W1 problems/questions 1-12 due 9/12

 

P1.Your outline should be thorough and consist of major and minor points in the format for an outline. Refer to pages 35-37 in your text for pre-writing guidelines.

 

COMPLETE II. “Please write a five-paragraph essay that explores your answers to the questions below.”  Be sure that your essay is driven by a clear thesis. Your essay should include an introduction, body and conclusion. Be sure to focus each body paragraph on a main idea and include a topic sentence for each body paragraph. You will not be evaluated on the content of your essay, but you will be evaluated on how well organized and developed your ideas are.

2.-Describe your relationship with writing. What fears and or apprehensions do you have? When you think about the value of being able to express your ideas through writing what comes to mind? What excites you the most about the prospects of writing more and more?

 Complete III: Grammar Exercises: Verbs (Multiple Choice)  Classes of Verbs [Review these verb rules in Purdue Owl - Verbs]
- Identify the class of the underlined verb in each sentence

3. Shawn sprinted back to his apartment to retrieve his homework.

a. action verb
b. auxiliary verb
c. linking verb

4. The streets were teeming with partygoers. 

a. action verb
b. auxiliary verb
c. linking verb

5.Niki's gaze remained fixed on the ice cream cone.

a. action verb
b. auxiliary verb
c. linking verb

6.I think I should take time to study the new material. 

a. action verb
b. auxiliary verb
c. linking verb

 

B. Forms of Verbs [Review - at the end of Unit 1 READ]

- For each sentence, identify the tense of the underlined verb.

7.Before we even got to the concert, the band had played my favorite song. 

a. past tense
b. past progressive tense
c. past perfect tense

 

8.

On Sunday I will finish my manuscript. 

a. future tense
b. future progressive tense
c. future perfect tense

 

9.

The mechanics have been working for ten straight hours. 

a. present tense
b. present progressive tense
c. present perfect progressive tense

10.  

Yesterday at this time I was relaxing on the beach. 

a. past tense
b. past progressive tense
c. past perfect tense

 

C. Irregular Verbs [Review  - at the end of Unit 1 READ]

- Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs.

11.Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs:

1. buy
2. prove
3. swim
4. lead
5. pay
6. lay
7. wear
8. fly
9. give
10. sleep

 

12.

Journal Entry 

Your journal entry must be a least 2 paragraphs. This week you wrote a 5 paragraph essay on your overall feelings regarding writing. What did you learn from this experience? How will you take what you learned and apply it to your own writing? Are you a reader? Do you believe there is a relationship between reading and the ability to write well? How so?