February WU’sEnglish 10 and 12

Warm Up #35February 1, 2012

• I believe that feburary is the best month for sending the ones you love gifts and to give cards to new friends and go out to eat at romantic restuarants

Corrected

•February is the best month for sending the ones you love gifts, giving cards to new friends, and going to romantic restaurants.

Use Your Strong and Authoritative Voice

• I believe• I think• It can be seen that• One can assume that• In my opinion• The reader may consider that

Warm Up #

• this year I have began to really think of my options in depth and take in account what I would be gaining or losing if I did or didn’t do something.

Eliminate wordiness and weak, filler words.

• this year I have began (un) to really think of my options in depth and take in account what I would be gaining or losing if I did or didn’t do something.

Better

This year I have begun to think college

of my ^options.

Friday Warm-up

Badly is an adverb used to describe how something is done. Bad is an adjective that refers to health or feelings. Bad is also used to complete linking verbs, such as seem, look, taste, and smell.

Fill in the blanks with bad or badly:1. I feel ______ that Harriet wasn’t invited.2. Rudolph dances ____, but at least he tried hard.3. The soup tasted ____ on the first day and even worse on the second.4. You look really _____. When was the last time you slept?5. Ms. Kramer spells _____, so it’s lucky she has a smart secretary.6. Roger wanted to see Gisele so _____ that he postponed his flight.

• Fill in the blanks with bad or badly:• 1. I feel __bad____ that Harriet wasn’t invited.• 2. Rudolph dances __badly__, but at least he tried hard.• 3. The soup tasted _bad___ on the first day and even worse

on the second.• 4. You look really _bad____. When was the last time you

slept?• 5. Ms. Kramer spells _bad____, so it’s lucky she has a smart

secretary.• 6. Roger wanted to see Gisele so ___badly__ that he

postponed his flight.

•Would you borrow me your notes from that Social Studies lecture on the bill of rights, which I should of listened to more careful?

Revised

•Would you lend me your notes from that social studies lecture on the Bill of Rights, which I should have listened to more carefully.

Warm Up #

• Perhaps the most finicky eater in the world is the beloved koala bear of Australia, whom won’t eat nothing accept eucalyptus leafs.

Better

•The beloved Australian koala bear--who won’t eat anything except eucalyptus leaves--is perhaps the most finicky eater in the world.

Warm Up #

• Costa Rica, one of the few countries in the world that doesn’t have no army, educates it’s population good the central American country has a 93 percent literacy rate.

• Costa Rica--one of the few countries in the world that doesn’t have an army--educates its population well; the Central American country has a ninety-three percent literacy rate.

Warm Up #

• 2/3 of all adult Americans wears corrective lenses. Because of nearsightedness farsightedness or astigmatism.

Better

• Two-thirds of all adult Americans wear corrective lenses because of nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism.