Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Due Monday 11/21/11 and Tuesday 11/22/11

1. Complete the grammar and notes handout by
writing the answers on the handout.
2. Complete Miscellaneous Writing #4, which will be due
at the beginning of each class period MONDAY and TUESDAY.
3.***WEDNESDAY 11/23/11 AND THURSDAY 11/24/11 ARE HOLIDAYS.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Due Wednesday 11/16/11 and Thursday 11/17/11

1. Read pages 563-575 (Sentence Variety."
See "Starting Sentences With an Adverb." Read
Practice 1 so that you can complete Practice 2.
For Pracrice 2, simply type the sentence number and
an adverb that can make sense.
2. On page 566 read "Join Ideas using an -ing verb form.
Read"Joinig Ideas Using an -ed verb Form."
3. On page 574 read "Joining Ideas Using An appositive."
4. Finally, read "Join Ideas
using an Adjective Clause."

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Monday 11/14/11 or Tuesday 11/15.11

1.Continue to work on the Miscellaneous Writing #2 [you
have already written #3].
2. Submit your paper to SmarThinking for suggestions.
Submit it by Tuesday so that you can get it back in
time to make correction.
3. Correct the paper and hand in the corrected copy and the
copy that you received from SmartThinking. YOUR FINAL
COPY IS DUE WEDNESDAY 11/16/11 AND THURSDAY 11/17/11.0

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Due Monday 11/07/11 or Tuesday 11/08/11

1. Read "Classification" on pages 218-223.
2. Read "Bad Roommates" on pages 228-229.
3. Select a topic, divide it into three sub-groups,
give the three sub-groups original names[do NOT use
names that already exist, such as High Income, Middle
Income, and Low Income]. Prepare an outline.
4. Type a draft, print the draft, edit the draft, make
corrections on the hard copy, correct the on-screen
draft, and print a final copy. When you hand the paper in,
be sure to include the hard copy with corrections.
Hand in in this order: Outline, final copy, the hard copy
with corrections,corrected, and any other prewriting
that you may have.
5. Miscellaneous Writing #3 will be due on Wednesday,
11/09/11, or Thursday, 11/10/11.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Due Wednesday 11/02/11 or Thursday 11/03/11

Assignment 6
1. Look up and type the meanings of these words:
all right and alright; patience and patients;
already and all ready; done, as in "I'm done studying;"
cannot and can not; may be and maybe; infer and imply;
and etc.; nowdays; anyway and anyways; any where and
any wheres.
2. Read "Make Pronoun Reference Clear" on page 502-507.
On page 507, complete Practice 6 by typing only the
sentence number and only any needed corrections in pronouns
Do not retype the entire sentence.
3. Review Parallelism.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Due Monday 10/31/11 or Tuesday 11/01/11

Assgnment #5
1. Using the plus-neutral-minus format to brainstorm,
draw the 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 format and brainstorm this thesis
sentence: All citizens should belong to a religious
organization. Do not read into the thesis anything that
it does not say. Don't say "People may not want to"
because "want to" is not a part of the thesis sentence.
In the Plus column you write positive actions that could
occur. In the Minus column you write negative that could
occur. In the Neutral column you write things that could
occur but are not positive nor negative. Have at least six
solid items in the Plus column and at least six in the Minus
column. This is NOT a silly assignment, so I want no silly
answers. Type this.It may be Portrait or Landscape.

2. You will have a multiple choice test on Parallelism. Study
your book and your notes. Bring a blue Scan sheeet.

3. Review the Intro paragraphs that we studied and also review
the closing paragraphs. Rely on the information on the
PowerPoint and in the text.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Due Monday 10/24/11 or Tuesday 10/25/11

1. Using your response from Smarthinking, prepare
the FINAL copy of your Narrative to hand in.
2. Hand in in this order: outline, final copy, draft
with corrections, and paper as returned to you by
SmarThinking. You should have four items.

2. Read "Parallelism" in your textbook on pages 553-
557. Be able to exampin what Parallelism means.