Welcome to Class Number Two and Review of Class Number One
Congratulations upon
completion of Week Number One’s Activity and Welcome to Week Number Two of “Inspired to Write, But How”. You are here and that says that
you are ready to continue on your path become a writer of poems, short stories,
articles, essays, university assignments, and books. Because this is an online
long distance learning experience, consultation via email is available.
Writing Rule
A writing rule that serves
well is to write as short as possible to share your thoughts, as simple as
possible for ease of reading and as clear as possible to be easily understood.
The Five Remaining Weeks
Class Syllabus
· Monday, May 13, 2013 – Focus on Types of Sentences and
Punctuation
· Monday, May 20, 2013 – Focus on Writing Paragraphs
· Monday, May 27, 2013 – Focus of Developing a Writing Outline
· Monday, June 3, 2013 – First Draft of 750 – 1000 Words Writing
Project
· Monday, June 10, 2013 – Final Draft of 750 – 1000 Words Personal
Writing Project
For Class Number Two, we
will accomplish the following:
· Identify the Four Types of Sentences
· Identify Punctuation Marks and Describe how and when they are
used
· Learning Activity
· Assignment and Email Consultation
· Preview of Class Number Three – Focus on Writing Paragraphs
- a word or group of words that put forward or shares a point of view. Examples: The man walked for hours. The woman danced to every song. The baby cried. I like a red car. These are declarative sentences. The task of the declarative sentence makes clear statement. The punctuation mark for a declarative sentence is a period.
- a word or group of words that asks a question. Examples: Where are my cars? Would you go out on a date with me? What time is your appointment? Where would you like too on vacation. These are examples of interrogative sentences. The task of the interrogative sentence asks questions. Interrogative is the same words as interrogate. When police officers and detectives ask persons of interests and suspect’s questions, they are interrogating them. The interrogative sentence’s task is to ask a question. The punctuation mark for an interrogative sentence is a question mark.
- a word or group of words that gives instruction to be done or accomplished. Examples: Brush your teeth. Wash the car. Fix your buttons. Clear the table. Do the homework. Ask questions. These are examples of imperative sentences. They give instructions for activity managed immediately. The punctuation mark for an imperative sentence is a period.
- a word or group of words that speaks with high energy and enthusiastic voice. Examples: Stop in the name of the law! Help! Get out! Run! Scream! These are exclamatory sentences because they are a made from high energy raised voices scenarios. Fear is a motivator for exclamatory sentence. Goods news can prompt excited raised voices. The punctuation mark for the exclamatory sentence is the exclamation point.
Identify the Four Types
of Sentences
1.
Declarative (makes a statement).
2.
Interrogative (asks a question)
3.
Imperative (gives a command)
4.
Exclamatory (a high energy raised voice demanding immediate action
and attention)
Learning Activity –
Write five examples of each type of sentence.
What kind of sentence was the direction?
What kind of sentence is the question?
Types of Punctuation Marks and When They
are used
·
- the period is the punctuation mark used after a declarative and an imperative sentence to indicate the sentence or statement is complete, has stopped and ended. The period has other applications but for the purpose of this class, the period indicates a full stop.
- the question mark is the punctuation mark that follows a question or interrogative sentence. They are used only to indicate a question has taken place or been asked.
- the comma is the punctuation mark used after introductory words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence. Examples: After school, we had football practice. In the morning, I am going fishing. When time ran out, we were not finished.
- the comma is the punctuation mark also used to set off elements that interrupt or add information in a sentence. Examples: The team bus runs on gas, tires, and oil. The man carried his briefcase, coat, and cane. The girls were all 6 feet tall, weigh 150 pounds, and had big appetites. The comma has other applications but these are sufficient for the purpose of this writing class.
- the apostrophe is the punctuation mark that shows possession. Examples: The lady’s hat, the race car’s engine, Oscar’s children, Bonnie’s husband, or the team’s coach. The apostrophe shows possession.
- the quotation mark is the punctuation mark that identifies what is being quoted or bring spoken. The opening for today’s lesson included this quote. "It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way." ~Ernest Hemingway Further examples: John said, “My plane leaves tomorrow at noon.” The teacher was quoting Shakespeare saying, “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Quotations marks appear also around titles of written works.
Other punctuation marks appear in English. They include the colon, the semi - colon, the
dash, the hyphen, parentheses, brackets and the ellipsis. These will not be central to all we will
learn for this class.
Learning Activity: Write five examples of
each identified and defined punctuation mark
Assignment and Email
Consultation – I am available to you to respond to
your questions at oscarcrawfordmedia@gmail.com.
Class Number Three – May
20
We will examine:
·
Writing Paragraphs – a paragraph is more than one sentence
joined together provide more information.
Get ready. We will be working on
four sentence paragraphs. Examples are
provided.
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