Mr. Jost's Internet Classroom
8th Grade English Teacher
West Deptford Middle School
bjost@wdeptford.k12.nj.us
848-1200 X3090
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      • "Priscilla and the Wimps"
      • "Wise Old Woman"
      • "I Go Along"
      • "Broken Chain"
      • THE COMPOUND
    • M.P. 2 >
      • Horror >
        • "The Landlady"
        • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
        • "Bloodstain"
        • "Bubble Bath No. 3"
        • "The Monkey's Paw"
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        • "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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      • 2081
      • THE GIVER
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      • "Flowers for Algernon"
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        • "There Will Come Soft Rains"
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        • Plot Diagramming
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We will be practicing sentence patterns all year long.  These patterns will simply add variety to your writing.  We will be studying the sentence patterns of professional writers and imitating what they do well.  After all, "imitation is the greatest form of flattery."

Simple/Compound Sentence

Participial Phrase

Introductory Phrase

Parallelism

Appositives/Modifiers

Semicolons

Dashes

Ellipsis

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