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Read the following aphorisms written by Benjamin Franklin and put them into your own words At the working man's house, hunger looks in but dares not to enter Have you something to do tomorrow? Do it today. Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open The noblest question in the world is, "What good may I do in it?" Anger is never without a reason but seldom with a good one. Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle Wish not so much as to live long as to live well Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it. 8/8 Copy the notes on colons Colons must only be used after complete sentences For example, you can say, "I have two hobbies that I enjoy: baking and reading." You cannot say, "Two things I like are: baking and reading" Colons are also used before listing things Come up with your own sentence that uses colons 8/9 "What if... Wednesday" If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it? 8/10 Watch John Green's crash course video on the Roaring Twenties and write three things you learned 8/11 Free writesay, "I have two hobbies that I enjoy: baking and reading."
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7/31: Write three goals for this semester. At least one of them needs to be non-academic
8/1: Watch the video "Fix Your Grammar" on youtube. Yes, it's the one with the puppets. Write three things you found important. 8/2: Grammar! Copy the following notes: Semicolons separate two main clauses that are closely related and could stand on their own. Semicolons are often used instead of periods to add variety to sentence structure. Here's an example: Semicolons are used to separate two main clauses; this sentence is a good example" Now, come up with your own example! 8/3:
Welcome to American Literature! We have officially survived day 3 already! So far, we have gone over the syllabus and done introductions as well as started Unit 1.
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