1. Day 1 Rachel Carson is the author of an essay called The Marginal World. Carson who specialized in marine biology spent time working at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Use of quotation marks with title of essay Use of commas with nonrestrictive clause Spelling out name of place in prose

2. Rachel Carson is the author of an essay called “The Marginal World.” Carson, who specialized in marine biology, spent time working at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Day 1 Spelling out name of place in prose Use of quotation marks with title of essay Use of commas with nonrestrictive clause

3. “The shore” said Rachel Carson “has a duel nature.” The shore sometimes belongs to the land. Sometimes the shore belongs to the sea. (combine) Correct use of commas with a split quotation Correct spelling of homophones Use of comma and coordinating conjunction to combine sentences Day 2

4. “The shore,” said Rachel Carson, “has a dual nature.” The shore sometimes belongs to the land, and sometimes it belongs to the sea. (combine) Correct use of commas with a split quotation Correct spelling of homophones Use of comma and coordinating conjunction to combine sentences Day 2

5. Correction of misplaced modifier Elimination of double subject Correction of commonly confused words The edge of the sea is strange and very beautiful, brimming with life. The sea it continually gives and takes land. Day 3

6. Correction of misplaced modifier Elimination of double subject Correction of commonly confused words Brimming with life, the edge of the sea is strange and very beautiful. The sea continuously gives and takes land. Day 3 it ___

7. Footnotes helped me define unfamiliar terms in “The Marginal World”. For example one note explained that a willet is a long legged wading bird. Correct placement of period within quotation marks Use of comma after clarifying expression Use of hyphen with compound adjective Day 4

8. Footnotes helped me define unfamiliar terms in “The Marginal World.” For example, one note explained that a willet is a long-legged wading bird Use of hyphen with compound adjective Correct placement of period within quotation marks Use of comma after clarifying expression Day 4

9. I thought “The Marginal World” would be interesting and I was not disatisfied when I read it. Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence Correct spelling with addition of a prefix Correct pronoun case The essay helped my classmates and I focus on environmental issues. Day 5

10. I thought “The Marginal World” would be interesting, and I was not dissatisfied when I read it. Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence The essay helped my classmates and me focus on environmental issues. Correct spelling with addition of a prefix Correct pronoun case Day 5