October 28, 2014 - Tuesday

Class Work
1. This is due today. Please give me the colorful draft, orange number chart and the reflection/recommendation card. The final copy should be posted in CANVAS.
  Revise your artifact essay and post it in CANVAS by the beginning of class on October 28. The posted draft is worth 75 points. The additional 25 points will be awarded for the colorful draft, the orange number chart, and the reflection/recommendation card.

2. Let's learn to expand sentences. Remember our work on nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and avoiding run-on sentences and comma splices? Today you will show what you know!
Consider this sentence: The child looked out the window. Let's S-T-R-E-T-C-H it! ( Whole class activity.)

Now it is your turn. Each table will be given a brief sentence. Your job is to expand it.  Choices:

The bird was in the yard.	A car stopped in front of the house.
Lunch was wonderful.	The lady reached for a mop.
He went home.	It was cold.
It was hot.	They sat by the water.
The lock clicked.	Neighbors hollered!

Post your group expansion in CANVAS. Post in the spot for the person whose last name is closest to the end of the alphabet. Bet sure all names are on the post.

3. Now, for a little fun - or not!  What scares you? Why? http://www.psychiatry.org/phobias
Does your personal list include snakes, the dark, flying, cats, dogs, 13,  etc? Take a look at the list. Did you know that it is normal to have 2 1/2 phobias. Are your fears listed? What do you think about the LONG names of the "fears.")http://psychology.about.com/od/phobias/a/phobialist.htm?utm_term=phobia%20list%20and%20their%20meanings&utm_content=p1-main-1-title&utm_medium=sem&utm_source=msn&utm_campaign=adid-eb1967bd-c232-4361-bb42-aa7864092311-0-ab_msb_ocode-28815&ad=semD&an=msn_s&am=broad&q=phobia%20list%20and%20their%20meanings&dqi=&o=28815&l=sem&qsrc=999&askid=eb1967bd-c232-4361-bb42-aa7864092311-0-ab_msb

Think of a time when you were frightened. Where were you? What frightened you? Talk about the event at your table. Now, write it down. Snoopy, of cartoon fame, likes to start his story like this, "It was a dark and stormy night." Leave the "it was" out, but do set the tone. Think of the tools of the story teller: plot, setting, tone, mood, conflict, characters (good and bad), climax, and resolution. Now, write the story. Post your draft by the end of class. (25 pts.)

For homework, use the expansion techniques we discussed in class and expand your story. Details, please! Post the revision by Thursday. (25 pts.)


In addition, go back to MyWritingLab. The program provides suggestions for additional activities. Do them. Spend 30 minutes working on the next suggestions. The 30 minutes should be showing on the program by the time class starts on Tuesday, November 4. (30 pts.)