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Archive for September, 2009

Change to Syllabus

Posted: Monday, September 14th, 2009 @ 10:04 am in Class | No Comments »

Currently the syllabus reads for Wednesday:
W 9/16 Outline of first essay due in class with draft of opening paragraph.
I’m postponing that outline and draft one class period until Friday.
See also the homework assignment below. It’s due Wednesday.

Hold off on the homework

Posted: Friday, September 11th, 2009 @ 2:14 pm in Class | No Comments »

Folks,
I meant to ask you to do the assignment below today in class, but did not get to it. I will ask you to do this on Monday (for Wednesday), but you can get a jump on it over the weekend if you want to do so.

Homework

Posted: Thursday, September 10th, 2009 @ 8:36 am in Class | No Comments »

In addition to continuing to read Daniels & Daniels and completing the appropriate handouts, please do the following for next Monday (September 14).
Homework
• Simple sentence = independent clause
• compound sentence = two or more independent clauses
• complex sentence = independent clause and dependent clause
• compound-complex sentence = at least two independent clauses and
at least one […]

Find out whom else!

Posted: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 @ 4:21 pm in significant material | No Comments »

See the following screen cast for a description of the grammar in the sentence “Find out whom else!”

 
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Syllabus update

Posted: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 @ 11:08 am in significant material | No Comments »

Hi folks. The syllabus has been updated. Find it here.

Welcome

Posted: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 @ 8:15 am in Class | No Comments »

This is the course blog in support of Kinsella’s English Language and Grammar class, Fall 2009. Happy, Happy!