An Essay in Need of Help

This is an essay in need of some help.

1) Read it

2) Fix it -- You MAY embellish but do not change the basic plot

3) Then go back to find and destroy BWs ----> Make the sentences better.

4) Indicate one of each DRESS UP and OPENER. Add as needed.

5) Complete the Name & Date Stamp (w/ your name and today's date OR DUE date)

6) Complete the Title Block

7) Add a checklist

NO BWs NO contractions NO dialogue

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            Once there was a cat who did have an owner.   Her owner had  left the house and did not return for a long time. Her owner was visiting a place where cats were not allowed.  The cat had a feeling that her owner would return at about five pm, but her owner still was not home. The cat was very worried. So she ran out of the house by pushing through the cat door which was at the bottom of the big door! And she was off to find her owner. She went every way. She went into the mall but her owner was not there. She went to her owner’s best friend’s house. Her owner was not there too. The cat went all over the town. By midnight she got home she was very very very tired. By the time she got home she went into the cat door. And got in the house and when she went to the sofa. She saw her owner! She was very happy and excited. Her owner said, “sara! (that is the cat name), were you out of town and looking for me?” “I bet so”. “It is eleven pm time to sleep sara”. So she went to bed in just some time she was asleep.Good night everyone. “Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”.

The BC Switch to Check (1)s

ALL ABOUT THE BECAUSE CLAUSE OPENERS

FIRST:  Decide which sentences are COMPLETE sentences.
SECOND: If it a complete sentence, add the comma in the appropriate place.
THIRD: If it is not a complete sentence, complete it. Be sure to add the comma in the right place.



1. Because you can have friends over on Saturday. 

2. Because the boy is tired he needs to sleep.

3. Because I am thirteen I am a teenager

4. Because he visited his grandparents in the country yesterday.

5. Because my Mom is cooking the house smells wonderful.

6. Because the baseball game was over and we were happy for the win.

7. Because I love pizza I want it for my birthday.

8. Because the puppy was cute and well behaved.

9. Because the storm missed the small town of hanover, Illinois.

10. Because he spoke against bullying the students trusted him.

11. Because the store ran out of supplies and closed early.

12. Because of the winds, the rain, and the lightening.

13. Because he hid the jewels so well  they were lost forever.

14. Because of the traffic he was late.

15. Because it was raining I took my umbrella.