Homework for Wednesday

Correct any errors in your Compare and Contrast Essay (Seattle and my Hometown)

Look at Process Essays pages 116-117.

Write five sentences with noun clauses: (3 with that, and 2 with question words) for example: I believe that / I know that / The article explains that I know where / why/ who

Week 9 Lab Activities

1. Read three other blogs (the comment posting isn't working).




2. Skills Bank Writing: Language Use: 9, 10, 11, 12 Quiz on 7-12




3. New blog: Summarize the plot of a movie you have seen recently.




4. UUEG Noun clauses Chapter: 12 , try some exercises and then take the test 1-20.

Homework for Thursday May 26 to Tuesday May 31

Work on your essays and review adjective clauses:

• Review your sentence errors, try to find the mistakes and correct them


• Write three sentences with reduced adjective clauses on paper for me to correct.


• Study for Grammar Quiz on Adjective Clauses Tuesday May 31st Study the photocopy and try the online exercises which are on the "Week 8 Lab Exercises" post below.


• Compare and Contrast Essay 1st draft due Wednesday June 1

Homework

1. 10 perfect (no mistakes) sentences using adjective clauses (who,whose,whom, which that, when, where, O, reason + why, in/to/on which) The topic is housing: your host family, shared house, or apartment.



2. Blog topic: your choice from the photocopy (Due by Sunday)



3. Rewrite of How I Deal with Stress essay. Due Friday. Everyone must rewrite for a final grade.

Homework for Monday

Write an introduction for the compare and contrast essay about Seattle and your hometown.

Lab Exercises for week 8

1. Check your Hometown blog (from last week) for grammar errors!!! I found a lot of mistakes with who, which, where when.




2. Read two other people's blogs and write a comment.




3. SkillsBank Writing: Language Mechanics 8, 9, 10 if you haven't already done them. then try Quiz 2 5-10.




4. Do the online exercises: Relative pronouns, more practice, this one is harder even more ,try reduced adjectives clauses (Thursday's Lesson) OR try any of these exercises Scroll down to the Adjective and adverb clause section.




5. You can also do some more UUEG Chapter 13 exercises. Exercises 13 15, 17 and 27 are good review practice for WHOSE, WHERE and WHEN




6. New Blog for this week: Describe a favorite toy, childhood memory, or find and interesting picture from the internet to describe using who, which, that, whose, where. try reducing some of the adjective clauses. (Please post by Sunday)




7. Start typing your compare and contrast essay. (Due Wednesday )

Work for Friday - Sunday

1. Begin research for your compare and contrast essay.


2. Read pages 158-164 to help you choose your essay's organization.


3. Fill out the Compare and Contrast Worksheet (photocopy) and write a brief outline on the back.

homework

Write a first/next draft of "How to Deal with Stress" Essay. Due Thursday!!!

No Specific Homework

Work on you blog if you want.
Try some more adjective clause practice , take this quiz, or try writing some sentences .
These ones are harder with the relative pronoun as the object.

Lab Activities For Week 7

1. UUEG Chapter 13 Try a few exercises and then the chapter test.




2. Skills Bank: Writing, Language Mechanics: 8 , (commas) 9, 10.




3. Blog: Write about your hometown. Tell about the people, places, things using: who, which, that, where, when in adjective clauses.




4. Skills Bank: Writing, Language Use: 9 Adjectives/Adverbs , 10 Identifying Errors

Homework

Please read the model paragraphs for conclusions pages 88-90.

Homework & Grammar Test on Monday

1. Study for your Grammar Test on Monday. It will cover: adverb clauses p.41 (because, if, when, although etc, transition words p.58 (Therefore, however, In addition etc) & Fragments p. 82-82, Run ons p.92-93, and Comma Splice errors p. 104-105.
   


2. Complete your outline for your "How to Deal with Stress" essay. You should have topic sentences for each body paragraph and notes about details and examples. If you can not think of details, try to make your paragraphs a bit broader. Instead of "Talking to friends" say "Talking to People" and write about friends and parents.

Homework

Sorry the Blogger website was down, so I wasn't able to post. Your homework was to write the introduction to your "How to Deal with Stress" essay. We will make outlines in class.

Homework for Wednesday

Re-write your introduction to yourmid-term essay using a different technique. See page 78-80 for examples.

Homework

Finish your "My Favorite Place in Seattle" blog. It should be 10 sentences and use the transition words on page 58.

Do Practice 4 Identifying Fragments on page 83 if you didn't do it yesterday.

Lab Activities for Week 6

In the lab:

1. Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IPSpring2011

2. Work on blogs from last week (5 if/unless sentences)

3. Start their blog for this week. Topic: What is your favorite place in Seattle? (Use the transition words on page 58) Try to write at a longer paragraph (about 10 sentences). Please check your grammar and spelling ! You can add a link to a Google Map or a picture if you want.

4. Skills Bank Writing: Sentence Structure: Test 1 and 2 (T1, T2)

5. Skills Bank Writing: Clear Writing and paragraphs: S1 Thinking Skills: Introduction and 4 Non Parallel grammatical forms.

6. Townsend Press Grammar Essentials Chapters 5, 6, 16. Some students have done these already. If you just did one exercise, please try another.

7. Read another two other classmates' blogs about their favorite place in Seattle and make a comment.

Weekend Homework

Third and final draft of essay due! No late papers accepted!!! Please include previous drafts.
Pages 80-81 in your writing book, Practice 2: Evaluating Introductory Paragraphs

Review for Writing Test

Review the following:
model essays on pages 50-53, 55-56
outlines on pages 54 and 56-57.
thesis statements and introductions on pages 67-68 and 78-80.

This is an in class essay. You must have:

• an introduction with a clear thesis statement


• separate body paragraphs with transitions, topic sentences, supporting sentences with examples and/or details


• a short conclusion that restates the main idea.

Tuesday Night Homework

1. Work on 6 topic sentences. Use the photocopy to prepare for your in class writing test. I will not collect or correct this, but you can ask me questions during lab time tomorrow.


2. Read about introductions pages 78.

Homework

NOTE: Writing Midterm has been changed to Thursday May 5th and will take the entire class session.

1. Review Thesis statements pages 69-70


2. Page 70 Practice Exercise 4


3. Page 71 Practice Exercise 5 Choose three (instead of five topics)


4. Rewrite your thesis statemment in two different ways

Lab exercises for Week 5

Lab exercises for Week 5
UUEG Chapters 9, 10, 17 and 20 Modals and IF clauses.
Review the photocopies on modals and do the following exercises in UUEG:

Chapter 9 Test 1-20 (if you have trouble with this try some more exercises)
Chapter 10 Test 1-20
Chapter 17 Test 1-20
Chapter 20 Read the introduction/ look at the charts
Test 1-20
If this is difficult for you and you receive less than 75%, please try more exercises.

On your blog write 5 if clauses, use present true, present untrue, past untrue and unless.

IF you still don't understand introductions, try to write another introduction and have me check it.