Coming up: Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we are working on the summative essay. (explained in class yesterday; another copy below). Make sure you have your graphic organizer for the Chopin's short story The Story of an Hour and her allegory Emmancipation: A Fable. These are your resources.
In class: check your grades. Have you any zeros. If so, complete the assignment in class today to erase this for potential full credit.
No zeros or you are missing the sentence rewrites? Below you will find an exercise on changing passive to active voice in a sentence.
OR..get ahead on your essay that is due by midnight on Wednesday, November 28. On Thursday, November 29 we are starting a new unit.
SUBMIT TO 2006630
Model: consider who is doing the action and who is recieving it.
OR..get ahead on your essay that is due by midnight on Wednesday, November 28. On Thursday, November 29 we are starting a new unit.
SUBMIT TO 2006630
Model: consider who is doing the action and who is recieving it.
Passive voice:
New insecticides are produced each year by chemical companies.
Active Voice
Each year the chemical companies produce new insecticides.
Passive voice:
The old shed was painted bright blue by the man's son.
Active voice:
The man's son painted the old shed bright blue.
Active - Passive Voice -
Exercise
Directions: Change each passive voice sentence into
the active voice. Open up a google doc and share your rewritten sentences with
2006630.
1.The winning novel was chosen by a panel of famous fiction
writers.
2. Four motorists were killed by automobile accidents over the Memorial Day weekend.
3. The book on glaciers was never sent to the bookstore by the publishers.
4. A ball traveling at incredible speed was thrown by the veteran pitcher.
5. The dishes were cleared from the table by the impatient server.
6. English sheepdogs are bred and raised by the kennel on 3rd Avenue.
7. We were amazed by some of the performances.
8. Adequate medical benefits should be insisted on by every employee.
2. Four motorists were killed by automobile accidents over the Memorial Day weekend.
3. The book on glaciers was never sent to the bookstore by the publishers.
4. A ball traveling at incredible speed was thrown by the veteran pitcher.
5. The dishes were cleared from the table by the impatient server.
6. English sheepdogs are bred and raised by the kennel on 3rd Avenue.
7. We were amazed by some of the performances.
8. Adequate medical benefits should be insisted on by every employee.
9. A motion was made to table the
matter by three committee members.
10. A note was written on the brown paper bag by the grocery clerk.
10. A note was written on the brown paper bag by the grocery clerk.
11. A
piece of plastic had been swallowed by the child.
12. Two separate people were given rides in
the new models by the designer.
13. Our dog is frightened by loud
thunderstorms.
14. The store was kept open
until 11:00 p.m. by the overtired workers.
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