An interesting book

1.       Why did you select the book you brought to class?

I am interested my country history.

2.       How many authors does it have? Some books have none: they have an editor.

One

3.       What is the title?

The Rise of MODERN CHINA

4.       Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?

Oxford University

5.       Which city was it printed in, and when?

It was printed in the United States of America in 1970.

I am interested my country history because china has a long history, therefore I pick up a book talks about history of modern China. This book called The Rise of MODERN CHINA and was written by Oxford University. In addition, this book was printed in United States of America in 1970.

There is a quote from the book: “In view of the close Sino-Soviet relations in the first decade of the People’s Republic, any progressive deterioration of the Axis could not buy have a profound impact on the domestic politics of China.”[1]

More text goes here. Then the end…

Source, work cited, reference…

[1] IMMAUEL C. Y. HUS “The Rise of MODERN CHINA”, The Oxford University Press Inc,  New York 1970, page 718.

Editing Process

birthday gift

One day, Linda wants to buy a skirt as a birthday gift, she has not bought clothes for one year. She goes around the mall, but there is not skirts fit her. She is upset and walks in the street. Suddenly, she sees a boutique and enters. She finds a nice neon skirt and fit it. This shirt is fit for her body. She feels very happy and determinates to buy it. Before she goes to pay for money, she checks the shirt again. She finds the shirt packet has a hole, she tells salesman about this problem. But, salesman does not help her and replies he is busy. When salesman leaves her, Linda notices the salesman is calling. She is angry and queries him. But the salesman does not admit his mistake. Linda decides against it and she wants to complaint to his manager. Unfortunately, the manager is not here today. She only goes to waiting line. The line is so long that she waits for more than fifteen minutes. When she is second one, the cashier closes the register as she hopes to pay. She decides against it. The cashier tells her that it is time to close.Linda only puts shirt away and leave boutique.

         Linda back home and tries not to think about the shirt any more, but she is restless. She tells her best friend what happened today. Linda’s friend also feels angry and she gives Linda an idea that most shop have camera. Linda can complaint the boutique’s manager and asks manager check the indoor camera. The next day she returns, when shop is open. She tells the manager what happened yesterday. The manager checks the camera and finds Linda’s words are true. Then, the manager asks the salesman makes an apology to Linda and promise Linda a discount on the shirt. Linda feels so good when she hears this result. Linda pays for money and takes it home. She tries it on again. It fits none of her other clothes.Finally, Linda sends a message to her best friend about the result and has a nice birthday gift for her.

my group perpare work

My group has three members who are AlJahdali, AlMuhannad A, Hofstater, Brittany M, and I. Our group topic is punctuation. We want to remind people the importance of punctuation. In a paper, grammar, logicality, and structure are all very important. Sometimes, people will ignore the punctuation because of inconspicuous.

We decided to each member write a part. AlJahdali, AlMuhannad A wrote commas. Hofstater, Brittany M wrote period, question mark, exclamation, quotation marks, and hyphen. I wrote semicolon and colon. We used the websites that teacher gave us to find each punctuation definition. We tried to find detailed definition and one definition one example. AlJahdali, AlMuhannad A also used a table to show us how to use comma. I found semicolon has four basic rules and colon has two basic rules.

When we have a presentation, we will explain a rule and give an example. This way can make listeners learn more about punctuation.  I think using example is the best way to show listeners how to use punctuation in different situations. Our goal is to show the basic rules of punctuation and how to use them. We also want to tell listeners a perfect paper needs everything perfect including punctuation. 

We found the definition in these websites:

http://www.writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Semicolons.html

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/period.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/period.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/wh-question-words.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/exclamation.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/566/01/

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_comma

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/comma.html

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/apostrophe.html