The document provides an overview of topics covered in a grammar and writing class, including: - A holiday on October 10th with no class - An introductory writing assignment - A parts of speech quiz - Discussions of using specific evidence and examples to support points in paragraphs - An activity identifying main points and supporting details - An exercise replacing general words with more specific words

1. October 3rd, 2011Writing: Supporting a Point with Specific EvidenceGrammar: Parts of Speech Quiz

2. HousekeepingNext Monday, October 10th is a holiday – no class!Introductory Writing Assignment (Substantive Assignment)ReviewSignGive it back to me!I will give you a copy of the original next week.Editing Marks Handout

3. HousekeepingHomework Guidelinesbackupsfile format and namesWebsiteGradebookUploading WorkGrammar Questions?

4. Grammar QuestionsHossein’s question:Althoughshe gave hundreds of zucchini away the enormous mound left over frightened her.subordinating conjunction

5. GrammarQuiz – Parts of Speech /5Which part of speech is underlined in each sentence? [Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Interjection, Article, Conjunction, Pronoun. ] Directions: Write the part of speech in the space provided. Keep your paper for now.

6. Grammar QuizInt.VerbAdv.Conj.ArticlePronoun PrepAdj.NounAdj.

7. Writing Support for Paragraphs, p. 49Last class we read two paragraphs about Family. The strongest was about “Changes in the Family,” p. 47, because it hada clear topic sentenceeasy to find reasons specific examples for each reasonSee outline on p. 49

8. Writing Support for Paragraphs, p. 50Let’s look at another paragraph, “Goodbye Tony,” p. 50What is the author’s point?What three reasons does she give for her point?

9. Activity 3, p. 53-54Each question has four statements. Identify which is the main point (P) and which are supports (S) as shown in the example. P – The apartment has some real drawbacks P – Some people have poor eating habits P – Children are at risk at the school. P – There are definate advantages to having a cat as a pet P – Ron might be having a heart attack.

10. Writing Suppport for Paragraphs, p. 50The other thing the writer of “Goodbye Tony” does is give us specific examples for each reason.For example, Reason 2: He was bossyExample 1: He refused to see the Chris Rock comedy in favour of an action movie.Example 2: Told me to just close my eyes during the bloody parts.Specific examples help us to “see” and imagine the writers details and examples

11. General vs. SpecificGeneral:I bought a new car.Specific:I bought a red, 2005, 4-door Toyota Echo Hatchback.

12. Writing Support for Paragraphs, p. 51Let’s look at some more sample paragraphs on the same topic that will show us how specific details make a paragraph easier to understand, more interesting, and more convincing.Read paragraph A and B on p. 51 and 52.

13. Writing Support for Paragraphs, p. 53Paragraph B gives us clear reasons and specific examples for being in school.Reason 3: “To fulfill a personal goal: to finish something.”Example: I quit high schoolExample: dropped out of job-training programExample: gave up on my high-school equivalencyParagraph A gives only vague, general reasons.Reason 2: “to fulfill my dream.”Example: need an educationExample: need courses for the position I think I can handle

14. Activity, p. 58-59Each of the five points is followed by two possible details. For each point, we will take turns reading the choices aloud.We will discuss which choice provides specific details.

15. Activity, p. 58-59 b a b b a

16. Handout, Activity, p. 61Rewrite the sentences, replacing the underlined words with more specific words.Student Sentences:At the shopping center, we visited several stores.. . .we visited an accessory store, a supermarket, and the movies.. . . clothing store, jewellery store, shoe store, and some cosmetic stores.. . . Zara, BeBe, Coach, and Giorgio Armani

17. Activity, p. 61Sunday is my day to take care of chores.. . . to take care of laundry, washing my car, sorting out the recycling and mowing the lawn. . . cleaning up the garbage, laundry, warehouse and parking garage.. . . car cleaning, repairing my daughter’s bicycleLola enjoys various activities in her spare time.. . . Lola enjoys reading novels (specific), watching action movies, meeting up with friends, chatting on the phone and several other things. . .. . . .watching tv, surfing on the internet, and hanging out with friends in . . . .. . . sports, painting, and reading (what? – how can we make it more specific). . . soccer, oil-painting, and reading Shakespeare

18. Activity, p. 61I spent most of my afternoon doing homework.. . . . school essay, looking up words in the dictionary and finishing my physics assignment.. . . my grammar exercises, reading short stories and writing a small paragraph. . . my parts of speech practice, reading “The Guest,”. . . my math exercises, writing the English assignment, and studying for the law course on Tuesday We returned home from vacation to discover that several pests had invaded the house.. . . a few rats, skunks , racoons, and cockroaches invaded the house. . . bedbugs, mice, cockroaches, and fleas. . . snakes, spiders, scorpions

19. HomeworkFor Next WeekReview of Sentence Types - Online Lesson and PracticeRead Organizing and Connecting Evidence, p. 84-88 (English Skills)