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Welcome to English

Composition

Welcome to English

Composition

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Review of Last ClassReview of Last Class• Discussed Course Objectives,

Expectations, Basic Operations, and Resources

• What makes a great course?

Writing ProgressionWriting Progression• Week 1 = grammar• Week 2 = grammar• Week 3 = thesis statement & project plan• Week 4 = outline• Week 5 = 1st draft• Week 6 = revised draft• Week 7 = edited draft• Week 8 = final draft

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Today’s ObjectivesToday’s Objectives

Proper Sentence Structure• Identify the components of a basic sentence.• Identify the four most serious writing errors.

Verb Problems• Define subject–verb agreement.• Identify how to avoid mistakes in verb tense.• Explain when to use each tense.

Writing ActivityWriting Activity

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Sharing Your WritingSharing Your Writing

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Seven Basic Parts of SpeechSeven Basic Parts of Speech1. Nouns

– Person, place or thing– What are some nouns RVTs use?

2. Pronouns– Refer to nouns – he, she, it, they, us, I, we, you, him, her

3. Verbs– Action of the sentence– What are some verbs RVTs use?

Seven Basic Parts of SpeechSeven Basic Parts of Speech4. Adjectives

– Modify (describe) nouns– Mean cat. Other adjectives?

5. Adverbs– Modify (describe) verb– The old cat walked slowly

6. Conjunctions– A word that links words, phrases, or clauses– FANBOYS

7. Prepositions– Anywhere you can go– On, in, around, under, etc.

Valid SentencesValid Sentences• Sit!• Dogs sit.• The dogs sit quietly.• The dogs on the riverbank sit quietly under

the warm March sun.• Waiting patiently for their owners to return,

the dogs on the riverbank sit quietly under the warm March sun.

Four most serious writing errorsFour most serious writing errors

• Subject Verb Agreement issues• Verb forms and tenses• Fragments• Run-ons

4 Present Verb Tenses - time4 Present Verb Tenses - time• the simple present ("I go ________")• the present progressive

("I am going ________")

• the present perfect ("I have gone ________")

• the present perfect progressive (I’Il have been going ________")

Past Verb Tenses - timePast Verb Tenses - time• the simple past ("I went ________")• the past progressive

("I was going ________")

• the past perfect ("I had gone ________")

• the past perfect progressive ("I had been going ________")

Future Verb Tenses - timeFuture Verb Tenses - time• the simple future

("I will go ________")

• the future progressive ("I will be going ________")

• the future perfect ("I will have gone ________")

• the future perfect progressive ("I will have been going ________")

Board Race!Board Race!Fill in the blank with words of these types in this sequence.1. adjective

2. noun

3. verb

4. adverb

5. preposition

6. (article?) noun

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Subject-Verb AgreementSubject-Verb Agreement• Online, interactive exercise at

www.chompchomp.com on subject-verb agreement

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Wrap-upWrap-up• Reviewed verb tenses• Reviewed subject-verb

agreement and nouns

AssignmentsAssignments• Non-graded: practice your subject-verb

agreement and verb tenses• www.chompchomp.com for grammar

review

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Questions?Questions?

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Thank you for participating!Thank you for participating!

See you tomorrow!

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