Choose one RWA from pages 105-106. Format : Must use full descriptive sentences. When asked to give examples, anything less than TEN examples is not an acceptable sample. Some RWA's may state the acceptable number of examples. If consulted outside sources to complete RWA it MUST include a "Resource "list. Credit must be given to the source.

Real-World Applications look back at the table of Using Grammar and Mechanics . time to take a break from traditional grammar exercises. The following activities ashas. of the dash (-) in the It'slore how people use grammar and mechanics in the real world, outside your Clanit the dash and give an 10 i walls. Which activity sparks your interest? Choose an activity to complete; then, " 10'teacher's approval, share the results with your classmates. Have a good time! I Don't Know Nothing! Double negatives are a no-no in English, but is this true of other languages? Find out what role double negatives play, if any, in another language. For exam. He, are they used at all? Are they used in informal, but not formal, speech? Of ons: perhaps they are not a grammar error at all. To support your findings, prepare a list of example sentences using double negatives in your chosen language the chart of capital- and then translate the sentences into English. Yellow Clifton Fadiman, a book editor and radio quiz-show host, once quipped, "The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech." Based on your experience Iress? Write a rule reading books and other print materials, how would you explain this metaphor? Use examples of adjectives in sentences to support your explanation. The Power of a Letter Have a little fun with your favorite magazines. Grab a pile of them at a library or in your own room, and take a look at the cover headlines. Now, play around with the spellings of words to form funny versions of what's printed. Add suffixes, prefixes, or individual letters, or swap out letters. For example, a cover story on "Pretty Hair" becomes "Pretty Hairy." "Romantic First-Kiss Stories" becomes "Romantic Fast-Kiss Stories." Turn your new headlines into a comedy routine, or make a mock-up of a magazine cover showcasing your humor. and the per- ce," "tears," A Face as Round as a Froot Loop h, explain- Modifiers play a delightful role in similes. A simile is a comparison of two unlike es to other things that uses the word like, as, or than. Talented speechwriters, great talk- the poem. show hosts, unforgettable poets, charming new friends-all these people and more use adjectives and adverbs in similes to express compelling comparisons. Try creating unforgettable similes by brainstorming 15 or 20 of them. Then type up a list of your top ten. Man Bites Dog How do newspapers use verb tense to draw in readers, not to mention inform them of facts? Do a study of verb tense in newspapers. For example, when a headline shows tense, what tense is it usually? Is the article itself in the same Review of Using Grammar and Mechanicstense? What about subtitles within articles? What conclusions can you draw from the ways newspapers use verb tense? Montessori Method The Montessori method of educating young children uses hands-on, personal- ized ways of connecting children with key concepts such as numbers, shapes, subtraction, etc. For example, to teach vowels, a Montessori teacher may cut out the shapes of vowels in differently textured materials-a sandpaper A, a felt E, a carpet-scrap /, you get the idea. Use your imagination to prepare a Montessori-style lesson on punctuation for eight-year-olds. Include basic rules for using the five types of punctuation in Lesson 8. Capitalize This! How important is capitalization to a printed event program? Think of the kinds of information included in the program for a play, an awards banquet, a wedding, or another event. Choose an event that interests you and create a one-page pro- gram for it (either a real event or one that you create in your imagination). Make the program as informative as possible and notice how capitalization helps you communicate to your readers. Notice if you use capitalization in ways not cov- ered in Lesson 9 (all caps, for example). If you had to create the same program without any capitalization, what would you have to do differently? The Book of Erica To make the possessive forms of nouns in English, the apostrophe is crucial. In contrast, other languages show possession without the apostrophe. How do they do this? Prepare a list of phrases or sentences in English, each of which uses the possessive form of a noun. Then translate each sentence into a language that does not use the apostrophe. Finally, write a literal translation of the sen- tence back into English and compare the differences in the English versions