{"id":1192,"date":"2016-04-22T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level1-english\/?post_type=chapter&p=1192"},"modified":"2016-08-25T18:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T18:24:52","slug":"try-it-punctuation","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-college-composition\/chapter\/try-it-punctuation\/","title":{"raw":"Try It: Punctuation","rendered":"Try It: Punctuation"},"content":{"raw":"This activity is not graded. The text fields below are purely for self-reflection; you do not need to submit anything for this assignment.\r\n

Correct for Punctuation<\/h2>\r\nThe following story has several punctuation errors in it. As you read through, type a\u00a0corrected version of\u00a0each paragraph in the text frame below it.\r\n

\"619px-Baseball\"Part I<\/h3>\r\nJames looks forward to the weekend; he likes to sit at home with his newspaper,\u00a0The Mercury News<\/em>.\u00a0On Sunday's, the newspaper is extra large. His a big sports fan.\u00a0This weeks' sport section is about baseball. Its a\u00a0special twenty page issue\u00a0about the different teams. The newspaper lists where each team will hold its spring\u00a0training.\u00a0James is noting the times\u00a0while he is reading the article.\u00a0The article is called, \"Winding up for the Start\". James likes to watch spring training. Because he plays baseball\u00a0in high school.\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"366683\"]Click to Show Answer<\/strong>[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"366683\"]James looks forward to the weekend; he likes to sit at home with his newspaper,\u00a0The Mercury News<\/em>.\u00a0On Sundays<\/strong>, the newspaper is extra large. He's<\/strong>\u00a0a big sports fan.\u00a0This week's<\/strong>\u00a0sport section is about baseball. It's<\/strong>\u00a0a\u00a0special twenty-page<\/strong>\u00a0issue about the different teams. The newspaper lists where each team will hold its spring\u00a0training.\u00a0James is noting the times while\u00a0he is reading the article.\u00a0The article is called, \"Winding up for the Start.\"<\/strong>\u00a0James likes to watch spring training because<\/strong>\u00a0he plays baseball\u00a0in high school.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n

Part II<\/h3>\r\nThe Oakland Athletics\u2014also known as the Oakland A's\u2014have\u00a0some strong players this year.\u00a0They will be batting, running, and catching. Jame's class schedule won't let him attend.\u00a0He wants to go; but he has to attend his classes. However this is a special opportunity\r\n\r\nJames has his parents'\u00a0permission to go. His journalism teacher will allow him to miss class if he writes a paper about \"spring training.\"\r\n\r\nJames asks her, \"How long should it be\"?\r\n\r\n\"As long as necessary\" she says \"to cover your subject.\"\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"366684\"]Click to Show Answer<\/strong>[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"366684\"]The Oakland Athletics\u2014also known as the Oakland A's\u2014have some strong players this year.\u00a0They will be batting, running, and catching. James's<\/strong> class schedule won't let him attend.\u00a0He wants to go, but<\/strong> he has to attend his classes. However,<\/strong> this is a special opportunity.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJames has his parents'\u00a0permission to go. His journalism teacher will allow him to miss class if he writes a paper about spring training.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJames asks her, \"How long should it be?\"<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"As long as necessary,\"<\/strong> she says, \"<\/strong>to cover your subject.\"\r\n\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n

Part III<\/h3>\r\nThe next week, he watched two training sessions. When, he returned home he began to write about his experience.\u00a0He decided to write a narrative story, the players who were practicing batting were clocking the speeds of their balls.\u00a0Hideki Matsui who is from Japan was hitting balls at speeds faster than anyone else.\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"447278\"]Click to Show Answer<\/strong>[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"447278\"]The next week, he watched two training sessions. When he returned home,<\/strong> he began to write about his experience.\u00a0He decided to write a narrative story.\u00a0T<\/strong>he players who were practicing batting were clocking the speeds of their balls.\u00a0Hideki Matsui,<\/strong> who is from Japan,<\/strong> was hitting balls at speeds faster than anyone else.\r\n
Note:<\/strong>\u00a0The phrase\u00a0who were practicing batting<\/em> in the third sentence could have commas around it; however, this would indicate that all of the players were practicing. The punctuation of this sentence depends on what happened at spring training.<\/div>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n

Part IV<\/h3>\r\nJames began to write his paper, but he couldn't remember how to spell \"phenomenal\".\u00a0Does that word have one\u00a0m<\/em>\u00a0or two.\u00a0He decided to look it up, so he could\u00a0spell it correctly in his papers. He looked it up in Merriam-Webster's Online.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWatching the training camp was a phenomenal experience, which he'll never forget. James enjoyed being a rookie writer for a day.\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"531966\"]Click to Show Answer<\/strong>[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"531966\"]\r\n\r\nJames began to write his paper, but he couldn't remember how to spell phenomenal<\/em>. Does that word have one\u00a0m<\/em>\u00a0or two?<\/strong> He decided to look it up, so he could\u00a0spell it correctly in his papers. He looked it up in Merriam-Webster's Online.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWatching the training camp was a phenomenal experience, which he'll never forget. James enjoyed being a rookie writer for a day.\r\n
Note:<\/strong> He couldn't remember how to spell \"phenomenal.\"<\/strong> is also acceptable, but the period must be inside the quotation marks.<\/div>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]","rendered":"

This activity is not graded. The text fields below are purely for self-reflection; you do not need to submit anything for this assignment.<\/p>\n

Correct for Punctuation<\/h2>\n

The following story has several punctuation errors in it. As you read through, type a\u00a0corrected version of\u00a0each paragraph in the text frame below it.<\/p>\n

\"619px-Baseball\"Part I<\/h3>\n

James looks forward to the weekend; he likes to sit at home with his newspaper,\u00a0The Mercury News<\/em>.\u00a0On Sunday’s, the newspaper is extra large. His a big sports fan.\u00a0This weeks’ sport section is about baseball. Its a\u00a0special twenty page issue\u00a0about the different teams. The newspaper lists where each team will hold its spring\u00a0training.\u00a0James is noting the times\u00a0while he is reading the article.\u00a0The article is called, “Winding up for the Start”. James likes to watch spring training. Because he plays baseball\u00a0in high school.<\/p>\n