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English 60
Professor Parks
Spring 2013
Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 - 3:05 p.m.
CRN 31069
Journal information
The particulars
Your journal is due once a week, as noted on your assignment sheet. I will return it the next class day. Each week you will write four entries of at least seventy-five words each. Number and date each entry, for example “June 30 # 5.” Use a separate page for each entry, and write on one side of the page. Entries must be kept together in order in a 100-sheet spiral-bound notebook used only for this class. I only accept journals on the assigned day.
The topics
For two entries each week, you may write about anything: thoughts, feelings, opinions. Explore your dreams. Write about where you are going, where you have been, or where you’d like to go. Make it colorful. It is a treasury of your ideas.
Other possibilities include school, sports, religion, children, items in the local or national news, computers, exercise, art, sleep, moving, friends, food, animals career, business, music, fears, vacations, hobbies, pets, family, plants, environment, crime, love, work....The list is endless.
You can earn two points per entry if it is the right length and on time. You earn one point per entry if it is too short or one week late. I will not grade your feelings or opinions. I will make comments if you’d like.
For two entries per week, you will write on an assigned topic. It may be from America Now. You must argue a point or give your opinion on the assigned topic. Back up your argument as well as you can. Provide support or evidence for your position.
You can earn three points per entry if you state an opinion and back it up. If it’s late, you earn 1 1/2 points. If you don’t back up your argument, you earn 2 points.
So weekly journals are worth a total of ten points.
I am the only one who will read your journal.
Let me know how you want me to respond.
Student Questionnaire
name ______
(kindly, attach a picture of you)
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. When did you finish high school? What high school did you attend?
2. Why did you choose to attend B.C.?
3. What is your career goal?
4. How will writing help you achieve your goals?
5. What are your strengths as a writer?
6. What are your strengths as a student?
7. What newspapers or magazines do you read on a regular basis?
8. What do you write about in your spare time?
Fill in your school (specific classes) and work schedule.
name ______
address ______
phone ______
email ______
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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8AM
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9 AM
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10AM
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11 AM
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12 Noon ______
1 PM ______
2 PM
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3 PM
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4 PM
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5 PM
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6 PM
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7 PM
Fill in the blanks about students in the class
Classmates......
...... who have hobbies .....who play an instrument or sing
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
...... who have read a good book ...who were not born in Bakersfield
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
....who have pets ...... who like sports
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
....who have favorite foods .... who have had embarrassing moments
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
Quick Write - Write for 3 to 5 minutes on your impressions of this class (you can include your thoughts on the instructor, coursework, books, and classmates).
PREPOSITIONS
about down regarding
above during since
across except through
after for throughout
against from to
along in toward
amid inside under
among into underneath
around like until
at near up
atop of upon
before off with
behind on within
below onto without
beneath out
beside outside
between over
beyond past
but (meaning except)
by concerning
Exercise: Run-ons
Correct each run-on by putting a period at the end of the first complete thought and a capital letter at the beginning of the second complete thought.
Some of the run-ons may be three complete thoughts.
1. I got to the sale too late no sweatshirts were left.
2. He came home tired and hungry he ate and took a nap.
3. The beach was once beautiful, now soda cans and discarded
candy wrappers are everywhere.
4. The private school down the street just closed down it ran out of
money.
5. The car needed to be vacuumed the kids emptied the sand from
their shoes.
6. It rained a lot last winter, we turned the sprinklers off.
7. Our son misbehaved at school he went to the principal’s office.
8. Mindy uses the cartoon section of the newspaper as wrapping
paper it saves money and the environment all her friends like it.
9. Ted bought a cell phone the instructions were impossible to
understand he asked a friend for help.
Exercise: Fragments and run-ons.
Identify which of the below are sentences, fragments, or run-ons. Fix the fragments by adding words. Fix the run-ons by adding a period.
______1. On the way to the hospital.
______2. She got the paper and took it in the house.
______3. Darlene ran a red light, luckily she didn’t hit anyone.
______4. The waiting room was full she had a long wait.
______5. Henry was glad that he had brought a book.
______6. Cats are cute. Especially long-haired ones.
______7. I was unhappy about the school's dirty bathrooms I found others who we also unhappy we complained. Things changed.
______8. At finals time, many students are in the library studying for tests, writing term papers, and reading their text books, so if you want a desk or a computer, get there early.
______9. Get up.
______10. To run down the street.
Exercise: Cross out the prepositional phrase. Underline the subject once and the verb/verb phrase twice. Put parenthesis around any infinitives.
1. A bird is sitting on our sidewalk.
2. Take this to the train station with you.
3. Many large hotels have been built along the beach.
4. The gardener and his helper have finished all their work.
5. The children ate lunch, rested under the trees, and swam
in the pool.
6. They didn’t want to drive so far.
7. May I offer you another helping of dessert?
8. Two classmates met to talk about their homework.
9. Please finish this sewing project for me.
10. Each of the parents had been sent a note concerning flu
shots.
11. When do you plan to eat?
12. Don’t expect to see the lions.
13. We prefer to use a dish towel and not to use paper towels.
name ______
Exercise: Cross out the prepositional phrase. Underline the subject once and the verb/verb phrase twice. Put parenthesis around any infinitives.
1. Please put the table and chairs in the closet.
2. I have two extra tickets to the basketball game.
3. She has never been to Canada.
4. Maggie has always wanted to have a twin.
5. Some Saturdays Josh’s family gathers at his uncle’s house,
plays Scrabble, and eats pizza.
6. My brother and his wife have traveled from L.A. to visit me.
7. Snoopy and the Pink Panther are popular characters.
8. My cat will go to the vet to get shots next summer.
9. Give the turtle some lettuce.
10. People depend on their cell phones.
List of irregular verbs
infinitive present past past participle
to arise arise arose arisen
to awake awake awoke/ awoke/awaked
to be is/am/are was/were been
to bear bear bore borne
to become become became become
to begin begin began begun
to bend bend bent bent
to bite bite bit bitten
to blow blow blew blown
to break break broke broken
to bring bring brought brought
to build build built built
to burst burst burst burst
to buy buy bought bought
to catch catch caught caught
to choose choose chose chosen
to cling cling clung clung
to come come came come
to cost cost cost cost
to cut cut cut cut
to dive dive dove dived/ dove
to do do(es) did done
to drag drag dragged dragged
to draw draw drew drawn
to drink drink drank drunk
to drive drive drove driven
to eat eat ate eaten
to fall fall fell fallen
to feed feed fed fed
to feel feel felt felt
to fight fight fought fought
to find find found found
infinitive present past past participle
to fly fly flew flown
to forgive forgive forgave forgiven
to freeze freeze froze frozen
to get get got gotten
to give give gave given
to go go(es) went gone
to grow grow grew grown
to hang(clothes) hang hung hung
to hang(execute) hang hanged hanged
to have have(has) had had
to hear hear heard heard
to hide hide hid hidden
to hold hold held held
to hurt hurt hurt hurt
to keep keep kept kept
to know know knew known
to lead lead led led
to lay(to place) lay laid laid
to lie(to recline) lie lay lain
to leave leave left left
to lend lend lent lent
to let let let let
to light light lit lit
to lose lose lost lost
to make make made made
to mean mean meant meant
to meet meet met met
to pay pay paid paid
to pet pet pet pet
to put put put put
to raise(lift/increase) raised raised
to read read read read
to ride ride rode ridden
infinitive present past past participle
to ring ring rang rung
to rise(to get up) rise rose risen
to run run ran run
to say say said said
to see see saw seen
to seek seek sought sought
to sell sell sold sold
to send send sent sent
to set(to place) set set set
to shake shake shook shaken
to shine shine shone shone
to shrink shrink shrank shrunk
to shut shut shut shut
to sing sing sang sung
to sink sink sank sunk
to sit(to rest) sit sat sat
to sleep sleep slept slept
to speak speak spoke spoken
to spend spend spent spent
to spin spin spun spun
to spit spit spat spat
to spring spring sprang sprung
to stand stand stood stood
to steal steal stole stolen
to stick stick stuck stuck
to sting sting stung stung
to stink stink stank stunk
to strike strike struck struck
to strive strive strove strove
to swear swear swore sworn
to swim swim swam swum
to swing swing swung swung
to take take took taken
to teach teach taught taught
to tear tear tore torn
to tell tell told told
to think think thought thought
to throw throw threw thrown
to understand understand understood understood
to wake wake woke/ waked woken/waked
to weave weave wove woven
to wear wear wore worn
to win win won won
to wring wring wrung wrung
to write write wrote written
parts of speech
Exercise: Parts of speech. Identify the following: noun, adjective, verb, article, pronoun, coordinating conjunction, and preposition.
After crossing out the prepositional phrase, underline the subject once and the verb twice. Put the infinitive in parenthesis.
1. You must attend the meeting after work about freecycling.
2. Will the girls practice this evening?
3. One of the cats ran down the stairs to eat.
4. Howard should have seen my new hybrid car.
5. Kacie and Tamie are famous in their hometown.
6. Everyone has a radio in his or her car.
7. Around the corner and down the street is Edgehill Drive.
8. Stop that car.
9. There are three eggs in the refrigerator.
10. In the morning, Sal jogs down the street and chats with a
neighbor by the high school.
11. I have searched for the check.
12. He joined a law firm in Orlando.
13. Mary doesn’t like loud people.
14. The young author read from her book of poems.
15. Courtney is nervous about the swim meet.
16. There are many reasons to stay in school.
17. No one wanted to buy the green apples or the purple grapes.
18. They did not agree on her plan and would not vote for her.
19. Do your homework at night and be on time for class.
20. After the party, everyone went home.
SENTENCE TYPES
A simple sentence has a single independent clause. The sentence may be long or short.
examples:
Sally studies with a tutor.
Sally and Bob study with a tutor.
Sally and Bob study with a tutor and form study groups.
A compound sentence has two or more simple sentences joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction (FAN BOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so); with a semi-colon and conjunctive adverb (consequently, accordingly, therefore, nevertheless, however, then, moreover); or with just a semi-colon. A compound sentence has no subordinate clause.
1. I, cc i
, F A N B O Y S
for-
and-
nor-
but-
or-
yet-
so-
Exercise: Choose the correct punctuation and conjunction (FANBOYS). Put them in the space provided.
1. I turned off my sprinklers ______it was raining.
2. Every Friday night, I order Chinese food ______I order a pizza.
3. I love my car ______it rattles and squeaks a lot.
4. She couldn’t play the piano ______could she sing.
5. I fed the cats ______I went to school.
6. I put gas in my car ______the tank was almost empty.
7. I was hungry ______I stopped to get a veggie sandwich.
8. I stayed up late ______I woke up on time feeling rested.
2. I; ca, i
common conjunctive adverbs:
consequently also as a result
indeed obviously afterward