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Recently, we covered grammar rules for editing sentences. Here are some additional benefits not listed on the document presented. 

A colon ( : ) is used to introduce lists. The part of the sentence before the colon should be able to stand alone as a independent clause, for example, These are the three most common flavors of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate, and str...

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh

For the Language Arts, Writing PreTest Part II, students are asked to write an opinion about an essay and to explain your ideas inshaAllah. It should take on average a time period of about 45 minutes. Write your essay and submit your work by email to fts.homework@gmail.com

Please title the subject line of your email: PreTest Part 2: The Essay

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Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh

For the Language Arts, Writing PreTest students are asked to read an answers 13 questions about an essay inshaAllah. It should take on average a time period of about 19 minutes. Choose the best answer and submit your work by email to fts.homework@gmail.com 

Please title the subject line of your email: PreTest Part 1: Editing

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Read and Write

1. Join not anything in worship With Him

Intro 2: Tawheed ul-Uluhiyyah

Please read page five from the SSCG workbook first before completing this exercise.

Read, write and say the meaning given below. Once you have memorized the meaning, you are ready to answer the questions that fo...

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Truly, I hope that your writing assignments are becoming easier and that doing so helps you learn to use vivid, concrete and abstract words for your descriptions in your writings.

Students are to read pages 170-172; The pages that discuss briefly an auto-biography of Emily Dickinson before presenting her poem, A narrow Fellow in the Grass.

After reading the poem:

HW Assignment 6: Suggestions for writing:

Writing with Your Senses - Descriptive Writing

     Like a narrative, description is a familiar method of expression, already a working part of you. In any frivolous conversation with friends, you probably do your share of describing. You relate in wards someone you've met by describing their clothing, the mannerisms, the facial expressions, and the way they were walking. You may have described somewhere you've been, something that you have admired, or something you just ...

The Bedford Reader Selections

In the Bedford Reader students are introduced to numerous forms of writing. To begin the process we strongly encourage each student to read pages 1-9. Students should include with their notetaking the title of the reading, the author, where the essay was first published and when it was first published. Complete your first reading. Read it again!

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Hurricanes - take a closer look.

As students try to comprehend how a hurricane could cause so much damage and destruction, the following resource may help students have a better understanding of hurricanes and how they are formed.

www.freewebs.com/thmsadaqagroup/THM%20Sadaqa%20Group%20-%20Hurricanes.pdf

Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive, and Intensive

A pronoun takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun. We call the word or group of words that a pronoun refers to its antecedent.

A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing by indicating the person speaking (the first person), the person being addressed (the second person), or any other person or thing being discusses (the third person).

Parts of Speech Nouns: Singular, Plural, Possessive, Concrete and Abstract

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. A plural noun names more than one.

The possessive form of a noun shows possession, ownership, or the relationship between two nouns.

A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or that can be recognized by any of the senses.

An abstract noun names an idea, quality...