1. Parallelism (Bellwork 1/28) Make all parts of the following sentences parallel. 1.There's nothing I like better than finding a good trout stream, setting up camp, and to spend a couple of days fishing. 2.It was both a long ceremony and very tedious. 3.My income is smaller than my wife. 4.In English class, Tashonda learned to read poems critically and she appreciated good prose.

2. Greek & Latin Word Parts 16 clam, cur, grat, tox, vol

3. clam,claim (Latin) ddeclamation—act of making a formal speech aacclaim—to announce or welcome with excited approval cclamor—a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people OOther words: disclaim, exclaim, reclaim means shout

4. cur(s), cour (Latin) pprecursor—something or someone that comes before something else iincur—to come into or acquire ccourier—a messenger or delivery service OOther words: current, concurrent, concur, course, recur, occur, cursive means run

5. grat (Latin) ccongratulate—to express pleasure to a person, as on a happy occasion ggratuity—money given in return for some service or favor iingrate—an unthankful person OOther words: gratification, grateful, gratify, gratis means pleasing, pleased

6. tox (Greek) iintoxicate—to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcohol, drugs, etc. aantitoxin—a substance, formed in the body, that counteracts a specific poison ddetoxify—to rid of poison or its effects OOther words: toxicologist, toxic means poison

7. vol (Latin) mmalevolent—ill-willed bbenevolence—goodwill vvolition—faculty or power of using one's will OOther words: volunteer, involuntary, voluntarily means will

8. Summary  clam—cry out  cur—run  grat—pleasing  tox—poison  vol—will

9. Bellwork 1/29/13 Use sentence combining techniques to combine each of the following sets into sentences.  A saxophone player stands on the sidewalk. He stands there each afternoon. He is in New York. He is rather seedy. He plays Danny Boy.  He plays in a sad way. He plays in a sensitive way. He soon has half the neighborhood peeking out of windows. They toss nickels, dimes, and quarters at his feet.  Some of the coins roll under parked cars. Most of them are caught in his hand. His hand is outstretched.  The saxophone player is a street musician. He is named Joe Gabler.

10. Bellwork 1/30/13: Strong Word Choice Create your own sentences that contain more vivid versions of the words below (you can replace these words with words alone or with figurative language, phrases, etc.).  Thing  Bad  Ugly  Big  Walked

11. Essay Pointers  Use literary present tense for movies, books, stories, etc.  Avoid “I think,” “I believe,” “in my opinion,” etc.  Re-address your thesis to sum up each paragraph. (Clincher)  Underline book titles and movies; put short stories in quotes (“The Devil and Tom Walker”).  Move the period to after the parentheses when citing pages. Don’t write page, pg., or p.  Don’t mention the assignment within the assignment.