Assignment
Lev. 11C
1. The writing process: Prewriting
• Freewriting
• Brainstorming
• Journalist questions
• Listing
• Clustering/mapping
2. Paragraph Structure
• The three parts of a paragraph
- The Topic Sentence
Position of topic sentence
The two parts of a topic sentence
- Supporting sentences
- The concluding sentence
3. From paragraph to essay
• The three parts of an essay
- The introductory paragraph
- Body paragraphs
- The concluding paragraph
4. Process essay
5. Cause/Effect Essays
6. Comparison/Contrast Essays
7. Argument Essays
8. Types of sentences
a. Clauses
- Independent clauses
- Dependent clauses
b. Kinds of sentences
- Simple sentences
- Compound sentences
- Complex sentences
- Compound-complex sentences
9. Sentence problems
• Sentence fragments
• Choppy sentences
• Run-on sentences and comma splices
• Stingy sentences
10. Adverb clauses
a. Kind of adverb clauses
- Time clause
- Place clause
- Distance, frequency, and manner clauses
- Reason clauses
- Result clauses
- Purpose clauses
- Contrast clauses
11. Adjective clauses
a. Kinds of adjective clauses
- Relative pronouns as subjects
- Relative pronouns as object
- Possessive adjective clauses
- Relative pronouns as objects of prepositions
- Relative pronouns in phrases of quantity and
quality
- Adjective clauses of time and place
12. Punctuation rules
• Comma
• Semicolons
• Colons
• Quotation marks
13. Charts of connecting words and
transition signals
• Coordinating words
• Subordinating words
• Conjunctive adverbs
• Transition signals