Friday, March 2, 2012

Editing SV, Ap, Cm


Self-Starter:   Tape in under “Editing.”   Edit the following passage, watching for places where there should be commas and apostrophes, and where there might be a problem with subject-verb agreement.

Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteer in her younger sisters 
place to enter the Hunger Games, and are forced to rely upon her sharp instincts the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy and her archery skills when shes pitted against highly-trained tributes who has prepared for these games their entire lives. If shes ever to return home to District 12, in the arena Katniss must make impossible choices  that weighs survival against humanity and life against love.