Last day of Semester 1 AGE OF MIRACLES

AGENDA:

Discuss midterm and continuation of grammar work--sentence composing

All Sokol and Gannon entries due!  Sign sheet for credit if you have submitted Sokol and Gannon entries

WRITING:  Continue working on Qualities vignettes for publication
.  Each student will submit 2 pages with a design.

READING: AGE OF MIRACLES.  Read  to pg. for Monday discussion.  Yes, you have me for a new class on Monday---Writing for Self-Discovery

FINAL EXAM--GRAMMAR AND STYLE

Agenda:

Final exam today.

SOKOL/GANNON entries and late work due.

MIDTERM REVIEW/BOOK OF QUALITIES

AGENDA:

Period 3:
Review for Midterm in Grammar on Thursday

http://www.grammar-monster.com/

Parts of speech--nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, adjectives, conjunctions, interjections
Sentence Structure--Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
Prepositional Phrases
Types of phrases--participial, gerund, inifinitive, appositive
Independent (Sentence) and Dependent Clauses (Fragment)
Types of Clauses--noun clause, adjective clause, adverb clause
Subject-Verb and Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Correct Pronoun Usage
Usage--lie/lay, rise/raise, fewer/less, affect/effect, etc.
Capitalization--proper names of people, places, titles, etc.
Punctuation--apostrophes, commas, semi-colons, quotation marks, end marks, italics
Contractions
Possessives
Fragments and Run-ons

WRITING: SOKOL, GANNON Contest entries
 Continue work on Book of Qualities vignettes

Rattlebone Stories/Book of Qualities

AGENDA:

BELLWORK:  Grammar exercise

WRITING: Finish stories if you haven't completed them
Work on Book of Qualities stories

Do grammar reviews to study for:

MIDTERM:    Grammar Test Thursday 1/22

Rattlebone stories are due today/Qualities vignettes

AGENDA:

Bell Work:  Grammar paragraphs

1. Finish Rattlebone stories today!  Those of you who have finished your stories should peer workshop in Rm. 238

2. Work on "The Qualities" vignettes.  Visit Ruth Gendler's website.  Click on link on right side of blog.

CONTESTS: Sokol Gannon

http://www.gannon.edu/Academic-Offerings/Humanities-Education-and-Social-Sciences/Undergraduate/English/Poetry-Contest/

http://www3.libraryweb.org/sokolcontest.aspx

Grammar Review/Rattlebone Stories/Book of Qualities--Week 1/5-9

WELCOME BACK--Hope you had a wonderful break!

AGENDA:

1. Gramar Review: Apostrophes
 http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/
2. Work on Rattlebone Stories for completion at end of week


3. New Writing Project:

The Qualities

Create two "quality" personifications similar to the ones that Ruth Gendler has written.
Select an emotion and give it the qualities of a human being--personification!  How does this emotion act, "feel", live?  Who are friends of this emotion?  What does this emotion look like physically (if he or she were a person)?  Use vivid DESCRIPTION to PERSONIFY this emotion.

Those of you who would like to can also draw a picture of your "character" and we will try to publish a class book of "The Qualities" at the end of the marking period


4. SOKOL entries: 
Select a poem and/or short story for SOKOL.  Before you submit it, proofread and revise it!  Check with Ms. Gamzon if you have questions.