Sentences compsing #2

Directions: Unscramble the sentence parts to imitate the model. Then write your own imitation of the model (You are creating your own sentence using the same structure as the model)- Topic Idea: Anglo-Saxons or Old English

1. Model: Dumpster diving is outdoor work, often surprisingly pleasant.

--Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving"

c. mall strolling
b. is recreational activity,

a.sometimes quite costly

--Playing sports is hard work, but always rewarding.

2. Model: Near the car, idling in front of the mortuary, was a huge Oldsmobile.

--Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis

b. behind the pool,

c. zigzagging in back of the cabana,

a. was a skittering gecko

--In front of the house, sneaking his way in, was a thief.

3. Model: Above the field and pastures, the mountains were just becoming visible as the morning fog burned away.

--Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

c. after the cartoons and previews,

d. the kids
a. were just becoming interested

b. when the fire alarm sounded
--After the bad call, the fans were getting angrier until the game ended

4. Model: In the shallows, the dark, water-soaked sticks and twigs, smooth and old, were undulating the clusters on the bottom against the clean ribbed sand.

--E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake"

d. on that aisle,
e. the tempting, brightly colored candies and lifesavers,
a. sweet and tasty,

b. were beckoning to children

c. in their kiddie seats within their mom's grocery carts
--In the lights, the tired, sweat soaked teams, that have worked so hard, both wanted to win.

After examining background information about the Anglo-Saxon period and Old English, write a paragraph comparing and contrasting Anglo-Saxon culture and/or Old English language with the culture you live in today. Are they completely alien of each other or are there interesting similarities?


-I believe that today compared to the Angl0-Saxon period all aspects of everyday life have become easier and more cleanly. I feel with today's advances in technology have helped to improve life expectancy and helped to just improve life all around. Today people still have to work to put food on the table but not in the same sense as in the Anglo-Saxon period. I feel that there still are some similarities too. Then and today people still have to work hard for what they have in most cases. In both cultures we make best with what we have as well.