DANIEL MORENO:
I was really interested in your way of describing real learning. I agree with you in all of the things you said. About your transitional words and phrases, I liked the way you used complex phrases correctly. I was especially drawn to the phrase “in my perspective”. Great Job.
JACK AKERMAN
Your use of transitional phrases was exemplar. However, you used some of the most common ones. Also, we were required to put at least three transitional words or phrases. Nontheless, your post was entertaining and well written. Good job.
ANA MARIA SAMPER
I liked the way you made the analogy from sponge and water. However, I did not see any transitional words in the post, which was the task. You write really well and you proved your point. I liked it.
CAMILA TORO
I loved your extense post and especially your use of transitional phrases. You put lots of transitional phrases and all in a correct context. I congratulate you for your awesome grammar. Great job.
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
March 7, 2012
February 22, 2012
Linking Words and Phrases
Although, even though, while, whereas, despite, in spite of...
However, on the other hand, what's more...
However, on the other hand, what's more...
February 14, 2012
Grammar Rules
Notes on Capitalization and Punctuation
Capitalization
Capitalize points of the compass only when they refer to specific regions.
Examples:
My brother lives in the Upper East side of Manhattan. 👍
Go north three blocks to find the pizza restaurant. 👎
Punctuation
To show plural possession, make the noun plural first. Then immediately use the apostrophe.
Example:
The boys' shoes are Nike. 👍
The boys's room was messy.👎
Never use an apostrophe with possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, theirs, ours, yours, whose. They already show possession so they do not require an apostrophe.
Example
The gang stole their neighborhood's bank.👍
The the hat is your's not her's. 👎
The en dash (-) is used to describe a time period.
Examples
The war went from 2015-2020.👍
The-car was fast. 👎
Capitalization
Capitalize points of the compass only when they refer to specific regions.
Examples:
My brother lives in the Upper East side of Manhattan. 👍
Go north three blocks to find the pizza restaurant. 👎
Punctuation
To show plural possession, make the noun plural first. Then immediately use the apostrophe.
Example:
The boys' shoes are Nike. 👍
The boys's room was messy.👎
Never use an apostrophe with possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, theirs, ours, yours, whose. They already show possession so they do not require an apostrophe.
Example
The gang stole their neighborhood's bank.👍
The the hat is your's not her's. 👎
The en dash (-) is used to describe a time period.
Examples
The war went from 2015-2020.👍
The-car was fast. 👎
November 14, 2011
Preposition poster Critiques
POSTER #1
Interesting
Strength: it uses a really interesting use of pictures
Weakness: you can't read the letters.
Score: 8
Persuasive
Strength: it uses a very professional view of colleges
Weakness: it was presented really fast so I didn't understand most of the presentation
Score: 7
Word Choice
Strength: it put the word STOP in really big font
Weakness: it had very basic languages
Score: 5
Style
Strength: it showed the advantages of having a good use of prepositions
Weakness: it wasn't very decorated
Score: 7
Total score: 7
POSTER #2
Interesting
Strength: it is very colorful and it catches your attention
Weakness: letters are difficult to understand and it is messy
Score: 6
Persuasive
Strength: uses examples
Weakness: it is messy, therefore not really eye-catching
Score: 6
Word Choice
Strength: puts important words in larger fonts
Weakness: uses the word noob incorrectly
Score: 5
Style
Strength: it shows that it is supposed to be abstract
Weakness: it was shown sloppyly
Score: 7
Total Score: 6
POSTER #3
Interesting
Strength: It is well drawn and neat
Weakness: not very decorated
Score: 8
Persuasive
Strength: uses many examples to show prepositions
Weakness: none
Score: 10
Word Choice
Strength: Puts important words in bold
Weakness: It is all in one color
Score:8
Style
Strength: it is relaxing
Weakness: the presentation people had to tell what the style was in order to get it
Score: 9
Total Score: 9
POSTER #4
Interesting
Strength: It uses 3D objects to grasp attention
Weakness: it was messy
Score: 9
Persuasive
Strength: Uses examples
Weakness: Puts mainly the to-too-two relationship instead of the assigned at-to relationship
Score: 5
Word Choice
Strength: Capitalizes important words
Weakness: It is not very understandable
Score: 7
Style
Strength: Pilas con las Pilas style. It was creative
Weakness: The presentators had to demonstrate the style in order to get it
Score:7
Total score: 7
Interesting
Strength: it uses a really interesting use of pictures
Weakness: you can't read the letters.
Score: 8
Persuasive
Strength: it uses a very professional view of colleges
Weakness: it was presented really fast so I didn't understand most of the presentation
Score: 7
Word Choice
Strength: it put the word STOP in really big font
Weakness: it had very basic languages
Score: 5
Style
Strength: it showed the advantages of having a good use of prepositions
Weakness: it wasn't very decorated
Score: 7
Total score: 7
POSTER #2
Interesting
Strength: it is very colorful and it catches your attention
Weakness: letters are difficult to understand and it is messy
Score: 6
Persuasive
Strength: uses examples
Weakness: it is messy, therefore not really eye-catching
Score: 6
Word Choice
Strength: puts important words in larger fonts
Weakness: uses the word noob incorrectly
Score: 5
Style
Strength: it shows that it is supposed to be abstract
Weakness: it was shown sloppyly
Score: 7
Total Score: 6
POSTER #3
Interesting
Strength: It is well drawn and neat
Weakness: not very decorated
Score: 8
Persuasive
Strength: uses many examples to show prepositions
Weakness: none
Score: 10
Word Choice
Strength: Puts important words in bold
Weakness: It is all in one color
Score:8
Style
Strength: it is relaxing
Weakness: the presentation people had to tell what the style was in order to get it
Score: 9
Total Score: 9
POSTER #4
Interesting
Strength: It uses 3D objects to grasp attention
Weakness: it was messy
Score: 9
Persuasive
Strength: Uses examples
Weakness: Puts mainly the to-too-two relationship instead of the assigned at-to relationship
Score: 5
Word Choice
Strength: Capitalizes important words
Weakness: It is not very understandable
Score: 7
Style
Strength: Pilas con las Pilas style. It was creative
Weakness: The presentators had to demonstrate the style in order to get it
Score:7
Total score: 7
November 9, 2011
November 7, 2011
Game of Prepositions
THE GRAMMAR RACE 2-6 players
Pieces: 40 flashcards, 6 player identifications (cars, drawings.etc), 1 playing board, 1 dice.
Object: the object of the game is to get to the finish as fast as possible while answering correctly the problems.
Procedure:
At the beginning, each player gets an identification. Each player rolls the dice and the player with the highest roll starts the game. Gameplay goes counterclock wise.
The first player gets a flashcard with two sentences. The player has to identify the gramatically correct sentence and check if it is correct with the back of the flashcard.
Pieces: 40 flashcards, 6 player identifications (cars, drawings.etc), 1 playing board, 1 dice.
Object: the object of the game is to get to the finish as fast as possible while answering correctly the problems.
Procedure:
At the beginning, each player gets an identification. Each player rolls the dice and the player with the highest roll starts the game. Gameplay goes counterclock wise.
The first player gets a flashcard with two sentences. The player has to identify the gramatically correct sentence and check if it is correct with the back of the flashcard.
If it is correct, the player advances one spot.
If it is incorrect, the player moves back two spots.
The player to reach the finish line first wins the game.
Here are some photos of the game..
October 31, 2011
Prepositions Used Correctly
OF
The Empire State Building is in the south of Manhattan.
In Africa kids die of hunger.
ABOUT
The book is about horses
The people were talking badly about him
ON
Gabriela was standing on the chair.
Beatriz was putting make up on her face.
IN
Jack in the box.
The cat put his paw in the fish tank.
AT
The map says we are at the traffic light.
The taxi driver said to turn left at the next Wal-Mart.
FOR
My aunt jogs every morning for her physical condition.
One million dollars were donated for the charity cause.
FROM
A soccer ball was a gift from my grandmother in my 9th birthday.
The robber stole 1,000 dollars from the bank account.
TO
My Rolls Royce was going to crash into the building.
His family was going in vacations to Paris.
The Empire State Building is in the south of Manhattan.
In Africa kids die of hunger.
ABOUT
The book is about horses
The people were talking badly about him
ON
Gabriela was standing on the chair.
Beatriz was putting make up on her face.
IN
Jack in the box.
The cat put his paw in the fish tank.
AT
The map says we are at the traffic light.
The taxi driver said to turn left at the next Wal-Mart.
FOR
My aunt jogs every morning for her physical condition.
One million dollars were donated for the charity cause.
FROM
A soccer ball was a gift from my grandmother in my 9th birthday.
The robber stole 1,000 dollars from the bank account.
TO
My Rolls Royce was going to crash into the building.
His family was going in vacations to Paris.
October 27, 2011
Photos of Prepositions
The book was about horses.
The boy is standing on the chair.
The arrow goes from left to right.
The Empire State Building is in the south of Manhattan.
The letter is from Berlin.
The map shows that you are at the intersection
This gift is for you!
Jack is in the box.
September 28, 2011
Video on Compound Complex sentences
I know it was supposed to be under a minute but here it is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
September 18, 2011
September 12, 2011
Quiz on Sentence Types
Complex Sentence:
A sentence that correctly combines an independent and a dependent clause.
Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.
Compound Sentence:
A sentence that correctly combines two dependent clauses with the use of a semicolon
Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.
Simple Sentence:
An independent clause.
Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.
Compound-Complex Sentence:
A sentence that combines two independent clauses and has the addition of one or more dependent clauses.
Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.
NOTE: the example sentences in orange were taken from the quiz in
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm?cgi_quiz_form=1
A sentence that correctly combines an independent and a dependent clause.
Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.
Compound Sentence:
A sentence that correctly combines two dependent clauses with the use of a semicolon
Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.
Simple Sentence:
An independent clause.
Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.
Compound-Complex Sentence:
A sentence that combines two independent clauses and has the addition of one or more dependent clauses.
Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.
NOTE: the example sentences in orange were taken from the quiz in
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm?cgi_quiz_form=1
Quiz on Which, That and Who
WHO is always reffering to a person. The use of THAT reffering to a person can also be correct but a skilled and careful writer will always choose who.
The tennis player, who also plays soccer, is called Roger Federer.
THAT can reffer to a person (not preferable), animal or thing.
He bought the dog that had the pink collar.
WHICH reffers to a thing only.
The dictionary, which is at the front of the classroom, contains all the English words.
The tennis player, who also plays soccer, is called Roger Federer.
THAT can reffer to a person (not preferable), animal or thing.
He bought the dog that had the pink collar.
WHICH reffers to a thing only.
The dictionary, which is at the front of the classroom, contains all the English words.
Quiz on Run-On Sentences
Run on sentences are two or more independent clauses that are joined incorrectly.
You can fix them by using correct punctuation
Examples on Run Ons and their Solutions
I loved my visit to France I didn't like the cheese.
I loved my visit to France; however, I did't like the cheese.
Felipe played polo yesterday he fell off the horse.
Felipe played polo yesterday, and he fell off the horse.
You can fix them by using correct punctuation
Examples on Run Ons and their Solutions
I loved my visit to France I didn't like the cheese.
I loved my visit to France; however, I did't like the cheese.
Felipe played polo yesterday he fell off the horse.
Felipe played polo yesterday, and he fell off the horse.
September 6, 2011
Grammar Homework (With Corrections)
NOTE: THE CORRECTIONS ARE IN ORANGE!
1) Diffenence in That, Who and Which at the beginning of a phrase.
WHO. refers to one person or a group of people.
Ana Maria was at Thailand with her friends who are helping her do charity for survivers of the tsunami.
John was at the mall with his friend whose parents died in a car crash.
Correctly Used: Manuel is the boy who scored the most points in the basketball game.
Incorrectly Used: Pasaporte was the horse who stepped on my hand.
THAT. refers to a thing.
My friend went to the Teotihuacan pyramids that were home to the Aztecs.
I went to Providencia that has the world's third largest coral reef.
Correctly Used: The stingray that was in Cartagena was the one that stung my dad in the foot.
Incorrectly Used: He was the person that was accused for stealing King Tut's tomb.
WHICH. can also refer to a thing like a word.
I am a biped which also means I walk on two feet.
He is vacuous which also means he is an unintelligent person.
Correctly Used: The answers for the math problems, which are at the back of the book, are always correct.
Incorrectly Used: Maria is the student which ate the most pies in 12 minutes.
2) Run-on sentences are really long sentences that do not have the proper use of commas, semicolons or colons and that can be interpreted in different ways.
An example of a run-on is:
My friend and I went to the mall to buy shoes and we passed Adidas Nike Asics and New Balance but we couldn't find the right size so we do not know know what to do.
A run-on sentence is two or more independent variables joined incorrectly.
3) Compound Sentence: A compound sentence is a single sentence that combines two or more independent clauses with a conjunction. (FANBOYS)
Examples.
I went to France, and I adored the bread and cheese served in Paris.
Pedro played soccer, so I played volleyball.
Complex Sentence: A complex sentence is a single sentence that combines a dependent clause with an independent clause.
Examples.
Before playing Minecraft, I have to do homework.
When I went to Torreladera, I scored three goals playing polo.
A sentence that correctly combines two dependent clauses with the use of a semicolon
1) Diffenence in That, Who and Which at the beginning of a phrase.
WHO. refers to one person or a group of people.
Ana Maria was at Thailand with her friends who are helping her do charity for survivers of the tsunami.
John was at the mall with his friend whose parents died in a car crash.
Correctly Used: Manuel is the boy who scored the most points in the basketball game.
Incorrectly Used: Pasaporte was the horse who stepped on my hand.
THAT. refers to a thing.
My friend went to the Teotihuacan pyramids that were home to the Aztecs.
I went to Providencia that has the world's third largest coral reef.
Correctly Used: The stingray that was in Cartagena was the one that stung my dad in the foot.
Incorrectly Used: He was the person that was accused for stealing King Tut's tomb.
WHICH. can also refer to a thing like a word.
I am a biped which also means I walk on two feet.
He is vacuous which also means he is an unintelligent person.
Correctly Used: The answers for the math problems, which are at the back of the book, are always correct.
Incorrectly Used: Maria is the student which ate the most pies in 12 minutes.
2) Run-on sentences are really long sentences that do not have the proper use of commas, semicolons or colons and that can be interpreted in different ways.
An example of a run-on is:
My friend and I went to the mall to buy shoes and we passed Adidas Nike Asics and New Balance but we couldn't find the right size so we do not know know what to do.
A run-on sentence is two or more independent variables joined incorrectly.
3) Compound Sentence: A compound sentence is a single sentence that combines two or more independent clauses with a conjunction. (FANBOYS)
Examples.
I went to France, and I adored the bread and cheese served in Paris.
Pedro played soccer, so I played volleyball.
Complex Sentence: A complex sentence is a single sentence that combines a dependent clause with an independent clause.
Examples.
Before playing Minecraft, I have to do homework.
When I went to Torreladera, I scored three goals playing polo.
A sentence that correctly combines two dependent clauses with the use of a semicolon
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