CLASS WORK

HOMEWORK

COMMENTS

WK 1

• SYLLABUS

• COMPETENCIES

• purchase and bring all materials to NEXT class

• Essay Exam

• PRACTICE STATE EXAM FORM BMC Pencil and Scantron form needed for the test

read ELECTRONIC WRITING

read NARRATIVE  Outlines 

read EXPOSITORY Outlines

read NARRATIVE ESSAYS

read SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY

read and PRINT  OUTLINE FORM

read and PRINT INTRO METHOD

PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO IMPROVE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT UNWILLING TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES; THEREFORE, THEY REMAIN FOREVER BOUND. 

James Allen

WK 2

• Exam results returned

• WRITING PROCESS CHART

• EX A: THESIS STATEMENT

• EX B: THESIS STATEMENT
• EX C: THESIS STATEMENT
• INTRO PARAGRAPH ACTIVITY
• THE ESSAY

read THESIS STATEMENT

exercises MAIN IDEA

HANDOUT

read EXPOSITORY INTRO SAMPLES

read SAMPLE STUDENT INTROS 

READ Blog entry on Sample Intro Paragraphs

READ Blog entry on Thesis Statement

Read Blog entry on Attention Getters

Complete  OUTLINE PRACTICE ACTIVITY (HW1))

Complete  INTRO PARAGRAPH ACTIVITY(HW2)

Don't underestimate yourself or your possibilities.     Donald J Trump

WK 3 and 4

• SENTENCE STRUCTURE

• REVIEW F1 and I2

• SENTENCE CHART

• RUN-ON CHART

• FRAGMENT CHART

• online review TRANSITIONS

• on line review PARALLELISM 

• practice quiz PARALLELISM

• on line review MODIFIERS

• practice quiz  MODIFIERS

• QUIZ #1SENTENCES 

read simple, compound and complex 

read coordinating conjunctions

practice quiz coordination

read subordinating conjunctions

practice quiz #1 subordination

practice quiz #2 subordination

practice quiz adverbial conjunctions

Read  and PRINT F1

Read  I2  

Complete SIMPLE, COMPOUND AND COMPLEX ACTIVITY(HW3)

practice quiz semicolons

read fragments

exercises fragments

practice quiz #1 fragments

practice quiz #2 fragments

practice quiz #3 fragments

practice quiz #4 fragments

read run on and comma splices

practice quiz comma splices

practice quiz #1  run-ons

practice quiz #2  run-ons

practice quiz #3 run-ons

practice quiz #4 run-ons

YOU HAVE TO  EXPECT THINGS OF YOURSELF BEFORE YOU CAN DO THEM.    

  Michael Jordan

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. 

Helen Keller

IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHO YOUR HEROES ARE, I CAN TELL YOU HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TURN OUT IN LIFE. 

Warren Buffet

WK 5

• TIMED WRITING #1 directions

Read Blog entry Proofreading Backward

review  CAPITALIZATION

practice quiz #1 CAPITALIZATION

practice quiz #2 CAPITALIZATION

practice quiz #3 CAPITALIZATION

practice quiz #4 CAPITALIZATION

exercises/review O1 Comma Rules

review on line COMMA RULES

It is what you know that is your greatest wealth.  It is what you do not know that is your greatest risk.

 Robert T. Kiyosaki 

SPECIAL TUTORING SESSION

WEDNESDAY FEB 4   1- 2 PM IN ROOM 6109 (5 STUDENTS MAX)  2-3 PM IN ROOM 6109 (5 STUDENTS MAX)

WK 6

• TIMED WRITING #2      directions

practice quiz  COMMAS

FAILURE IS THE TUITION  YOU PAY FOR SUCCESS.

Walter Brunell

WK 7 and 8

• VERB  REVIEW C5, C20, C29

• SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT CHART

• IRREGULAR VERB CHART

• REGULAR VERB CHART
• Sample Student Power Point presentation on Tense Shift
• Sample student Power Point presentation on Indefinite Pronouns
• Sample Student Power Point on Prepositional Phrases
• QUIZ #2 VERBS\

Read and PRINT C20

READ  C5 and C29

practice quiz  S/V AGR

practice quiz #2 S/V AGR

practice quiz #3 S/V AGR

practice quiz #4 S/V AGR

practice quiz #5 S/V AGR

practice quiz TENSE SHIFT

practice quiz VERB TENSE

practice quiz PAST PARTICIPLE

practice quiz IRR VERBS

practice quiz #1 IRR VERBS

practice quiz #2 IRR VERBS

practice quiz #3 IRR VERBS

online review S/V AGREEMENT

exercises PREPOSITIONS

online review VERBS

practice quiz PREPOSITIONS

READ AND REVIEW  PREPOSITIONS

You have to move to another level of thinking which is true of me and everybody else.  Everybody has to learn to think differently, think bigger, to be open to possibilities. 

Oprah Winfrey

Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right. 

Henry Ford    1863-1947

WK 9 and 10

CAREER ACTIVITY 

HOW TO STUDY HANDOUT

If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hand. 

Bob Proctor

WK 11

• TIMED WRITING #3 

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise.

 Donald J. Trump

WK 12

• TIMED WRITING #4  

READ  B1, B2, and B3

READ SAMPLE ESSAYS

online review NOUN PLURALS

review PRONOUN AGREEMENT

review PRONOUN SHIFT

review PRONOUN CASE

review PRONOUNS GENERAL INFO

practice quiz#1 PRONOUNS

practice quiz #2 PRONOUNS

practice quiz PRONOUNS

There are many definitions for intelligence. One of the more practical ones I learned from my rich dad is intelligence is the ability to solve problems.  

   Robert T. Kiyosaki

WK 13 and 14

• TIMED WRITING #5  (Thursday)

• PRONOUN REVIEW B1, B2, and B3

• pronoun shift

• pronouns agreement

• vague pronoun reference

• QUIZ #3 PRONOUNS

You can start with nothing and out of nothing and out of no way, a way will be made. 

Michael Bernard Beckwith

Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought. 

Lin Yutang

WK 15 and 16

• WRITING STATE EXAM

• PRACTICE READING TEST
• REVIEW OF READING TEST

• online review CONFUSED WORDS

• practice quiz CONFUSED WORDS

• practice quiz #1 WORDS

 STATE GRAMMAR EXAM (this site offers an analysis and review of questions)

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. 

  Amy Tan

EXAM WEEK

GRAMMAR STATE EXAM  

Grades on college site www.mdc.edu

Best Wishes to you all.............MC

SO INNER HAPPINESS ACTUALLY IS THE FUEL OF SUCCESS.

John Hagelin TP/TP