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.

Ameliorate President Harry S. Truman

Directions:  students should grammatically correct the following sentence(s) below, in red. There are four missing commas and one missing colon (:)

Harry S. Truman President of the United States was involved in several important events between 1945-1953 the atomic bombing of Japan the beginning of the Cold War as well as the start of the Korean War.

Video biography TRUMAN 

Video bio:  EISENHOWER
Video Bio: JFK 

Suggested Answer:
Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, was involved in several important events between 1945-1953: the atomic bombing of Japan, the beginning of the Cold War, as well as the start of the Korean War.

Ameliorate Iwo Jima

Directions: grammatically correct the sentences, below; there is missing semicolon and other needed corrections. 

The Battle of iwo jima was fought in 1945 and lasted five weeks it was a significant Allied victory over the japanese. 

Link to PRICE of Peace video

Ballad of Ira Hayes with lyrics
short video

Suggested Correction:
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought in 1945 and lasted five weeks; it was a significant Allied victory over the Japanese.