Friday, September 16, 2011

1. SSR
2. Grammar Focus: Verbs

• Active/Passive Voice
• Action/Linking Verbs
• To Be Verbs
• Parallel Tense

3. Poetry Focus: Meter
4. "To Be" Verbs Analyzer 
5. Cornell Notes: Ballad & Consonance/Assonance
6. "Bonny Barbara Allan" & "Ballad of the Landlord"

Homework:

• Verb Handout

• To Be Verbs Analyzer:  

1. Type an 8-10 sentence paragraph (topic of choice).  
2. Copy and paste the paragraph into the box on the To Be Verbs Analyzer website.   
3. Click on the CHECK button.  
4. Record the percentage of "to be" verbs in your paragraph.
5. Revise the paragraph to strengthen the verbs.
6. Copy and paste the revised paragraph into the box on the To Be Verbs Analyzer website.    
7. Click on the CHECK button.
8. Your final paragraph must have 20% or less "to be" verbs.

Bring the original and revised paragraphs to class on Monday!