Today we completed the midterm essay. Many students were not able to take the exam because they weren't prepared for multiple reasons. Do not expect extensions on all in-class essays. There are three more.
There are no tricks with SPHE, just follow instructions. You can ask questions but there is no deception and when I tell you the essay is easy and that it should only take 15-20 minutes to complete, I am not making an unreasonable estimation. Trust yourself, trust me. SPHE is not hard if you follow instructions. Grammar is a language, and like most languages when one stops using it, one forgets certain details. You might be able to communicate, but not as well as someone who has been living in the land where the language is spoken. If you haven't been in an English class in a while or near a grammar class in a while, these concepts are probably familiar but maybe you can't name them. SPHE helps you name the concept and correct errors. This is important as you move through the academy and take other courses where you have to produce writing.
It's tedious, but in the end you will have tools which will make college a lot easier. So, learn to follow instructions and SPHE will be a cinch.
Homework is to write the Half the Sky essay. Bring to class Tuesday for a peer review.
In class today students wrote introductory paragraphs for their essays. Everyone should have an Initial Planning Sheet, an Outline and an Introductory paragraph (10-15 sentences). Bring all of this to class with your essay on Tuesday along with your chapter notes and freewrites printed out if they were cyber-assignments.
Make sure you look at the SPHE pages indicated in the posts below pertaining to signal phrases and in-text citations.
We didn't get to complete the Grammar Exam 2. We will do this on Tuesday-Wednesday.
There are no tricks with SPHE, just follow instructions. You can ask questions but there is no deception and when I tell you the essay is easy and that it should only take 15-20 minutes to complete, I am not making an unreasonable estimation. Trust yourself, trust me. SPHE is not hard if you follow instructions. Grammar is a language, and like most languages when one stops using it, one forgets certain details. You might be able to communicate, but not as well as someone who has been living in the land where the language is spoken. If you haven't been in an English class in a while or near a grammar class in a while, these concepts are probably familiar but maybe you can't name them. SPHE helps you name the concept and correct errors. This is important as you move through the academy and take other courses where you have to produce writing.
It's tedious, but in the end you will have tools which will make college a lot easier. So, learn to follow instructions and SPHE will be a cinch.
Homework is to write the Half the Sky essay. Bring to class Tuesday for a peer review.
In class today students wrote introductory paragraphs for their essays. Everyone should have an Initial Planning Sheet, an Outline and an Introductory paragraph (10-15 sentences). Bring all of this to class with your essay on Tuesday along with your chapter notes and freewrites printed out if they were cyber-assignments.
Make sure you look at the SPHE pages indicated in the posts below pertaining to signal phrases and in-text citations.
We didn't get to complete the Grammar Exam 2. We will do this on Tuesday-Wednesday.
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