Tuesday
31 August

In Class: Introduction to course, discussion of assignments.

Preparation: LB 238-332, 340-43, 348-356, 595-96, 950-5, 954-56

In class: Presentation and practice on nouns, verbs, pronouns; sentence patterns; agents, actions, objects, active and passive constructions.

Preparation: LB 240, 247-48, 260-62, 333-44, 439, 460-61, 602,-03, 932-33

In class: First in-class teaching presentations on adjectives and adverbs, sentence patterns ________________

Preparation: LB 240-1, 250-1, 268, 300-01, 340-43, 361-62, 559, 914, 934, 937-38, 944, 950.

Preparation: Study parts of speech

In class: Parts of speech exercise and correction________________

Preparation: Study parts of speech

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In class: Grade Quiz # 1, in class.

Preparation: LB 260-2, 394, 460-61, 932-3, 947

In class: Presentations and practice on clauses (noun, adjective, adverb) ________________

Preparation: LB 250-54, 257-8, 263-4, 278-79, 354, 388-90, 420-22, 461, 464, 475, 506, 932, 934, 950 .

In class: Presentations and practice on phrases (absolute, appositive, preposition) ________________

Preparation: LB 254-56, 279, 282-83, 298-300, 306-07, 339-40, 385, 388-89, 460-61519, 943-44, 948

In class: Presentations and practice on phrases (gerund, infinitive, participial) ________________

Preparation: Joseph Williams, "The Phenomenology of Error," <http://www.stthomasu.ca/%7Ehunt/williams.htm> 

In class: Discuss Williams reading. Go over research project and research assignments

Preparation: Study group practice on phrases and clauses. Schedule time with teacher to check research paragraphs.

In class: No class—work in study groups for quiz #2

Preparation: LB 264, 268, 293, 348-62, 415-26, 429-30, 469-70, 936, 938, 952-53

In class: Presentations and practice on coordination and subordination, fragments, comma splices ________________

Preparation: LB84, 381-90, 409, 428-34, 938, 945, 948

In class: Presentations and practice on misplaced and dangling modifiers, parallelism, agreement and shifts ________________

Preparation: Study for Quiz #2

In class: Practice sentences

Preparation: LB 206, 264, 268, 276, 361-62, 411-12, 422, 462, 469-70, 477-92, 495, 501, 503-09, 519, 895, LB 267, 275-83, 359-61, 411, 448-51, 453-76, 494-501

In class: Presentations and practice on semicolons, colons, apostrophes and dashes ________________

AND commas, end punctuation, and case of pronouns _______________

Between 22 October and 3:00 on 26 October, Take Quiz # 2, at home, no collaboration, no books, matrices only.

Quizzes will be in sealed envelopes. Please have somebody sign the quiz verifying when you opened the envelope and when you finished the test. 2 1/2 hour time limit.

This quiz will be on the honor system, no consulting with anyone, no discussing the test with anyone.

You are on your honor not to meet with any study group (or talk with anyone in the class) after you have looked at or taken this quiz.

Preparation:

In class: Grade Quiz # 2 in class

No class—you deserve a rest!

Preparation: LB 206, 245, 379, 450, 462, 469, 494-501, 503, 505, 507-10, 511-14, 519, 671, 670-71, 738, 794, 876, 940.

In class: Presentations and practice on quotation marks; parentheses and brackets; and ellipses and slashes ________________

Preparation: TBA

In class: No Class. Consult with teacher on research project—schedule conference.

Preparation: LB 58-61, 251, 259, 395, 421, 426, 461, 922, 924, 928-29, 940, back cover

In class: Presentations and practice which/that; although/while/and/but and like/as; since/because and hopefully ________________

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In class: Proofreading, editing marks, minimalism practice ________________

Preparation: Study for test.

In class: Report on research

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In class: No class, study for editing test

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In class: Remaining research presentations.

Preparation: Study for test.

In class: Review for test, course evals.

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In class: Take test

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In class: Grade test in class.