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1			Activity 1[DH1] Directions: Pick a famous Canadian you'd like to know more about, and find a brief biography of them on the Internet. Try starting at one of the following search engines: Yahoo! Lycos Google Once you've read the biography, rewrite the first two or three paragraphs, leaving out all the pronouns and replacing them with the person they refer to. For example, "Terry Fox ran the first mile of his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980 in St. John’s, Newfoundland" would be rewritten as: "Terry Fox ran the first mile of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980 in St. John’s, Newfoundland." What did this exercise show you about pronouns?
2			Activity 2 Directions: For additional help with pronouns, visit The Purdue University Online Writing Lab and take notes during your visit there.