Chap' 1

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Chap. 1 Chap. 2

• Monday, Aug 27, 2007

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Exercise 1 (p.4)

• Paired work
• Give reasons why a sentence has problems.
• How can you fix the sentence?
• If a sentence is ok, how many independent clauses
  does it consist of? What coordinating
  conjunctions are used to connect the independent
  clauses?

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Exercise 1 (p.4)

• In the living room, there are portraits hanging
  everywhere. A tea set with lion decoration that
  looks so gorgeous (a noun phrase but not a
  sentence).

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Exercise 1 (p.4)

• Although (subordinating conjunction) the walls
  and the ceiling are plain white and the furniture
  is white too and very simple, the floor is
  covered with a rug, which has an exotic blue and
  red pattern on it (OK).

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Exercise 1 (p.4)

• The table is covered with books and papers. A big
  desk in front of the window (noun phrase).

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Exercise 1 (p.4)

• The main thing about the room is that it has a
  lot of chairs. Very big and comfortable chairs
  (noun phrase).

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Exercise 1 (p.4)

• She wanted only bright colors. To make her room a
  more exciting place to be (infinitives, Chap 19).

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Verb Phrases in independent clauses
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Discussion

• In your native language, is verb a must in an
  independent clause? (Give an example)
• Chinese
• Korean
• Japanese
• French
• Spanish

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Three important things about the subject

• The subject should not be omitted.
• My town is pretty big, too.
• The subject should not be repeated.
• My town Kafarselwan it is marvelous and
  exciting.
• The subject should not be buried inside a
  prepositional phrase.
• In my town Kafarselwan is marvelous and
  exciting.

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Exercise 6 (p. 10)

• Identify the errors in exercise 6 (oral).

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The six basic requirements of a written sentence

• A capital letter at the beginning
• Punctuation at the end (a period, a question
  mark, or an exclamation point)
• A subject
• A predicate containing a complete verb phrase
• Standard word order (commonly subject-verb-object
  or complement)
• An independent clause, that is, a core idea that
  can stand alone with its own subject and verb

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S-V-O, S-V, and S-V-C

• Subject-Verb-Object (S-V-O)
• The boy (subject) ate (transitive verb) the cake
  (object).

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S-V-O, S-V, and S-V-C

• Subject-Verb (S-V)
• The clock (subject) works (intransitive verb)

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S-V-O, S-V, and S-V-C

• Subject-Verb-Complement (S-V-C)
• The boy (subject) was (linking verb) hungry
  (complement).

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Exercise 10 (p. 12)

• Oral response

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Take-home journal Assignment (p. 13)

• 1. The journal assignment is due Friday.
• 2. Type your paper instead of handwriting it.
• 3. Use the Times New Roman font and size 12
• 4. Describe the ideal room in your mind in
  details so that I can visualize it in my mind as
  well.
• 5. Length one page.
• 6. The paper will be graded holistically.
  However, grammar and content will be mostly
  concerned.