Saturday, February 11, 2012

Class on 2/9/12

Students read three paragraphs where the punctuation had been taken out. Students wrote in where they thought the periods should go. The instructor read the paragraphs with emphasis on sentence endings and students read along checking their work.

Professor lectured regarding the rules of writing a paragraph.
1. Three to five sentences on the same topic
2. The first sentence gives an introduction (it is the sign on the door)
3. Sentences have a logical or chronological order
4. First sentences is indented

Students took notes and then wrote their own autobiographical paragraphs. The instructor circulated and corrected/edited some paragraphs. At the end some students volunteered to read their paragraph.

Students worked in groups of three to read one of the first paragraphs of the class's text. Then they reported out what they thought was the best sentence to represent the paragraph. Instructor began a discussion of the difference between quoting and copying.

Homework: read page 15 and 16 about Cornius and Locke only. Students will write out two quotes for each pioneer (4 sentences total). 

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