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DOL Week 22 - Guidelines

DOL Week 22 - Day One

DOL Week 22 - Day Two

DOL Week 22 - Day Three

DOL Week 22 - Day Four

Jan Matzeliger

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 21:

This Week's Spelling Rule:
Adding a suffix -ally to words that end with c
majestically (1), basically (3), dramatically (5), magically (8), tragically (EQ)

Capitalization:
Proper nouns: places (2, 3, 6, 9, EQ); organizations (10); regions (1)
Proper adjectives: (3)
Initials: (10)

Punctuation:
Periods: with initials (10)
Commas: in addresses (2, 6, 9); for items in a series (5)
with coordinating conjunctions (EQ); with appositives (3)

Grammar:
Pronouns: possessives vs. contractions (8)
Sentence fragments: (4)
Agreement: of subjects and verbs (1, 7, 10); with subjects in unusual positions (1) with intervening prepositional phrases (3,9)
Verb tense: regular past tense (EQ)
Comparison: superlative degree (7); double comparison (EQ)
Articles: a vs. an (4, 8)
Verb forms: irregular past participles (2, 3, 6)

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