Ameliorate Barrio Boy

Directions: students should improve, or ameliorate, the following sentence, in red. There is a missing colon and two missing commas.

Miss Hopley and her teachers never let us forget why we were at Lincoln for those who were alien to become good Americans; for those who were so born to accept the rest of us. 

suggested answer: 
Miss Hopley and her teachers never let us forget why we were at Lincoln: for those who were alien, to become good Americans; for those who were so born, to accept the rest of us. 

Ameliorate the Melting Pot

Directions: students should ameliorate the sentence below, in red.  There are two missing commas.

The melting pot theory popular in the late 1800s U.S.A. was that many different cultures will melt together into one homogeneous group with shared values.

Suggested Answer: 
The melting pot theory, popular in the late 1800s U.S.A., was that many different cultures will melt together into one homogeneous group with shared values.

Ameliorate landmines

Directions: students should ameliorate the three sentences below, in red. There are three missing periods and one missing comma.

I myself hardly felt the exertion I was walking quite well that day quite athletically I had a good prosthetic leg from Germany

1. six minute news segment about landmines in Afghanistan.
2.  short video of an Afghan child dancing after finally receiving a prosthetic leg.

Suggested answer: 
I myself hardly felt the exertion. I was walking quite well that day, quite athletically. I had a good prosthetic leg from Germany.

Ameliorate Langston Hughes

Directions: Ameliorate this sentence by placing two missing commas in the appropriate places.
Langston Hughes a poet during the Harlem Renaissance lived from 1902 to 1967.

Suggested Answer:
Langston Hughes, a poet during the Harlem Renaissance, lived from 1902 to 1967.

Ameliorate the Raj

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. There are four missing commas.

In the history of India 1858 to 1947 was called the Raj a period when the British rule extended over almost all of present-day India Pakistan and Bangladesh. 

Suggested Answer: 
In the history of India, 1858 to 1947 was called the Raj, a period when the British rule extended over almost all of present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. 

Ameliorate Rikki Tikki Tavi

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There are three missing commas.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi a short story in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is about the adventures of a brave young Indian mongoose.

cartoon clip of Rikki Tikki Tavi

Suggested Answer:
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a short story in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, is about the adventures of a brave, young Indian mongoose.

Ameliorate Rudyard Kipling

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. There are two sentences and four missing commas.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist he was born in India which inspired much of his work.

Video of Rudyard Kipling

Suggested Answer
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.