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Day 1 The Monkey’s Paw was published in 1902, the story was made into a play a year later. The author of the story was born in London England. Use of comma to separate parts of a place name Use of quotation marks with title of a short story Use of separate sentences to correct run-on sentences Day 1 “The Monkey’s Paw” was published in 1902. The story was made into a play a year later. Use of quotation marks with title of a short story Use of separate sentences to correct run-on sentences The author of the story was born in London, England. Use of comma to separate parts of a place name Day 2 “The Monkey’s Paw” is set in the home of Mr and Mrs White. Other characters in the story are: Herbert and sergeant major Morris. Capitalization of title before person’s name Elimination of colon after verb Use of a period after abbreviations of title Day 2 “The Monkey’s Paw” is set in the home of Mr. and Mrs. White. Use of a period after abbreviations of title : Other characters in the story are Herbert and Sergeant Major Morris. Elimination of colon after verb Capitalization of title before person’s name Day 3 Mr. White examined the monkey’s paw. Asked why it was special. Morris said, It had a spell put on it by a old fakir. Use of quotation marks to show a speaker’s exact words Correct use of indefinite article Correction of sentence fragment Day 3 Mr. White examined the monkey’s paw and asked why it was special. Correction of sentence fragment Morris said, “It had a spell put on it by an old fakir.” Use of quotation marks to show a speaker’s exact words Correct use of indefinite article Day 4 Money was what Mr. White first wished for. 200 pounds was alot of money to him. Correction of commonly misspelled words Spelling out numbers at the beginning of a sentence Revision of a sentence ending with a preposition Day 4 Mr. White first wished for money. Revision of a sentence ending with a preposition Two hundred pounds was a lot of money to him. Spelling out numbers at the beginning of a sentence Correction of commonly misspelled words Day 5 At the end of the story Mr. White wished that his son was dead again. Do you agree that fate ruled peoples lives. Use of end punctuation: question marks Use of apostrophe to show possession Use of a comma after introductory phrase Use of a verb in the subjunctive mood Day 5 At the end of the story, Mr. White wished that his son were dead again. Use of a comma after introductory phrase Use of a verb in the subjunctive mood Do you agree that fate ruled people’s lives? Use of apostrophe to show possession Use of end punctuation: question marks