Writing Homework Two

Writing
Second Homework
Instructor, Andy Schlafly

Part A: Complete Exercise 41 part (a) on page 161 of the textbook, and self-grade. Score:__/5.

Then, by hand, correct errors in the following:

We should of gone to the meeting. “I ain’t making that mistake again”, Joey said. After all, his father, but not my father, were their.

Well, lets face it; neither good nor bad news are going to make a difference now. When you hang around with people who dont now what there doing, I get what I deserve.

I am detirmined to catch all the errors this time.. I am not going to make any more mistakes no more! Do you think I like being rideculed like this?

This time my paper will be absolutly correct unlike my paper last week. It will have no missed errors of any kind, that you can be sure of.


Part B: Write a total of at least 500 words on one or more of the following topics. You will receive a score each for (i) technical correctness and (ii) style/substance.

1. The President needs a memo from you about the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States: grant them amnesty or deport them?
2. Today is Saint Valentine’s Day. Tell us about whom the day is named after.
3. A few years ago federal judge held that Cobb County, Georgia, may not put a disclaimer on biology textbooks saying, “Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things.” Your views?
4. The gang member said, “it can’t hurt to try it!” But sometimes trying something just once is enough to destroy you. Explain why.
5. “Christianity's gift to the world is 'love.'”
6. “Deceit is all around us.” Explain why and give some examples, and what can be done about it.