November 4, 2016 - Thursday

Class Work

A. All about a rock . . . share, please!
B. Getting rid of run-on sentences-

A PowerPoint! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm

•  View: Our Friend the Semicolon and Avoiding Run-on Sentences

• The rules: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm (Quizzes are at the bottom of this page. Click on a link. Take the quiz. Report your progress.)

Class Work/Homework
1.Take the practice quizzes. Report your scores and explain your progress for each. (30 points)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova3.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

C. Fix-it advice for other GUM problems_

• Use of commas
• There/their/they're
• two/too/to
• possessives
• numbers vs. numerals
• Point of view -1, 2, 3
• who/whom/whoever,whomever/whose
• your/you're/yore
• its/it's
• that/which/who
• between/among
• less/fewer
• parallel structure
• direct quotations (conversation)
• punctuating dates
• past/present/future . . . be consistent in your essay
• lay/lie
• hear/here

1. Select one of the items listed above. (One choice per person) You will become our resident expert on the topic.
A. Learn the rules and be ready to share.
B. Create/find a visual to help us remember the rules!
C. Provide sample sentences.
D. Create a five question quiz to test our understanding. (I need a paper copy of this on Tuesday.)

PowerPoint or Prezi , please. However, if you get a different idea, please clear it with me.