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Memoirs and their authors and the authors’ craft. Annotations!. Please have your annotated copy of Going Where I’m Coming From out during our writing time so that I can come by and talk to you about your annotations.
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Annotations! Please have your annotated copy of Going Where I’m Coming From out during our writing time so that I can come by and talk to you about your annotations.
Please mark at least two examples of each of the eight parts of speech on your copy of this passage. My brother and I got food poisoning after we ate bad spaghetti in Egypt. A doctor came, and said seriously, “Stay away from other people.” We thought we had an exotic disease. Goodness, my brother and I complained a lot. We stayed in the hotel room for a week, but the doctor visited daily. I told him, “Thank you.” Wow, we were sick forever.
Please select three nouns and three verbs from Nye’s memoir excerpt. Mentor text:Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Thank You in Arabic”
Please select three nouns and three adjectives from Salisbury’s memoir excerpt. Mentor text:Graham Salisbury’s“Ice”