1. Why did you select the book you brought to class?
      I select this book because I enjoy reading about Mythologies of the World.

2. How many authors does it have? Some books have none: they have an editor.
       It has four authors. The authors name Michael McKenzie et al.

3. What is the title?
     The title is Mythologies of the World.

4. Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?
      It was produced for Transedition Limited by Bander Richardson White.       

5. Which city was it printed in, and when? You may find that certain books were printed again and several years are printed when editions came to maket. Choose the last year and tell which edition it was. If a book was printed in 1940, 1968, 1982, you pick 1982 and count to three: 3rd edition 1982
      It printed in Italy in 2001.


       I select this book because I enjoy reading about Mythologies of the World such as; Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The book has four authors. The authors name Michael McKenzie et al. The title of this book is Mythologies of the World. It was written for Transedition Limited by Bander Richardson White. It printed in Italy in 2001.

From words to sentences to story

                                                         
                                                


       The girl in my story debates for days on whether or not she wants to buy a new skirt. Sara is saving her money for her school trip. When she decides to go to the mall with her friend, she sees a skirt she really wants. Sara doesn't want to spend the money she saved for her school trip but she wants to get the skirt because it's the last one. Her friend is also looking at the same one. It makes her want the skirt more. Sara decides to wait to get the skirt but when she finally buys the skirt and takes it home, she has nothing to match it with and doesn't know what to do next.

      

       Sara spent the weekend doing chores around the house so she could save money for her school trip. Sara's friend asks her to go to the mall on Sunday morning. Sara agrees and when they get to Sara's favorite clothing store, Sara can't help but want to buy a really nice neon skirt she sees. She thinks about the money in her pocket and the school trip. Sara's friend was also looking at the skirt and smiles. She decides then to take the skirt and go wait in line to pay, but when she gets to the line and waits for the cashier to open the drawer, Sara decides not to get the skirt that day. She is happy she could save her money for school.

   
     

       The next day, Sara is in school and all she can think about is the neon skirt. She knows the school trip is this Friday and goes back to her homework. After she gets home she asks her little brother to play a game. He happily agrees and Sara holds out both hands for him to pick from. He picks the left hand. Sara asks him what it says and in big bold letters, he unfolded the paper and it read: GET IT.

       Sara takes the bus to the mall later that day and buys the skirt. She feels so good to have the skirt. She forgets all about the school trip and appreciates her new skirt. Sara runs in the house when she gets home and goes straight to her bedroom. She slips the skirt on over her jeans, not wasting any time. It fits nice. Now all she needed was a shirt to go with it. She quickly goes through her shirts and finds nothing to match a bright orange neon skirt. She turns to the mirror again and sighs. All that work she went through to get the skirt and she has nothing to go with it. She spent her last 75 cents on the bus ride home and had no other options. Sara doesn't know what to do next.

     

       I think that the girl should think to get a shirt that matches her new skirt then she will be happy. She can save up her earned money for the shirt just like she did with the skirt. The school trip would have still been fun without money but then she didn't have anything to go with the skirt she spent all her money on. Sara should have checked for a shirt before she got a skirt that's so noticeably bright. If she still wants money for the trip she could ask her mother to give her more chores after school all week.

How my group organized the presentation

My native language is not English

           We are group presentation decided to narrow the topic that we chose English is not my native language. So we had too many of topics of grammar issues. Because we had struggle when we arrived to the US we don't know how to asked or we don't what to said, we were really bad in English, and most the hardest thinks was the grammar and academic world, but day after day we learn more and more, we started study English in the IEC and it was really good time and how they treat student to learn English it was really hard to learn new language, we had couple problem until today with English. We had some difficulties with the basics of the English language such as finding the subjects and verbs of my sentences, overview of verb tenses in English, count and non-count nouns, phrases in sentences and some certain words in English, even though, there are some certain roles for each elements in English. However, we have been researching about our topic and what the difficulties that we faced once we started learn English. Even though, the LEO web site was too helpful for finding the most and common problems in English. I hope our personation will be good.   

Presentation

Sound the same :

• Do adjacent sentences contain the same subject and/or the same verb?

If so, you can combine two or more short, simple sentences in a single, concise sentence.

• Join the sentences by omitting a repeated subject.

Original	Radio advertisements are broadcast daily or weekly. Radio advertisements reach a wide audience.
Revision	Radio advertisements are broadcast daily or weekly and reach a wide audience.

• Join the sentences by omitting repeated subjects and verbs and by using adjectives. </CAPTION

Original	The city council conducted a study of public transportation. The study was lengthy. The study was detailed.
Revision	The city council conducted a lengthy, detailed study of public transportation.

• Join the sentences by omitting repeated subjects and verbs and by using adverbs.

Original	The negotiators worked to gain approval for the contract. The negotiators worked at a steady pace. However, they worked slowly.
Revision	The negotiators worked steadily but slowly to gain approval for the contract.

• Do adjacent sentences contain ideas of equal importance?

If so, use coordination.

• Join the sentences with a coordinating conjunction preceded by a comma. The seven coordinating conjunctions create different relationships between two ideas.

• and shows addition; it has the same meaning as in addition, along with

The strike divided the town, and it strained labor-management relations.

• but shows contrast; it has the same meaning as however, except, on the other hand

Negotiators resolved the strike, but the town remained divided.

• for shows logical consequence; it has the same meaning as because, the reason why

Coping with environmental issues is a necessary part of industrial studies, for industries affect the environment.

• so shows logical consequence; it has the same meaning as as a result, therefore

Industries affect the environment, so coping with environmental issues is a necessary part of industrial studies.

• nor shows addition of a negative point

The environment cannot sustain constant resource depletion, nor can it recover quickly from wide-scale resource extraction.

• or shows choice

Businesses can design their own programs for recording statistical data, or they can use purchased, pre-designed programs.

• yet shows contrast

More secondary schools are implementing programs designed to increase teenagers' awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving, yet alcohol-related traffic accidents continue to be one of the leading causes of death for people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-two.

• Join the sentences with a semicolon. A semicolon needs complete sentences on either side of it that have complete meaning and can stand by themselves. Use a semicolon when you want to keep two closely related ideas in one sentence.

Original	Ethnobotanists study plants and plant products that contribute to human culture. They study past, present, and potential uses of such plants.
Revision	Ethnobotanists study plants and plant products that contribute to human culture; they study past, present, and potential uses of such plants

 

2- Subject and verb agreement :

 

 

 

The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. Problems occur in the present tense because one must add an -s or -es at the end of the verb when the subjects or the entity performing the action is a singular third person: he, she, it, or words for which these pronouns could substitute.

Notice the difference between singular and plural forms in the following examples:

Singular	Plural
The student sings. (He or she sings)	Your children sing. (They sing)
The bird does migrate. (It does)	Those birds do migrate. (They do)

In order to find out if your subject and verb agree, you need to be able to identify the subject of your sentence. Here are some helpful hints that will help you to decipher where your subject is and where it is not.

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Where is my subject?

• Most likely, your verb will agree with the first noun to the left of the verb:

The Supreme Court judge decides the appropriate penalty.
Subject: judge	Verb: decides

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The committee members were satisfied with the resolution.
Subject: members	Verb: were

• Occasionally, a sentence has the subject after the verb instead of before it. This strategy is often used for poetic effect.

Over the ripples glides a small canoe.
Subject: a small canoe	Verb: glides

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There was a well-known writer at the meeting.
Subject: a well-known writer	Verb: was

• You will not find the subject in a modifying phrase (MP), a phrase that starts with a preposition, a gerund, or a relative pronoun and that modifies the meaning of the noun or subject under discussion.

The group of students is going on a field trip.
Subject: the group	MP: of students	Verb: is

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The survey covering seven colleges reveals a growth in enrollment.
Subject: the survey	MP: covering seven colleges	Verb: reveals

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The speaker whom you saw at the lecture is one of the state senators from Minnesota.
Subject: the speaker	MP: whom you saw at the lecture	Verb: is

• If subjects are joined by and, they are considered plural.

The quarterback and the coach are having a conference.
Subject: the quarterback and the coach	Verb: are having

 

 

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/pronoun.asp  18/09/2012

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html 18/09/2012

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/#esl 18/09/2012

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html 18/09/2012

 

                                                                            LEO


      I enjoy reading with a good topic that really I interest in it which is about my native language is not English. Reading and writing English will be easy for how learn English from he was child. I hope take away from this class spelling and pronunciation. I like to study best in the library. Learning English is not that difficult, but sometimes I miss important parts of English for example vocabulary and grammar let my English difficult. I should practice how I can read and write very well with doing exercise. I have been study English for two years. I would like to break up my language.

My best author is Story in a box. I found a good 13 items in his story that let me really interesting to see what the conclusion for it. “The woman did a good job. Once, the landlord left his purse on the floor, the woman picked it up and gave landlord it.”


       My weakest author is Trip. I try to get the meaning for the story when I start reading it but I couldn’t. There are not including al 13 items.” It was a Friday; we were in the basement with my friends, when each one of them showed us different things and sculptures they got during their childhood.”