Directions: Please answer the following questions on
a blank piece of paper set up in MLA format.
Title: Flowers for Algernon
Questions 1. Remember to number your
responses and to write in complete sentences.
Use at least one piece of textual evidence per question. Due 1/11/13
1. Read
Charlie’s first progress report from March 5.
Rewrite Charlie’s entire report, using correct spelling, punctuation,
and grammar.
2. What
do Joe Carp and Frank Reilly do to Charlie at Muggsy’s Saloon? Why?
3. Read
the April 6 progress report. How do
Charlie’s feelings for Algernon change?
4. Read
the April 15 progress report. Why does
Miss Kinnian run to the ladies’ room? (Hint: It’s not because there is
something in her eye.)
5. Read
the April 16 progress report. Explain
why Charlie is using so many commas.
Next, rewrite this progress report using correctly placed commas.
1. Progress Report 1--March 5, 1965
ReplyDeleteDr. Strauss says I should write down what I think and everything that happens to me from now on. I don't know why, but he says it's important so they will see if they will use me. I hope they use me. Miss Kinnian says maybe they can make me smart. I want to be smart. My name is Charlie Gordon. I am 37 years old, and 2 weeks ago was my birthday. I have nothing more to write now, so I will close for today.
Progress Report April 16
ReplyDeleteToday I learned the comma. This is a comma: a period with a tail. Miss Kinnian says it’s important because it makes writing better. She said somebody could lose a lot of money if a comma isn’t in the right place. I don’t have any money, and I don’t see how a comma keeps you from losing it, but she says everyone uses commas, so I’ll use them, too.