Syllabus
Writing Knowledge
Parts of Speech
Sentence Structure
Classmates
100
If you make a grammar error on your essay, you will have to complete this.
What is a grammar log?
100
The people you are writing to/for.
Who is your audience?
100
People, Places,Things, Ideas
What are "nouns"?
100
The three things necessary to be a sentence.
What are "Subject, verb, complete thought"?
100
Your teacher's name (first and last - spelling counts!!).
What is Teri Tosspon?
200
Percent of your grade that is "Exams"
What is "15%"?
200
List 2 ways to analyze your audience (what you should consider when you think about your audience).
What is look for their demographics (age, gender), understand their reasons for reading, discover what knowledge they have of your subject, or determine their attitudes/emotional states?
200
Action (or state of being)
What is "verb"?
200
Definition of "Run on" sentence.
What is a "two or more complete sentence combined incorrectly"?
200
Name one classmate whose name ends with an E sound
Who are...
300
Absence Policy.
What is - "you must be here for 50% of EACH class period to be counted present for EACH class period, if you are counted absent for 2 classes in a row, you are dropped"?
300
List two of the 5 qualities readers share.
What is "they don't like to be bored, they hate confusion and disorder, they WANT to think and learn, they WANT to see and feel what you see and feel, and they are turned off by pretentious and phony voices"?
300
"hooks up" words and clauses and phrases...
What is a conjunction?
300
Definition of a sentence fragment.
What is a sentence that is missing a subject, a verb, and/or doesn't form a complete thought?
300
Name two of the people nearest to you in any direction.
Who are... the people next to you?
400
If you do not like your grade on any given assignment, what you can do about it.
What is "redo the assignment/make the changes and resubmit"?
400
One reason you would do a prewrite for an essay.
Answer varies
400
A special kind of adjective: the, a, an..
What is "article"?
400
"When he went to the conference." (decide whether this is a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on).
What is a "fragment"?
400
Name your partner from last week's "Interviews and Introductions" activity (if you did not have a partner, write why not: absent, tardy, scared of people).
Who are....?
500
The homework due next week.
What is .................................................................................................. Mini Research Paper ROUGH DRAFT..................................... Grammar sections from textbook.................... Grammar log for Diagnostic Essay....................................
500
This declares the main point (topic) and controlling idea of the essay.
What is "the thesis"?
500
describes a relationship between other words in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
500
"The girls made the fire, the boys cooked the meat." (decide whether this is a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on).
What is "a run-on"?
500
Daily Double! Double points if you can write the name of EVERY classmate present today (spelling does not count)
Who are...