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WINTER Template 01 How to make sentence level revisions Essentials of College Rhetoric

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WINTER Template 01 The Ultimate Grammar Challenge Class Discussion Grammar Bingo! Preparing for BA9 In-Class Semester Wrap-up Schedule

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02 The Ultimate Grammar Challenge., ! : ; , - ( )

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02 The Ultimate Grammar Challenge Cellphone Beautiful Happily Rang The

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02 The Ultimate Grammar Challenge Peter lived in China in 1989. They will go to Italy next week. I was reading when she arrived. They are walking home. They walk home.

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03 Class Discussion Active vs. Passive Voice The subject does the action. Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. Active The action is being done to the subject. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry. Passive

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03 Class Discussion Subordinate (dependent) clause and prepositional phrases Sub. Conjunction or relative pronoun Subject and verb Dependent Clause AfterAmy sneezed all over the tuna. Who Ate handfuls of cereal with his bare hands.

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03 Class Discussion Split infinitives toreallylike tolike

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03 Class Discussion Reflexive pronouns Myself Yourself Himself Herself Itself Ourselves Yourselves Themselves

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04 Grammar Bingo! First 10 Bingos

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05 Preparing for BA9 350-500 words Revise a substantial body paragraph (4+ sentences). 1.Your original paragraph 2.Your revised paragraph 3.A paragraph of evaluation that explains what you did, why, and which is stronger and why. 350-500 words without your original and revised paragraphs

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05 Graders Suggestions for BA9 Does your topic sentence introduce a rhetorical choice? Does the topic sentence reference the audience or purpose, or both? Is there a transition sentence or concluding sentence at the end of the paragraph? Is there a direct quote with signal phrase? Is there analysis surrounding each quote? Are there any flowery sentences that could be edited for conciseness? Are there any sentence fragments? Check for a subject and a verb. Are there any redundant words? (circle around, final completion, summarize briefly)

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05 In-Class Semester Wrap Up 1.Next weeks lessons: online Be prepared to participate electronically! 2.Next weeks class: Held without you or by conference/appointment 3.Office Hours: Held normally

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05 Homework 1.BA8: Revision of Intro (Due TONIGHT) 2.Extra Credit Opportunity (Due this Fri.) 3.BA9: Sentence Level Revisions (Due Mon.) 4.Draft 1.2 (Due Wed.) 5.Writing Review (Due next Fri.)