Assignment: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves

                        EXTRA CREDIT

WHAT: The book: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to 
      Punctuation - by Lynne Truss
DUE:  Thursday, April 25  (At the start of class) 
POINTS:  Up to 15 points
LENGTH: 1,000 to 1,200 words (3-4 pages)
(order from amazon.com and share)

This is for SUPPLEMENTAL CREDIT

FIRST: Read this joke.

Then:

1) Summarize what the book is about

2) What five (5) points did you learn from it? How will it help you
improve your writing?

3) Make sure your final paper contains no mistakes that you should have
not have made after reading the book, or your extra credit paper
and your final paper grades will be reduced dramatically

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