Due Date: April 24,2013
Unit 24 - Infinitives after Certain Verbs
Review the grammar notes on page 336.
Know:
How to form the negative of an infinitive (box 1)
Some verbs are followed directly by the infinitive (intransitive) (box 2)
Some verbs need an object (noun or pronoun) before the infinitive (transitive) (box 3)
Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive (Box 4)
Study:
Appendix A-7
Boxes 14-16
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: April 18, 2013
Due Date: April 23, 2013
Be prepared for the final test on Unit III. The Details are in the posting from 4.16.13.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: April 16, 2013
Due Date: FRIDAY, APRIL 19
Your final paper will be due to me by email, personal delivery, carrier pigeon, horse and buggy, or whatever means possible on FRIDAY, APRIL 19th by 4:00 p.m. if delivered to my office, or by midnight if sent to my email. If you do not receive a reply from me very early on Saturday morning, I did not receive your paper!!
Unit 3 Final Test will be on Tuesday, April 23rd. This Thursday will be review for the test. The test will include the following:
1. Identifying contrasting ideas
2. Vocabulary from the two readings
3. Reporting verbs
4. Noun Clauses
5. Using evidence to support an argument
Grammar: Class Date: April 15, 2013
Due Date: April 17,2013
FOG - Part IV Gerunds and Infinitives
note: there will be no final test for this unit. There will be a writing requirement for each unit we complete.
- Complete exercises 2-5 on pages 326-329
WRITING: page 332. Write one complete, well-written paragraph for or against one of the topics listed on page 332, Exercise 10A-B.
Be sure to check your work using the Editing Checklist.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: April 11, 2013
Due Date: April 16, 2013
Your paper will be
due in class for peer editing on Tuesday, April 16th.
The final version of
your paper will be due in class on Thursday, April 18th.
Grammar: Class Date: April 10, 2013
Due Date: April 15,2013
There are four class periods remaining in this semester. We will begin Part VII - Gerunds and Infinitives - units 23-24. Please review the grammar on page 324 & 325. Review the spelling rules for gerunds on page A-10.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: April 9, 2013
Due Date: April 11, 2013
Read/Skim and annotate all of your
sources for your paper
You must bring your sources to class on Thursday.
Based on this work, in class on Thursday, you will:
o
Write a thesis statement to guide your writing
o
Develop a working outline
Your paper will be
due in class for peer editing on Tuesday, April 16th.
The final version of
your paper will be due in class on Thursday, April 18th.
Grammar: Class Date: April 8, 2013
Due Date: April 10, 2013
Review for the Part IV Test on Modals of Ability, Permission, Requests, and Advice
Click on the link below for the answers to the practice tests from today's class:
Answers to practice tests - units 13-16
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: April 4, 2013
Due Date: April 9, 2013
Complete the reading & do the short exercises from the class handout: summarizing, paraphrasing & quoting
Review and annotate your sources for your paper. Finalize your annotated bibliography. We will be working on thesis statements in class on Tuesday.
Relevant Links:
Link to short videos
viewed in class:
What needs to
be cites – quoting vs. summarizing or paraphrasing
How to cite,
what is the format?
Link to APA Citation
Practice Quiz:
Link to Homework:
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: April 2, 2013
Due Date: April 4, 2013
RESEARCH PAPER - using the resources distributed and discussed in class today, create an annotated bibliography for your research paper. Your annotations (notes about the source) do not need to be extensive. Use the handout from class for ideas.
Please email me a copy prior to Thursday's class or bring it to class already printed.
This must be word-processed!
resources:
http://www.bibme.org/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Grammar: Class Date: April 1, 2013
Due Date: Monday, April 3, 2013
Modals of Requests: Can, Could, Will, Would, Would you mind..
COMPLETE: Exercises 3 and 4 on pages 208 and 209
WRITING: Class Handout: Exercise 5: Personal Writing
Write a note to someone you live with. Make a minimum of three requests using can, could, will, would, and would you mind. You may use the ideas on the handout or your own ideas.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: March 28, 2013
Due Date: April 2, 2013
WRITING: Your final paper for "The Namesake" will be a 2-3 reflective paper based on one of three possible questions. Click HERE for a copy of the essay questions you may choose from. This paper should be word processed and double spaced, and represent your personal thoughts and experiences combined with knowledge of the story and insight into the characters. Your paper will be graded according to the "Reading to Writing Rubric" found HERE.
RESEARCH PAPER - Be sure that you have a minimum of 3-5 sources for your paper, with at least two of them being peer-reviewed journals. Your research paper will be due, word-processed and double spaced, on Tuesday. Bring all of your sources to class on Tuesday.
Writing Skill -- Reporting Verbs: Complete the handout Reporting Verbs Worksheet Think about which of these reporting verbs you may be able to use in your research question.
Grammar: Class Date: March 27, 2013
Due Date: Monday, April 1, 2013
Modals of Requests: Can, Could, Will, Would, Would you mind..
Study: Grammar Presentation and Grammar Notes on pages 205-206
Be ready to answer the following questions:
1) How are the modals of requests different than modals of permission?
2) Which are the more polite of the modals? Which is the most polite?
3) Which modal is a "fake" modal? What is different about the way we form questions with this "fake modal?"
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: March 26, 2013
Due Date: March 28, 2013
Research Paper: Complete the handout from the class reading "Research Questions for Literature Reviews." Write your research question in a full sentence on this paper. Be sure your question meets the six qualifications for a good research question.
Writing Skill: Reporting Verbs: Complete the handout Reporting Verbs Worksheet Think about which of these reporting verbs you may be able to use in your research question. Please have this completed for discussion in Thursday's class.
NOTE: Your final paper for "The Namesake" will be due on Tuesday, April 2. Click HERE for a copy of the essay questions. You will select one questions and write a 2-3 page final paper for this novel. Your paper will be graded according to the "Reading to Writing Rubric" found HERE.
Grammar: Class Date: March 25, 2013
Due Date: Monday, March 27, 2013
Writing: In FOG, complete the Unit 14 review test. Check your answers on page UR-4. Bring any questions you have to class on Wednesday.
If you were out of class today, please review the grammar charts and notes. Complete the questions on the guided note taking handout (Click HERE for a copy) and complete the exercises 2-4.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: March 21, 2013
Due Date: March 26, 2013
Reading: Read chapters 9&10 in The Namesake.
Writing:
1. Answer the plot questions on the handout, and be ready to defend your answers in our class discussion. Click HERE for a copy of the handout. It may be useful to write down the page numbers where you find the answers.
NOTE: The first plot question for chapter nine is an error (repeated for chapter 10). My apologies for the confusion!
2. Select 2-3 new & challenging vocabulary words from the chapters. Be ready to present these words to the class, include any idiomatic meanings, word family words, and an example of how you would use the word in your own sentence.
Thinking: Select a topic for your research paper.
Review: target vocabulary from Chapters 7&8:
8 - prenuptial, cling, shrug, opaque, obscure, "conjure up," ravenous, ordeal, enviable
7 - calligraphy, consolidate, replica, swift, tartly, banal, abhor, ignite, abrupt, nevertheless
CLICK HERE for Research Paper Requirements and Timeline
Link to the University of Illinois web page with information on selecting a subject: http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/topic.html
Grammar: Class Date: March 20, 2013
Due Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Complete:
Unit 13 Review Quiz on page 189. Check your answers on page UR-4, and be prepared to ask any questions in Monday's class.
Writing:
Using the handout from today's class (click HERE if you were absent), write four survey questions about a topic of your choice. using the modals of ability (can, could, be able to). Survey two friends, family members, or classmates, and write their answers in complete sentences.
Reading: Read and study the grammar notes and grammar charts for the modals of permission (can, could, may, do you mind if) on pages 192-193.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: March 19, 2013
Due Date: March 21, 2013
In class work: If you were absent from class today, please complete the attached in-class writing assignment. This is a "point of view" style writing, in which you write a dialogue between Moushima and Nikihl, as described in the attachment. Click HERE for details.
Reading: In Q Skills for Success, read pages 68-70 and answer the questions on pages 70-71 (main ideas and details).
Grammar: Class Date: March 18, 2013
Due Date: Monday, March 20, 2013
Review the grammar notes on pages 178-180
Complete:
Exercise 4 on pages 183-184
***Read the directions carefully. Use can and could whenever possible. Use "be able to" when necessary.
Exercise 5 on page 184 - find and correct the mistakes
Writing:
Write one-two paragraphs about a person who was successful in spite of an obstacle or disability (it can be someone you know or someone famous.) Use the editing checklist on page 187 to be sure you have met the requirements.
Read the example on page 187 before writing your own paragraph(s) .
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: March 7, 2013
Due Date: March 19, 2013
READING: Chapter 8 due in The Namesake - Click HERE for plot questions due in class.
Grammar: Class Date: March 6, 2013
Due Date: Monday, March 18, 2013 (after spring break!)
FOG: Part IV - Modals and Similar Expression
Study the Grammar Presentation and Grammar Notes on pages 178-180.
Be ready to explain the grammar notes (1-5) in your own words and give your own examples.
Extra Credit: Any student wishing to improve their grade on the Part III Test and their skills
working in the Present Perfect Tense, may elect to do the extra-credit assignment described below. This assignment will be worth up to 10 extra
point on your Part III Post Test grade.
Extra
Credit Assignment for Present Perfect Tense
Select an image from a recent news
report. You may use a site such as
gettyimages (http://www.gettyimages.com/editorialimages/news)
for your picture, or you may select an image of your own from your selected new
source. Select an image that shows
people doing things or visibly showing emotions. This image should be pasted at the top of
this assignment.
Write a story about what you believe
the person has been doing.
Use the past, present perfect and
present perfect progressive in your writing.
Use since and/or for with the present perfect in your writing.
Use yet and/or already with the
present perfect.
Your paragraph should contain all of
the above elements in a cohesive paragraph about your image. Your paragraph should contain a minimum of
five well-developed sentences.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: March 5, 2013
Due Date: March 7, 2013
READING: Chapter 7 due in The Namesake - Click HERE for plot questions due in class.
We will also have an in-class writing assignment (Point of View Writing) on Thursday, based on unit 7.
If you would like to read ahead, click HERE for the plot questions for unit 8.
GrammarClass Date: March 4, 2013
Due Date: March 6, 2013
UNIT Test on Wednesday
Using the practice quizzes from today's class, your book, and your notes, prepare for the Part III test (includes units 8-12). Click HERE for the answers to the practice quizzes.
There will be 60 items in the test. It will follow the same format as the practice tests you worked on today.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 28, 2013
Due Date: March 5, 2013
Extended Definition Essay - Final Edited & Revised Draft
Due in class on March 5
READING: Chapter 7 due in The Namesake - Click HERE for plot questions due in class.
GrammarClass Date: February 27, 2013
Due Date: March 4, 2013
In FOG: Complete exercises on pages 163-167. Click HERE for the answer key to check your answers. Complete the Unit 12 Review quiz on page 172. Check your answers? Is there anything you need to go back and review? Do you have any questions for me?
Next Week:
Monday: We will be doing a final review of units 8-12. Tables will be set up for each of the units. It will be beneficial if you know in advance which units were the most challenging for you.
Wednesday: Final Test - Part III
After Break:
Modals
Gerunds and Infinitives
Nouns, Quantifiers and Articles (if time permits)
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 26, 2013
Due Date: February 28, 2013
ESSAY: Extended Definition
Due in class on February 28
- You will hand in:1) your outline2) completed peer review worksheet3) final paper – word processed and double spaced, one to three pages in length
- You will be graded on the following:1) Following Assignment Instructions (see above)2) Content:a. you selected a topic that met the assignment guidelinesb. main ideas are explained fully, with examples, explanations and detailsc. you used new vocabulary from the unitd. you used concession and contrast connectors3) Structure, organizationa. You used a variety of sentence types and lengthsb. Outline is used; main ideas are arranged appropriatelyc. There are a variety of sentence types and lengths4) Evidence of careful proofreading. Punctuation, spelling and grammar is accurate.
Class Date: February 25, 2013
Due Date: February 27, 2013
IN FOG: Complete the WH- Questions on page 153. Write questions using either the simple past or present perfect.
WRITING: Present Perfect and Simple Past (page 157 in FOG)
Write a 1-2 paragraph story about a long-distance relationship, using the present perfect and the simple past.
You may write one paragraph combining the Present Perfect and Simple Past, or write two paragraphs, with one paragraph in the simple past and one paragraph in Present Perfect.
Use the editing checklist on page 157 to check your work!
In class on Thursday we will review present perfect and simple past and complete Part III of this book with unit 12 on present perfect progressive and present perfect.
CORE: Reading and Writing IIIClass Date: February 21, 2013
Due Date: February 26, 2013
I. READING: Chapter 6 due in The Namesake - Click HERE for plot questions due in class.
II. WRITING: Your outline & first draft of your extended definition are due in class. You may email me your paper by midnight on Monday or bring a hard copy to class with you. We will be doing peer editing in class.
Directions: In a 1-2 page essay, write an extended definition of a word or concept from your native language that cannot be translated exactly or easily into English.
An expanded definition essay is writing that explains what a term means, but it provides the reader with a definition that goes beyond a term's dictionary definition in order to provide the reader with an impression of the word or phrase. Click HERE for the exemplar we discussed in class.
Requirements:
- minimum: 1-3 pages in length
- word processed
- double spaced
- written from an outline (which you will hand in with your paper)
- meets the requirements on the self-assessment checklist on page 54 in Q Skills for Success
-
Grammar
Class Date: February 20, 2013
Due Date: February 25, 2013
Complete Unit 10 on your own. Click HERE to check your answers to exercises 3-6
Take the Unit 10 Review without your notes
Check your answers in the book on page UR-3.
Do you need to review anything?
Please bring any questions you have to class.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 19, 2013
Due Date: February 21, 2013
Study for Unit 2 Final Test on Thursday.
25 questions - all multiple choice or short answers, as follows:
Part I & II - Distinguishing Main Ideas From Details; Finding Main Ideas
Q Skills Book: Reading Skill Box on page 38
* Q Online Practice: Reading Skill
Part III -Vocabulary
Q Skills Book: vocabulary on pages 31 & 40-41
* Use Q OnlinePractice : //www.qonlinepractice.com/auth/index - Unit 2, vocabulary 1&2
Part IV - Contrast & Concession Connectors
Guided Note Taking from Today's Class
Q Skills Book: Contrast & Concession Connectors
* Use Q OnlinePractice : //www.qonlinepractice.com/auth/index - Unit 2, vocabulary 1&2
***Q Skills for Success Class ID Code C-830-442-0136
Please add the course code to your online practice account
If you would like to work ahead:
FOR TUESDAY: Chapter 6 due in The Namesake - Click HERE for plot questions due in class for Chapter 6.
Grammar
Class Date: February 18, 2013
Due Date: February 20, 2013
Final Writing Assignment for Unit 9:
Make a list of 10 things that you planned to do or wanted to do when you came to the United States. Using this list, write two paragraphs as follows:
1) In the first paragraph, write about the things that you have already done.
2) In the second paragraph, write about the things that you have not done yet.
Note: Be sure to use the present perfect with already (+), still (-), and yet (-). Watch for correct word order.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 14, 2013
Due Date: February 19, 2013
1. READ: Chapter 5 in "The Namesake" -
NOTE: Our book "The Namesake" is on reserve at the library circulation desk. If you want/need to use it, just go to the circulation desk and give them the book's call numbers: 813.54 LAH
2. Write notes to the answers on the handout Plot Questions for Chapter 5
Grammar
Class Date: February 13, 2013
Due Date: February 18, 2013
FOG: Review the grammar notes on pages 123-124.
Complete exercises 3 and 4 on pages 126 and 127.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 12, 2013
Due Date: February 14, 2013
Q Skills for Success: Contrast and Concession Connectors
Complete exercises A and B, on pages 51-52
The Namesake
WRITE: Point of View Writing
From the point of view of Gogol, write one well-developed paragraph that answers the questions on the Point of View Handout from today's class. If you were absent, click on the link below for a copy of the handout.
Point of View Homework
Additional Handouts:
Plot Questions for Chapter 4 (in class work today)
Plot Questions for Chapter 5 (due Tuesday)
Chapter 4 vocabulary: disguise, detest, kinship, obscure, absurd, sabbatical, obituary, brittle, dismay, limp, dread, husky, immerse, dignity
Grammar
Class Date: February 11, 2013
Due Date: February 13, 2013
Review the contents of your Focus on Grammar book on pages iii and iv. Looking at the parts and units, please be prepared to report:
a) which parts and/or units are most critical for your personal development
b) which, if any, parts and/or units do you feel so confident about that you could teach the information yourself
PLEASE send me this by email, if you have not already put it in your folder.
2. WRITE (page 119 in FOG): Write one paragraph about someone's accomplishments. It can be someone famous or someone you know. Use the present perfect with SINCE and FOR.
- use the checklist on page 119 to check your work
3. Complete: Unit 8 Review Quiz on Page 120. Check your answers on page UR-2. Review any missed questions in the book, and bring any questions you still have to class.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 7, 2013
Due Date: February 12
Resource - On-line Thesaurus: http://www.wordreference.com/thesaurus/
1. READ: Chapter 4 in "The Namesake" -
NOTE: Our book "The Namesake" is on reserve at the library circulation desk. If you want/need to use it, just go to the circulation desk and give them the book's call numbers: 813.54 LAH
2. WRITE: Vocabulary: From the vocabulary list below from Chapter 2&3 in "The Namesake" do a mini "word-study" for 10 words of your choice. For each of the 10 words:
a) list any word-family words (e.g. persist (v) word family words: persistent (adjective), persistently (adverb), persistence (noun)
b) write a dictionary definition for the word
c) write an interesting, creative sentence using the word or any of the words in the word family
word list: oblong, bassinet, puffiness, fleshy, recline, wispy, scalp, flannel, hoarse, flickering, nomenclature, haphazard, deprivation, chaotic, errand, percolate, drastic, taper, gravitate, humble, perpetual, burden, coax, foray, epitaph
Grammar
Class Date: February 6, 2013
Due Date: February 11, 2013
1. Review the contents of your Focus on Grammar book on pages iii and iv. Looking at the parts and units, please be prepared to report:
a) which parts and/or units are most critical for your personal development
b) which, if any, parts and/or units do you feel so confident about that you could teach the information yourself
2. Review: Grammar Notes on Page 111
3. Complete: Exercises 1-4
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: February 5, 2013
Due Date: February 7
***Q Skills for Success Class ID Code C-830-442-0136
Please add the course code to your online practice account
In Q Book:
REVIEW: Vocabulary from thepages 40-41
READ: Pages 42-43: When Languages Die
COMPLETE exercises on page 44 and 45, on main ideas and details from this writing
Grammar
Class Date: February 4, 2013
Due Date: February 6, 2013
1. Complete exercises 8, 9 & 10 in your "Overview of the English Verb System" handout. As discussed in class, be sure to keep the aspect the same for each part of the passage, as you change from past to present to future.
note: Before doing number 10, please review "future time clauses" on page 93 in Focus on Grammar. In these future time clauses, you will see that one verb is in the present tense (the verb in the time clause) and one is in the future (the verb in the main clause).
2. Review the contents of your Focus on Grammar book on pages iii and iv. Looking at the parts and units, please be prepared to report:
a) which parts and/or units are most critical for your personal development
b) which, if any, parts and/or units do you feel so confident about that you could teach the information yourself
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: January 29, 2013
Due Date: February 5
1. READ: Chapter 3 in "The Namesake" -
NOTE: Our book "The Namesake" is on reserve at the library circulation desk. If you want/need to use it, just go to the circulation desk and give them the book's call numbers: 813.54 LAH
2. Sign up for on-line practice in Q Skills for Success. Complete the vocabulary exercise for Unit .
2. NOTE: Our book "Q: Skills for Success" is on reserve at the library
circulation desk. The code for Q-Online practice is inside of the book cover. This is for in-library use only.
Grammar
Class Date: January 30, 2013
Due Date: February 4, 2013
1. Review the Examples and Explanations of the Perfect Progressive Aspect.
2.
2. Complete exercise 7 on the Perfect Progressive
Aspect.
3.
3. Write a paragraph that could be a part of a
fictional story. Set the scene with a sentence
or two. Then write the flashback using
the past perfect (and past perfect progressive, if appropriate). You may also use the past tense in your
paragraph, but remember that by starting with the past perfect you signal to
your reader that this is a flashback.
See my example below. Do you
think this is a true story?
Linda’s Dog Story
I returned from my mother’s house, where I was visiting and
helping her with some of her chores. Her
dog was jumping up and down on me, and I suddenly remember our first dog.
Duke had been a good dog, but he had never been a very
faithful dog. I was 14 years old, when I came home from school and found that
Duke was missing. He had eaten my
turtle, and then he had run away from
home. I was very sad and I was, of course, worried that a car had hit him or he had lost his way. We had been looking everywhere for him, when we received a phone call.
We learned that he had returned to his previous home: a city junkyard. We brought him back home, but this behavior continued for months. Finally my mother told me that she had had
enough and we never saw Duke again.
NOTE: In the first
paragraph I am setting the scene in my fictional story.
Note the tense change in the second paragraph to PERFECT
TENSE. This is a signal to you, the
reader, that you are reading a flashback.
Click HERE if you would like to look at the example from the
book, “The Namesake,” by Jhumpa Lahiri.
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: January 29, 2013
Due Date: January 31, 2013/reading due on February 5
Writing: Two paragraphs are due for Thursday, January 31
1. Write a reflective paragraph about one of the three discussion questions from "The Namesake"
2. Write a paragraph based on your experience at the Community Service Fair. Include the following: what does the organization do, what can volunteers do for them, why might you want to volunteer for them.
Reading: Read Chapter 3 in "The Namesake" - due on Tuesday, February 5
Extra Credit: due on Friday in my office or in my email
Attend the lecture by Priyanka Borpujari on Wednesday Night (see the post on the homepage of this blog) & write a one page reflection, as discussed in class.
Grammar
Class Date: January 28, 2013
Due Date: January 30, 2013
From the handout on "Perfect Aspect," study the chart on page 19.
Know how the perfect tenses are formed
Know the difference between present perfecte, past perfect and future perfect)
Read and Understand the explanations of why and when we use the perfect aspect.
Complete exercises 5&6 in writing.
Be ready to explain your answers!
IF you were NOT in class today, the handout is attached below.
1.Click HERE for the Class Handout on the Perfect Aspect
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: January 24, 2013
Due Date: January 29, 2013
1.Read Chapter 2 in "The Namesake." Focus of your reading: as you read, be thinking about the differences between Bengali Culture and U.S. culture
NOTE: Our book "The Namesake" is on reserve at the library circulation desk. If you want/need to use it, just go to the circulation desk and give them the book's call numbers: 813.54 LAH
2. Vocabulary: From the vocabulary list below from Chapter 1 in "The Namesake" do a mini "word-study" for 10 words of your choice. For each of the 10 words:
a) list any word-family words (e.g. persist (v) word family words: persistent (adjective), persistently (adverb), persistence (noun)
b) write a dictionary definition for the word
c) write an interesting, creative sentence using the word or any of the words in the word family
Recommended dictionary: Miriam Webster English Language Learner Dictionary http://www.learnersdictionary.com/
I have listed the page numbers so that you can see the words in context.
p1) humble, crave, grimy p4) ascent p10) fastidious, meager p14) captivated, impoverished p16) "to each his own" p17) capsize p18) linger p19) paralyzed, incessant p20) agile, confinement
MLK Keynote Speech by Dr. Brian Bailey - as promised, click HERE for a copy of the keynote speech by Dr. Brian Bailey
Grammar
Class Date: January 23, 2013
Due Date: January 28, 2013
From the handout on "Progressive Aspect," study the chart on page 17.
Know how the progressive tenses are formed (be+verb+ing)
Know the difference between present progressive, past progressive and future progressive)
Understand the explanation of why we use the progressive aspect.
Complete exercises 3&4 in writing.
Be ready to explain your answers!
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: January 22, 2013
Due Date: January 24, 2013
1. Complete the vocabulary work on pages 31 and 32 in the Q: Skills for Success Book.
2.Read Chapter 1 in The Namesake. Be prepared to do a character study in class on Thursday about the characters introduced in chapter 1. Click HERE to listen to the NPR Interview with the author.
Grammar
Class Date: January 21, 2013
Due Date: January 23, 2013
1. Complete the irregular verb chart. You may use the handout from class, the appendix in the back of your grammar book, or the internet if you get stuck. Click HERE for the verb chart.
2. Re-read the following scenario:
Congratulations! You've just won a million dollars in a lottery. BUT... you have to spend all the money in a single week. AND....you can't spend more than $100,000 for any single purchase (In other words you can't just buy a million dollar house. You have to make at least 10 separate purchases). If you don't spend it all, you won't get any of it.
IN CLASS: You used future tense to tell me what you would want to do with the money.
HOMEWORK: Write a complete paragraph in past tense (use as many different aspects as possible, eg. simple past, past progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive)
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: January 17, 2013
Due Date: January 22, 2013
Using our class discussion about identity, the reading "Identity - Who do you think you are," and your own wallet or purse, write a 1-2 page paper that answers the following:
- What is identity and how or why can the contents of your purse or wallet help to construct an image of your identity
What stories could someone piece together about you based solely on an examination of your wallet and its contents?
- Taken separately or together, how do the contents of your wallet construct an image of your identity?
- What assumptions might someone make about your personality, values, or identity based on what you carry in your wallet?
- if all they had was your wallet, what would people miss or be unable to know about you?
- use process writing: create an outline before writing
- word processed
- double spaced
- printed or emailed to me the night before class
CORE: Reading and Writing III
Class Date: January 15, 2013
Due Date: January 17, 2013
Purchase the required textbook "Q Skills for Success" (Nazareth Bookstore) and novel, "The Namesake" (Barnes & Noble - Pittsford) for the class. If you are not able to get to Barnes & Noble Pittsford, the book should be in the Nazareth bookstore by Monday.
Read the Handout From Today's : Multiple Intelligences
(Please bring this to Thursday's class)
Click HERE for a link to the reading.
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