Grammars of English Schedule with lecture links.

With Additional literature Connectives

Updated Fall, 2009

Tue, Aug 25  NEW!

Weeks 1 & 2 Aug 25 -Sept 5.

EN-378-01 - syllabus - See Powerpoint

Language Etiquette, Intro to the Trans-social

Thur. Aug 27

Linguistic etiquette, Three Grammar forms .

The structure and trans-social purpose

Reading/ defining Language Etiquette, Textbook, Chap 1.

Parts of Speech ?

Tuesday, Sept. 1:

The five Noun types (whiteboard) - structural

A review of general linguistic Etiquette (ppt)

(concluding Linguistic Etiquette terminology)

Thursday, Sept. 3

Five Noun Types (E.L.M.O. Drill) = Writing Titles and associated noun predominance. - class review

Parts of Speech Review: Grammarweek2-3D1 (structural)

Week 3 Sept.7 -13.

tue: Sept. 8

Grammarweek2-3D1 (structural) 4 parts of speech

Social Issue 1 - completing discussion of 8 parts of speech and chapter 1 - Linguistic Etiquette: Ebonics example Notes  Trans-social and Ethnicity & Linguistic Etiquette (PDF) (trans-social)

 3 Primary VERB types Grammarweek3D2 (structural)

 Thursday, Sept. 10

Read Chap 9, 352-394 - Tense, aspect and Modality :Language ability to transfer time references.

(In-class Visual): Understanding Mandatory and optional slotting: Subject and Predicate - What is required and what is not?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7S_B9GcRI0&feature=PlayList&p=
7743A8FE28C09776&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=24

Locating Your GRAMMAR DICTIONARY - homework for review

Noun & Verb Spotting  and AAVE reflection in Grammar

 Assignment Due Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009- Deliver to office or post as mail. & Assignment,  AAVE  in the classroom.   (Trans-social) - Assignment, part 1 and Noun & Verb Spotting in trans-social writing Grammarweek4D2,  Assignment Part I1:

Week 4: Sept 14 - 20,

Tuesday, Sept. 15:

 Parts of Speech patterning: Diagramming vs. coding -  Structural

EN378 pattern code - Structural 

Thur. Sept 17

GrammarW4D1, coding principles and review

Introduction to sentence patterns 1-5 (Tue, Sept. 22, 2009) (see above link.

Week 5 : Sept. 21-27

Tue., Sept. 22

Turn in 2 part assignment 1, tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009

Parts of Speech patterning: Diagramming vs. coding - patterns 6-10 - Structural

Trans-social purposes of 10 patterns - discussion

Thur., Sept. 24

Diary of A Sister, patterns 1-5 (structural) In-class analysis

Week 6: Sept 28-Oct 4

Tue., Sept.29

Introduction to Tense & Aspect within patterns - discussion 
(structural)

Thur. Oct. 1

Tense & Aspect using "to Be and "to Have" - closing discussion.
http://www.class.uidaho.edu/Engl201/Verb_Tenses_II.pdf

grammar 1 in action - The Grey ship. See

http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/03%20Writing%20Samples%20v001%20(Full).pdf

A great site for analyzing student writing.

Week 7: Oct. 5 - Oct. 11) (wk 7)   

 Tuesday,  Oct. 6

Assignment II discussion: Assignment sheet

CODING EXERCISE, Assg. 2

 To be engaged over week 8 & 9)

Assignment 2: Structural: Coding drill  EN378-formal II

Piaget discussion1: 
EN378Suess

ASSIGNMENT Part 2: MY Unanswered Grammar Questions. List 10 questions on SPECIFIC grammar or writing questions and submit with your ASSIGNMENT 2, part 1. We will discuss these during the remainder of the semester. You will be graded on Specificity.

Thursday, October 8

Midterm Exam In-class Review on Etiquette, noun choices, verb usage, patterns, and structural and trans-social writing affected by grammatical choices.  (

MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW NOTES:

EXAM PREPARATION READING: Pages 252-260, Chapter 6 focusing on active and passive voice constructs - discussion on trans-social purpose of active and passive.

Week 8: Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2009

Tuesday, Oct. 13 In-Class Midterm Exam at regular scheduled time

Fall Break

Week 9: October 19-25

Trans-social Reading Research: 

(Dr. Eaton may be at a Conference - classes pending this week

YOUR THREE TASKS:

1) Work on Assignment II, parts 1 and 2 (Coding & Specifics)

2) Begin reading the following. you should cover the first 10 pages with notes for next week's discussion.

"They... Speak better English than the English Do." (Longmore) 

3) Review and study notes below on Active and Passive structures

Active and Passive voice: How and When to use. (structure)

                                Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009:

Cleft Types (structural) The "Cleft Sentence:"  Do, Will, There, It" function in the interrogative sentence.

Homework/STUDY! pgs 249- 260 For understanding cleft usage and problems in Derived Themes - Making Your Subject Known

Introduction to Longmore: Techniques for grammatical context Reading and Rhetorical Style (Document camera) - Trans-social

Week 10: Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 

Tuesday, Oct. 27 - Turn in 2-part ASSIGNMENT II, Coding and Specifics

 - In-class discussion of Standard English findings & History with associated bulleted findings list. (trans-social)

The Seven Basic Sentence Types (revisited & modified) (structural)

Thur. Oct. 29

Section II: Sentence Constructs :

Read Chapter 4 - Transforming (parts of speech in fluid motion: the trans-social conversion to sentence structures.

  GRAMMAR - Determiners, Qualifiers, Articles, Superlatives, comparatives.

Read Chap 11 in your text, pages 473-521, Adjectival (adjective) and Adverbial (adverbs) - Focus on "time" placement. 

Longmore's Article:  Discussion of initial Findings

Last Day to Drop! - Oct. 30, 2009

Please don't drop this class. (statement)
Don't drop this class! (command)
You will stay in this class, will you not? (tag)

Weeks 11 & 12: Nov. 2 - Nov. 8 & Nov. 9 - 15 

Tue. Nov. 3

First five grammar questions (assg 2) in class discussion

Holistic Edit 1.  and discussion of Holistic edit.- see Monday

Longmore Discussion

Thur. Nov. 5

Next five grammar questions (assg 2) in class discussion

Grammarwk11  - Modifying phrasal use

Clauses Review: Dependent and independent clause usage (Thursday, Nov. 14)

  EN 378: prepositions et al. Preposition First, Preposition last?

Tue. Nov. 10

ASSIGNMENT 3: 2-part. Editing 

Longmore Article Discussion (lecture/discussion)

Next five grammar questions (assg. 2) in class discussion.

Thur., Nov 12

Next five grammar questions (assg 2) in class discussion

TAKE- HOME Sentence Assignment  Due, : Sentence and word choice ASSIGNMENT III /IV- Editing & Revision -  To Be Completed in Class) NEW & IMPROVED! -

Assignment 3, Part II: Longmore & The Research-Based Analysis:

Due Tuesday, Dec. 1 in class or dropbox

WEEK 13: Nov. 16 - 22

Tue. Nov. 17

Next three grammar questions (assg. 3) in class discussion

Colon, comma, parentheticals and end marks. Sentence structures and common problems: See GRAMMAR FASTFACTS & see Edit SheetGrammarW15D1.

Thur., Nov. 19

Next three grammar questions (assg. 3) in class discussion

CONTEXT, CONTENT & INTENT: Grammar use in two-way conversations - See No Fight relationships

Longmore or Revision Edit Q & A (Doc-Cam Quote Study)

Read and Review pages 285-298 in your text as an end of our sentence structure discussion.

Grammar, D1  (Word Classifications, part 1 animate...)
60 common usage problems

WEEK 14, Nov. 23 - 29

 SECTION THREE: WORD CHOICES 

Tues., Nov. 24

Next three grammar questions (assg. 3) in class discussion

Rhetorical Grammar, chap 14 text - Discussion points

Holistic Review. Site-evaluation practice -Use this technique to strengthen your site-grammar ability and practice editing skills) - WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM! drill

Thur. Nov 26 - THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO CLASS

 Week 15  Nov. 30 -Dec. 6

TUE. Dec. 1 

Grammarwk14D1 (word classifications (Things People do.)

Grammarwk14D2 (Word class - Specificity)

60 common usage problems cont...

GrammarW15D1 (word class - outdated and Editing marks)

Thur. Dec 3

Rhetorical Grammar Discussion concluded.

In-class Evaluations & Goodbye :)

Closing questions - description of exam

Week 16, Dec. 7-13

Tue. Dec 8

GRAMMAR CONCLUSION: Overview Power point and fourteen parts of Speech Review 

ASSIGNMENT 3: Structural Peer-drill and Longmore analysis due.

Thur. Dec. 10

FINAL EXAM REVIEW

FINAL EXAM, Tuesday or Thursday, Dec. 15, or 17 - see University schedule. 

END :Grammar be over-n-stuff :(

Fall Semester, 2009

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EN 378-MIDTERM REVIEW - 2006