1. Use of apostrophes to show joint possession
Day 1
Louise Erdrich author of the novel Love Medicine was born in the small town of Little Falls, Minnesota.
Erdrich was her mother and fathers eldest child--a child who knowed from an early age that she loved to write.
Use of apostrophes to show joint possession
Correct past form of irregular verb
Use of commas with nonrestrictive appositive

2. Day 1
Louise Erdrich, author of the novel Love Medicine, was born in the small town of Little Falls, Minnesota.
Use of commas with nonrestrictive appositive
Erdrich was her mother and father’s eldest child--a child who knew from
an early age that she loved to write.
Use of apostrophes to show joint possession
Correct past form of irregular verb

3. By 1972, Erdrich’s ideas about her background began to altar.
Day 2
Erdrich is a Chippewa, and she did not have any special awareness of her heritage, and she entered the Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth college.
By 1972, Erdrich’s ideas about her background began to altar.
Capitalization of name of institution
Spelling: homophones
Revision of stringy sentence

4. Day 2
Although Erdrich is a Chippewa, she did not have any special awareness of
her heritage until she entered the Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College.
Revision of stringy sentence
Capitalization of name of institution
By 1972, Erdrich’s ideas about her background began to alter.
Spelling: homophones

5. Day 3
Michael Dorris, who critics had already praised highly, was Erdrich’s english teacher at Dartmouth College.
What I want to say is that the Native American Studies Program and Dorris provided the support Erdrich needed to begin her writing career.
Correct pronoun case
Revision of wordy sentence
Correct capitalization in name of school course

6. Day 3
Michael Dorris, whom critics had already praised highly, was Erdrich’s English teacher at Dartmouth College.
Correct pronoun case
Correct capitalization in name of school course
What I want to say is that
The Native American Studies Program and Dorris provided the supporting Erdrich needed to begin her writing career.
Revision of wordy sentence
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7. Day 4
Erdrich and Dorris fell in love. And they married and started a family.
The couple has adopted several native american children and supported many native american programs; few people are as generous as them.
Correct use of pronoun after as
Combining sentences
Elimination of and at the beginning of sentence
Capitalization of proper adjective

8. Day 4 Erdrich and Dorris fell in love, married, and started a family.
Combining sentences
Elimination of and at beginning of sentence
The couple has adopted several Native American children and supported
many Native American programs; few people are as generous as they.
Capitalization of proper adjective
Correct use of pronoun after as

9. Punctuation of complete sentence in parentheses
Day 5
Erdrich and Dorris wrote a book together, The Crown of Columbus. This book gives a Native American perspective to the story of Columbus.
I enjoyed reading this book. (some people think this book should be required reading.)
Punctuation of complete sentence in parentheses
Use of apostrophe to show joint possession
Use of underlining or italics with title of book
Use of appositive to combine sentences

10. Day 5
Erdrich and Dorris’s book, The Crown of Columbus, gives a Native
American perspective to the story of Columbus.
Use of apostrophe to show join possession
Use of underlining or italics with title of book
Use of appositive to combine sentences
I enjoyed reading this book. (Some people think this book should be required reading.)
Punctuation of complete sentence in parentheses