May 19, 2002

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Week Fifteen
Bonus Point Challenge Answers.
Using Articles

Congratulations to Kio, Lucile, Audrey, and Juyoung for earning extra points this week.

1. Bart Simpson
Answer: Bart Simpson is a cartoon character on the TV series The Simpsons.
2. John Wilkes Booth
Answer: John Wilkes Booth was an actor who shot President Abraham Lincoln.
3. Andy Warhol
Answer: Andy Warhol was an American pop artist.
4. Hank Aaron
Answer: Hank Aaron was a baseball player who played for the Braves.
5. Amelia Earhart
Answer: Amelia Earhart was an American aviatrix who was lost in the Pacific.

Target Vocabulary
For Level Two Academic Writing and Grammar

Business communication:
heading
inside address
salutation
body
closing

Sentence:
independent
simple
clause
dependent
statement
question
command
exclamation
connecting words (coordinating and subordinating conjunctions)
compound
complex

Paragraph:
heading
title
margin
indent
topic
topic sentence
controlling idea
supporting sentence
concluding sentence
unity
coherence
transitions

Essay:
introduction
hook
thesis statement
topic
controlling idea
body
conclusion
unity
coherence
transitions

"A good writer will sometimes search hours for just the right word."