow’s poems.

3. “The Wreck of the Hesperus” tells the story of a truely tragic shipwreck. The man in charge of sailing the hesperus had taken his daughter to sea. Use of italics or underlining for name of ship Day 2 Correction of commonly misspelled words Use of specific noun to improve style Capitalization of proper noun

4. Day 2 “The Wreck of the Hesperus” tells the story of a truly tragic shipwreck. The skipper of the Hesperus had taken his daughter to sea. Use of italics or underlining for name of ship Correction of commonly misspelled words Use of specific noun to improve style Capitalization of proper noun _______

5. Day 3 Use of absolute phrase to combine sentences The Skipper of the Hesperus tied his daughter to the mast. A storm raged around him. But the Skipper died during the storm. Elimination of but at the beginning of a sentence Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

6. Elimination of but at the beginning of a sentence Day 3 A storm raging around him, the skipper of the Hesperus tied his daughter to the mast. The skipper died during the storm. Use of absolute phrase to combine sentences Elimination of unnecessary capitalization But

7. Use of a comma after introductory phrase The next morning a fisherman stood on the beach and views the remains of the Hesperus. The daughter of the skipper was still tied to the mast. Day 4 Streamlining sentences with use of possessives Verb tense compatibility

8. Use of a comma after introductory phrase Streamlining sentences with use of possessives Verb tense compatibility Day 4 The next morning, a fisherman stood on the beach and viewed the remains of the Hesperus. The skipper’s daughter was still tied to the mast.

9. Correction of commonly confused words Day 5 Elimination of split infinitive Correct placement of questions mark with quotation marks Our teacher asked, “Whose read other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”? We were ready to quickly run to the library to find more of his poems.

10. Correction of commonly confused words Day 5 Elimination of split infinitive Correct placement of questions mark with quotation marks Our teacher asked, “Who’s read other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?” We were ready to run to the library quickly to find more of his poems.