DOL Week 26 Guidelines
DOL Week 26 Day 1
DOL Week 26 Day 2
DOL Week 26 Day 3
DOL Week 26 Day 4
Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell
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 26:
This Week's Spelling Rule:
Greek combining forms
astronomer (1), telescope (3), democracy (1), astronomy (EQ), astrology (EQ), astrologers (EQ), astronomers (EQ)
Capitalization:
Proper nouns: people and animals (5); organizations, religions, languages, nationalities (9); places (2, 6, and 10); days and holidays (1); titles of people (6, EQ)
Proper adjectives: (3)
First words: of lines of poetry (EQ)
Punctuation:
Periods: with abbreviated titles (3, 6)
Commas: in addresses (2,10); with coordinating conjunctions (7, EQ)
Apostrophes: with possessives (3)
Underlining: of titles (1)
Colons: between hours and minutes (4)
Semicolons: in compound sentences (1, 6)
Grammar:
Plurals: irregular plurals (8); nouns ending in f or fe (7)
Pronouns: possessives vs. contractions (1)
Run-on Sentences: (1, 5)
Agreement: of subjects and verbs (9,EQ)
Verb tense: regular past tense (3); irregular past tense (5,10)
Double negatives: (7)
Articles: a vs. an (7)
Commonly confused words: to, two, too (8)
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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%)
_______________________________
Guidelines for DOL Week 26:
This Week's Spelling Rule:
Greek combining forms
astronomer (1), telescope (3), democracy (1), astronomy (EQ), astrology (EQ), astrologers (EQ), astronomers (EQ)
Capitalization:
Proper nouns: people and animals (5); organizations, religions, languages, nationalities (9); places (2, 6, and 10); days and holidays (1); titles of people (6, EQ)
Proper adjectives: (3)
First words: of lines of poetry (EQ)
Punctuation:
Periods: with abbreviated titles (3, 6)
Commas: in addresses (2,10); with coordinating conjunctions (7, EQ)
Apostrophes: with possessives (3)
Underlining: of titles (1)
Colons: between hours and minutes (4)
Semicolons: in compound sentences (1, 6)
Grammar:
Plurals: irregular plurals (8); nouns ending in f or fe (7)
Pronouns: possessives vs. contractions (1)
Run-on Sentences: (1, 5)
Agreement: of subjects and verbs (9,EQ)
Verb tense: regular past tense (3); irregular past tense (5,10)
Double negatives: (7)
Articles: a vs. an (7)
Commonly confused words: to, two, too (8)
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