1. Monday 16, Nov., 2015 Copy and edit these sentences. Underline the independent clauses once and the dependent clauses twice. Highlight prepositional phrases. 1. edgar allan poe was born in boston to parents who made their livings as traveling actors 2. when poe was two his father deserted the family 3. less than a year later his mother died 4. edgar was raised in virginia by family friends the allans 5. after being expelled from both the university of virginia and the us military academy at west point poe began writing for a living

2. Tuesday 17, Nov., 2015 Copy and edit these sentences. Underline the independent clauses once and the dependent clauses twice. Box prepositional phrases. 1.poe got a job as a journalist to support himself while he worked on the stories and poems that would earn him the title father of the modern mystery 2.a master of suspense he wrote works that were often dark and full of horrifying images 3.poems such as the pit and the pendulum brought him fame but no fortune

3. Match the vocab word to its definition 1.acute adj. 2.audacity n. 3.conceived v. 4.crevice n. 5.derision n. 6.hypocritical adj. 7.stealthily adv. 8.stifled adj. 9.vehemently adv. 10. vex v. A. annoy B. cautiously C. intense D. crack E. deceptive F. smothered G. ridicule H. think of I. strongly J. shameless daring

4. Thursday 18, Nov., 2015 Pass your rough drafts forward Complete the “then/than” worksheet Be prepared to correct.

5. Friday 20, Nov., 2015 Pass your Wave rough draft forward Take out your rubric. Copy and edit these sentences. Underline the independent clauses once and the dependent clauses twice. Box prepositional phrases 1.poverty intensified his despair when his wife virginia fell ill and died 2.deeply depressed poe died two years later after being found on the streets of baltimore 3.poes obituary stated he was a man of astonishing skill a dreamer who walked (quote) in madnness or melancholy Be prepared to correct it.

6. Monday 30, Nov., 2015 Copy, edit, and complete the following sentences. Box the prepositional phrases. the narrator enters the old man’s room on the eighth night _______the old man continues sleeping much to the narrator’s delight. in the story the old man’s heart beat louder _______the narrator could stand We will correct. Keep this out and read your novel.