Monday, September 29, 2008

Watch and Comment

1. Use your headphones and watch the the video below. Write a couple of sentences about your reactions to it as a comment.Think about the following questions:What do you think it is about?Did you like it? Why or why not?What is the story in the video?What does it mean?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OXIqhLN_o
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Studying is....

Studying is the most important thing ever , because without studying it'll be hard for people to talk , work and change things in their life . and the reason is studying can make people think and deal alot better with each other .

studying can make people think better , faster , and more positive .
read about the people who lived in past 200 years , and ull find that we can think better and deal with each other better ( well we're but I'm saying how the things are should be going , i guess).

and that's all because we have high or let say more technology than before and i guess that we're moving on now , and guess what? its all because someones is studying somthing here and another one in there .....

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

These are useful links.

1. Here is more explanation and practice with sentence problems. Click on the link below and read about comma splices and run-ons. Do the related activities.http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/3/344/

2. Review of use punctuation in compound and complex sentences.http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/3/334/

3. The following is a lesson on tense consistency. You have to print the exercises out and complete them on paper. Then, you check your responses using the online answer key.http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tensecEX1.html

4. On tenses sequence and narrationhttp://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/3/318/

5. On use of pronouns http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/2/229/

6. Here is information and activities for using the writing process for a narrative essay.http://ksdl.ksbe.edu/writingresource/narration.html

7. This is a website which takes you through the steps in the process of writing a paragraph.http://www.paragraphpunch.com/

8. Below is a link to some prewriting activities for writing about opinions.http://ksdl.ksbe.edu/writingresource/docs/types_of_writing/persuasive/

Thursday, September 11, 2008

1. Click on the link and watch the +video.


2. Answer the following questions.

a. Do you think the Professor acted correctly? Explain why or why not.

b. Do you have any suggestions for him?

Write your ideas as a comment on this post. Ask me if you have any questions.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Welcome to the Class Blog.

Students: We will use this blog as the class blog. I will add all of you as authors. This will connect your individual blog to the class blog.