Due Wednesday 10/05/11 or Thursday 10/06/11

Label this Assignment 4 at the top of the first page.

ALL OF THIS IS TO BE TYPED AND HANDED IN.
1. Use ONE of these general, broad topics for this
assignment: Listening, Obligations, Problems, or
Disturbances. NARROW THE TOPIC.

2. With your narrowed topic, write all of these pre-writing
activities: (1)prepare a web or cluster or map for the topic;
then (2)free write about your selected topic for 5-10 minutes;
then (3)brainstorm your topic;finally(4)write five questions
about your topic. These prewriting activities are discussed
on pages 68-70. Omit "Use the Internet" on page 71.

3. Develope ONE THESIS SENTENCE when you have completed all four
activities. [Four activities, One thesis sentence the same topic]

4. All of this is to be typed and handed in as Assignment 4.

Due Monday 10/03/11 and Tuesday 10/04/11

1.Read "The Basic Sentence" on pages 385-400.

2. Read "Understand What Subject-Verb Agreement Is"
on pages 434-436.

3. Read "Commas in Compound Sentences" on page 676.
Know what a compound sentence is.

4. Read "a compound subject" at the top of page 389.
Compound verbs are connected in the same method as subjects.

5. Your next assignment is already posted. PLEASE READ IT
SO THAT YOU CAN GET A HEAD START.

Due Wednesday 9/28/11 and Thursday 9/29/11

1. Your first Miscellaneous Writing is due at the start
of the period. This writing will be graded. Be sure that
all papers are in order and stapled.

2. LEARN your class notes: clause, phrase, dependent words
and what they do,dependent clause, independent clause, fragments
[from PowerPoint], how to correct fragments,-ing words
as verbs.

3. From last week's PowerPoint and class notes: What are the
two parts of a thesis sentence? What are the four requirements
of a thesis sentence?
[All of this smells like a test to me. What do you think?]

Monday 9/26/11 and Tuesday 9/27/11

Homework Assignment #4:
1. Your first miscellaneous writing will be due on
Wednesday, 9/28/11 or Thursday, 9/29/11. Use any
topic on the Miscellaneous Assignment sheet, which
you have already received. If you do not have one, come
to my office to get a copy. Your paper should be from 250-700
words. Remember that you will write six essays on six topics
from this assignment sheet and that you cannot write on the
same topic more than once.
Follow the steps in this PROCESS:
1.] DEVELOP A THESIS SENTENCE.
2.] PREPARE A ROUGH DRAFT.
3.] PRINT THE ROUGH DRAFT.
4.] READ THE ROUGH DRAFT AND MAKE CORRECTIONS ON THE HARD COPY.
5.] FROM YOUR CORRECTIONS, PREPARE A FINAL COPY.
6.] HAND THE ESSAY IN WITH THE OUTLINE ON TOP; NEXT, THE FINAL COPY;
BELOW THAT THE ROUGH DRAFT; LAST, ANY PREWRITING THAT YOU DO.

2. The Formal Outline on the sheet with 44 items is due on
Monday 9/26/11 or Tuesday 9/27/11. You do NOT type the outline.

3. Read "Fragments" on Pages 401-413. Be familiar with the
fragments mentioned. Our next grammar test will be on Fragments
on Wednesday or Thursday.

Due Wednesday 9/21/11 or Thursday 9/22/11

Homework #3 [continued]
1. Read "Making a Plan" on pages 100-104. Know
the three orders and what they are. Know the outline
for a short essay on page 103.
2. Read "Write Your Own Plan" on pages 107-108.

Due Monday 9/19/11 or Tuesday 9/20/11

Homework #3
1. Read "Exploring and Finding Your Topic" on
pages 62-71.
2. Read "Making a Point" on pages 74-80. Understand
(1)a thesis that focuses on a single point,(2)a thesis that
is neither too broad or too narrow, (3) a thesis that
is forceful, not weak, and (4)a general topic and a
narrowed topic(page 80). Be able to explain each of these
four items.
3. Type Effective thesis sentences for the first three
sentences of: Practice 4 [p 81],Practice 5 [p 82], and
Practice 6 [83]. Do only the first 3 of each practice.

Due Monday, 9/12/11- or Tuesday, 9/13/11

Homework #1
If you have already turned this in, you're okay.

1. Read "Word Choice" on pages 633-642.Pay particular
attention to "Practice Avoiding Four Common Word-Choice
Problems" on pages 634-642. Type three of your own examples
for each of the four problems listed in blue print.
Identify each problem that your type and your examples.
2.Study "Commonly Confused Words" on pages 647-656. Be
sure that you understand the different meanings.

HOMEWORK #2
1. Read "Apostrophes" on pages 688-693. On page 694,
complete Editing Review 1 by typing the sentence number,
typing the error(s) as they appear, and typing the correction
next to the error(s). Do this for sentences 1-4.

2. On pages 696-701,read "Quotation Marks." On page 703,
complete Editing Review 2 by finding the errors in sentences
1-7 and underlining the errors IN YOUR BOOK. Do not type the
errors, just underline them.

3. On pages 712-717, read "Capitalization." On page 718,
complete Editing Review 1 by typing the NUMBER of the
sentence, counting the number of errors in each sentence,
underlining the errors IN YOUR BOOK,typing the NUMBER OF ERRORS
IN EACH SENTENCE. Do this for sentences 1-5.

4. Be ready for a test on Wednesday or Thursday over Capitalizations,
Quotation Marks, and Apostrophes. You will need a Scan sheet.