MONDAY AND TUESDAY CLASSES

FOR THE FIRST CLASS DAY NEXT WEEK (WEEK OF 29 AUGUST),
BE SURE TO BRING THE "ACTIVATION CODE" THAT CAME WITH YOUR
TEXTBOOK. WE WILL TAKE A GRAMMAR DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE
COMPUTER, AND YOU WILL NEED THIS ACTIVATION CODE. THANKS.
HC

Due Mon 8/31 for11:00 class and Tuesday 9/1 for 9:30 class

Assignment #1.
Notice that this assignment is due the FIRST class meeting of the
week of August 31.
(1.) Read Chapter 1. As you read the chapter, TYPE the number of
these questions and type the answers as you find the answers.
ANSWER THESE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. College writing involves _____.
2. What does the five paragraph essay (paper) look like?
3. Are you expected to remember what you read?
4. What are the three ways to participate in class?
5. Number from 1-15 and complete the Learning Syle
Questionnaire on page 15. Count the number of A's, B's,
C's, and D's that you have.
6. On page 17, write the number of a's next to the V; write
the number of b's next to the A; write the number of c's next
to the R; write the number of d's next to the K. Now you know
your learning style. Read about your Learning Style on pages 18-21.
(2.) Read Chapter 2 and TYPE the answers to these questions:
1. What are the four Basics of Critical Reading?
2. What is meant by "the main point"?
3. Write a possible main idea for paragraph 3 on page 25.
4. Read the section on Support and think of 3 positive
OR 3 negative supports on this topic: Sexting.

Monday 10/06/08 or Tuesday 10/07/08

Sorry about the late posting.
1. Review the uses of the comma. Complete
the comma worksheet unless your class turned
it in last class period. In the blank next to
the sentence number, write the number of the comma
use that identifies your reason for adding the
needed comma or commas. Refer to the Use the
handout that lists the 16. comma uses.
2. Bring a draft of the outline for the paper
due next class period.

Due Wednesday 10/01/08 or Thursday 10/02/08

1. Study your notes on verbs and clauses.
2. Complete the worksheet that you received in class.

Due Monday 9/29 or Tuesday 9/30

1. Complete the formal outline exercise which
was handed out in class.
2. Review your notes on the grammar that we covered
in class. Type an example of a compound sentence,
a complex sentence, and a compound-complex sentence.
3. Read "Fragments" on pages 455-467. On the same page
where you typed the sentences,correct and
type the first sentence in Activity 1 on page 458;
the first sentence in Activity 2 on page 459; the
first sentence in Activity 3 on page 461; the first
sentence in Activity 4 on page 461; the first sentence
in Activity 5 on page 463; the first sentence on
Activity 6 on page 463; and the first sentence in
Activity 7 on page 464.

Due Wednesday 9/24/08 or Thursday 9/25/08

1. Correct your narrative according to the marks
that I put on your paper. If you saved the narrative,
then you can make the corrections on the screen. If
you did not save it, then you can retype the paper and
make the corrections. If there is anything marked that
you do not understand or cannot read, please see me BEFORE
the next class period so that you can have your
corrected narrative ready to hand in. Hand in BOTH copies:
the corrected essay on top, the marked copy below.
DO NOT hand in the prewriting or the outline.
2. EXTRA CREDIT - If you would like to earn extra points
to add to your test score on the Capitals, Apostropes,
and Quotation Marks test,do this: Type Review Test 2 on
page 543. Do not use any examples from the text. You will
receive three add-on points for this exercise. Type
Review Test 1 on page 555. Underline the corrections that
you make to each sentence. You will receive three add-on
points for this exercise. Type Review Test 2 on page 564.
Staple one comic strip to your paper. You will receive
four add-on points for this exercise.
3. Read page 90 "Common Methods of Introduction." Select
one of the methods and type an introductory paragraph
for this thesis sentence: The food servings at fast food
establishments should be regulated for health purposes.
The introductory paragraph should be three to five sentences
long, and the thesis sentence should be the LAST SENTENCE in
the paragraph.

due Wednesday 9/17/08 or Thursday 9/18/08

1. Rewrite the interview and correct all the items
that I had marked. If there is anything that you
do not understand, please see me. Staple and hand in your
corrected interview in this order: (1.) Corrected interview;
(2.)The original interview that I had marked.
2.First, read pages 557-563 "Quotation Marks." Next, type and
correct these sentences: (1) When the signal is given said the
director everyone start acting your parts in the scene.
(2) The biology instructor said Students, read Chapter 7
Healthy Everyday Plants and complete Exercise 1. (3) The
zoo attendent said "that visitors should not feed the
animals". (4) The short story Hands appears in the
book Winesburg, Ohio.
3. At the bottom of page 558, under the rectangular TIP
box, you have four incomplete statements. On the same page
that you typed the sentences, type only the answers that
complete the statements.