Weekly Blog due Wednesday,
Sept. 7th at 10 a.m.
Respond to 2 Peers'
Blogs by Friday, Sept. 9th at 11:59 p.m. (see instructions below).
Announcement: The English Education Information meeting is on Thursday, Sept. 8th at 3pm in the Bundy. If you want to apply to the T&L program either this semester or next, I recommend going. Also, remember to read the selected sections in Nitty-Gritty Grammar for Wednesday's class.
Announcement: The English Education Information meeting is on Thursday, Sept. 8th at 3pm in the Bundy. If you want to apply to the T&L program either this semester or next, I recommend going. Also, remember to read the selected sections in Nitty-Gritty Grammar for Wednesday's class.
Task 1: Summarize and Respond to Our Assigned Reading
Write 500-750 words in response to this question: How do Christensen (her article is on Blackboard) and Ch. 1 & 2 of Grammar Alive! challenge (or confirm) your understanding of what it means to teach grammar? Be sure to relate the two texts in some way. Please be sure to practice either MLA- or APA-style in-text citations.
Task 2: Incorporate
the Pattern(s)-of-the-Week
As you write or revise your response, ensure that you experiment with at least one of the patterns-of-the-week below—or play with all three! Please put your pattern-of-the-week sentence(s) in bold, followed by brackets that identify the pattern (example below). Please end (or begin) your response by letting us know why you're experimenting with your chosen pattern(s). Include some brief commentary on this process: how well you thought you incorporated your pattern, what you're working on, what you're learning, and/or a question for clarification.
As you write or revise your response, ensure that you experiment with at least one of the patterns-of-the-week below—or play with all three! Please put your pattern-of-the-week sentence(s) in bold, followed by brackets that identify the pattern (example below). Please end (or begin) your response by letting us know why you're experimenting with your chosen pattern(s). Include some brief commentary on this process: how well you thought you incorporated your pattern, what you're working on, what you're learning, and/or a question for clarification.
Patterns-of-the-Week
Pattern 1: Use of the dash—or parenthetical dash—to emphasize an important point.
Pattern 1: Use of the dash—or parenthetical dash—to emphasize an important point.
Pattern 2: Use of the
ellipses to indicate some type of emotion: hesitation, suspense, . . . or disagreement.
Pattern 3: Two closely
related sentences joined by a semicolon.
Include an example of
the pattern in bold, followed by explanation in brackets, like this: Be
sure to experiment with your punctuation this semester; errors are a sign of
growth [two closely connected sentences joined by a semicolon].
Task 3: Respond to Two
Blogs | Explain the Grammar
Respond to two students’ posts by Friday, Sept. 9th, at 11:59 pm. In your response, you’ll do three things: 1) respond to the content of the author’s post, 2) comment on how effectively the author incorporated the pattern(s) (this is the place where you practice explaining the grammar to someone else, even if they got the pattern right), and 3) suggest another place in the text where the author might effectively experiment with the pattern(s). Be sure to write out your suggestion in your response, not just suggest it in general terms.
Respond to the two students who are below you in our list of grammar blogs. Those at the end of the list should loop back to the top (i.e., William should respond to Alys and Ben). If the two people below you on the list haven’t posted to their blog, just go to the next person on the list—no need to ask for permission to respond to someone else. You will need to be signed in to Blogger in order to respond. If your online name does not contain your real first name, please also sign your response with your real name (so you can get credit for responding).
Respond to two students’ posts by Friday, Sept. 9th, at 11:59 pm. In your response, you’ll do three things: 1) respond to the content of the author’s post, 2) comment on how effectively the author incorporated the pattern(s) (this is the place where you practice explaining the grammar to someone else, even if they got the pattern right), and 3) suggest another place in the text where the author might effectively experiment with the pattern(s). Be sure to write out your suggestion in your response, not just suggest it in general terms.
Respond to the two students who are below you in our list of grammar blogs. Those at the end of the list should loop back to the top (i.e., William should respond to Alys and Ben). If the two people below you on the list haven’t posted to their blog, just go to the next person on the list—no need to ask for permission to respond to someone else. You will need to be signed in to Blogger in order to respond. If your online name does not contain your real first name, please also sign your response with your real name (so you can get credit for responding).
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