Why is English so Hard to Spell?

Thinking about languages....look for patterns. Okay, try this....

its it's your yours our theirs

bat bate ///   come done some

nite night knight write right fight

though through bough cough rough

Now we watch this Prezi and you fill out the handout.

Where are we going with this?  Sometimes I'll tell you to use the OED to find a definition.

Tuck this sheet in your daybook, and turn it in.

Homework:

1. Be revising your Draft #1. Draft 2 is due on Tuesday next week.

2. TWFTD:  punk

Draft #1 Due Observation/ Description

Today you practice more analytical thinking.

#1 Read and React.

#2 Analyze: Are the details clear? Do I understand and "see" the scene? Ask questions ON THE DRAFT.

#3 Evaluate:  Remark when something works well. If something is confusing or not clear, ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION that will help the writer understand what it is you don't get.

AND do all this in a supportive fashion. I'm awarding you points on the quality of your input.

You write remarks and questions on the draft; NO PROOFREADING. This is a draft.

You will fill out the blue "Writer's Sheet" (handout). I'll pass around 2 "Reader's Sheets" that will be filled out about your draft. When we're done, all these sheets will go home with you, and you will revise your draft into Draft #2.

Homework:

1. Make changes/additions to your draft. Draft #2 is due Tuesday July 30. How will you save it? On Tuesday Draft 2 must be available electronically in order to upload it to TurnItIn in Moodle. BACK UP A FLASH DRIVE IN EMAIL!

2. TWFTD: analyze

Drafting

I return Legos. We talk about your directions and feedback.

Thinkwrite: As you look over the Lego papers, please review the kinds of comments your builders wrote for you. What did they say, and how did you use their comments? What was actually useful?

Look at page 89 in Bedford.

Apostrophe Abuse ?

You have time to work at writing your first draft. Due tomorrow, type and print 2 copies.

Homework:

1. Bring Draft 1 of the Observation/Description paper to class, make TWO COPIES. Readers will write on the draft, like they did with the Legos.

2. TWFTD: context

The Surfing Savant

Marzo moving.

I return yesterday's quiz. For those who got 100%, congrats. You used the context well.

For those who missed a few, I wrote synonyms on the paper for you. You supply the correct term on the paper, and put the quiz in your daybook to turn in with your daybook this Friday.

Thinkwrite: What do you know about Clay Marzo that does not show in this picture?

 

Idiot savant. What is it?

 

Reread the article. As you read, write down a list of words. Two columns: words you're not really sure what they mean, and words that you think are very descriptive.

 

 

Apostrophe Abuse.

Homework:

1. You are taking notes, I hope.

2. Tomorrow you will use class time to begin typing your draft. I've decided that Draft 1 needs to be typed so that you can bring two copies of it to class on Thursday. (Seeing your comments ON the Lego instructions inspired me.)

2. TWFTD: your choice from "Surfing Savant."

Context plus Subjective vs. Objective

"Lego, like language, benefits from context."  Giles Turnbull

Can you think of two meanings for the word "gore"? I give a couple contexts.

You do a vocabulary exercise.

Apostrophes? We check the homework in Everyday Writer.

Apostrophe practice in Moodle: Number 1-10 in your daybook and write your answers down; then check them using the computer.

Subjective/ objective forum in Moodle. If you dislike gore, only look at the first 5 pictures.

Homework:

1. Finish any of the above that did not get done. Also, did you read the Scudder essay and the article about Clay Marzo? Have those done for tomorrow. And how's your observation?

2. TWFTD: gore