due Thursday, 4/08/10

1. Read Editing Review Test 3 and 4. Find the sentences
that contain the listed errors, type the sentence number
along with a corrected version of each sentence.
2. Finish work on your essay that we started in class.

due Tuesday, 04/06/10

1. Complete the comma exercise that you received in class.
2. Prepare an outline for ONE of the topics listed on the
essay assignment sheet that I handed out in class on
Thursday (04/01/10).

Thursday, 3/11/10

1. We will have a test on Misplaced and Dangling
Modifiers. Study pages 531-535. Please bring a
blue Scan.

due Tuesday,3/09/10

1. Write and type a Plan of Development for this thesis
sentence: The State of Texas should [or should not]
regulate fast foods.

2. During class on 3/2/10 and 3/4/10, we discussed
introductory paragraphs for an essay and saw a PowerPoint
that presented six different methods to write an intro
paragraph. Using the thesis sentence "The State of Texas
should [not] regulate fast foods," type an example of each of
the six different methods to introduce the essay. Remember
that the intro paragraph should be 4-6 sentences. ABOVE
EACH PARAGRAPH, IDENTIFY THE METHOD THAT YOU ARE ILLUSTRATING.

3. On 3/4/10, we discussed and saw a PowerPoint on writing
ending [or closing] paragraphs: what to do and what NOT to
do. Using the same thesis sentence from 2. above, type an
example of each of the six different methods to end [or
close] an essay. Remember that this ending paragraph
should be 4-6 sentences. ABOVE EACH PARAGRAPH, IDENTIFY THE
METHOD THAT YOU ARE ILLUSTRATING.

Thursday, 3/04/10

1. Read "Write an Introduction" on pages 112-113.
2. Read 'Write a Conclusion" on pages 116-118.

due Tuesday, 3/02/10

1. Read "Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers" on
pages 531-533. These modifiers concern the use of
single words, phrases, and clauses as modifiers.

2. For the sentences below,type the number of the
sentence, then type MM or DM to identify the modifier
error, and finish by typing a corrected sentence.
(1.) Shaving in front of the steamy mirror, the razor
nicked Ed's chin.
(2.) I only wanted a slice of apple pie, not the whole pie.
(3.) Martha told Bob that they could get married last
Friday.
(4.) While turning over the bacon, hot grease splashed
on my arm.
(5.) Taking the exam, the room was so stuffy that Keisha
almost fainted.
(6.) The tenants left town in a dilapidated old car owing
two months' rent.
(7.) The toaster was sold to us by a helpful salesman with
a money-back guarantee.
(8.) Tired an exasperated, the argument we had inevitable.
(9.) While pitching his tent, a snake bit him on the ankle.
(10.) I almost made an A on the exam.

3. Instead of typing an entire classification essay, type
an outline in this order: First, type TOPIC and type the
topic that you were going to write about. Second, type
PRINCIPLE OF CLASSIFICATION and give the principle or
idea that you are using to divide the topic into
three different categories. Third, type the thesis sentence.
Fourth, using original names,type the three categories.
Fifth, for each category, give at least two details. So,
you will have three Primary and two Seondary supports for
the outline. Refer to page 103. Your outline should look
exactly like the outline on this page.

4. Read "Bad Roommates" several times. The selection is on
pages 228-229. We will have a test on the selection.
So, know everything, including the author. This is the
second time that this selection has been assigned.

due Thursday, 2/25/10

1. We will have two tests: Subj-Verb Agreement and
Parallelism. BRING A BLUE SCAN SHEET.
2. Read "Classification" on pages 218-223 and "Bad
Roommates" on pages 228-229.