English 105 – Week 8!!

1. English 105 – Week 8!! • Turn in: • Research Scaffold • Vocab Benchmark • Agenda: • Frag/Run on Review • Capt & Punct • Proj/Benchmark Teri “of Doom” Tosspon

2. Review – Sentence Combining Coordinating 1.Use a comma & a coordinating conjunction (101) The speakerrose to his feet, and the roombecame quiet. 2. Use a semicolon, an adverbial conjunction, and a comma – (Pg 107) I worked hard; therefore, I expected results. 3. Use a semicolon (pg 111) I worked hard; I expected results Subordinating 1. Subordinating Conjunctions (pg 123) While he was eating breakfast, the news came on. 2. relative pronoun. (Who, whose, whoever, what, whatever, whichever, when, that…) (pg 128) The researcher who was studying diabetes had a breakthrough. How to use commas – pg 239-244

3. Sentence, Fragment, Run-on Basketball del Tosspon Free Powerpoint Templates

4. Review • A complete sentence • Has a Subject • Has a verb • Forms a complete thought • A fragment • Lacks one or more of the elements • A run-on • Combined incorrectly

5. Da Rules: Groups of students Answer all questions on the handout. Whenyour team iscalled, 1 person must start the answer by identifying: Sentence, Fragment, or Run-on. Stand, but don’t come to the front. Scoring: 1 pt for identifying (sentence, frag, etc) correctly. 1 pt to fix a fragment/run on 1 pt to identify the subject/verb (whenpresent) If yougetit WRONG atany point, another group cansteal the ball and score points

6. Capitalization and Punctuation See handout

7. Why? • Writers use capital letters and punctuation marks to help the reader better understand what is written.

8. 1st word of every sentence • All sentences begin with capital letters. We enjoyed reading the book. Those girls finished cleaning the counter.

9. Specific things/places (proper nouns) • Proper nouns begin with capital letters. Mrs. Clark asked if Amy would help. We went to Texas with my Uncle Rob.

10. Capital Letters • The pronounIis always capitalized. Idon’t need your help. My aunt and Ipicked up the papers.

11. Capital Letters • A capital letter begins the first, last, and any important word in the title of a book, magazine, song, movie, poem, or other work. Read the last chapter of Tom Sawyer. She saw Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil when she was five years old. We watched “The Wizard of Oz.”

12. To capitalize or not to capitalize Do! Don’t Seasons (fall, winter, etc) Common nouns that refer to religious places like “church” Titles: do not capitalize articles (the), prepositions (of, under, over), or short connecting words (or, and) unless they start the title Directions (north, south, east and west- unless used in a place name) • Days of the week, months of the year, holidays • Language, nationalities, races, religions, deities, sacred terms • Titles: the first word and every important term • First words of direct quotes • Historical events, periods • People’s names/titles • Brand names

13. Practice, exercise 2 pg 238 Tuesday, the general visits the hospital. The Lord of the Rings Christian allegory. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco may French teacher. Every tuesday, the general visits the hospital. On one level, the book the lord of the rings can be read as a fairy tale: on another level, the book can be read as a christian allegory. The golden gate bridge in san francisco may be the most beautiful bridge in the world. She is the sister of my french teacher.

14. Practice, exercise 2 pg 238 continued I’ve always wanted to take a trip to the Far East in spring. The Kremlin, located in Moscow, once housed the Soviet government. I needed to see Dr. Ghavami, but the nurse told “Why don’t you ever arrive I’ve always wanted to take a trip to the far east in spring. The kremlin, located in moscow, once housed the soviet government I needed to see dr. Ghavami, but the nurse told me the doctor would not be in until next week. He shouted angrily, “why don’t you ever arrive at your history class on time?”

15. Punctuation: Comma • separate three or more items in a list or a phrase. I need hot dogs, buns, and ketchup. Or • I need hot dogs, buns and ketchup.

16. Punctuation: Comma • separates items in an address or date. Miami,Florida, is great… January 6, 2003, was a …

17. Punctuation: Comma • Set off number of adjectives that modify a noun My favorite, old, green coat.

18. Punctuation: Comma • To combine two simple sentences, use the comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) The house was on fire, but I was determined not to leave.

19. Punctuation: Comma • Follow introductory words, expressions (prepositional or adverbial phrases): • In the beginning, the movie was terrible! • Surrounding word/phrase when the idea interrupts (appositive). • Dave, who is a doctor, said to!

20. Punctuation: Comma • In numbers of one thousand+ • 1,001 • Set off exact words in a dialog • “I won’t,” he insisted, “do this!” • When you need a short pause • To John, Russel is the best! • To John Russel is the best.

21. Practice • In Weaverville, California, the local high school administrators made an interesting discovery. 2. At a cost of four hundred dollars a year per student, a private company was offering college-level advanced placement courses on the web. 3. Because some students need these courses to get into more competitive colleges, everyone thought this would be a perfect way to take advantage of the new technology. In Weaverville California the local high school administrators made an interesting discovery. At a cost of four hundred dollars a year per student a private company was offering college-level advanced placement courses on the web. Because some students need these courses to get into more competitive colleges everyone thought this would be a perfect way to take advantage of the new technology.

22. Continued 4. Brian Jones, a senior who wants to be a record producer, and Jeremy Forbes, a classmate who dreams of being a cartoonist,..

23. Punctuation: Apostrophe • Possessive = Use apostrophe! • The teacher’s pen (one teacher owns the pen) • The Teachers’ pens (more than one teacher owns pens) • Good rule of thumb: if the s comes before a verb, it usually isn’t possessive. The teachers drove to work. Plural. More than 1. • Plural = Don’t Use! (except special circumstances) • The cats wore pajamas. (more than 1 cat wore them) • They were the cats’ pajamas. (more than 1 cat owned pajamas) Cats’

24. Other uses of Apostrophe • he writes as and os • Cannot, Should not, She will • To form plurals (prevent confusion) • he writes a’s and o’s • When one+ letters omitted • Can’t, shouldn’t, She’ll

25. Practice 8. boys’ 9. book’s • sun’s rays • press’s • room’s • Anthony and Maria’s • nobody’s • his • Queen Elizabeth’s reign

26. Punctuation: Quotation Marks • Quotation marks are used to identify the exact words of a speaker . Mr. Bush said, “We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.”

27. Punctuation: Quotation Marks Not the real Name! • It’s a “roach coach” diner. • Dave “Wolfman” Hineman • Yes, it was a “special” dinner for Hannibal Lecter. • Quotes or Material copied word-for-word from a source • Titles of short stories, one-act plays, poems, articles, songs, essays, chapters of books • When terms are referred to in a special way. Not his real Name! A special (sometimes ironic) meaning!

28. With the semicolon, there are 3 women having lunch w/ me. • Without, there are 6 women having lunch with me. • I had lunch with Linda, my best friend, Mrs. Armstrong, my English teacher, and Jan, my sister-in-law. Punctuation: Semi-Colon • To join 2 independent clauses • They were lost. He decided to use the map; she decided to ask. • In front of adverbial conjunction to join 2 sentences • He decided to use a map; however, she decided to ask. • In a series of items when the items themselves have commas! • I had lunch with Linda, my best friend; Mrs. Armstrong, my English teacher; and Jan, my sister-in-law.

29. Punctuation: Colon • Before a list of items • Please order: five dozen pencils, twenty rulers, and five tacks. • In the salutation of business letter • To whom it may concern: • Indicating time • 1:15pm • Between title and subtitle of a book • In Plain English Please: A Rhetoric

30. The Final Benchmark Assignment English 105 T. Tosspon Heald College

31. Possible topic ideas • Explain the causes for the popularity of fast food restaurants. • What effect does the Internet have on businesses and corporations? • What are the effects of the illiteracy? • How mood is affected by weather? • What effect and after-math can have the vanishing of the animal and plant species? • Analyze the effects of excessive television viewing on a particular audience. • The influence of TV advertising on gender identity. • Soccer: Why it can't make the big time in the USA? • Discuss three or four good effects of a college education. Supply appropriate examples for each. • What are the actual and potential consequences of nuclear leaks and meltdowns? • What caused the proliferation of the bubonic plague in the Middle Ages? • What problems do cities cause? • Technology and its effect on human freedom and happiness in society.

32. Now, choose the best of those reasons and start breaking them down Child care Should be free! Child care should be free Russia provides it, why can’t we? Free care would prevent abuse and neglect

33. Step 1: write a statement for that reason Essay planning part 2 Step 2: Prove (give examples that support) that statement using a direct quote OR paraphrase Free care would prevent abuse and neglect Parents who neglect their kids do so because care not affordable A 2007 survey of 1,000 children who were left at home unattended found that their parents could not afford child care. Step 3: Explain: What does that SHOW about this topic If childcare was free, it would prevent abuse and neglect Use phrases: This shows that… Step 4: Explain: how does that connect to your THESIS! Because it is unaffordable, they don’t seek childcare My neighbors leave their 4yr old unattended Take each one of your “Reasons” from the topic starter Develop each one more fully into a paragraphwith 2+ examples

34. Due : Rough Draft of Essay (due next week!)