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THE WEEKEND PROJECT

date: 20/11

0. IDEA WEBChoose one weekend day, either Saturday or Sunday, andmake your own personal idea web for it on piece of paper. Follow the stepsin the bo abo!e. "ook at the photo#raphs on the opposite pa#e for ideas.

1. PRACTICE 1

$rite the transitions in the para#raph below. Some sentences ha!e se!eralpossible answers. $rite only one. %e sure to use commas where you needthem.

The Best Day of the WeekSunday is my fa!orite day of the week.(1)& sleep a lon# time. (2)& #et upand eat a hu#e breakfast. & read the newspaper while & eat. ()& do some

chores. 'y apartment is small, so it is easy to clean. & take my dirty clothesto a laundromat. (!) & call a friend, and we #o shoppin# orto the #ym.(")we pick up a pi((a and #o back to myplace to eat it.(#)we rent a !ideo or watch a mo!ieon )*. 'y friend #oes home earlybecause we both ha!e classes on 'onday.($)& listen to music and finish myhomework in the+uiet ni#ht.

2. PRACTICE 2

)hese sentences are about Sunday acti!ities. 'atch the be#innin# of eachsentence with its endin#. $rite the letter in the blank.

1)ony works late on Saturday ni#ht, a and she drinks it on thebalcony.2 Samia takes her children to the park, % and they eat out afterchurch. Shu Fen relaes in her room all day, & but on a rainy day, shewatches )*.!o-i and his #irlfriend #o to a mo!ie, ' so he sleeps late onSunday." &n the mornin#, "isa makes coffee, e or he plays tennis with afriend.# n a #ood day, 'aria takes a walk, f but she studies at ni#ht.

$i eon #oes to church with her family, so her children lo!e Sunday. fter lunch, hmed works on his car, h or they rent a !ideo.. PRACTICE

oin each pair of simple sentences to make one compound sentence. se acoordinatin# con-unction 3and, but, so, or4. %e sure to punctuate thesentence correctly.1 & like to stay up late to watch old mo!ies on )*. 'y husband likes to #o tobedearly.2 5en washes cars on Saturday. 6e works on Sunday, too. Carol lo!es art. She #oes to the museum e!ery Saturday.! Christy and %en #o dancin# Saturday ni#ht. )hey rent a !ideo.

" $e clean our apartment on Saturday. &t7s messy a#ain on Sunday.

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!. PRACTICE !8Finish these compound sentences with your own words.1 & like to sleep late, but2 $e don7t ha!e school on the weekend, so & en-oy Sunday dinner with my family, or! n Saturday afternoon, & call my best friend, and" & don7t ha!e time to rela durin# the week, so

". PRACTICE ")his para#raph has no punctuation. dd periods and commas to makesimple and compound sentences. dd capital letters as needed. )he firstone has been done for you.

*y +at,-'aysn Saturdays & li!e an interestin# life & li!e by the ocean and & work there fora !ery old woman in the past she lo!ed to stand on the beach and watch thesunrise but now she is too old to lea!e her house my -ob is to take pictures

of the sunrise for her e!ery Saturday mornin# first & lea!e my house in thedark and & walk to the beach with my camera then & take lots of pictures ofthe sunrise & am often sleepy but & lo!e to be near the ocean in the mornin#net & #o home and eat a bi# breakfast after that & print out the picturesfrom my computer in the afternoon & take the pictures to the old woman andwe talk about the ocean she pays me so & ha!e money to #o out with myboyfriend at ni#ht we #o to a baseball #ame or we ha!e fun at anamusement park later we walk by the ocean in the moonli#ht my Saturdaybe#ins and ends by the ocean

#. PRACTICE #$"ook at the followin# para#raph about Saturday a#ain. $ith a partner, -oin

some of the simple sentences to make compound sentences. )hen, rewritethe para#raph on a separate piece of paper.

+at,-'aySaturday is my fa!orite day. & don7t #o to school. & #et up late in themornin#.First, & call my mother. $e talk about my week. 9et, & !acuum theapartment.'y sister cooks us breakfast. & can cook. 'y sister is a better cook than &.fterbreakfast, & #o shoppin#. & usually buy some clothes. &n the afternoon, & meet

my boyfriend. $e #o to interestin# places such as the city, the beach nearthebrid#e, and famous historic districts. & don7t know my way around the city.6e#uides me. & like walkin#. $e walk to#ether and talk to each other. "ater, weeat dinner at a restaurant. 6e takes me home. Sometimes we watch a!ideo.ther times we watch an old mo!ie on )*. )hen, he #oes home. & #et readyforbed and talk to my sister about the day. & am usually !ery tired. & #o to sleep+uickly. )hen, my ni#ht of dreams be#ins.

$. WRITE THE INA/ DRAT

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$rite your final draft, includin# your chan#es and corrections. se correctformat