Week 6, Lesson 1
For Lesson 1, we’re doing a Peer Feedback Discussion. In the first part of the class, I’ll walk you through the procedure and then you’re going to break off into small groups and discuss the paragraphs you submitted/shared last week.
After our Lesson 1 meeting, use the feedback you received to edit and improve your paragraph.
Handouts for Lesson 1
Week 6, Lesson 2
For our small group meetings this week, we’ll be holding Participation Self-Assessment meetings. Please make sure to fill out the handout linked below before our group’s meeting on Lesson 2. (There will not be time to fill it out during our small group meeting.)
Textbook Videos and Exercises
In Great Writing 1, please do the following:
- Read Using the Simple Past (page 84)
- Complete Activity 1 (pages 84–85)
- Read Grammar: The Simple Past Affirmative (page 85)
- Complete Activities 3–4 (pages 87–88)
- Read Grammar: The Simple Past Negative (page 89)
- Complete Activities 7–9 (pages 91–93)
- See also: page 184–185 of the textbook, for a more complete explanation of Regular Simple Past Verbs in English (page 184) and a list of Irregular Past Tense Verbs in English (page 185).
For this video, please do the following in the textbook:
- Read Grammar: Past Time Words (page 88)
- Complete Activity 5 (page 89)
For this video, please do the following in the textbook:
- Read Grammar: Adverbs of Manner (page 93) and the Writer’s Note on -ly Adjectives (also on page 93)
- Complete Activity 11 (page 94)
For this video, please do the following in the textbook:
- Complete Activity 13 (page 96)
For this video, please do the following in the textbook:
- Read Grammar: Complex Sentences with Time Clauses (page 95) and Commas in Complex Sentences (at the top of page 96).
- Watch Video 19 on the same day, and complete the homework associated with Video 19.
For this video, please do the following in the textbook:
- Review Grammar: Complex Sentences with Time Clauses (page 95) and Commas in Complex Sentences (at the top of page 96)
- Complete Activity 14 (page 97)
Week 6 Paragraph Blog
Use the feedback you got from others during the Peer Feedback Discussion and small group meeting this week to edit your paragraph. Your edited, improved paragraph will be your Practice Paragraph for this week. Focus on others’ feedback and advice and just work on making the paragraph as good as you can.
After editing your paragraph, and getting feedback on it in Lesson 2 of this week’s class, proofread it and save it.
Wait, what is “Proofreading”?
As we discussed in our second meeting of the week, Proofreading is the last step of writing before you submit your work. You should not be making big changes anymore (that’s editing). Proofreading is something you do when you think you’re basically done, and it involves looking for any small mistakes you might have missed earlier, such as missing punctuation, a typo, a misspelled word, a missing article, or that kind of small thing.
In other words, to “proofread” means to check over something carefully for any last, small, overlooked mistakes.
Non-Textbook Materials
Here’s a video for those who missed Day 1 of this week. As usual, it’s not necessary to watch it if you were in class.