Wednesday, October 20, 2010

I tried to resist, really I did.

The First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
 
The Issue Before the Court:

Does the ... use of a government-composed,[...] prayer in the public schools violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution?
Supreme Court Ruling: Official prayer in public schools is a violation of the Constitution which states "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion..."

http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/prayer.htm 

1. With all of this information, the legal opinion of the Supreme Court makes logical sense.
2. A religious student organization may still meet on school grounds. 
3. The Constitution of the United States of America clearly delineates the separation of church and state, even without the specific phrase "separation of church and state."
4. Neither teachers nor students may proselytize other teachers or students about religion at school. *Make sure you look up compound subjects and compound direct objects in chapter 19 of the grammar book.* 

 


Parts of Speech & Grammar
This is how you find the subject of a sentence.
This is how you find the verb.
This is how you find the direct object.
This is what a predicate nominative is.
This is what an implied subject is.
This is the adjective scale of intensity. 
This is an appositive. 
These are prepositional phrases 
This is the passive voice. Fix it, it's all Rule of Five now.

Punctuation

Here is where you find the seven rules for commas. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the links.

Literary Terms

This is the definition of irony
This is the definition of 'schools of criticism.'
This is the definition of satire
This is the definition of plot structure.
This is the definition of symbolism
 

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