Consider the words knight, night, through, though, bough, cough, rough, come, give, gone.
Take a short pretest about the history of English. Look at this chart.
Old English spoken for us.
Anglo-Saxon art
Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings which leads us to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
After Norman castles we come to Middle English.
Fold your handout and put it in your daybook.
Homework:
1. Tomorrow the first draft of your observation paper is due. It can be either hand-written or typed and PRINTED OUT BEFORE CLASS. See the blue assignment sheet for length suggestions.
2. TWFTD: punk . You must look it up in the OED (see link on this blog) and pick a definition and quote from there (start with #1). If you do this from home, you will need to enter passwords to get onto the OED. The passwords are on the blog under the OED link.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
More About Observation and Apostrophes
Editing:
1. Your teachers rubric will determine your reports grade.
2. Your teachers rubrics will determine your reports grades.
In Everyday Writer?
An apostrophe blog.
Listen to an essay that features observation: "In the Laboratory with Agassiz" . What college students were wearing then. The fish. Scudder later in life.
Answer in your daybook as I read:
ichthyology-
entomology-
interdicted-
How long did he have to look at the fish?
What was "the best entomological lesson [he] ever had"?
If there is time, Ex. 41.2 in Ev.Wr. Ex. book.
I pick up daybooks!
Homework:
1. Observe and take notes. You may add pages in to your daybook later since I have them over the weekend.
2. No TWFTD.
1. Your teachers rubric will determine your reports grade.
2. Your teachers rubrics will determine your reports grades.
In Everyday Writer?
An apostrophe blog.
Listen to an essay that features observation: "In the Laboratory with Agassiz" . What college students were wearing then. The fish. Scudder later in life.
Answer in your daybook as I read:
ichthyology-
entomology-
interdicted-
How long did he have to look at the fish?
What was "the best entomological lesson [he] ever had"?
If there is time, Ex. 41.2 in Ev.Wr. Ex. book.
I pick up daybooks!
Homework:
1. Observe and take notes. You may add pages in to your daybook later since I have them over the weekend.
2. No TWFTD.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Audience Awareness Essay
Once again, here is the prompt:
Write a short essay ( 5+ paragraphs) that explores the importance of analyzing or considering the audience for any written assignment. Use specific examples to support your points. Any kind (genre) of writing can be used as an example. But your first step is to come up with a thesis statement which makes clear your viewpoint on this topic.
Type this up using the MLA format, including double-spaced lines. If it is two pages long, that's fine. There is no length requirement other than 5 paragraphs. Examples are key!
Print and hand in by tomorrow, Friday.
Homework:
1. Be observing and taking notes for your observation paper.
2. TWFTD: disconcerting
Write a short essay ( 5+ paragraphs) that explores the importance of analyzing or considering the audience for any written assignment. Use specific examples to support your points. Any kind (genre) of writing can be used as an example. But your first step is to come up with a thesis statement which makes clear your viewpoint on this topic.
Type this up using the MLA format, including double-spaced lines. If it is two pages long, that's fine. There is no length requirement other than 5 paragraphs. Examples are key!
Print and hand in by tomorrow, Friday.
Homework:
1. Be observing and taking notes for your observation paper.
2. TWFTD: disconcerting
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