March 12, 2003.


Time for Another
Bonus Point Challenge.

You have been working very hard this week, so you deserve a Bonus. Take the Challenge below and try to get some extra points.


Another Grammar Test.

Next week we will have a grammar test on Chapter 10, Gerunds and Infinitives, on Wednesday, March 19. The test will NOT include any writing definitions. We will have another test on sentence combining and punctuation on Friday, March 21.


The Name Game.

Don't forget to send me an Email with the edited draft of composition one about your name. So far, I have received Debby's, Nobuko's, and Sanya's. I want to get these posted in the Reading Room as soon as possible.


Bonus Point Challenge
Week Nine
Gerunds and Infinitives.

Email your answers to freddieb@mail.uca.edu by Friday, March 14, 2:00 p.m.

1. True False: You can use an infinitive after a preposition.

2. True False: A gerund can be used as a subject.

3. True False: Some verbs can use both the gerund and infinitive forms.

March 12, 2003

Reading Text and Class Activities Homework
Wednesday,
March 12.

Collect homework: Second revision for Composition Two.

Check grammar and sentence exercises.

Thursday,
March 13.

Grammar: Read pages 296-301, Exs. 20, 23, 25,26.

Graded homework: Sentence combining in paragraph form.

Kaleidoscope: Read pages 67-69, Exs. 2-3 and pages 80-82,
Ex. 2.

Thursday,
March 13.

Collect homework: Sentence combining.

Check grammar exercises.

Punctuation: Review colons and semi-colons; discuss comma rules.

Quickwriting: Timeline, page 93 in Kaleidoscope.

Friday,
March 14.

Grammar: Read pages 302-305, Exs. 27-32.

Kaleidoscope: Read pages 100-103, Exs. 1-2 pages 100-102 and Ex. 2, pages 102-103.

Target Vocabulary
For Level Two Academic Writing and Grammar

Business communication:
heading
date
inside address
salutation
body
closing statement
closing phrase
signature
printed name

Sentence:
independent
simple
clause
dependent
statement
question
command
exclamation
connecting words (coordinating and subordinating conjunctions)
compound
complex

Paragraph:
heading
title
margin
indent
topic
topic sentence
controlling idea
supporting sentence
concluding sentence
unity
coherence
transitions

Essay:
introduction
hook
thesis statement
topic
controlling idea
body
conclusion
unity
coherence
transitions


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