Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.

(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

Tuesday, 8/28

1. The campfire was doused by the ranger before we were given a ticket for unauthorized use of a campsite.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.

(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)

•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

8/29

2. A strange sound was made in the willow tree by the monkey that had escaped from the zoo.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.

(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

8/30

Her letter was in acknowledgment of the student’s participation in the literacy program.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

8/31 The campfire was doused by the ranger before we were given a ticket for unauthorized use of a campsite.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

9/4

The work of Paul Oakenfold and Sandra Collins was influential in my choice of music for my audition.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

9/17

When Rosa Parks was resistant to giving up her seat on the bus, she became a civil rights hero.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

9/19

Burying nuclear waste in Antarctica would be in violation of an international treaty.

Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs

•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences. (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.

9/20

The use of pure oxygen can cause healing in wounds that are otherwise untreatable.

Tip of the week…Provide some variety

•Vary your sentence openings.

•Use a variety of sentence structures.

•Try inverting sentences occasionally.

9/24

A few drops of sap eventually began to trickle into the bucket.

Tip of the week…Provide some variety

•Vary your sentence openings.

•Use a variety of sentence structures.

•Try inverting sentences occasionally.

9/25

Edward, dejected and withdrawn, nearly gave up his search for a job.

Tip of the week…Provide some variety

•Vary your sentence openings.

•Use a variety of sentence structures.

•Try inverting sentences occasionally.

9/26

Beowulf sails to Denmark to help Hrothgar defend his people against the monster Grendel.

Tip of the week…Provide some variety

•Vary your sentence openings.

•Use a variety of sentence structures.

•Try inverting sentences occasionally.

9/27

Beowulf’s battle with Grendel ends when he snaps off Grendel’s arm, and the monster flees to his lair to die..