Homework
For Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Homework
For Wednesday, October 21,
2009
1.
Read “How to Complain” and do exercises
on pages 228-231.
2.
Practice Misplaced Modifiers.
3.
http://www.infoplease.com/cig/grammar-style/misplaced-modifiers-lost-found.html
4.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisemm2.htm
5.
Outline for Paper # 1.
6.
Revision of Transitions – pages 80-86
(up to Transitional Sentences).
Homework
For Thursday, October 22, 2009
1.
Introduction – at least ½ page.
2.
Transitional Sentences – pages 86-87.
3.
Do exercises on pages 102-103.
4.
Practice Misplaced Modifiers.
Homework
For Friday, October 23, 2009
1.
Quiz on Misplaced Modifiers.
2.
Revise your Outline.
3.
First Body Paragraph (3/4 page long) –
for Monday.
Homework
For Monday, October 26, 2009
1.
First Body Paragraph (at least ¾ page
long).
2.
Revise your Introduction (if necessary).
3.
Dangling Modifiers – pages 526-529.
Homework
For Tuesday, October 27, 2009
1.
Read and get ready to discuss pages
428-431.
2.
Dangling Modifiers – pages 529-531.
1.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_dangmod.html
2.
http://aliscot.com/bigdog/dangling.htm
3.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/modifier_quiz.htm
3.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu9.htm
4.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm.htm
5.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm2.htm
6.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/modifier_quiz.htm
7.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu9.htm
Homework
For Wednesday, October 28,
2009
1.
Revise First Body Paragraph.
2.
Check out the book(s).
3.
Read pages 431-433 (Step 6).
4.
Practice Dangling Modifiers.
Homework
For Thursday, October 29, 2009
1.
Final chance to revise your Outline,
Introduction, and First Body Paragraph.
2.
Works Cited.
3.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
4.
http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutorials/mla_citation/
5.
http://www.kyvl.org/html/tutorial/research/citeweb.shtml
6.
http://panther.indstate.edu/tutorials/mla/forms1.html
7.
http://depts.washington.edu/etriouw/mla1.htm
8.
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/co300man/pop13g.cfm
10. http://collegewriting.us/FrontPageDocuments/MLAQuiz.htm
11. http://www.minneapolis.edu/Library/tutorials/infolit/tablesversion/quizzes/quiz6.htm
12. Practice
Dangling Modifiers.
Homework
For Friday, October 30, 2009
1.
Include in-text citations into Body Paragraph
1.
2.
Revise Works Cited.
3.
Practice MLA.
4.
Practice Dangling Modifiers.
http://writingcenter.cnu.edu/handouts.htm#Dangling%20Modifiers
Homework
For Monday, November 2, 2009
1.
Practice Dangling Modifiers.
2.
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/tela/WorkSheet1
3.
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/tela/DanglingModifiersWorkSheet
Homework
For Tuesday, November 3, 2009
1.
Quiz on Dangling Modifiers.
2.
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/rvmismod.html
3.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/quizzes/niu/niu9.htm
4.
http://writingtutorial.niu.edu/writingtutorial/grammar/quizzes/DanglingModifiers.htm
5.
http://www.cwu.edu/~writingcenter/quizzes/modifiersquiz.html
6.
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm.htm
Homework
For Wednesday, November 4,
2009
1.
Rough Draft of Paper # 1 – Two
copies!
Homework
For Thursday, November 5, 2009
1.
Four Bases for Revising Essays – Unity
– pages 140-143; 154-157.
2.
The Comma – pages 565-567 (the first
two rules).
3.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/commas.html
4.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html
5.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
6.
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/commas.asp
7.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm
8.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas02.htm
9.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas03a.htm
10. http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas04a.htm
11. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/lists1.htm
12. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX1.html
13. http://www.quia.com/quiz/300692.html?AP_rand=210120703
Homework
For Friday, November 6, 2009
1.
The Comma – pages 568-569 (Rule 3).
2.
Support – Read pages 144-147.
3.
Do exercises on pages 158-160.
Homework
For Monday, November 9, 2009
1.
Coherence – pages 147-150; 160-163.
2.
The Comma – pages 569-571 (Rules 4
& 5).
3.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMAex1.htm
4.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMAex3.htm
5.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMAex4.htm
6.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMAex5.htm
7.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMAposttest.htm
11. http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/practice_comma_quiz.htm
12. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5commas
13. http://www.cfcc.edu/faculty/rhardin/quiz8.html
14. http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/maguirem/quiz.html.htm
15. http://www.geocities.com/grammardoc5/commaquiz.html
16. http://west.ilrn.com/ilrn/quiz-public?name=/heinle/sund10
Homework
For Tuesday, November 10, 2009
1.
Polished Draft of Paper # 1 (one copy
for the Peer Review).
2.
Revised Paper # 1 with the changes highlighted.
3.
The Comma – pages 571-573.
4.
Paper # 1 is due November 12, 2009.
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Homework
For Wednesday, November 11,
2009
1.
The Comma – pages 573-574.
2.
Sentence Skills – pages 150-152.
Homework
For Thursday, November 12,
2009
1.
Midterm!
Homework
For Friday, November 13, 2009
1.
Paper # 1 is due.
2.
Revising for Sentence Skills – pages
152-154.
3.
Practice the Comma.
Homework
For Monday, November 16, 2009
1.
Read “A Vote for McDonald’s” on pages
290-291 and get ready to discuss it.
2.
The Comma – practice for the quiz.
3.
http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/practice_comma_quiz.htm
4.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm
5.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas02.htm
6.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas03a.htm
7.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas04a.htm
8.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas05a.htm
9.
http://www.chompchomp.com/csfs01/csfs01.htm
10. http://www.chompchomp.com/csfs02/csfs02.htm
11. http://www.chompchomp.com/csfs03/csfs03.htm
12. http://www.chompchomp.com/csfs04/csfs04.htm
13. http://www.chompchomp.com/csfs05/csfs05.htm
Homework
For Tuesday, November 17, 2009
1.
Two good ideas for Paper # 2 (with
prewriting).
2.
Read and get ready to discuss pages
290-294.
3.
Revising Essays for All Four Bases –
pages 163-165.
4.
Practice the Comma.
Homework
For Wednesday, November 18,
2009
1.
Outline for Paper # 2.
2.
Practice the Comma.
3.
Dangling Modifiers.
4.
http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/mismod-a.html
5.
http://jdwritingctr.iweb.bsu.edu/workshop/Towns/Dangling.Modifiers.htm
6.
http://www.uvu.edu/owl/infor/test_n_games/practice_tests/modifiers.htm
7.
http://writingtutorial.niu.edu/writingtutorial/grammar/quizzes/DanglingModifiers.htm
8.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/modifiers.htm
9.
http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/7XgXI1H/Dangling-Modifiers
Homework
For Thursday, November 19,
2009
1.
Introduction to Paper # 2.
2.
Quiz on Dangling Modifiers – again!
Homework
For Friday, November 20, 2009
1.
Revise your Outline.
2.
Practice the Comma.
3.
Get ready to discuss “Studying: Then and
Now” – pages 291-294.
Homework
For Monday, November 23, 2009
1.
Revise your Introduction.
2.
First Body Paragraph – at least ¾ page
long.
3.
Practice the Comma.
Homework
For Tuesday, November 24, 2009
1.
Revise your Introduction.
2.
Final chance to revise your Outline.
3.
Read and get ready to analyze pages
165-166.
4.
Practice the Comma – Review Tests on
pages 573-574.
Homework
For Monday, November 30, 2009
1.
Works Cited.
2.
Revise your Introduction and First Body
Paragraph.
3.
Comma Quiz!
Homework
For Tuesday, December 1, 2009
1. Rough Draft of Paper # 2 – Two copies!
Homework
For Wednesday, December 2,
2009
1.
Revise Paper # 2 based on your classmate’s
comments.
2.
Pronouns – pages 503-506.
Homework
For Thursday, December 3, 2009
1.
Work on Paper # 2.
2.
Pronouns – pages 506-508.
Homework
For Friday, December 4, 2009
1.
Pronoun Types – pages 509-515.
1. 8. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cases_quiz1.htm
9. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/pronouns_add1.htm
1. 10. http://aliscot.com/bigdog/pron_exercise.htm
2. 11.http://mset.rst2.edu/portfolios/h/herring_g/toolsvis/webproject/PronounTest.htm
3. 12. http://aliscot.com/bigdog/agrpa_exercise.htm
13. http://www.towson.edu/ows/modulePAA.htm
Homework
For Monday, December 7, 2009
1. Polished Draft of Paper # 2 (Two copies)!
2. Practice Pronouns:
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/67.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes7/nikieg/IndefinitePronouns.html
http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/indefpronoun.php
http://wpscms.pearsoncmg.com/hss_esl_exercises_1/0,10636,2174188-content,00.utf8.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/237.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/73.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/73.html
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/pronouns_1.asp
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=subject-object-possessive-pronouns&quesnum=1
Homework
For Tuesday, December 8, 2009
1. Quiz # 4 – Pronouns.
Homework
For Wednesday, December 9,
2009
1. Revising Essays for All Four Bases – pages 165-166.
2. Editing – pages 605-608.
3. Paper # 2 is due either today or Thursday, December 10, 2009.
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4. Final exam – 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in Neff B 27.
Homework
For Thursday, December 10,
2009
1. 2. Paper # 2 is due!
Homework
For Friday, December 11, 2009
1. Quiz # 5: Misplaced and Dangling
Modifiers, the Comma, and Pronouns.
Homework
For Tuesday, December 15, 2009
1.
Revise the following material for your Final:
a)
Parallelism – pages 106-107.
b)
The Writing Process (Chapters 2, 3, and
4) – pages 24-104.
1.
Apostrophe – pages 501-504.
2.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
3.
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/apostrophe.html
4.
http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/punctuation/punct3d.html
5.
http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/punctuation/punct3t.html
6.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_apostEX1.html
7.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_apostEX2.html
8.
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp
9.
http://www.ncistudent.net/StudySkills/WritingSkills/Punctuation3.htm
10. http://www.sff.net/odyssey/punctu84.html
http://annex.ncwc.edu/writing_lab/nc/handouts/setiv/prints/SETIV14P.html
1.
Semicolon – pages 526; 436-439.
2.
http://www.clccharter.org/~donna/writersworkshop/punctuation/semicolon.htm
3.
http://www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/mnielsen/interactive_semicolon_1_practice.htm
4.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commacompEX1.html
5.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commacompEX2.html
6.
http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/practice_semicolon_quiz.htm
7.
http://universitywriting.shu.ac.uk/punct/practice/d_semi.htm
1.
Rough Draft of Paper # 2 (Two copies)!
2.
Practice MLA: :
http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutorials/mla_citation/M1_pretest.html
3.
http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutorials/mla_citation/M2_exercises2.html
4.
http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutorials/mla_citation/M3_exercises.html
6.
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/co300man/pop13g.cfm
7.
http://www.minneapolis.edu/Library/tutorials/infolit/tablesversion/quizzes/quiz6.htm
8.
http://collegewriting.us/FrontPageDocuments/MLAQuizSp07.aspx
9.
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/manual/quizzes/MLAQuiz.htm
10. http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/ex13a.shtml
11. http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/ex13b.shtml
12. http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/ex13c.shtml
13. http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/ex13d.shtml
14. http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/ex13e.shtml
15. MLA Sample.htm
1.
Polished Draft of Paper # 2.
2.
Last chance to submit your revisions.
3.
Practice MLA:
4. http://anywhere.tennessee.edu/iei/laap/eng1010/mla/practice.htm
5. http://depts.washington.edu/etriouw/mla1.htm
6. MLA Exercise.
1.
Bring a wonderful dish from your
country!




Homework
For Tuesday, December 16, 2008
1.
Revise the following material for your Final:
a)
Parallelism – pages 106-107.
b)
The Writing Process (Chapters 2, 3, and 4)
– pages 24-104.

Homework
For Monday, October 27, 2008
1.
First Body paragraph – at least ¾ page.
2.
Dangling Modifiers – pages 483-485.
3.
Revise your Outline and Introduction.
Homework
For Tuesday, October 23, 2007
1.
Exercise on page 397 (word-processed).
2.
Dangling Modifiers – pages 486-487.
3.
Use Consistent Point of View – pages
103-106.
Homework
For Wednesday, October 24,
2007
1.
Revised First Body paragraph with
in-text citations.
2.
Works Cited.
3.
Consistent Point of View – pages
125-126.
Homework
For Thursday, October 25, 2007
1.
Two (2) copies of the rough draft
printed and stapled!
Homework
For Friday, October 26, 2007
1.
Revise your Paper based on your
classmate’s comments.
2.
Practice Dangling Modifiers.
3.
Practice MLA.
4.
Use Specific Words – pages 106-109.
Homework
For Monday, October 29, 2007
1.
Revise Paper # 1 and highlight the changes.
2.
Practice Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers.
Homework
For Tuesday, October 30, 2007
1.
Quiz on Dangling Modifiers!
Homework
For Wednesday, October 31,
2007
1.
Comma – pages 515-517 (Rules 1 & 2).
2.
Specific Words – pages 106-109.
3.
Bring the paper to class for polishing
and formatting.
Homework
For Thursday, November 1, 2007
1.
Two copies
of the Polished Draft are due!
Homework
For Friday, November 2, 2007
1.
Revise your paper based on the
classmates’ comments.
2.
Fill out the Revision Sheet.
3.
Comma – pages 517-520 (Rules 3 & 4).
Homework
For Monday, November 5, 2007
1.
Comma – pages 520-521 (Rules 5 & 6).
2.
Specific Words – pages 127-128.
3.
Paper # 1 is due either Monday or Tuesday.
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Homework
For Tuesday, November 6, 2007
1.
Paper # 1 is due!
2.
Comma – pages 522-524.
3.
Read and get ready to discuss pages
264-267 (“A Vote for McDonald’s”).
Homework
For Wednesday, November 7,
2007
1.
Three great ideas for Paper # 2.
2.
Read and get ready to discuss pages
267-268 (“Studying: Then and Now”).
3.
Practice the Comma.
4.
http://bluffton.edu/courses/tlc/bandishc/WWW/cq1.htm
5.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm
6.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMAex1.htm
7.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm
8.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas02.htm
9.
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas03a.htm
10. http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas04a.htm
11. http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas05a.htm
12. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaEX1.html
13. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma2.htm
14. http://cms.cerritos.edu/browse/browse.asp?WID=20040008&DID=20050985
15. http://www.testprepreview.com/modules/commas.htm
16. http://www.lrc.centennialcollege.ca/tutorserv/CommaExercises.htm
17. http://www.lrc.centennialcollege.ca/tutorserv/English/Worksheets/Commas%20Exercise.htm
18. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/comma/exercises
19. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex2.htm
Homework
For Thursday, November 8, 2007
1.
Criteria and Comparison Tables for two
(2) ideas.
2.
Practice Dangling Modifiers.
3.
http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/dangling1.asp
4.
http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/dangling2.asp
5.
http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/dangling3.asp
6.
http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/dangling4.asp
7.
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/tela/WorkSheet1
8.
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/tela/DanglingModifiersWorkSheet
9.
http://writingcenter.cnu.edu/handouts.htm#Dangling%20Modifiers
Homework
For Friday, November 9, 2007
1.
Comma Quiz!
2.
Outline for Paper # 2.
Homework
For Monday, November 12, 2007
1.
Introduction – at least ½ page.
2.
Active Verbs – pages 109-110.
Homework
For Tuesday, November 13, 2007
1.
First Body Paragraph – at least ¾ page.
2.
Apostrophe – pages 504-507.
3.
4.
Bring your article to class.
Homework
For Wednesday, November 14,
2007
1.
Revise your Outline and Introduction.
2.
Bring both sources (book and
periodical) to class.
3.
Quiz on Dangling Modifiers.
4.
Practice the Apostrophe.
Homework
For Thursday, November 15,
2007
1.
Revise First Body Paragraph.
2.
Midterm!
3.
Numbers and Abbreviations – pages 498-500.
4.
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/numbers.html
5.
http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/~tripp/numbers.html
6.
Works Cited.
Homework
For Friday, November 16, 2007
9.
Semicolon – pages 526; 436-439.
10. http://www.clccharter.org/~donna/writersworkshop/punctuation/semicolon.htm
11. http://www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/mnielsen/interactive_semicolon_1_practice.htm
12. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commacompEX1.html
13. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commacompEX2.html
14. http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/practice_semicolon_quiz.htm
15. http://universitywriting.shu.ac.uk/punct/practice/d_semi.htm
17. Active
Verbs – pages 109-110.
18. Works
Cited!
Homework
For Monday, November 19, 2007
1. Last chance to revise Outline, Introduction, First Body
Paragraph, and Works Cited.
2. Practice Semicolon.
3. Rough Draft of Paper # 2 is due Tuesday.
Homework
For Tuesday, November 20, 2007
1. Rough Draft of paper # 2 – Two copies!
Homework
For Monday, November 26, 2007
1.
Revise your paper based on your
classmate’s comments.
2.
Practice Semicolon, Apostrophe, and
Numbers – Quiz # 4 is Tuesday, November 27, 2007.
3.
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp
4.
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/numbers_1.asp
5.
http://www.zompist.com/scripts.html
Homework
For Tuesday, November 27, 2007
1.
Quiz on Semicolon, Apostrophe, and
Numbers.
2.
Revise your Rough Draft and highlight the changes.
Homework
For Wednesday, November 28,
2007
1.
Practice MLA
Homework
For Thursday, November 29,
2007
1.
Polished Draft of paper # 2 – Two
copies!
Homework
For Friday, November 30, 2007
1.
Works Cited (word-processed)!
2.
Start revising your paper based on your
classmates’ comments and filling out the Revision Sheet.
Homework
For Monday, December 3, 2007
Homework
For Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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Homework
For Thursday, December 6, 2007
Homework
For Friday, December 7, 2007
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