Due Monday 9/15/08 or Tuesday 9/16/08

1. Type a final copy of your narration. Yes, the one
we have been working on for the past week. Hand in
your paper IN THIS ORDER: 1. Outline 2. Final Copy
3. Draft with revisions marked on the draft 4. Pre-
writing 5. Any other related papers that you want to hand in.
2. Read "Capital Letters" on pages 537-543. Using your
book for guidance, type these sentences and make all necessary
corrections relating to capital letters.
(1) After I graduated from High School last Spring, I
enrolled in a Sociology class in waco to learn more about
the customs of the british people. (2) I bought a Sony
Cell Phone to call my Cousin in france when she attended
a Summer camp with her methodist yough group. (3) She said that
she missed the dairy queen hamburgers and her daily coke.
3. Read "Apostrophe" on pages 549-556. Using your book for
guidance, type these sentences and make all necessary
corrections relating to apostrophes. (1) Jerry lost his' gym
shoes in the mens' locker room. (2) The two boys' couldnt
stand the dogs barking at their parents house.
TYPE BOTH HOMEWORK EXERCISES ON THE SAME SHEET.

Wednesday 9/10/08 and Thursday 9/11/08

1. Select an incident that you have been involved
in that you want to write about as a Narrative.
The incident can be a happy one, a sad one, one that
taught you a leson, one that you want to forget, or
one that you want to remember. Do not write about anything
that will cause you embarrassment if others read your
paper because others in the class will read it.
2. Do the prewriting on the incident that you have selected
and prepare a simple outline: a list of details that
you want to include.
3. Using the simple outline as a guide, type a draft of your
Narrative, about two pages long. Bring the printed copy
of the draft to class. You may edit on the paper if
you wish. Remember to save what you have written.
SAMPLE THESIS SENTENCE: I will never forget the time when
Grandpa Lopez started a fire in the kitchen.
Examples of narratives in the text include
"Shame" by Dick Gregory on page 645; "The Yellow Ribbon"
by Pete Hamil on page 212; "Bombs Bursting in the Air" by
Beth Johnson on page 715; you can see other narrations
listen on page xiii.
4. Review the notes that we have taken on grammar: what is
a clause, what is a phrase, is a phrase a sentence,
what types of clauses, how you can tell what type of
clause it is,etc.

Due Monday 9/08/08 or Tuesday 9/09/08

1. Read pages 52-57 "Step 1: begin with a Point or
Thesis." Be prepared to do Activity 2, page 54 in class.
2. Read pages 57-65 "Step 2: Support the Thesis with
Specific Evidence." Be prepared to do Activity 8,
page 64 in class.
3. Read pages 202-205 "Narration." Read pages 207-213
"Developing a Narrative Essay."
4. Select a topic for a narrative essay and type a
prewriting activity for the topic. Use one of the activities
that we discussed in class. We will develop a thesis for
your narrative essay in class.
5. Most of this assignment is reading, so read the pages
very carefully.

Thursday Class Due on 9/04

1. Read pages 25-33 "Prewriting." Know the five
prewriting techniques.
2. Read pages 33-39 and TYPE the answers to these questions:
(1) On page 35, what does "Revising" mean? (2)On page 35,
what are the three questions that you ask in Revising Content?
(3) On page 37, what do you do when you Edit your essay?
3. Read the sample of a revised student essay highlighted
in yellow on pages 37-39.
4. Hand in the final copy of the interview.

Fall Semester 2008, Tuesday Class Due on 9/02

1. Complete Diagnostic Test C. remember to enter my
email [hcastil@templejc.edu] so that I will receive
the test results.
2. Type a draft of your interview.
3. Hand in your Confidential Information Sheet.

Fall Semester 2008: W class Assignment DUE on 9/03

1. Hand in the Confidential Information Sheet.
2. Go to www.mhhe.com/langan/diagonstics, click on
Diagnostic C on the left column, and take the test.
Remember to enter my email [hcastil@templejc.edu] so
that I will receive a copy of the test results.
3. Read pages 25-33 "Prewriting." Know the five
prewriting techniques.
4. Read pages 33-39 and TYPE the answers to these questions:
(1) On page 35, what does "Revising" mean? (2)On page 35,
what are the three questions that you ask in Revising Content?
(3) On page 37, what do you do when you Edit your essay?
5. Read the sample of a revised student essay highlighted
in yellow on pages 37-39.
6. Hand in the final copy of the interview.

Due Tuesday, 4/08/08

1. Using your outline on religion, write a complete essay
of 500-600 words(intro paragraph ending with the thesis sentence),
support paragraphs (each beginning with a topic sentence
that supports the thesis sentence), and a closing paragraph
(see pages 93-95 - do NOT begin this paragraph with "In
conclusion" or "In closing"). You can change your outline
if you get a better idea. You should submit your essay
to SmarThinking to get suggestions on improving the
essay. Hand in the papers in this order: 1. The outline,
2. The final copy; 3. Draft with changes; 4. Comments from
SmarThinking if you submit it.

2. Study the confusing words that we discussed in class. I
will give you a long paragraph to revise using these words.
If you find an error, you'll correct it. If the word is used
correctly, you'll leave it as it is.

3. Using your textbook and your class notes, evaluate the
sentences that are on the handout. Each sentence will be
identified as A. Fragment; B. Fused Sentence; C. Comma
Splice; or D. Correct Sentence. A good way to do this is
to try to correct the error that you identify. In class today,
you will also have a test over similar sentences with
similar errors.
4. If you have any questions, see me, call me, or email me.