Assignment

Drawing from your observation notes and sentences from Journal Writing Assignments 1 and 2 describe a natural object or scene in nature. Use at least one each of the clauses and phrases you studied in the unit. Also, be sure that you include one each of the four sentence types in your description. Using your knowledge from Unit 3, use action verbs and active voice, keep your verbs in the same tense, and maintain correct subject-verb agreement. Your description should consist of 9-12 sentences.
Submission deadline (your work): June 7th by 10:00pm PST
Evaluation deadline (peer review): June 12th by 10:00pm PST

Rubric

Followed the Assignment:

• 0 points: Description does not describe an object or scene in nature.
• 3 points: Sentences describe an object or scene in nature.

Adjective Clause:

• 0 points: Description does not use an adjective clause.
• 3 points: Description uses at least one adjective clause.

Adverb Clause:

• 0 points: Description does not use an adverb clause.
• 3 points: Description uses at least one adverb clause.

Noun Phrase:

• 0 points: Description does not use a noun phrase.
• 3 points: Description uses at least one noun phrase.

Verb Phrase:

• 0 points: Description does not use a verb phrase.
• 3 points: Description uses at least one verb phrase.

Active verbs, Active and Consistent Tense:

• 0 points: Description contains three or more active verb, active voice or consistent tense errors.
• 2 points: Description contains one or two active verb, active voice or consistent tense errors.
• 3 points: Description uses active verb in active voice with consistent verb tense.

Subject-Verb Agreement:

• 0 points: Description contains more than one subject-verb agreement error.
• 1 point: Description contains one subject-verb agreement error.
• 2 points: Description maintains subject-verb agreement.

 

All these days, just so busy, so didnt have time to think about the writing assignment till today. Hence, What I am going to write is not from what I have written earlier this week.

          2  SWANS
 Not far away from the hotel, there is a pond.  Two white swans, obviously a couple,  live there. They have their nest built on one side of the pond by the small bridge. Opposite to their nest, there is a  food feeder under a big tree. Every the other day, some food is placed in the feeder. Sometimes, the swans can eat up the food, but sometimes they cant. So some other birds, like  robins, ducks, and Canadian geese, always try to get some easy food whenever they see it. When the birds or the ducks come to eat the food, the swans just leave them alone, never bothering them. However, when they see the Canadian geese eating or trying to eat their food, the two swans always swim fast across the pond to chase the geese away. Maybe because the geese, who are almost the same size as the swans, are big, and the two swans regard the geese as a threat to their life?

Module 2 Writing Activity for Week 4

Module 2 Writing Activity
In your journal, continue your sentence practice with noun and verb phrases. Write at least one of each of the noun phrases discussed in the unit (prepositional phrase, absolute phrase, and appositive phrase) and at least two of each of the verb phrases (infinitive phrase and participial phrase). You will, therefore, write at least seven sentences for this journal activity. As in the first assignment, underline the phrase in each sentence and consider its function in both as a modifier and an aspect of your writing style.

prepositional phrase
The dog is playing in the back yard.

absolute phrase
The man is cooking, his eyes glazing at the meat on the stove.

appositive phrase
An unusually sweet dog, Abby likes greeting people.

infinitive phrase
1. The man checks the food every a few minute to make sure it wont get burnt.
2. The woman deadheads the flowers to make them look neat.

participial phrase
1.  Seeing the neighbor walking towards our yard, Abby barks at him.
2.  So excited to see him, Abby puts her front paws onto the gate.

Module 1 Writing Activity for Week 4

Module 1 Writing Activity
In your writing journal, begin to practice building sentences with adjective and adverbial clauses. As in Unit 3, you may find it helpful to be observing a scene while you compose sentences. Using the lists associated with each of these types of clauses, write at least three (3) sentences including adjective clauses and three (3) sentences including adverbial clauses. Underline the adjective and adverbial clauses. Consider their function in both as a modifier and an aspect of your writing style.

3 sentences including adjective clauses: (who, whom, that, which, whose, when, and where)

1. The big dog, which is running with a bone in her mouth, likes barking at people passing by their front yard.
2. The big guy, who is standing by the stove, is fixing dinner for the family.
3. He likes the house he bought 3 years ago.
4, We live in a nice neighborhood where most families have beautiful gardens.

3 sentences including adverbial clauses:
1.  He is cooking while his wife is watering the flowers in the garden.
2.  The dog stops barking and runs back onto the deck when she smells the food.
3.  The dog sits down, looking up at the man as she knows that she always get something to eat by begging like that.