Working+Together

= ﻿Discussions and Group Work  = = l  = =Editing=

Each week, on Monday, I will post a small paragraph with 10 mistakes. By the end of the week, all ten mistakes should be found. Each person in the group is responsible for finding 2 errors. When you find an error, put a parenthesis after it and in the parenthesis write what the error is, the proper correction, and your initials. If you disagreewith someone in your group's correction, put a note under the paragraph explaining why you disagree and what you think the correction should be. This can count as 1 of your 2 corrections.

This is worth 2 points each week for you individually.


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 * Edits for the Week of April 25th ||
 * Group 1 || Ellis Island, an immigration station in New York harbor, opens for the first time on January 1, 1892. During its' busyest days, thousands of immigrants entered the United States there. More then 100 million Americans can trace there roots to an ancestor who past through Ellis Island. Today, Ellis island is a Museum. Museum visitors can lern what it was like for 12 million immigrants who arrived in America at the turn of the century. ||
 * Group 2 || Betsy Ross was born on January 1 1752. She was the eight in a line of 17 children soon after marrying John Ross, the two newlyweds started a sewing business. When America and england went to war, John Ross join the army. Soon after that he was killed in an ammunition explosion. A few months later, according to legend, george Washington axed Betsy to use her expurt sewing skills to create the first american flag. ||
 * Group 3 || Isaac Newton were born in Woolsthorpe England, on January 4, 1643 he was a quiet thoughtful child who was knowed for his creative inventions. Have you herd the legend that a falling apple helped Isaac form a theory about gravity. He was also one of the first scientists to study the movement of the planets. Using prisms, he were the first person to truly understand rain bows. ||
 * Group 4 || If you're birthday falls between January 20 and February 19, your astrological sign is Aquarius, the water carrier. The story of Aquarius come from greek mythology. It comes from the tail of Ganymede, a young boy who was kidnap by Zeus, the leader of the gods as the boy cared for his sheep. Ganymede was made the servant to the gods it is said that Zeus like the boy so much that the constellation Aquarius were created in his honor. ||
 * Group 5 || One of the most popular American poems, "The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe was published on January 29, 1845. Once upon a midnight dreary," the poem begins. That poem braught fame to it's author, but it did not bring riches. Did you now that Poe was payed just $15 for his masterpiece! Each year in Baltimore, Maryland, a mysterious visitor leaves roses at Poes' grave on the eve of his Birthday. ||
 * Group 6 || On January 24, 1848 a discovery in a river near Coloma, California changed the course of that territory for ever. While building a saw mill, James Wilson Marshall found a golden nugget by accident. All though the mill owner tryed to keep the find a secret, news of the discovery soon started what is know as the "California Gold Rush" by 1850, so many people live in California that it became the 31st state of the United States. ||