Friday Nov. 30

BR: Misplaced, Squinting and Dangling Modifiers Review

Directions: Rewrite the following sentences, avoiding misplaced, squinting or dangling modifiers.

1. The students packed donations of food and delivered them to the elderly who lived locally in hampers.
2. Convicted of murdering his wife, the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment.
3. Most accidents take place when tired.
4. When at university, my high marks in mathematics attracted the attention of my professor.
5. Previously viewed as an exploration of the unconscious, critics now also see Alice in Wonderland as social and political satire.
6. Standing at the hotel window, the yachts with their colourful spinnakers raced across the bay.
7. Vacations abroad are very inexpensive when working for a hotel chain.
8.  I saw descending a fire escape a policeman.
9. There was a discussion yesterday on the incidence of suicide among students in the Dean’s office.
10. He had almost lost all the buttons off his coat.

Agenda:

• Students will finish reading Act I of Macbeth.
•  Students will view video of Act I of Macbeth
• Students will answer discussion questions on page 456 in literature book regarding Act I.