Transcript Class Notes, Mon, Nov. 7th

WR091
Integrated Reading & Writing
A Community of Scholars Examines
Grit, Education, and Learning in the 21st Century
WEEK 7
Monday, Nov. 7, 2016
Order of Business
Monday, Nov. 7, 2016
• Arrange the tables and chairs
• Sign in & place your name card on the desk.
• Reflective quiz: Finding verbs and their subjects by removing prepositional phrases
• Intro to the Tense Test: Strategy No. 2 for finding the verb and its subject in
sentences.
Break
• Review of your essays: Unity Check.
• Demo of student papers—moving toward unity
• Main ideas: Creating strong topic sentences.
Break
• Roots of Meaning Jigsaw Presentations for Wed., Nov 9th
• Reflective Freewrite: Discussion of Ch 5 & 6 of Grit. In what ways did you use (or
not) the idea of social learning in your essay?
Homework Due Wed, Nov. 9th
Reflective Quiz
Directions: In the following sentences: (a) Cross out the prepositional phrases; (b)
Underline the main verb or verbs; and (c) Double underline the subject or subjects.
You may use your notes and the list of prepositions in your course packet (p. 71).
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2.
3.
Walking to the store, John dropped his wallet on the
sidewalk, but he did not discover this until he was in the
checkout line.
The office in the back of the storeroom of Kayla’s Portland
store on East Burnside developed cracks in the outside wall,
allowing rain to seep in.
Registration had been open for three weeks before many
students really got serious about selecting a schedule, and
then, to their dismay, they found many sections of the
courses they need with wait lists!
Quiz Discussion
• Let’s correct the quizzes: Work with your
writing group to decide where the
prepositional phrases are, and what the
subject(s) and verb(s) may be in each
sentence.
• What was tricky about this quiz?
Finding Verbs & their Subjects in
Sentences: Strategy No. 2
• Intro The Tense Test, WR091 Course Packet, p.
62-64
Take 10
Miles Davis
With
John Coltrane
“So What?”
from Kind of Blue
Unity Review of Essay 2
Work with in groups of 2-3 to check the degree of unity
in each of your body paragraphs.
1. Underline your topic sentences.
2. Trade papers with a member of your group.
3. Systematically check each sentence in each body
paragraph for unity by labeling each as S (supports),
O (off-topic), or C (contradicts) the topic sentence.
4. Discuss your findings with each other, and chat about
how you improve unity in your next revision.
Specifically, what needs to be changed: the topic
sentence or the body sentences? Why?
Topic Sentences
Many of you probably noted that one or more of
your body paragraphs lack a topic sentences.
Let’s look at p. 39-41 in your course packet.
Please take notes!
Break 2
• Take 10
Homework Due Wed, Nov. 9th
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4.
Read / annotate: p. 62-63 in your course packet.
Complete: Ex. 1, p. 63-64.
Prepare: 3 Roots of Meaning Worksheet using the Common Anglo-Saxon
Root Words handout. You must use one root word, one prefix, and one
suffix. As we discussed in class, the list of Anglo-Saxon / Germanic word
roots contains three different types of roots—Basic Root Words, Prefixes,
and Suffixes. Select one root word, one prefix and one suffix. Enter it into
the search box on www.etymonline.com and look for words containing
the root, suffix, or prefix. Select one word and use this word on your
roots of meaning worksheet. In this manner you will complete three
worksheets. Bring all three to class on Wed.
Improve: your topic sentences and body paragraphs:
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5.
Your TS’s should be broad enough to include all the ideas in your paragraph.
Your TS’s should be narrow enough to focus the paragraph.
Your TS’s should develop your thesis statement.
Make sure: that you use at least one example in each paragraph.
Questions?
• Call me (Mary), or better yet, text me at
503-784-1498
• Stop by my office, AC2383, in the English
Department (right in the middle of the
hall!)
• Ask someone in the AVID Center or the
Learning Success Center for help