Comma Main Points (students should have notes for the following topics):
1. commas in a series
2. commas with introductory elements
3. commas with interrupters (key word phrases)
4. commas with quotations
5. commas in compound sentences
6. commas with non essential clauses
7. commas with dates, place names, and letters
8. commas to avoid confusion
Comma Assignments are as follows:
1. p. 171, 172 (monday, 11.2)
2. p. 173, 174 (homework for 11.2)
3. p. 175, 176 (tuesday 11.3)
4. p. 177, 178 (homework for 11.3)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Applied Grammar: the Grammarfest Begins
The following is a list of topics that will be covered the next 6 weeks. Students should take notes on ALL of the following topics for their folder/notebook/portfolio:
group 1: commas, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, dashes, end punctuation.
group 2: sub/verb agreement, pronoun/antecedent, adjectives, adverbs, what they modify, verb forms, pronoun forms and cases, comparative & superlative modifiers, idioms.
group 3: subordinate, dependant clauses, run-on, fused sentences, comma splices, sentence fragments, misplaced modifiers, verb tense shifts or voice shifts, shifts in pronoun person or number.
sentences will be assigned for each topic, collected, and passed back.
Please store all notes and worksheets IN the folder/notebook/portfolio.
group 1: commas, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, dashes, end punctuation.
group 2: sub/verb agreement, pronoun/antecedent, adjectives, adverbs, what they modify, verb forms, pronoun forms and cases, comparative & superlative modifiers, idioms.
group 3: subordinate, dependant clauses, run-on, fused sentences, comma splices, sentence fragments, misplaced modifiers, verb tense shifts or voice shifts, shifts in pronoun person or number.
sentences will be assigned for each topic, collected, and passed back.
Please store all notes and worksheets IN the folder/notebook/portfolio.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A.C.T.-like writing for October 29, 2009
Mr. Roark
Applied Grammar
Writing Sample: 5-point essay
30 minutes
In some high schools, teachers and parents have become concerned with disciplinary actions as they relate to athletes, as opposed to the students who are not part of the athletic programs. Some parents and teachers think all students should be subject to rules of the athletic handbook and experience consequences based on that language. Others feel sports are a privilege and not a right. Still others would like for the athletes to only be subjected to the overall rules of the school and not the athletic handbook. Despite the stricter athletic handbook in most high schools, there have been cases recently where high school athletes were allowed to participate in sporting events, despite misdemeanor or felony charges, and even convictions, perhaps because administrators feared legal action by lawyers of parents and students. In your opinion, should high school administrators hold athletes to a higher standard than typical students who do not participate in an athletic program?
In your essay, take a position on this question. You may write about any of the points of view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
Applied Grammar
Writing Sample: 5-point essay
30 minutes
In some high schools, teachers and parents have become concerned with disciplinary actions as they relate to athletes, as opposed to the students who are not part of the athletic programs. Some parents and teachers think all students should be subject to rules of the athletic handbook and experience consequences based on that language. Others feel sports are a privilege and not a right. Still others would like for the athletes to only be subjected to the overall rules of the school and not the athletic handbook. Despite the stricter athletic handbook in most high schools, there have been cases recently where high school athletes were allowed to participate in sporting events, despite misdemeanor or felony charges, and even convictions, perhaps because administrators feared legal action by lawyers of parents and students. In your opinion, should high school administrators hold athletes to a higher standard than typical students who do not participate in an athletic program?
In your essay, take a position on this question. You may write about any of the points of view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Welcome Back
schedule:
1. wed. - final six weeks exam over 8 parts of speech
2. last wed. - 5-paragraph essay was due
3. today and beyond - all "returnees" MUST submit their 5-paragraph essays asap (as many days as they missed, they get to turn it in).
Students should complete the handout given by Mr. Fix. This is a pre-test that will serve as a review for the actual Six Weeks Exam. Please complete it as a quiz (quietly at your seat), omitting exercises 2 and 6. You may not ask questions of your classmates.
Use your handouts, notes, cheatsheets on all parts of speech!
Tomorrow we will play a REVIEW GAME and correct answers will be provided. Bring all your questions.
1. wed. - final six weeks exam over 8 parts of speech
2. last wed. - 5-paragraph essay was due
3. today and beyond - all "returnees" MUST submit their 5-paragraph essays asap (as many days as they missed, they get to turn it in).
Students should complete the handout given by Mr. Fix. This is a pre-test that will serve as a review for the actual Six Weeks Exam. Please complete it as a quiz (quietly at your seat), omitting exercises 2 and 6. You may not ask questions of your classmates.
Use your handouts, notes, cheatsheets on all parts of speech!
Tomorrow we will play a REVIEW GAME and correct answers will be provided. Bring all your questions.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Schedule for the week of 10.19.09
This week's submission dates:
1. Tuesday - all of your prepositions, conjunctions, interjections worksheets (see previous post for details).
2. Wednesday - five paragraph essay with thesis, concluding statement, and 3 topic sentences representative of 3 main points ALL underlined.
3. Friday - 8 basic parts of speech final exam.
1. Tuesday - all of your prepositions, conjunctions, interjections worksheets (see previous post for details).
2. Wednesday - five paragraph essay with thesis, concluding statement, and 3 topic sentences representative of 3 main points ALL underlined.
3. Friday - 8 basic parts of speech final exam.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
First Six Weeks Exam is Friday, October 23rd
The 8 Parts of Speech is the focus for the first six weeks exam. Please utilize all the notes and PoS packets handed out in order to prepare for the exam.
Review points to consider:
1. definitions of each part of speech
2. examples of each part of speech
3. metaphors for each part of speech
4. identifying parts of speech in sentences
5. utilizing parts of speech correctly in generated sentences
Review points to consider:
1. definitions of each part of speech
2. examples of each part of speech
3. metaphors for each part of speech
4. identifying parts of speech in sentences
5. utilizing parts of speech correctly in generated sentences
5-Paragraph Essay Due on Wednesday, October 21
On Wednesday, October 21, students must have the following submitted to Mr. Roark:
1. a final copy of their 5-paragraph essay
2. 2.2 - 2.4 attached to the back of the essay in chronological order
Please be sure to follow MLA format.
Underline your thesis, concluding statement, and topic sentence for the middle 3 paragraphs.
1. a final copy of their 5-paragraph essay
2. 2.2 - 2.4 attached to the back of the essay in chronological order
Please be sure to follow MLA format.
Underline your thesis, concluding statement, and topic sentence for the middle 3 paragraphs.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Draft Begins in Earnest
On Tuesday, October 13, students started their draft for the 5- paragraph essay. Here is the assignment (some of this has already been assigned and addressed with an earlier post):
Pop Quiz
Mr. Roark
Applied Grammar
Prepositions
Finish the preposition assignments. Check assignments 65, 66, and 69 vs. your key when finished. Write down your score out of 25 and submit it to Mr. Roark when you are completely finished with the next part…..
Conjunctions
Start Conjunctions and work through Conjunctions: exercises 71, 72, 73, 74
When you are done, take out your writing packet and finish your outline/skeleton from yesterday or write it for the first time. Then, write your introductory paragraph for your 5 paragraph essay.
Example:
1. Thesis – “Music appreciation class should be a requirement at Sparta High School.”
2. Conclusion- “A class such as music appreciation has a lasting effect on a student, one that will yield complex and multidimensional results.”
3. 3 points:
a. MA can serve as a uniting force for ALL students.
b. MA is transferable to any vocation.
c. MA creates aficionados and connoisseurs, instead of consumers.
Sample paragraph:
Music appreciation class is a class that is not currently offered at Sparta High School. The administrators see fit to offer yearbook, lifelong sports, journalism, even tech. explorations, but there is no music appreciation. Music is the tie the binds men’s souls. It is one thing that seems to be ever-present. Music is in the personal ipod. Music is in the mall. Music is in movies. Music is everywhere. But is it understood or appreciated? A fun, but educational, class could be a uniting force for all Sparta students (point 1). The lessons learned could be transferable to any vocation (point 2) and the class could create aficionados and connoisseurs, instead of consumers (point 3). Music appreciation class should be a requirement at Sparta High School (Thesis).
Pop Quiz
Mr. Roark
Applied Grammar
Prepositions
Finish the preposition assignments. Check assignments 65, 66, and 69 vs. your key when finished. Write down your score out of 25 and submit it to Mr. Roark when you are completely finished with the next part…..
Conjunctions
Start Conjunctions and work through Conjunctions: exercises 71, 72, 73, 74
When you are done, take out your writing packet and finish your outline/skeleton from yesterday or write it for the first time. Then, write your introductory paragraph for your 5 paragraph essay.
Example:
1. Thesis – “Music appreciation class should be a requirement at Sparta High School.”
2. Conclusion- “A class such as music appreciation has a lasting effect on a student, one that will yield complex and multidimensional results.”
3. 3 points:
a. MA can serve as a uniting force for ALL students.
b. MA is transferable to any vocation.
c. MA creates aficionados and connoisseurs, instead of consumers.
Sample paragraph:
Music appreciation class is a class that is not currently offered at Sparta High School. The administrators see fit to offer yearbook, lifelong sports, journalism, even tech. explorations, but there is no music appreciation. Music is the tie the binds men’s souls. It is one thing that seems to be ever-present. Music is in the personal ipod. Music is in the mall. Music is in movies. Music is everywhere. But is it understood or appreciated? A fun, but educational, class could be a uniting force for all Sparta students (point 1). The lessons learned could be transferable to any vocation (point 2) and the class could create aficionados and connoisseurs, instead of consumers (point 3). Music appreciation class should be a requirement at Sparta High School (Thesis).
Monday, October 12, 2009
Writing Progression Continues
After our in class, group Writing Process Assignment on Friday, students should have 2.2-2.6 completed in their writing packets.
We are building to the 5-paragraph essay. Please tie up loose ends.
We are building to the 5-paragraph essay. Please tie up loose ends.
8 Parts of Speech Completed This Week
Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections work:
1. Prepositions: exercises 64, 65, 66, 68, 69 1-5 only)
2. Conjunctions: exercises 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 (1-5 only), 76, 77 (1-5), 78, 79, 82 1-10 only
3. Interjections: exercise 83, 84
This work packet is due Tuesday, October 20th, 2009.
Contact Mr. Roark if you have questions.
1. Prepositions: exercises 64, 65, 66, 68, 69 1-5 only)
2. Conjunctions: exercises 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 (1-5 only), 76, 77 (1-5), 78, 79, 82 1-10 only
3. Interjections: exercise 83, 84
This work packet is due Tuesday, October 20th, 2009.
Contact Mr. Roark if you have questions.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Writing Update
Use 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 to get you started. Follow each page's instructions. Update your personal folder/portfolio.
I will grade your college application essays and return them this week.
The focus will now be working through the writing process.
I will grade your college application essays and return them this week.
The focus will now be working through the writing process.
Grammar Update: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
Use the packet for prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections for this week's assignments:
1. TBA
1. TBA
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