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•• Last Updated: March 31, 2009 ••
January
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Introduction to Class
Discuss Syllabus
Descriptive v. Prescriptive Grammars
Homework: Read AEG (Analyzing English Grammar) Ch 1 "Introduction" |
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Discuss AEG Ch 1 "Introduction"
Writing Descriptive Grammar Rules
Drawing Grammar Patterns
Homework: Read AEG Ch 2 "Varieties of English" and create a list (like the one on page 23) of regional speech patterns / words that you've heard/know of. |
| 20 |
Innauguration Day
(SNOW DAY - No class: Provost Shearer has announced that the univeristy will not be required to "make up" this day.)
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| 22 |
Discuss "Varieties of English"
Writing Descriptive Grammar Rules
Writing Presecriptive Grammar Rules
Homework: Read AEG Ch 3 "Morphology" and complete exercises 3.1, 3.2, & 3.12. Be sure to bring at least 3 examples of your answers to question three from exercise 3.12.
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Discuss "Morphology"
Morphemes & Phonemes
Language logics
Discuss examples from homework exercise 3.12
Homework: Read AEG Ch 4 "Form-Class Words"; for Tuesday, complete exercises 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, & 4.6.
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| 29 |
Discuss "Form-Class Words" (Nouns & Verbs)
Explore form/function words in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"
Enjoy the Muppet's version of "Jabberwocky"
Homework: Return to AEG Ch4 and complete exercises 4.7, 4.11, 4.12, & 4.14. Print out your GANCS and bring them to class. The GANCS will fit on a 5"x8" index card.
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February
| 3 |
Discuss "Form-Class Words" (Adjectives & Adverbs)
Homework: Prepare for Test 1 by reviewing exercises and terminology. Remember to bring your Grammar Analysis Note Cards (GANCs) to use as you take your test. |
| 5 |
No Class | Dr. Banks @ a conference
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| 10 |
Review for Test 1: Grammar Varieties & Form-Class Words
Group Work: Analyze the form-class words in e. e. cummings's "anyone lived in a pretty how town"
Homework: Study for Test 1: Grammar Varieties & Form-Class Words |
| 12 |
Test 1: Grammar Varieties & Form-Class Words
Homework: Read AEG Ch 5 "Structure-Class Words" (pp 95 - 117), and complete exercises 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, & 5.6. |
| 17 |
Discuss "Structure-Class Words" (Determiners, Auxiliaries, & Qualifiers)
Practice Reed-Kellogg & Sentence Tree Diagrams
Homework: Read AEG Ch 5 "Structure-Class Words" ("Prepositions" pp 117 - 123; "Conjunctions" pp 133 - 143), and complete exercises 5.7, 5.10 & 5.11. Bring
a paragraph of at least 5 sentences from an essay you wrote for another
class; (re)type the paragraph so that it is triple-spaced and by
itself on a sheet of paper. |
| 19 |
Discuss "Structure-Class Words" (Prepositions & Conjunctions)
Practice Reed Kellogg & Sentence Tree Diagrams
Classification Exercise w/ Students' Writings
Homework: Read AEG Ch 5 "Structure-Class Words" ("Pronouns" pp 123 - 133; "Relatives" pp 144 - 147; "Interrogatives" 147 - 149), and complete exercises 5.8, 5.9, 5.14, & 5.15. |
| 24 |
Discuss "Structure-Class Words" (Pronouns, Relatives, & Interrogatives)
Explore Structure-Class Words in e. e. cummings's "anyone lived in a pretty how town"
Classification Exercise w/ Students' Writings
Homework: Complete "Review Exercises" (pp 149 - 151) on paper to hand in on Thursday. |
| 26 |
Discuss "Review Exercises"
Homework: |
March
| 3 |
Review for Test on Structure-Class Words
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| 5 |
Test 2: Structure-Class Words
Homework: |
| 10 |
Spring Break |
| 12 |
| 17 |
Professor Ill: No Class |
| 19 |
Professor Ill: No Class |
| 24 |
Phrases
Return Test 2: Structure-Class Words
Discussion: Phrases: What Goes Together?
Homework: Read AEG, Ch. 6, "Phrases" (pp. 153-79),
and complete the following exercises: 6.1, 6.2,
6.3, 6.6, and 6.7. Bring
to class a paragraph from a piece of your previous writing,
triple-spaced and ready for analysis. |
| 26 |
Discuss "Phrases" and Exercises
Classification Exercise
with Students' Writings
Homework: Read AEG, Ch. 7, "Five Basic Sentence
Types" (pp. 197-221) and complete the following exercises: 7.1,
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.7. |
| 31 |
Discuss "Five Basic Sentence Types" and Exercises
Classification Exercise with Students' Writings
Homework: Read AEG, Ch. 7, "Five Basic Sentence Types" (pp. 221-237) and complete the following exercises: 7.12, 7.14, and 7.15. |
April
| 2 |
No Class |
| 7 |
Discuss "Five Basic Sentence Types" and Exercises
Classification Exercise with Students' Writings
Homework: Read AEG, Ch. 8, "Basic Sentence Transformations" (239-84)
and complete the following exercises: 8.1, 8.3,
8.4, 8.5, 8.7, and 8.14. |
| 9 |
Discuss "Basic Sentence Transformations" and Exercises
Homework: Read AEG, Ch. 9, "Finite Verb Clauses, Part 1" and focus on "subordinate clauses" (pp 291 - 299) and "relative clauses" (pp 299 - 315). Complete the following exercises: 9.4, 9.5, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10.
Type your answers to Exercises 9.4 and 9.7 and turn those in for homework credit.
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Test 3: Phrases & Sentence Transformation
Discuss Subordinate and Relative Clauses and Punctuation
Homwork: Begin studying for Final Exam. The rest of our class work will be excerpted from AEG, Chs 11 & 12, and there will be no homework reading. |
| 16 |
Discuss Infinitive, Gerund, and Participial Phrases
Homework: Complete worksheets on identifying infinitive, gerund, and participial phrases. |
| 21 |
Discuss Inifinitive, Gerund, and Participial Phrases
Homework: Complete worksheets on identifying and creating infinitive, gerund, and participial phrases. Prepare for Test 4. |
| 23 |
Test 4: Clauses and Phrases
Review Activities for Final Exam
Last Day of Class |
| 28 |
Reading Day
Make-Up Exams (optional)
11:00 - 12:30, Bate Bldg Rm 2004
Review Session (optional)
2:00 - 3:15, Bate Bldg Rm 2004
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| 30 |
Review Session (optional) - Cancelled (Room Unavailable)
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May
| 5 |
Final Exam (Cumulative)
2:00 - 4:30 pm
Bate 2004
The first 30 mins of class will be spent answering review questions from students; the exam will begin promptly @ 2:30 pm. |
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