Sentence Composing #2

The unscrambling of sentence parts helps you to see how those parts connected within the model sentence. As a result, you will glimpse the mind an author composing a sentence so you can go through a similar process when you compose sentences.

Directions: Unscramble the sentence parts to imitate the model. Then write your own imitation of the model (You are creating your own sentence using the same structure as the model)- Topic Idea: Anglo-Saxons or Old English

1. Model: Dumpster diving is outdoor work, often surprisingly pleasant.

--Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving"

a.sometimes quite costly

b. is recreational activity

c. mall strolling

cb,a.

2. Model: Near the car, idling in front of the mortuary, was a huge Oldsmobile.

--Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis

a. was a skittering gecko

b. behind the pool

c. zigzagging in back of the cabana

b,c,a.

3. Model: Above the field and pastures, the mountains were just becoming visible as the morning fog burned away.

--Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

a. were just becoming interested

b. when the fire alarm sounded

c. after the cartoons and previews

d. the kids

c,dab.

4. Model: In the shallows, the dark, water-soaked sticks and twigs, smooth and old, were undulating the clusters on the bottom against the clean ribbed sand.

--E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake"

a. sweet and tasty

b. were beckoning to children

c. in their kiddie seats within their mom's grocery carts

d. on that aisle

e. the tempting, brightly colored candies and lifesavers

d,e,a,bc.

Anglo-Saxon/ Old English Blog

Anglo-Saxon/Old English Blog

After examining background information about the Anglo-Saxon period and Old English, write a paragraph comparing and contrasting Anglo-Saxon culture and/or Old English language with the culture you live in today. Are they completely alien of each other or are there interesting similarities?

For further insight into Anglo-Saxon life, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuDa3xvt080

This a BBC program about Worst Jobs during the Dark Ages(Anglo-Saxon period). There are actually six parts, which you can navigate to if you look at the related videos. Watch at least one of these videos, and include information you learned in your answer.

Reply:

The Anglo-Saxon life was very dangerous and hard working. They would mine gold out of the mountains and that was very life threating. They had to start a fire in the mine and it would burn for about 3 to 4 days. The mine would get extremely smokey and very hot. Then they would put out the fire and the rocks would crack and fall. Today mining is done with machines and the miners just operate the machines. So it is not as dangerous but can still bring fatalities. Back in the Anglo-Saxon time they pretty much had to do everything for themselves. They even had to plow their own fields. Today we also use machines for our field work.