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Welcome to English Composition 3

4 Review of Last Class Discussed Course Objectives, Expectations, Basic Operations, and ResourcesDiscussed Course Objectives, Expectations, Basic Operations, and Resources What makes a great course?What makes a great course?

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

Today’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.

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Seven Basic Parts of Speech 1.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 Speech 4.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 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 errors Subject Verb Agreement issues Verb forms and tenses Fragments Run-ons

4 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 - 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 - 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! 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 7.conjunction 8.Pronoun 9.verb ©Suzanne Ry 16

Subject-Verb Agreement Online, interactive exercise at on subject- verb agreement

18 Wrap-up Reviewed verb tensesReviewed verb tenses Reviewed subject-verb agreement and nounsReviewed subject-verb agreement and nouns

Assignments Non-graded: practice your subject-verb agreement and verb tensesNon-graded: practice your subject-verb agreement and verb tenses for grammar reviewwww.chompchomp.com for grammar reviewwww.chompchomp.com ©Suzanne Ryan 19

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Thank you for participating! See you tomorrow! ©Suzanne Ryan 21