1. Essay Test:
When college students work, they should receive school credit for their employment, especially if it is related to their career.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Essays...
1. Journal: Describe how your favorite person looks--start at the top and go to the
bottom of their feet.
2. Paragraph Plan.
3. Outline
4. Review Assignment 2
5. Peer Review.
6. #3 Draft due Tuesday....,
bottom of their feet.
2. Paragraph Plan.
3. Outline
4. Review Assignment 2
5. Peer Review.
6. #3 Draft due Tuesday....,
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Peer Review...Cont.
1. Journal...Biggest writing issues.
2. Issues I see.
3. Paragraph Plan
4. Return Work
5. Peer Edit.
6. Quiz:
Identify the sentences below as either simple, compound, complex, fragment, or run-on.
1. The dog and the cat are my friends.
2. I love dogs who.
3. Since we went to the store, we should buy bread.
4. I am not a person.
5. I love dogs that are nice cats too.
2. Issues I see.
3. Paragraph Plan
4. Return Work
5. Peer Edit.
6. Quiz:
Identify the sentences below as either simple, compound, complex, fragment, or run-on.
1. The dog and the cat are my friends.
2. I love dogs who.
3. Since we went to the store, we should buy bread.
4. I am not a person.
5. I love dogs that are nice cats too.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Inferring--Comprehension...
1. Journal: Describe a time when you came to the wrong conclusion...
2. What we know...
3. Inference---reading skill
4. Drafts?
A couple decided to go boating on a sunny summers day. He packed the fishing rods in the speed boat, then asked his wife if the petrol tank was full. She said, "Yes, the petrol tank is full." They drove down to the jetty and launched the boat. The couple then sped out onto the sea in the speed boat. After going for about ten minutes the speed boat's motor spluttered then stopped. They arrived back at the shore several hours later.
1. The couple went boating.
2. The couple intended to go fishing.
3. They didn't catch any fish, because the motor stopped.
4. The motor stopped because they ran out of petrol.
5. They couldn't have run out of petrol because she had looked in the petrol tanks and saw that they were full.
6. She said that the petrol tank was full.
7. He believed what she said about the petrol was true.
8. The boat's outboard motor stopped after 10 minutes.
9. The boat sped out onto the lake on a sunny summers day.
10. Because the motor broke down they had to row back to shore.
11. The car they used to tow the boat had a full tank of gas.
12. The water was calm?
Mr Gosane, whose first name is Fred, has behaved abnormally for the past week. He has missed work because of this. His wife Pat, who has had enough of this, decided to call their doctor. Later that day, the only car parked in Fred's driveway is a bright red car with the letters "Dr A. Korzybski" painted on it. Upstairs in Fred's bedroom, a light is on.
1. Dr Korzybski owns a bright red car.
2. Dr Korzybski's first name is Alfred.
3. The car parked in Fred's driveway is bright blue.
4. The letters on the car are painted in red.
5. The letters "Dr A. Korzybski" are painted on the side of the car
6. Pat is Fred's wife.
7. Fred's wife called the doctor.
8. The full name of Fred's wife Pat, is Patricia.
9. Fred's surname is Gosseyn.
10. Fred has behaved abnormally since the beginning of the year.
11. Fred has lost his memory.
12. Dr Korzybski is in the house helping Fred overcome his unsanity.
13. Dr Korzybski is talking to Fred in his bedroom
14. Fred is happy to be away from the stress at work.
15. Dr Korzybski parked the car in Fred's driveway.
16. It is night time.
17. Fred has been off work for the past week.
18. There are two cars parked in the driveway. Fred's and Dr Korzybski's.
19. Fred is in his bedroom with his wife Pat.
20. Their son Greg is at a GS seminar.
2. What we know...
3. Inference---reading skill
4. Drafts?
A couple decided to go boating on a sunny summers day. He packed the fishing rods in the speed boat, then asked his wife if the petrol tank was full. She said, "Yes, the petrol tank is full." They drove down to the jetty and launched the boat. The couple then sped out onto the sea in the speed boat. After going for about ten minutes the speed boat's motor spluttered then stopped. They arrived back at the shore several hours later.
1. The couple went boating.
2. The couple intended to go fishing.
3. They didn't catch any fish, because the motor stopped.
4. The motor stopped because they ran out of petrol.
5. They couldn't have run out of petrol because she had looked in the petrol tanks and saw that they were full.
6. She said that the petrol tank was full.
7. He believed what she said about the petrol was true.
8. The boat's outboard motor stopped after 10 minutes.
9. The boat sped out onto the lake on a sunny summers day.
10. Because the motor broke down they had to row back to shore.
11. The car they used to tow the boat had a full tank of gas.
12. The water was calm?
Mr Gosane, whose first name is Fred, has behaved abnormally for the past week. He has missed work because of this. His wife Pat, who has had enough of this, decided to call their doctor. Later that day, the only car parked in Fred's driveway is a bright red car with the letters "Dr A. Korzybski" painted on it. Upstairs in Fred's bedroom, a light is on.
1. Dr Korzybski owns a bright red car.
2. Dr Korzybski's first name is Alfred.
3. The car parked in Fred's driveway is bright blue.
4. The letters on the car are painted in red.
5. The letters "Dr A. Korzybski" are painted on the side of the car
6. Pat is Fred's wife.
7. Fred's wife called the doctor.
8. The full name of Fred's wife Pat, is Patricia.
9. Fred's surname is Gosseyn.
10. Fred has behaved abnormally since the beginning of the year.
11. Fred has lost his memory.
12. Dr Korzybski is in the house helping Fred overcome his unsanity.
13. Dr Korzybski is talking to Fred in his bedroom
14. Fred is happy to be away from the stress at work.
15. Dr Korzybski parked the car in Fred's driveway.
16. It is night time.
17. Fred has been off work for the past week.
18. There are two cars parked in the driveway. Fred's and Dr Korzybski's.
19. Fred is in his bedroom with his wife Pat.
20. Their son Greg is at a GS seminar.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Assignments one and two
Assignment One:
1st P: Introduce product and ad.
2nd P: Describe Ad.
3rd. P: Explain who ad targets and how...
Assignment Two-- Narrative:
Paragraph One: Introduce yourself as a consumer of clothes, food, and fun.
Paragraph Two: Clothes
Paragraph 3: Food
Paragraph 4: Fun
Paragraph 5: What did you learn about you? Any connections? Sum it all up.
1st P: Introduce product and ad.
2nd P: Describe Ad.
3rd. P: Explain who ad targets and how...
Assignment Two-- Narrative:
Paragraph One: Introduce yourself as a consumer of clothes, food, and fun.
Paragraph Two: Clothes
Paragraph 3: Food
Paragraph 4: Fun
Paragraph 5: What did you learn about you? Any connections? Sum it all up.
Remediation
1. Journal: Describe a commercial that you laughed at recently.
2. Remediation: Collect Essay...
Discuss Assignment.
Re-Assign
First Paragraph... Re-Type and Submit again...
3. Homework. A narrative essay... based on Advertising. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(Move up?)
4. Draft Due in Class Thursday....
2. Remediation: Collect Essay...
Discuss Assignment.
Re-Assign
First Paragraph... Re-Type and Submit again...
3. Homework. A narrative essay... based on Advertising. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(Move up?)
4. Draft Due in Class Thursday....
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Peer Editing....
1. Journal:
How do you view yourself as a consumer? Are you swayed by advertisement? What type of persuasion persuades you? Is it Ethos? Pathos? Logos?
2. Peer editing. Groups of three.
3. Peer Editors search for:
1. Obvious misspellings.
2. Obvious grammatical errors.
3. A clear beginning introducing an idea.
4. Body paragraphs that extend the idea, focused on only one main point. All sentences work towards this main point...
5. A conclusion that ties a neat bow and perhaps offers a final, illuminating point.
6. Offer a complement.
7. Recommend one change.
How do you view yourself as a consumer? Are you swayed by advertisement? What type of persuasion persuades you? Is it Ethos? Pathos? Logos?
2. Peer editing. Groups of three.
3. Peer Editors search for:
1. Obvious misspellings.
2. Obvious grammatical errors.
3. A clear beginning introducing an idea.
4. Body paragraphs that extend the idea, focused on only one main point. All sentences work towards this main point...
5. A conclusion that ties a neat bow and perhaps offers a final, illuminating point.
6. Offer a complement.
7. Recommend one change.
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