Written Assignment: Pronouns Read the following paragraph and rewrite it, replacing any incorrect pronouns with the correct choices. To help you, pronouns are in bold lettering. (See the first sentences for an idea of how to do this.) Then, answer the questions below the passage.

Ourselves (Our) Disastrous Hockey Game.

The hockey sticks lay on the ground ready for we (us) to play. Your (my) brothers, Jack, and Ben picked up hers (theirs), and me (I) picked up yours (mine). They decided to play, this particular day, without her elbow pads, who turned out to be a mistake. Racing towards the goal, me shot a puck right into the net. "One score for myself!" she shouted victoriously, throwing my arms into the air. Unfortunately, the stick hit our brother, knocking it right over. They wasn't very long before Jack began to cry in pain. Where had fallen right on that arm. Ben and Myself ran to that, and saw who lying in the street. "Who's going on?" called Mom, whom had run into the street to see that the noise was all about. Themselves explained that brother Jack had hurt theirs and my arm seemed to be broken. Sure enough, after a trip to us local hospital, Jack was wearing a cast. Our was very proud of her, though, and collected many signatures on them to memorialize that disastrous hockey game! Now, they always wear elbow pads!

Questions to think about:

What happens when we misuse pronouns?
How did you know where to replace/correct pronouns?
What kinds of pronouns you had to use.
What ideas do you have for proofreading so that you catch pronoun problems?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."

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