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Mayan Myths

DOL Week 19 - Guidelines

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DOL week 19 - Thursday

Mayan Myths

All ten DOL Sentences are due at the end of each week. This assignment is a test grade.
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DOL Tests are scored:
1 error = B (85%)
2 errors = C (75%)
3 errors = D (65%)
4 or more errors = F (59%)
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Guidelines for DOL Week 19:

This Week's Spelling Rule:
Doubling the final consonant of a VAC before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel, but not before adding a suffix that begins with a consonant:
referred, preferred, occurs, transferred

Capitalization:
Proper nouns: places (1) ; titles of people (1)
Proper adjectives (9, EQ)
Titles of works (5, 7)
The pronoun I (1)

Punctuation:
Periods: with abbreviated titles (1)
Commas: for items in a series (4, 10); with coordinating conjunctions (4,8); with appositives (2, 8)
Underlining: of titles (2)
Quotation marks: for titles (7)
Semicolons: in compound sentences (EQ)

Grammar:
Plurals: irregular plurals (6)
Pronoun case: of subjects (5); of objects of prepositions (9); of direct objects (2)
Pronouns: order of (5)
Sentence fragments (EQ)
Agreement: of subjects and verbs (6, 8); with compound subjects (10); with intervening prepositional phrases (3)
Comparison: comparative degree (EQ)
Double Negatives: (4)
Verb tense: irregular past tense (EQ)
Articles: a vs. an (10)

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