Punctuation Groups

Those of you that were in class on Friday will remember that we spoke about the "mini-presentations" that we will be doing this Thursday (20 January) in class.  Here is a run-down of the assignment, the groups, and so forth.

The Assignment
Your group is to create a 5-minute presentation on your assigned grammar section from the Supplemental Guide, teaching the rest of the class the grammar and/or punctuation principles outlined in said section.  You may teach these principles in whatever way you want, using whatever materials/tools you want (that are within reason and appropriate, of course).  In addition, come up with 2-3 examples (per group, not per person) for the class to complete/fill in the blank/whatever that demonstrate your assigned principles.  Also, everyone in your group must participate in the actual presentation, so assign the work accordingly.

The Groups
The following are the assigned groups for the presentations:

LINKING MARKS (p. 65-66):
Molly, Abby, Sara, Connor

SEPARATING MARKS (p. 67):
Ashlyn, Sydny, Megan, Madi

ENCLOSING MARKS (p. 68):
Liz, Andrew, Kim, Natalie

OMISSION MARKS (p. 69):
Nick, Candace, Taylor, Michelle

COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON, AND FRAGMENT (p. 70):
Kendall, Claire, Meghan

So Forth
As you may intuit, you will probably have to meet outside of class once or twice to organize your presentations with your group.  Please do so!  And, if possible, have fun with this.  I know its grammar, and lets be honest, who REALLY enjoys grammar?  (Okay, so some people definitely do...)

Hope you are all having a great LONG weekend and I'll see you in the next few days!

Assignment and Prompt # 2

Hello class,

Remember your reading assignment for tomorrow:  find three blogs that interest you (Google search is the best way to go--you can search specifically for blogs, or search for sites that have lists of blogs e.g. "top ten nursing blogs," "top 100 creative writing blogs," "best Starcraft 2 blogs," etc.), read the past 5 posts or so on each of the blogs, and come to class tomorrow prepared to discuss

1. what each of the blogs is about (purpose)
2. who each blog is written for (audience)
3. what you like/don't like about how the bloggers present their ideas (good/bad format, boring prose, good multimedia and links, etc.)

Also, the remaining three OpEd groups from today will present their OpEds at the beginning of class tomorrow.

BLOG PROMPT # 2

Your next blog post is due by tomorrow (Friday 7th) at midnight.  It will be a brainstorm post on the topic(s) you are considering for your Opinion Editorial.  Review the SG 1-15 for guidelines on the OpEd.  For this class, we'll say that each of you are writing your OpEd as if you were writing it for the Daily Universe, meaning that your "audience" will be BYU students, faculty, professors, and so forth.  Your topic, given that parameter, may be whatever you wish (preferably something you feel strongly about).

So:  1-3 paragraphs of brainstorming, due tomorrow at midnight!

And, of course, don't forget to comment on each others' blogs!

Blog Prompt # 1

Hello fearless bloggers,

In case you missed the assignment this morning, or somehow forgot, your duty for tonight is to 1) create your blog and email me the URL and 2) send your first blogpost out into the blogosphere!

Your first post should be a brief intro to yourself now and where you see yourself in the future (occupationally, physically, geneologically, ecumenically, grammatically, whatever.  Give us some insights into who you are and what you want to do with your life (or, perhaps, what you don't know you want to do with your life).

And, of course, don't forget to comment!*  Happy blogging and I'll see you all on Thursday--with syllabus contracts signed and ready for me, right? :-)**

-cbh

*  Which, speaking of commenting, please leave a signature for each comment you post so I know who is commenting on what.  You should be commenting through your Blogger account, but just in case just put your first name, initials, or some identifiable characteristic of you at the end of each comment (e.g. like what I've done at the end of the body of this post with "cbh" [my initials]).


**  Check it...I just used an emoticon.

Welcome!

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-cbh