Imitation Journal

(due every Thursday)

For every grammar point we study, you will find 3 examples from native speaker reading material. You may use a textbook for your credit class, a novel you are reading or any of the sources below. You will then write an original sentence using the very same grammar as your example.

Sources:
The Seattle Times (daily newspaper)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html
CNN (news)
http://www.cnn.com/
New York Times (news)
http://www.nytimes.com/
The New Yorker Magazine (check out Fiction and Poetry if you want a change from the news! These stories are written by major English language writers)
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction

Example Journal Entry:

Grammar point: Past Perfect Tense

Copied sentence: “By the time the Bainbridge arrived five hours later, the pirates had left..” The Seattle Times, May 14, 2009

Your own sentence: By the time the teacher walked into the room 15 minutes later, the students had left.