1 / 29

What My Gramar Didn’t Teach Me

What My Gramar Didn’t Teach Me. The Writing Centre Nancy Marenick. http://www.mystfx.ca/resources/writingcentre/. We Learn …. 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we discuss 80% of what we experience

Audrey
Download Presentation

What My Gramar Didn’t Teach Me

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What My GramarDidn’t Teach Me The Writing Centre Nancy Marenick http://www.mystfx.ca/resources/writingcentre/

  2. We Learn … • 10% of what we read • 20% of what we hear • 30% of what we see • 50% of what we see and hear • 70% of what we discuss • 80% of what we experience • 95% of what we teach others. William Glasser

  3. Communication Skills are Crucial • Students must have the ability: • To solve problems • To examine ideas carefully and support them with evidence • To incorporate and synthesize information • (Sully,1995, Malaspina University-College’s Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Project) http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/wac/proj.htm

  4. One can write….. only as well as one reads. Kurland (2002) Reading and Writing Ideas As Well As Words www.criticalreading.com

  5. http://www.syntaxis.com/index.php/grammar_quiz/ Syntaxis

  6. Resources • The Writer’s Toolkit: • http://thewriterstoolkit.com/ • Guide to Grammar and Writing: • http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

  7. What’s the difference?

  8. Sentences are complete thoughts. • Timeflies like an arrow. • Complete thought -independent clause (subject verb other words) • Fruit flies like an orange • Not a complete thought - no verb

  9. You Tube Clips Coordinating Conjunctions: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPnBBoca7s Commas: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua197s8d2TA&playnext=1&list=PLA168DC33D4297BD2

  10. Language Tools and References Visual Thesaurus: • http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Pocket Basics: • http://www.pocketbasics.com/Downloads.aspx Dictionary Resources: • http://dictionary.reference.com/

  11. Common Error Manuela is Ramon’s lifeline, he doesn't appreciate all she does for him.

  12. __________________ . _________________ __________________ , and ______________ __________________ ; _________________ __________________ ; however, _________ Complete sentence Complete sentence

  13. _ . _ . _ . _ ._ . _ , _________________ Dependent clause independent clause

  14. Solutions Manuela is . . . . He doesn't . . .. Manuela is. . . , but he doesn't . . . . Manuela is . . . ; he doesn't . . .. Manuela is . . . ; however, he doesn't . . .. Although Manuela is . . . , he doesn't . . ..

  15. Affect/Effect Affect = Action = Verb The researchers’ results affected later studies. Effect = Result = Noun The effect of the drums added suspense.

  16. Then/Than He ran faster th_n his friend. He ran faster than his friend. Th_n she went to the store. Then she went to the store. comparison sequence

  17. ___your turn to present your proposal. It’s your turn to present your proposal. The dog wagged _____ tail. The dog wagged its tail. Its/It’s (it is) contraction possessive

  18. There/Their/They’re

  19. Misplaced Modifiers The professor posted the notes for the students covered in class. Barbara’s husband walked the dog, who had worked until 8 p.m. Yesterday I found a five-dollar bill walking behind the school. I shot a bear in my pajamas.

  20. Grammar and New York Times • http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/5-easy-ways-to-learn-grammar-with-the-new-york-times/

  21. http://escherdax.wordpress.com/tag/grammar/

  22. Vigorous writing is concise. William Strunk’s Elements of Style http://www.bartleby.com/141/

  23. Punctuating Properly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2OzAX86JU

  24. http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca/prices/quick-access-reference-for-writers-third-canadian-edition/itemid19598759/?itemtext=itemname:quick-access-reference-for-writers-third-canadian-editionhttp://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca/prices/quick-access-reference-for-writers-third-canadian-edition/itemid19598759/?itemtext=itemname:quick-access-reference-for-writers-third-canadian-edition Quick Access ISBN: 0132384213

  25. http://www.aacton.gladbrook.iowapages.org/id3.html The Grammar Lady

  26. Helpful LInks • http://www.chompchomp.com/ • http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=1 • http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htm • http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ • http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html • http://www.teachmeteamwork.com/

More Related