Roth English 99

Quarter Activities

· On-going Journal Assignment: At least five 15--minute free writing periods per week—40 entries minimum

Word Choice and Spelling

Þ Commonly Confused Words Zero Tolerance List, pp. 4-22

Þ The Eight Parts of Speech, pp. 23-28

Þ Adjectives and Adverbs, pp. 29-35

Þ Contractions, pp. 36-41

Þ Possessives, pp. 42-49

Þ Spelling Help, pp. 50-54

Þ Using a Dictionary, pp. 55- 60

Sentence Structure

Þ Finding Subjects and Verbs, pp.60-68

Þ Locating Prepositional Phrases, pp. 69-74

Þ Dependent Clauses, pp. 75-81

Þ Correcting Sentence Fragments, pp. 82-88

Þ Correcting Run-on Sentences, pp. 89-96

Þ Identifying Verb Phrases, pp. 97-101

Þ Standard English Verbs, 102-107

Þ Regular and Irregular Verbs, pp. 108-117

Þ Subject-Verb Agreement, pp.124

Þ Avoiding Shifts in Time, pp. 125-126

Þ Recognizing Verbal Phrases, pp. 127-132

Þ Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers, pp. 133-136

Þ Following Sentence Patterns, pp. 137-143

Þ Avoiding Clichés, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness, pp. 144-147

Þ Correcting for Parallel Structure, pp. 148-153

Þ Using Pronouns, pp. 154-161

Þ Avoiding Shifts in Person, pp. 162-166

Punctuation and Capital Letters

Þ Semicolon, Colon, Dash, pp. 173

Þ Commas, pp. 174-188

Þ Quotation marks and Underlining/Italics, pp. 189-194

Þ Capital Letters, pp. 195-203

Writing

Þ Writing, pp. 204-205

Þ Paragraphs and Essays, pp. 206-221

Þ A Thesis Statement, pp. 222-227

Þ Revising, pp. 227-231

Þ Revision Checklist, p. 229

Þ Writing—Presenting Your Work—Paper Format, pp. 231-232

Þ Writing About What You Read, pp. 232-235

Þ Writing Summaries, pp.236-242

Answers to Exercises, pp. 243-318

Index, pp. 319-321