At the beginning of class, we went over a few grammatical rules. You can find further information about these rules in your EasyWriter book. Here however are a few quick and easy things to keep in mind.
- Whatever tense you start your paper in (past, present, or future), you need to stay in that tense. Check your verbs and make sure you are consistent.
- Whenever you start a sentence with an -ing verb, a subordinating conjunction (because, before, after, when, since, etc), or prepositions (in, on, over, under, etc), you'll need a comma.
- Avoid starting sentences with FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
- If there is a complete sentence on either side of a FANBOY, you need a comma.
- Semicolons separate complete sentences only.
- Indent first lines of paragraphs.
- Make sure your paper is formatted correctly.
We also started the movie Carrie which we will be completing on Thursday and discussing as we head into the second project
Homework
- Review the following pages in your EasyWriter if you know you need a brush-up on certain grammatical issues. Sentence Fragments: pg 90-92, Comma Splices and Fused Sentences: pg 87-89, Commas pg 110-118, Semicolons pg 119-120, and Tense Shifts pg 105
- Extra Credit: Go to bedfordstmartins.com/easy and use the access code in your EasyWriter book to access an instructorless course. Do the Exercises and Learning Curve Adaptive Quizzes that correspond with one or more of the above issues (Commas, Tense Shifts, etc) Record your answers to the questions on a sheet of paper or on a Google Doc. Due Thursday Oct 6 in class
- Continue revising your narratives. Final Drafts of Both Narratives Due Thursday Oct 6 by the time class starts. (If you are going to take your paper to The Writing Center you need to make your appointment before class time on Thursday.)
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