EDITINGEXERCISE

• There will be a meeting of the Albert Einstein High School Student Council on Monday
afternoon at 2:30 p.m. during which they will discuss Homecoming.
The Student Council will discuss the homecoming dance at 2:30 p.m. Monday.
• Competing Wednesday in the Rotary Club’s first annual speech contest will be Jim
Daniels and Gloria Bailey.
Jim Daniels and Gloria Bailey will compete Wednesday in the Rotary Club speech contest.
• On Monday, Bill Thomas, who is a senior right here at Albert Einstein High School, took
top honors in the Student Journalist of the Year Contest, that was sponsored by Quill &
Scroll.
Senior Bill Thomas won the Journalism Education Association’s Student Journalist of the
Year Contest, Monday.
• Last Saturday, the French Club held a fund-raiser, the Club raised over $400.00. The
money will be used to defray costs of a trip to Paris over spring break. The Club raised
money by selling croissants.
To help pay for its planned spring trip to Paris, the French Club raised more than $400 by
selling croissants last week.
• When asked about the game next week, Coach Gary Morgan said he feels our boys basketball
team, the Fighting Nerds, will be ready to battle their opponents, the Enrico
Fermi Geeks.
Coach Gary Morgan said the boys basketball team will be ready for Fermi High.
Or: The boys basketball team will be ready for the Fermi Geeks, coach Gary Morgan said.
• At the present time, American Studies is reviewing the past history of the Great Depression
and World War II.
American Studies is reviewing the Great Depression and World War II.
• Our Fighting Nerds won the game that they played last Saturday against the hated Enrico
Fermi Geeks by the final score of 3-0.
The Fighting Nerds drilled the Enrico Fermi Geeks, 3-0, Saturday.
• English teachers will discuss Holocaust literature, conduct seminars on multicultural
awareness, attend a workshop for gifted and talented students, and they will be attending
a reception at the National Gallery of Art to hear a speech by author John Irving.
English teachers will discuss Holocaust literature, conduct seminars on multicultural awareness,
attend a workshop for gifted and talented students, and hear a speech by author
John Irving at the National Gallery of Art.
• The Albert Einstein Debate Club competed in the Garden City Debate Tournament and
placed second. The tournament was held Friday in Garden City. AEHS student Joe Smith
was named the tournament’s top debater.
Joe Smith was named top debater, and the Debate Club took runner-up honors at the
Garden City tournament, Friday.
• The Albert Einstein High School Band will host their annual Spaghetti Dinner Tuesday.
The dinner will be held in the school cafeteria from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The band will host its annual spaghetti dinner from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria.
• The Albert Einstein High School Student Council held their first meeting at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon in the library. At the meeting, the members of the council voted
to cancel the homecoming dance. They voted to do this because of low attendance at
the dance the last two years. The dance was originally scheduled for the first of November.
Citing poor attendance the past two years, the Student Council voted Wednesday to cancel
the Nov. 1 homecoming dance.
• The twenty one year old English teacher that won $2,300,000 in last week’s state lottery
commented to this reporter incredibly that she would not quit her job, even though
she just won a whole lot of money.
The 21-year-old English teacher who won $2.3 million in last week’s state lottery said she
would not quit her job, despite her new-found wealth.
• The German Honor Society will be attending the annual Wurstfest celebration, this weekend,
Saturday, October 10, 2000 in New Braunfels.

The German Honor Society will attend the annual Wurstfest celebration in New Braunfels,
Oct. 10. You are a proud student at Albert Einstein High School.

Rewrite these sentences to make them as concise and clear as possible.

Correct stylebook, grammatical, spelling and other errors.

You are writing for the Albert Einstein High School Press.
1. There will be a meeting of the Albert Einstein High School Student Council on Monday
afternoon at 2:30 p.m. during which they will discuss the Homecoming Dance.
2. Competing Wednesday in the Rotary Club’s first annual speech contest will be Jim
Daniels and Gloria Bailey.
3. On Monday, Bill Thomas, who is a senior right here at Albert Einstein High School,
took top honors in the Student Journalist of the Year Contest, that was sponsored by
the Journalism Education Association.
4. Last Saturday, the French Club held a fund-raiser, the Club raised over $400.00. The
money will be used to defray costs of a trip to Paris over spring break. The fund-raiser
is part of a two-year effort. The Club raised money by selling croissants.
5. When asked about the game next week, Coach Gary Morgan said he feels our team
will be ready to battle their opponents, the Enrico Fermi Geeks.
6. At the present time, the Albert Einstein High School American Studies class is studying
the past history of the Great Depression and World War II.
7. Our Fighting Nerds won the game that they played last Saturday against the hated
Enrico Fermi Geeks by the final score of 3-0.
8. English teachers will discuss Holocaust literature, conduct seminars on multicultural
awareness, attend a workshop for gifted and talented students, and they will be attending
a reception at the National Gallery of Art to hear a speech by author John Irving.
9. The Albert Einstein Debate Club competed in the Garden City Debate Tournament and
placed second. The tournament was held Friday in Garden City. Joe Smith was named
the tournament’s top debater.
10. The Albert Einstein High School Band will host their annual Spaghetti Dinner
Tuesday. The dinner will be held in the school cafeteria from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. that
evening.
11. The Albert Einstein High School Student Council held their first meeting at 2:00
p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the library. At the meeting, the members of the council
voted to cancel the homecoming dance. They voted to do this because of low attendance
at the dance the last two years. The dance was originally scheduled for the first
of November.
12. The twenty one year old English teacher that won $2,300,000 in last week’s state
lottery commented incredibly that she would not quit her job.
13. The German Honor Society will be attending the annual Wurstfest celebration this
weekend on Saturday, October 17, 2000 in New Braunfels