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English 1010 Writing Workshop
Spring 2013 Meet twice a week M, Th (Sec.1a)
Monday 4:10-6:00 (2-116) Thursday 4:10-6:00 (2-221)
E-mail: Austin Casey [email protected]
Phone: 134 3922 0499
Website: http://austincasey.yolasite.com/
Office Hours: Wednesday 6-8, Thursday 10-12 (ICB319)
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English 1010 Writing Workshop
Spring 2013 Meet twice a week T, Th (Sec.1b)
Tuesday 4:10-6:00 (2-105) Thursday 8:00-9:50 (2-215)
E-mail: Austin Casey [email protected]
Phone: 134 3922 0499
Website: http://austincasey.yolasite.com/
Office Hours: Wednesday 6-8, Thursday 10-12 (ICB319)
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Important Announcement
I will be attending an IELTS Teacher Training
Workshop on Mar 12, 13 (Next Week, Tuesday &
Wednesday)
I will miss the class next Tuesday afternoon
(sec.1b).
I will let you know later about a makeup class.
Class Schedule
Today:
H.W. Due: p.9-10, 32-37, 42-43
Personal Statements
Grammar Review Part 1
Grammar Part 2
MLA Handout
Homework: Grammar Part 3 (verbs)
Homework: Essay 1 – first 100 words, grammar worksheet Part
1-2
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Grammar Review – N.
6 Types of Nouns:
1. Subjects are what or who a sentence is about
The professor teaches.
Bill plays.
2. Direct objects receive the action of some verbs
The professor teaches biology.
Bill plays basketball.
3. Indirect objects answer the questions “for whom”, “to who”,
what” and “to what?”
The professor teaches the class biology.
Bill gave John tickets.
“for
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4. Subject complements follow linking verbs and describe the subject of
a sentence. Used the verb: “is-are-was-were-am” + be became
Bananas are yellow (X=Y)
The book is thick.
5. Object complements describe a direct object. Can only be used with
certain verbs such as “call, make, name, elect, paint, elect”, etc.
We nominated the professor Teacher of the Year.
We elected Bill class monitor.
His coach called Bill a star.
They made him embarrassed.
They painted the door red
Definition: A noun, adjective, or pronoun serving as a complement to a
verb and qualifying its direct object, as governor in They elected him
governor.
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5. An object complement is an noun, pronoun, (or adjective) which
follows a direct object and renames it or tells what the direct object
has become. It is most often used with verbs of creating or
nominating such as make, name, elect, paint, call, etc.
We know there is a difference between calling Mayor Williams and
calling Williams mayor or painting a red door and painting a door red.
When the word follows the direct object and it tells what the direct
object has become, it is the object complement.
We appointed her treasurer.
The carpenter made the window a door.
The teacher thought Russel an interesting speaker.
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6. Objects of prepositions simply follow prepositions
I gave my assignment to the professor.
Bessie will sing before a large audience.
Fall into darkness.
The weather in May.
Cheese from France with live bacteria.
Bears sleep throughout the winter.
Congratulations, I am so happy for you!
Alpha was sick until recently.
Grammar – Part 2 Answer Key
1. A
9. F
2. B
10. D
3. F
4. C
5. D
6. E
7. B
8. E
Grammar – Part 2 Practice
Take out a piece of paper and make your own
sentences #1-6. Make one sentence for each
noun type. Underline the noun.
Label them A-F
Ex:
A. The bear caught salmon from the river.
A
B
F
Pronouns
Pronouns are simply used to replace nouns.
Therefore they have all the same functions as
nouns.
Part 3 - Verbs
*A verb is a word that shows either action (action verbs)
or state of being (linking verbs)
*It is essential to identify verbs and classify them in order
to determine the function of other elements in the
sentence
Part 3 – Action Verbs
*Action verbs show action or activity, though they often
do not involve physical motion
We slept all morning.
Bill considered the idea carefully.
The children jumped up and down on the trampoline.
*Action verbs can be transitive or intransitive
Kelly kicked the ball. (“Kicked” is a transitive verb; it is followed by the
direct object “ball”.)
Chris laughed. (“Laughed” is an intransitive verb; it is not followed by an
object.)
Part 3 – Linking Verbs
*Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence with a
subject complement
A subject complement is a noun or adjective that describes the subject
of a sentence
Sam is my friend. (“Friend” is a noun describing Sam.)
Sam seems happy. (“Happy” is an adjective describing Sam.)
With the verb “to be”, the subject complement can also be an adverb of
time or place
Sam is here. (“Here” is an adverb of place.)
The play is tomorrow. (“Tomorrow” is an adverb of time.)
Part 3 – Linking Verbs
“To be” is the most common linking verb, but other verbs
can also function as linking verbs:
Sensory linking verbs
Other common linking verbs
taste
smell
look
sound
feel
appear / seem
become / grow
prove
remain / stay
turn
Linking verbs by themselves cannot complete the thought of
a sentence and must be followed by a subject
complement
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
Transitive v = action v (it needs a direct object)
Intransitive v = can be action but does not have a
direct object.
Direct objects are words that receive the action of
the verb.
Some verbs have direct objects and others do
not.
If the verb has a direct object, it is transitive.
If it does not, it is intransitive.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
To determine whether a verb has a direct object,
Ask: whom or what after it
Example:
He wrote the manuscript.
The verb is wrote.
Ask yourself: He wrote (what)
Answer: The manuscript is the direct object.
Therefore wrote is a transitive verb.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
1. The dog shook his tail.
The verb is shook.
Ask yourself: The dog shook (what)
Answer: Tail is the direct object.
Therefore shook is a transitive verb.
2. The judge sentenced the man to 5 years in
prison.
3. The attorney has revealed the bad news.
4. The accused man could not provide evidence.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
Prosecutors charge people.
The knife’s sharp edge cut the chef.
Law enforcement had previously convicted the
man.
Prosecutors charged him under a special law.
The criminal faced 5 years in a state prison.
The criminal finally escaped....
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
Mrs. Carper applauded.
The verb is applauded.
Ask yourself: Applauded (whom or what?)
Answer: There is no word to receive the action of
the verb applauded and no direct object.
Therefore applauded is an intransitive verb.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
Intransitive v = can be action but does not have a
direct object.
The action ends rather than being transferred to
some person or object or is modified by an
adverb or adverb phrase.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
The dog shook.
The verb is shook.
Ask yourself: Shook (whom or what?)
Answer: There is no word to receive the action of
the verb shook and no direct object.
Therefore shook is an intransitive verb.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
Intransitive can be followed by adv or
prepositions
The man decided against a plea bargain. (The
man is the subject) What did he do? (decided)
in what particular way? (against) Notice that
(against a plea bargain) is a prepositional
phrase.
He refused because of his immaturity, not his
lack of morals.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
Alice complained bitterly. (Notice that this
sentence ends with an adverb.)
At the end of the Roaring ’20s, the incarceration
index rose slightly. (identify the intransitive verb
and its modifier)
When faced with the problem, the scholar
paused.
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
To find the intransitive:
Ask whether or not the action is done is some
way, in some direction, or to some degree.
(Notice, this sounds like the function of an
adverb!)
Prepositions & Adverbs
The adverb or prepositional phrase answers a
question about the verb:
The subject did something WHERE?
If Charlie had run into the street, he would have
been injured.
In 1973, the incarceration number inched
upward.
Prepositions & Adverbs
The subject did something WHEN?
Thousands of cranes will return in the spring.
The number climbed in 1974 and in 1975.
Try this one:
Walter Payton died near the end of the century.
The company’s leader collapsed during the
meeting.
Prepositions & Adverbs
The subject did something HOW or TO WHAT
DEGREE?
The statistics come in any form you like.
Politicians and the public are complaining
loudly.
Try these:
His blood pressure kept climbing steadily.
She worked with care and precision.
Prepositions & Adverbs
The subject did something WHY?
Our elected officials listen because we vote.
Dana’s grades improved with the help of a tutor.
Try these:
Germany’s expedition leader collapsed from the
effort.
Elise competed for her family.
Linking Verbs
A linking verb implies a state of being or condition
for the subject, not action. It links the subject to
a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a sentence.
Linking verbs restate the subject or they may be
equivalent to the subject.
Linking Verbs
The test indicates that Sara is a genius.
is = linking verb
Toni Morrison was able to win the Nobel Peace
Prize.
1.Roads were a slushy mess on Sunday along
parts of the East Coast.
2. It was an ominous evening.
3. The victim pointed and told police, “That is the
robber who stole my computer.”
4. Before the English speech competition, Bill
seemed nervous.
Common Linking Verbs:
Appear, prove, become, remain, feel, seem, get,
smell, grow, sound, sit, taste, look, turn, feel,
look, prove, remain
Linking verbs are always intransitive. They do not
express action.
The Monarchs are the winners.
They seem happy about their victory.
The team is in first place now.
Many verbs can be linking, transitive, or intransitive
depending on their function.
Examples:
Linking: The nation’s mood turned sour.
(The subject is not engaged in an action. Turned links mood
with a state of being– sour.
Transitive: The judge turned the pages quickly.
(The
subject was engaged in the action (turned) and that action
was transferred to an object (pages)
Intransitive
The lawyer turned suddenly toward the back of the
courtroom.
The subject was engaged in an action (turned) and that
action was done in a particular way (suddenly) but not to
someone or something.
More examples
Many verbs can be either transitive or intransitive
Transitive: The crowd cheered the batter.
Intransitive: People cheered wildly.
Ask your self whom or what after the verb. If
there is no answer than the verb is intransitive.
Extra
Sometimes the modifiers following a linking verb may
answer the question “what” as a direct object does for
a transitive verb, they do not receive any action.
In federal courts nowadays, every sentence is the same. (We can
ask: Every sentence is what? and the answer is THE SAME.
But “the same” is not receiving the action of the verb as with a
transitive verb. Same is restating or indicating the state of being
of SENTENCE.
Extra
Female inmates are the fastest-growing
subpopulation in prison.
(Inmates are what? Answer: subpopulation. But
the “subpopulation” is not being acted upon, it
is reinstating or indicating the state of being of
the WOMEN.)
Grammar Part 3 - Task
Work on Part 3 of the Grammar Handout
#1-10
MLA p.393-394, 406
This is how to make your Works Cited page
(some books call it a reference page).
It is an extra page, that is separate from your
essay
It tells us where you got your information
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Book by One Author
Last Name, First Name. Title. Place: Publisher,
Date.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea:
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. New
York: Viking Press, 2000.
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Book by Two or More Authors
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last
Name. Title. Place: Publisher, Date.
Stephenson, Neal, and Edward Burns. The
Diamond Age. New York: Bantam Spectra,
1995.
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Magazine Article
Last Name, First Name. “Title” Magazine Name
Day Month. Year: Pages.
Kalb, Claudia. “California Redwoods.” National
Geographic 26 Sept. 2012: 45-52
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Film
Title. Director, Producer, or Writer Name
(normal English order). Company, Year.
Roman Holiday. Dir. William Wyler. Paramount
Pictures, 1953.
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Article from Website
Author (last name, first name) “Article.” Title.
Year (last update). Day Month Year (when you
went there) <link>
Spiner, Brent “As a Droid.” Starfleet Dreams.
Internet Resources. 2011. 19 February. 2013
<http://brent.spiner.com/chasingmydreams.html
>.
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Paraphrasing
Mention the authors full name:
Scott Smith identified…
Several researchers such as Anthony Li, Greg Jacobs, and James
Duck reported…
At the end of the paragraph put the
Author’s last name and page number:
(West 47).
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Make it simple: I want it to look like
this:
In his book Physics for Future Presidents,
Richard Muller writes that we must overcome
political differences and understand the science
to make a better future. “I think the president
has to understand the physics to make correct
decisions”. (Muller p.76)
Works Cited / Reference Page:
Muller, Richard. Physics for Future Presidents.
Berkeley, California: Berkeley Books, 2010.
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Thesis Statement
Open your books to p.51
Put the ideas in order from 1-5. 1 is the most general, 5 is the most specific.
Number 5 could be a thesis statement.
For example:
List 1
___Teachers
___Education
___Math teacher
___My high school math teacher was incompetent.
___High school math teacher
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Thesis Statement
Open your books to p.51
Put the ideas in order from 1-5. 1 is the most general, 5 is the most specific.
Number 5 could be a thesis statement.
For example:
List 1
__2_Teachers
_1__Education
__3_Math teacher
__5_My high school math teacher was incompetent.
__4_High school math teacher
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Thesis Remember:
1. Use “you” instead of “I”
2. Make it an argument
3. You must have learned something
4. If you are not sure, use the 333 rule
5. Thesis statement must stand on its own. That means that you can remove
it from your paper and someone can read it and still get the meaning.
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Introduction:
p.85-89
Lets go over the text together. Your book has the best examples.
1.start broad and narrow down to your thesis.
2. start with an opposite approach
3. explain the importance of the topic to the reader
4. use an incident or a brief story
5. ask one or more questions.
6. use a quotation
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Outline:
Topic Sentence 2
a. Evidence
b. Evidence
c. Example
Introduction with hook &
thesis
Topic Sentence 3
a. Evidence
Topic Sentence 1
a. Evidence
b. Evidence
c. Example
b. Evidence
c. Example
Conclusion
Journal 1
Do you prefer to shop online or at a real store?
Write a short essay comparing and contrasting
the experience of shopping at these two different
kinds of stores. Use specific reasons and
examples to illustrate the stores' similarities and
differences.
Write 250+ words and make sure there is a thesis
, introductory sentence, and concluding sentence
Activity:
Homework for Week 4
Essay 1: First 100 words Make sure you print it
and bring it to class.
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Reminder Assignments:
You will write 4 essays and make a portfolio.
1. Remembering an Event (550-650 words)
Something that happened to you. An interesting event that you remember clearly.
2. Writing a Profile (550-650 words)
You will describe something or someone.
3. Proposing a Solution (650-750 words)
You will discuss a problem and explain how to fix it
4. Justifying an Evaluation (550-650 words)
You will give evidence to support a decision.
5.Portfolio
You will choose 5 journal entries to put in your portfolio.
6. Journal Entries
These will be given by the instructor. They will cover various topics.
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Course Schedule:
Lesson A
Week 2
Writing + MLA style
Week 3
Essay 1: Profile
Lesson B
Grammar
Week 4
Essay 1 First 100 words Due
Peer Reviews
Week 5
Due
Essay 1 Rough Draft Due (550+ words) Journal 1
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Homework:
Essay: first 100+ words due Week 4, rough draft on
Week 5 (550-650 words)
Grammar Worksheet Part 3-4
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