Real or make-believe?
For Wed. 9/6,
1) Be sure you've read "Going Home" in Text Chapter 2
[Consult with a classmate, or read it at CoD Library
Reserve Desk, if you haven't got the textbook yet]
2) Be ready to hand in Handbook HW # 1
For Next Week:
9/11 2nd Hbk HW
9/13 Ess. #1 Draft (instructions on Syllabus)
September 5 = LAST DAY TO ADD the CLASS!
Handbook Basics
The Little Seagull Handbook has these:
1) Up-to-date Style Guides
- MLA, Modern Language Association for Engl. & Hum.
- APA, American Psychological Association for Science
- Chicago Manual of Style for some other disciplines
2) A Writing Guide
- Help with the contexts for writing (academic plus)
- Help with basics like paragraph & essay development
- Help with document design principles
- Tips for giving presentations
3) A Research Guide
- Doing research and avoiding plagiarism
- Evaluating Sources
- Synthesizing ideas
- Integrating Sources
4) Basic Grammar Review
- Parts of Speech
- Sentence parts & combinations (subordination, etc.)
- Avoiding fragments, run-ons and fused sentences
- Verb use and subject-verb agreement
- Noun and pronoun, adjective and adverb use
- Parallelism awareness
5) Punctuation and Mechanics Guides
6) Language/Word Use Guide
If you don't have the handbook, look online!
Skills Links for Students
Purdue University OWL:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu
The English Zone (skills by category):
http://www.english-zone.com
Guide to Grammar and Writing:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Grammar Quizzes:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/index.html
Public School House Rock (a bit of silliness):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOFX9uBww4
Gamequarium
www.gamequarium.com/sentencestucture.html
Conjunction Junction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
FYI (because your teacher loves poetry):
Poetry Foundation:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182873