Classwork
- In the lab, rewrote Task 17 (How have the roles of men and women changed in the last 100 years? Has this been a positive or negative change?)
- In class, identified nouns in TOEFL prompts and explained why they were either singular or plural.
Homework
- Complete Exercises 2 and 3 on pp. 264-265 in Unit 12: Singular and Plural of Nouns.
Classwork
- In the lab, wrote Task 18 (Do you think the news media is biased? Can you give examples? Can you give examples when a news story was not biased?)
- Reviewed feedback on singular/plural errors from Task 17. (See white handout.)
Homework
Classwork
- In the lab, wrote Task 17 (How have the roles of men and women changed in the last 100
years? Has this been a positive or negative change?)
- Listened to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" to show that girls, a count noun, is plural with no article to mean girls in general.
- Studied Problems 1 and 2 on pp. 258-259 in Unit 12 (Singular and Plural of Nouns).
- Studied Rule 8 on p. 262: A countable noun after an of-phrase that shows quantity is always plural. An uncountable noun after these phrases is always singular.
- Studied the charts of count and noncount nouns on p. 263.
- Completed Ex. 1 on p. 264.
Homework
- Read Problems 3-7 on pp. 259-260 in Unit 12 (Singular and Plural of Nouns).
Classwork
- Reviewed feedback from Task 16 (See white handout.)
- In the lab, rewrote Task 16 (What do you think will be the most important technological invention of
the next decade? Explain the technology and its importance.)
- Took and corrected a quiz on adjective clauses.
Homework
- You have no homework this weekend. I have to catch up on a few of your drafts. We will get organized on Monday. On Monday we will also start Unit 12 (singular and plural nouns). If you would like to prepare, you can read pp. 258-263. Have a great weekend!
Announcements
- Quiz tomorrow on relative (adjective) clauses
Classwork
- As a review of adjective clauses, completed Ex. 1, p. 138 in the white handout.
- Listened to "Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWi8M8x5Ig8&feature=related). Identified adverb clauses, which
- begin with words like when, if, every time, whenever, because.
- answer the questions why, how, when, or where.
- are followed by a comma when they start a sentence. (Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you.)
- are sometimes preceded by a comma when they end a sentence. (You go again when the leading man appears.)
- In the lab, rewrote Task 15 [If you could genetically engineer your children (meaning that you could select the genetic traits you would like them to possess), would you do it? Why or why not?]
Homework
- Complete Ex. 1 (restrictive/nonrestrictive clauses) in the white handout from today.
- Study for your quiz by reviewing the first section (relative or adjective clauses) of Unit 6, pp. 126-131 in the new version of Writing Clearly. The quiz will be similar to Exercises 1, 2, and 3 on pp. 145-147. I will also ask you to write a few sentences, just as you do in the blue handout.
- I didn't return your drafts for Task 16, so you don't have to revise them tonight. Yay! I will give you time to work on it in class tomorrow.
Announcements
- The quiz on adjective clauses will be on Thursday. We will review in class tomorrow.
Classwork
- In the lab, wrote a paragraph for Task 16 (11.8.11: What do you think will be the most important technological invention of the next decade? Explain the technology and its importance.)
- Reviewed feedback for Task 15. (See white handout.)
- Reviewed adjective clauses with phrases of quantity and quality with Practice 6A, p. 244.
Homework
- Underline all of the dependent clauses in "My Heavenly Father Loves Me." (See white handout.)
Classwork
- In the lab, wrote Task 15 [11.7.11: If you could genetically engineer your children (meaning that you could select the genetic traits you would like them to possess), would you do it? Why or why not?]
- Reviewed relative pronouns as objects of prepositions, Practice 5A & B, p. 242-243 of the blue handout.
- Completed Ex. 3, p. 147 in Writing Clearly.
Homework
Tomorrow (Tuesday)
- Study the examples for relative pronouns in phrases of quantity and quality, p. 243 of the blue handout.
- Complete Practice 6A & B, p. 244 of the blue handout.
Wednesday
- Quiz on relative clauses.
