Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
May students bring a water bottle to class?
Yes, as long as you show responsibility with its use.Back to Top
May students/parents contact Mrs. Wied after school hours?
Yes, I check my school e-mail several times a day from home.Back to Top
When is Mrs. Wied's conference time?
My conference period is 3RD period: 9:45-10:35 am. At that time, I would be glad to meet with you. I stay late at school many days to prepare for my classes, so just call me or e-mail me, and we can set up a time convenient to both of us.Back to Top
Conventions 1. RUN-ON � A run-on sentence is two or more sentences improperly combined. (Incorrect:I like you, you like me.Correct: I like you.You like me.) 2. FRAGMENT � A fragment is a piece of a sentence, one that is missing either a subject, a predicate, or both. (Incorrect:Walking in my new shoes.Correct:I was walking in my new shoes.) 3. APOSTROPHES � Apostrophes are used to show possession or to indicate a contraction. (Incorrect:Marys book doesnt have a cover.Correct: Mary�s book doesn�t have a cover.) 4. SEMI-COLONS � Semi-colons are primarily used to separate two sentences (two independent clauses) of equal weight. (Incorrect: I went to Europe; my brother is ten. Correct: I went to Europe; she went to Texas.) 5. SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT � Subjects should always agree in number with their verbs. (Incorrect: Each of the men have done the work.Correct:Each of the men has done the work.) 6. PRONOUN/ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT � Pronouns should agree with their antecedents (the words to which the pronouns refer). (Incorrect: Each of the girls did their work.Correct: Each of the girls did her work.) 7. PRONOUN CASE � Pronouns must be in the nominative, objective, or possessive case, depending on their use in the sentence. (Incorrect: The teacher gave an A to Frank and I.Correct: The teacher gave an A to Frank and me.) 8. PARALLEL STRUCTURE - Express similar terms (all nouns, all verbs, etc.) in parallel structure. (Incorrect: I like fishing, boating, and to camp. Correct: I like fishing, boating,and camping.) 9. VERB FORM - Use correct forms and tenses of verbs. (Incorrect: She has laid in bed all day. Correct: She has lain in bed all day.) 10. DANGLING MODIFIER � A dangling modifier occurs when a word or phrase has nothing in the sentence to modify. (Incorrect: Walking down the street, a dollar bill was found. Correct: Walking down the street, I found a dollar bill.) 11. COMMA � Use a comma to separate items (words, phrases, or clauses) in a series. (Correct:Words: We have read poems by Longfellow, Whittier, and Dickinson. Phrases: We found seaweed in the water, on the sand, and in our shoes. Clauses: Everyone wondered who had been in the house, what he had wanted, and where he had gone.) 12. COMMA � Use a comma to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun. (Correct: An Arabian stallion is a fast, beautiful horse.) 13. COMMA � Use a comma before and, but, or, nor, for, and yet when they join independent clauses. (Correct:We wanted to go biking, but we couldn�t decide where to go.) 14. COMMA � Use a comma after a long preposition phrase or after the final phrase in a series of phrases. (Correct: At the top of the hill on the ranch, we found the lost calf.) 15. COMMA � Use a comma after an introductory participial phrase or adverb clause. (Correct:Participle Phrase: Forced onto the sidelines by his torn ligament,John was restless and unhappy. Adverb Clause: When March came, the huge ice pack began to melt.) 16. COMMA � Use a comma after words such as well, yes, no, why when they begin a sentence. (Correct:Why, everyone knows what happened in 1776!) 17. COMMA � Use a comma to set off parenthetical expressions and other words which interrupt the sentence. (Correct:That book, as a matter of fact, is by the same author. Texas, the Lone Star State, is larger than Maine. Her house, I think, is the green one on the corner.) 18. COMMA � Use a comma to separate a noun of direct address. (Correct: Bill, please go get my purse. Answer the phone, Steve.) 19. COMMA � Use commas in certain conventional situations. (Correct: Dear Aunt Margaret, Sam moved to 286 Lincoln Road, Chicago, Illinois, last June. Spring vacation begins on Friday, April 12, this year.) 20. COMMA � Never use a comma between a subject and its verb or between a verb and its complement. (Correct: What I could not believe was that he had never played before. Pam�s best imitations include those of her mother and dad.)Back to Top