Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Sentence Types--more than meets the eye

We started the hour off with a little practice with sentence types. They are a little tricky at first but it does get easier and knowing the different types will improve your writing as well. Once you get comfortable distinguishing the difference then you can start incorporating more of a variety within your own writing.
After the sentences then we took another multiple-choice quiz and had a presentation. Just a note on the presentations: you want to make sure that you have some type of plan of action before you get up in front of the class. You also should have looked up any words that you don't know. I had a good question about the timing issue too. For the test you should plan to spend about 12-15 minutes on each selection of questions. If you are not finishing but are coming within a question or two you are on track. If you need/want more practice I have books in the back you can borrow and I of course have extra samples I could give you.
Upcoming: Synthesis essay due Friday (make sure you come see me if you need help).

Random word fact of the day: The word posh is actually an acronym any guesses what it stands for???

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmmmmmm,

P-oint
O-n
S-eyha's
H-ead?

LOL j/k :D

what is it???

Unknown said...

Port Out, Starboard Home??