Due Tuesday, 3/04/08

1. Read pages 522-525 "Misplaced Modifiers."
Write in your book or type Activity 1 on
page 523 and Review Test 2 on page 525.
2.Read pages 526-531 "Dangling Modifiers."
Write in your book or type Activity 1 on
pages 528-529 and Review Test 3 on page 531.
3. On page 232, read the article "Dad." Be
prepared to answer the questions on pages 234-235.

Thursday, 2/28/08

1. On textbook page 90-92, you have a discussion
of Introductory Paraghaphs and examples of six
Common Methods of Introduction.The thesis sentence
should be the last sentence of the introduction
unless you add the Plan of Development as the
last sentence. See your class notes on the Plan
of Development. For this assignemnt, "Fast foods
should be regulated" is the thesis sentence.
Write at least four different Introductory Paragraphs
for this thesis sentence. The Intro Paragraphs should
be four to six sentences long. Identify the method
tht you are using. Type this assignment.
2. You will have a retest on Capital Letters. Quotation
Marks, and Apostrophes.
3. A Miscellaneous Writing is due.

Due Tuesday, 2/26/08

1. Very carefully log on to this web site: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_parallel.html
This is the Purdue University grammar web site, one
of the best for grammar. Read (and you can print) the
information on parallelism.
2. Read "Use Parallelism" on page 106 of the textbook.
Complete the exercise on page 107. You can write in the
textbook or you can type the exercise.
3. Write your essay on Narration. Select one of the
items that you brainstormed in your homework. Prepare an outline.
write a draft,save the draft, print the draft,
make corrections on the printed copy, make the corrections
on the saved draft, print a final copy. Your paper should
be from 350-600 words. Be sure to use specific details.
4. SAVE YOUR FINAL COPY ON A FLOPPY DISK OR A CD OR A
FLASH DRIVE OR A STORE ' N ' GO, WHICHEVER YOUR COMPUTER
USES. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE, YOU CAN PURCHACE THESE.
SEE ME MONDAY IF YOU NEED SUGGESTIONS. ON TUESDAY WE
WILL GO TO THE LAB AND SEND YOUR FINAL COPY TO
SMARTHINKING, A TUTORIAL SERVICE THAT TC PROVIDES.

Engl 1301-LATE POSTING FOR THURSDAY, 2/21

BE SURE TO BRING A TEXTBOOK TO CLASS TODAY.!

Due on Thursday, 2/21/08

1. The next miscellaneous writing is due. In
the first line of your paper, mention the topic
that you are writing about so that I can identify
its number from the list.
2. Study for the test on Capital Letters, Quotation
Marks, and Apostrophes.
3. On a paper that you will hand in, brainstorm and
decide on an experience for your narration paper. The
brainstorm may be typed or handwritten. Pick an
experience that you think will be different from the
others in the class, but be sure that the
experience is something that you yourself were actually
involved in. Example: One night last summer, I learned
how not to talk to a cop. Example: On high school
graduation night, "Truth or Dare" became a not-so-funny
game. DO NOT plan to write about anything that
will embarrass you or humiliate you. Others will read
your paper.

Due Tuesday, 2/19/08

1. Read text pages 537-543 "Capital Letters"
and complete Review Test 1 on page 543.
2. Read text pages 549-555 "Apostrophe"
and complete Review Test 1 beginning on
page 555.
3. Read text pages 557-563 "Quotation Marks"
and complete Review Test 1 on page 563.
4. Study your notes for a test today on
verbs, clauses,modifiers,simple, compound,
and complex sentences, and run-on
sentences plus the class notes discussing
these items (e. g. the words that are always
subjects).
5. Read text pages 207-213 "Developing a Narrative
Essay."

English 1301, due Thursday 2/14/08

1. Read page 80-89 "Step 3. Organize and Connect the
Specific Evidence," and complete all the exercises by
following the instructions in the text. Pay special
attention to "Common Transitions" on page 83.
2. On page 87, notice that you are given four strategies
under "Other Connecting Words."
3. Skip to pages 98-99 and do Activity 8 by following
the instructions in the text.
4. Remember that Miscellaneous Writing #2 is due.

Engl 1301, due Tuesday, 2/12/08

1. On text page 74, complete 5, 6, 7, and 8.
2. "Evaluating Thesis Statements," pages 67-69:
complete the exercises by writing in the letters
suggested in the instructions. We began this
exercise in class on Thursday,2/07/08.
3. Read pages 89-95, "Introductions, Conclusions,
and Titles," and complete the execises on page 93
and page 95 by writing in the letters suggested
in the instructions.
4. On page 607, complete "Editing Test 2" by following
the instructions at the top of the page.
5. I had handed out a sheet entitled "Editing Exercise."
Following the instructions at the top of the sheet,
complete the editing exercise by making the corrections
on the typed sheet. If you were absent when I handed
the sheet out last Thursday, come by my office on Monday
and get a copy.

Due Thursday, 2/07/08

1. You will have a test on the terms and
definitions on the handout. I will give you
the definitions with a blank before each
definition, and you will write the term
in the blank.
2. Your first Miscellaneous Assignment will be due.
Follow the directions on the handout. You may
select any of the fourteen topics.
3. Review your grammar notes on single words,
clauses, and phrases. You had completed a take-home
test on this last week. Ask about any item that
may be unclear so that we can go to the grammar.

Engl1301 due Tuesday, 2/05/08

1. Learn the seventeen terms and their definitions
listed on the front and back of the handout you
received in class on Thursday. We will have a test
on these terms on Thursday 2/05/08. On the test, I will
list the definitions as they appear on the handout
with a long blank line so that you can write the
term that is defined.
2. Type sentences that match the description given
for each number below. DO NOT USE ANY EXAMPLES FROM
THE TEXT OR FROM YOUR CLASS NOTES.
(1) simple sentence
(2) compound sentence
(3) complex sentence
(4) sentence with a compount subject
(5) sentence with a compound verb
(6) sentence beginning with an "-ing" phrase"
(7) sentence containing a single word modifier
(8)sentence beginning with a dependent clause
(9) sentence containing a prepositionakl phrase,
see the bottom of page 451, 2., and top of page 452
(10) complex sentence using who, which,or that in
the dependent clause
3. Know the steps for "brainstorming"