Interjections conjunctions assignment
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The document provides an assignment with two parts: A) Students are asked to write a sentence using 10 different interjections. B) Students are asked to proofread a paragraph about pioneer life and add conjunctions where needed to connect ideas. The paragraph discusses how pioneers built rough but functional log cabins and worked together to construct houses before winter arrived. Students must identify up to 14 places in the paragraph where conjunctions are required.
Interjections conjunctions assignment
- 1. Name: Date: Interjection & Conjunction Assignment A. Interjections—write a sentence for each of these interjections. You can decide for yourself whether to use a comma or an exclamation point after the interjection. 1. Ouch 2. Hello 3. Ugh 4. Whew 5. Yikes 6. Gee 7. Whoa 8. Well 9. Hey 10. No B. Conjunctions—Proofread the following paragraph, adding appropriate conjunctions where they are needed. Pioneer life in America during the 18th century was rough 1_____ simple. The log cabins pioneers built weren’t particularly pretty, 2_____ they did the job of keeping people warm and dry. When the members of a pioneer family first reached their land, their first job was planting the garden 3_____they would have something to eat when winter came. Their next job was to build a house. Many families got together to put up a house, 4_____ that get-together was called a house-raising. The men would cut the logs 5_____ lift them into place. 6_____ the men 7_____ the women and children helped build the house. After the walls were up, they pushed clay, moss, 8_____ mud between the logs. 9______ the family would be warm and dry 10_____ uncomfortable during the winter depended upon how well each person did his 11______ her job. The finished cabin had 12_____ floor 13______ windows, 14______ it was better than living in a tent.