Homework

For Tuesday, March 13, 2012

1. Read “A Vote for McDonald’s” on pages 303-304.
2. Think of three possible topics for your paper.
3. Misplaced Modifiers – pages 531-534.
4. http://aliscot.com/bigdog/misplaced.htm
5. http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/langan/cws/stu_olc/graphics/langan5ecws_s/exercises/p4exh.htm
6. http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/language_grammar_practice_misplaced_modifiers.htm

Homework

For Wednesday, March 14, 2012

1. Read “Studying: Then and Now” on pages 304-305 and do exercises on pages 306-307.

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. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisemm2.htm

6. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduledangling.htm

7. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/modifiers.htm

8. http://www.methodist.edu/english/dd_mm.htm

9. Outline for Paper # 1.

10. Revision of Transitions – pages 87-90 (up to Transitional Sentences).

Homework

For Thursday, March, 15 2012

1. Introduction – ½ page long.

2. Transitional Sentences – page 91.

3. Do exercises on pages 107-108.

4. Practice Misplaced Modifiers.

Homework

For Friday, March 16, 2012

1. Quiz on Misplaced Modifiers.

Homework

For Monday, March 19, 2012

1. First Body Paragraph.

2. Other Connecting Words – pages 91-94; 106-107.

3. Dangling Modifiers – pages 535-538.

4. Revise your Introduction.

Homework

For Tuesday, March 20, 2012

1. Write the conclusion.

2. Dangling Modifiers – pages 538-539.

3. http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/grammar/quizzes/DanglingModifiers.htm

4. http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/7XgXI1H/Dangling-Modifiers

5. http://jdwritingctr.iweb.bsu.edu/workshop/Towns/Dangling.Modifiers.htm

6. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_mcwhorter_ews_1/46/11807/3022827.cw/content/index.html

7. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm2.htm

8. http://c-229.redwoods.cc.ca.us/Eureka/ASC/Handouts/Dangling%20Modifiers/Dangling%20Modifiers.pdf

Homework

For Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1. Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles – pages 94-101.

2. Practice Dangling Modifiers.

3. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_mcwhorter_ews_1/46/11807/3022827.cw/content/index.html

4. http://quizilla.teennick.com/tests/16116822/dangling-modifiers

5. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu9.htm

6. http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/pdf/dangling.pdf

7. http://www.zaner-bloser.com/media/zb/zaner-bloser/strategiesforwriters/tests/pdf/lvl_h_l38.pdf

8. http://aliscot.com/bigdog/dmmm_exercise.htm

9. http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/modifiers_misplaced_and_dangling.pdf

Homework

For Thursday, March 22, 2012

1. Rough Draft of Paper # 1 – one copy!

2. Bring all your prewriting.

Homework

For Friday, March 23, 2012

1. Use a Consistent Point of View – pages 113-116.

2. Use Specific Words – pages 116-119.

3. Revise Paper # 1 based on your classmate’s comments and suggestions.

4. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm2.htm

5. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_mcwhorter_ews_1/46/11807/3022827.cw/content/index.html

6. http://daymarenglish.wikispaces.com/file/view/Misplaced+or+Dangling+Modifiers+Test+1.pdf

Homework

For Monday, March 26, 2012

1. Quiz on Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers.

2. Revise Paper # 1.

3. Comma – pages 573-575 (the first two rules).

4. http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/moduleCOMMA.htm

5. http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/iteminaseries.htm

6. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/03/

7. http://www.tjhsst.edu/~rpgreen/grammar/intro.htm

8. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/print/3/5/53/

9. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/

10. Organization – pages 103-106.

Homework

For Tuesday, March 27, 2012

1. Comma – pages 573-575.

2. http://www.penandpage.com/EngMenu/graminter.htm

3. http://www.towson.edu/ows/modulecomma.htm

4. Use Concise Words – pages 121-123.

5. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/6/9/24/

6. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/6/9/56/

7. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova8.htm

Homework

For Wednesday, March 28, 2012

1. Coherence – pages 106-109.

2. Comma – pages 575-578.

3. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova2.htm

4. http://www.tjhsst.edu/~rpgreen/grammar/introphr.htm

5. http://www.tjhsst.edu/~rpgreen/grammar/introdep.htm

6. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommaINTERRUPT.htm

7. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma.htm

8. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma3.htm

Homework

For Thursday, March 29, 2012

1. Paper # 1 is due!

Left Side	Right Side
All prewriting	Grade Sheet
All Drafts	Final Draft
Peer review	Checklist

2. Four Bases for Revising Essays – Unity – pages 147-150.

3. Comma – pages 578-582.

4. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma4.htm

5. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommasDATESaddress.htm

6. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommasDATESaddress2.htm

7. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommasDATESaddress3.htm

8. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommaINTERRUPT2.htm

9. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommaINTERRUPT3.htm

Homework

For Friday, March 30, 2012

1. Practice the Comma.

2. Four Bases for Revising Essays – Support – pages 150-154.

Homework

For Monday, November 7, 2011

1. Read pages 325-326 and get ready to discuss “Definition of a Football Fan.”

2. Practice the Comma.

Homework

For Tuesday, November 8, 2011

1. Read and get ready to discuss “Student Zombies” – pages 326-327.

2. Bring three ideas for the Process paper.

3. Practice the Comma.

4. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommaINTERRUPT.htm

5. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommaINTERRUPT2.htm

6. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommaINTERRUPT3.htm

7. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommasDATESaddress.htm

8. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommasDATESaddress2.htm

9. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecommasDATESaddress3.htm

10. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma.htm

11. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma2.htm

12. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma3.htm

13. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma4.htm

Homework

For Wednesday, November 9, 2011

1. Prewriting for Paper # 2 (brainstorming, clustering, or freewriting).

2. If you still need an idea for your paper, see pages 339 and 342.

3. Dangling Modifiers - http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072996277/student_view0/chapter32/dangling_modifiers__practice.html#

4. http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/pdf/dangling.pdf

5. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm.htm

6. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingEx4.htm

7. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingEx5.htm

8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_fowler_lbh_10/45/11769/3012964.cw/-/3034352/index.html

9. Practice the Comma - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5

Homework

For Thursday, November 10, 2011

1. Outline for Paper # 2.

2. Read pages 258-260 (Purpose, Audience, Structure, Content, and Style).

3. Practice the Comma.

4. http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz17300413cfca8.html

5. http://online.santarosa.edu/testbank/?11398

Homework

For Friday, November 11, 2011

1. Comma quiz.

Homework

For Monday, November 14, 2011

1. Revise your Outline.

2. Introduction (at least ½ page long).

3. Apostrophe – pages 557-561.

4. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html

5. http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/punctuation/punct3d.html

6. http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/punctuation/punct3t.html

7. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_apostEX1.html

8. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_apostEX2.html

9. http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp

10. http://www.sff.net/odyssey/punctu84.html

13. http://annex.ncwc.edu/writing_lab/nc/handouts/setiv/prints/SETIV14P.html

14. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html

15. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/apostrophe/quiz601.html

16. http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CommonErrors_AposTest.html

17. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/apostrophe/quiz602.html

18. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exerciseapos.htm

19. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/apostrophes_ex3.htm

20. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/apostrophes_ex4.htm

21. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_52.htm

Homework

For Tuesday, November 15, 2011

1. First Body Paragraph.

2. Apostrophe – pages 561-563.

Homework

For Wednesday, November 16, 2011

1. Revise your Outline and Introduction.

2. Apostrophe – pages 563-564.

3. Revise Coherence – pages 154-157.

Homework

For Thursday, November 17, 2011

1. Midterm!

2. Revise your Body Paragraph.

3. Practice Apostrophe.

Homework

For Friday, November 18, 2011

1. Sentence Skills – pages 157-161.

2. Practice the Apostrophe.

3. Final chance to revise your Outline, Introduction, and Body paragraph.

Homework

For Monday, November 21, 2011

1. Revising Essays for Unity – pages 161-164.

2. Practice the Apostrophe.

3. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exerciseapos.htm

4. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/apostrophes_ex3.htm

5. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/apostrophes_ex4.htm

6. http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~padams/051files/exercises/Ex1apost.html

7. http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~padams/051files/exercises/Ex2apost.html

8. http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~padams/051files/exercises/Ex3apost.html

9. http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~padams/051files/exercises/Ex4apost.html

10. http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~padams/051files/exercises/Ex5apost.html

11. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_52.htm

12. http://www.better-english.com/grammar/aps.htm

13. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm

Homework

For Tuesday, November 22, 2011

1. Apostrophe Quiz.

Homework

For Monday, November 28, 2011

1. Revising Essays for Support – pages 165-167.

2. Work on Paper # 2.

3. Practice Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers.

4. http://uwf.edu/writelab/test/dangling_and_misplaced_modifiers_practice_test.htm

5. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingEx2.htm

6. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingEx3.htm

7. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingEx4.htm

8. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingEx5.htm

9. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDanglingPostTest.htm

10. http://www.cwu.edu/~writingcenter/quizzes/modifiersquiz.html

11. http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/exercisedmm.htm

Homework

For Tuesday, November 29, 2011

1. Rough Draft of Paper # 2 and your flash drive!

Homework

For Wednesday, November 30, 2011

1. Revise Paper # 2 based on your classmate’s comments. Save the revisions on your flash drive.

2. Revising for Coherence – pages 167-170.

3. Colon – pages 583-584.

4. http://www.essortment.com/all/grammarpunctu_rxjn.htm

5. http://www.kwiznet.com/p/takeQuiz.php?ChapterID=2300&CurriculumID=58&Num=2.10

6. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=Section-P--Colon-quiz

Homework

For Thursday, December 1, 2011

1. Revising Essays for All Four Bases: pages 171-174.

2. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_fowler_lbh_11/118/30441/7793138.cw/index.html

3. Semicolon, Dash, Parentheses, Hyphen – pages 584- 587.

4. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon

5. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/semicolons_ex1.htm

6. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5/23

7. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_44.htm

8. http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisesemicolon2.htm

9. http://tychohub.umuc.edu/EDCP103/AdditionalExercises/exercise01.htm

10. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_43.htm#colonexercises

11. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova5.htm

12. Bring your flash drive to class!

Homework

For Friday, December 2, 2011

1. Practice Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.

2. http://www.basiccomposition.com/resources/TUBE/DANGLINGMODIFIERSWORKSHEET1.pdf

3. http://www.unh.edu/writing/cwc/handouts/grammar/grammar-danglingmodifiers.pdf

4. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/modifier_quiz.htm

5. http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/grammar/quizzes/DanglingModifiers.htm

6. http://jdwritingctr.iweb.bsu.edu/workshop/Towns/Dangling.Modifiers.htm

7. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=dangling-modifiers&quesnum=1

8. Work on Paper # 2.

9. Bring a dish to share!

Homework

For Monday, December 5, 2011

1. Revise Paper # 2 and highlight the changes.

2. Quiz on Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.

Homework

For Tuesday, December 6, 2011

1. Quiz on Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers (continued).

2. Practice Punctuation.

3. http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/ex3bcom.shtml

4. http://www.clccharter.org/donna/writersworkshop/punctuation/semicolon.htm

5. http://www.education.com/reference/article/internal-punctuation-i_answer/

6. http://www.basiccomposition.com/resources/USP/COMMASEMICOLONEXERCISE.pdf

7. Revise Chapter 3 – pages 50-82.

Homework

For Wednesday, December 7, 2011

1. Paper # 2 is due!

Left Side	Right Side
All Prewriting	Grade Sheet
All Drafts	Final Draft
Peer Review	Checklist

2. Practice punctuation.

3. Revise Chapter 4 – pages 83-109.

4. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/organization.htm

5. http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/organization/patterns.html

Homework

For Thursday, December 8, 2011

1. Quiz on Colon, Semicolon, and Comma.

2. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_44.htm#semicex

3. http://www.education.com/reference/article/internal-punctuation-i_answer/

4. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=Section-Q--Semicolon-practice

Homework

For Friday, December 9, 2011

1. Revise Subject-Verb Agreement, Irregular Verbs, Pronouns, and Misplaced Modifiers for the Final.

Final: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

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