Eng101

Verbs
Prepositions
Reading discussion

What is a verb?
Word that shows action or state of being
Run, swim, jump, be, appear, seem, feel
There are numerous verb tenses:
Present tense, past tense, future tense, present
perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect
tense, present progressive, past progressive, future
progressive, present perfect progressive, past
perfect progressive, future perfect progressive,
emphatic

When should you use present tense?

Present action
I want to eat pizza right now.

Action that happens over and over

I eat pizza almost every day.
Scientific facts and other things that are always true
(literature included)
Eating twenty-five pizzas a day is not good for you.

Passive voice

Less dynamic
Downplays or ignores doer of action
The ball was hit and a run was scored. The score was
kept and eventually the game was won. Strong
emotions were felt by the fans and much applause
was heard.

It is okay to be passive when...

The doer of action is unimportant or unknown

School is canceled today! (Who cares who canceled
it?)
You want to be polite or avoid sounding bossy
Your application was rejected.

It is okay to be passive when...

You want to emphasize that thing youre talking

about more than the person performing the action
This big blue ribbon will be given to the winner.
You are writing in an impersonal, scientific manner
The mice were separated into two groups.

Practice identify verbs

As a chiropractor I constantly remind people that a
good nights rest is one of the most important and
often overlooked aspects of health.
As a chiropractor I constantly remind people that a
good nights rest is one of the most important and
often overlooked aspects of health.
How would you eliminate passivity?

Practice fix verbs

As a chiropractor I constantly remind people that a
good nights rest provides one of the most important
and often overlooked aspects of health.
As a chiropractor I constantly remind people of the
importance of a good nights rest as an overlooked
aspect of health.

Prepositions

What is a preposition?
Word used to show a relationship between
noun/pronoun and another word in the
sentence
o Tell us something about where something
is, when something happens, shows some
other type of relationship between two
things
About, above, after, around, at, before,
beneath, between, by, down, for, from, in
inside, of, off, on, opposite, since, through,
throughout, to, underneath, up, with, without

Is it good writing to end a

sentence in a preposition?
Change words to not end in preposition...if it
sounds normal...if not, rewrite the sentence
completely
A senator is someone most people look up to.
A senator is someone to whom most people
upwardly look.
Most people look up to a senator.

Try it...
Notice the ease Harley hits the ball with.
Notice the ease with which Hartley hits the ball.

Revising Tip Verbs &Prepositions

Circle all verbs to ensure that none of the verbs shift.
Make sure there arent too many Be verbs.
Look at the word before each end punctuation
(period, question mark, exclamation point) to
ensure that it is not a preposition.

Any Questions?

Freewriting
Given a topic
Write for given time
Do not stop writingif you get stuck, pick a word
and just keep writing it until your next thought
comes through

Which reading did you like the most? Why? Which

narrative elements kept your attention?

Groups
Micahla, Ali, Julia, Carly, Cheyanne, Taylor purpose
& action
Jeremy, Anthony, Ryan, Theresa, DeAndre, Amanda,
Noah - Conflict & POV
Tayonna, Cassidy, Maymunah, Jeff, Tianna, Kaytlin
Key events & dialogue
DJ, Sara, Lexi, Jared, Aidan, Summer, Sierra ethics

Jigsaw!
Meet in the following groups. Share your knowledge of
your previously assigned element with the group.
The purpose is for all group members to fully
understand all of the elements in each of the
readings.

Narrative Analysis
Choose ONE of the readings
Write a 3-4 page essay discussing the effectiveness
of the authors narration techniques
o Writing process; MLA format
o Introduction
o Body paragraphs
o Conclusion
o Grammar & mechanics

Upcoming dates

Conferences M 10/3
Narrative Analysis rough drafts W 10/5
Narrative Analysis final copies M 10/10
Mock Works Cited mulligan M 10/10

For Wednesday
Read Chapter 5 about Effective Paragraphs