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Minerals

DOL Week 24 Guidelines

DOL Week 24 Day 1

DOL Week 24 Day 2

DOL Week 24 Day 3

DOL Week 24 Day 4

Minerals

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 24:

This Week's Spelling Rule:
Base word changes
wondrous (2), curiosity (3), clarity (6), desperate (7), apparent (9), explanation (EQ)

Capitalization:
First words: in sentences (5, 8, 10)
First words: in quotations(EQ)

Punctuation:
End marks: with declaratives (5, 8, 10)
Periods: with abbreviated titles (EQ)
Commas: for items in a series (4,5,7); with coordinating conjunctions (1)
Apostrophes: with possessives (1)
Quotation marks: with direct quotations (EQ)
Hyphens: with divided numbers (10)
Semicolons: in compound sentences (6,9)

Grammar:
Pronoun case: of subjects (4, 8, EQ)
Pronouns: possessives vs. contractions (3, 9)
Run-on sentences: (5, 6, 8, 10)
Agreement: of subjects and verbs (1, 7, 9); with compound subjects (5) with intervening prepositional phrases (2)
Comparison: superlative degree (EQ); double comparison (6); irregular comparison (9)
Articles: the vs. a vs. an (2)
Commonly confused words: to, two, too (4,8)

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