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-You may unintentionally relay inaccurate information unless you avoid grammatical errors.
-As you proceed through these lessons in grammar and expository, you will
improve your ability to be understood by others.
This quest challenges you to investigate
and develop more accurate grammar and
expository skills.
What is grammar and expository?
How is the English language a powerful
tool to assist you in writing?
Why would you need to develop these
skills?
What techniques can you use to prevent
you from unintentionally providing
inaccurate information to others?
What can do not fall victim to other
individuals misunderstanding you?
Task Review
Learning in the 21st century presents
lots of opportunities and challenges.
Will the vast knowledge on the Internet
change the quality of your life?
How will you use the Internet resources
to assist you in your writing patterns?
Can the Internet help you to distinguish
between grammar and expository?
Task Review (continued)
•Do you believe that everyone always understands you? Do you wonder about accurate wording?
•Do all of your dependent clauses modify their subjects? Do you hesitate to write more
because you do not hope to be misleading?
•Please proceed with your pencil and notebook. You will want to note at least 12 grammatical
terms or expressions and the results of your quizzes as you prepare and review for a final essay.
•You will examine, compare, and contrast the aspects of writing, diction, and distinguishable
literature that will help you to organize your words into sentences that are grammatically correct.
Syntactic Characteristics INTRODUCTION (cont’d)
(Weaver, 1996)
Active, Passive Clauses
Voices
Absolute Phrases
Appositives
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/search/query_X.asp
•Step 2: Relax! Consider this poem about the Rosetta Stone which is included as
a Worksheet. The Key of Grammatical Terms and Expressions is also
recommended.
Process (continued)
http://isu.indstate.edu/writing/handouts/setiii/prints/SETIII4P.html
Category 5 4 3 2 1
Completing Webquests 100% Webquests 90% Webquests 80% Webquests 70% Webquests 60%
complete complete complete complete complete
WebQuest
Follows With 100% With 90% With 80% With 70% With 60%
Instructions accuracy
accuracy accuracy accuracy accuracy
Conclusion
You are finished; you have posted and proofed your project! Now answer
the following questions:
Has this activity influenced your view on better writing skills? How? Now
that you have completed the project, what new considerations can you
offer someone’s writing? How can written documents of others affect you?
What is grammar and expository? How will new opportunities of the 21st
century challenge your writing?
What makes your project an effective writing example? .
Teacher Resources
http://www.cityu.edu.hk:80/elc/iowa/quiz/
http://library.thinkquest.org/10241/
http://questgarden.com/46/50/2/070224121051/
http://isu.indstate.edu/writing/esl/setvi/prints/SETVI7EP.html
http://isu.indstate.edu/writing/esl/esl.html
One would express gratitude to Professor Elene Sandorff and the late Charles Darling, PhD, for
permitting our use of their web through Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut.
References
Daniels, B., & Daniels, D. (1991). English Grammar College Outline. New York:
HarperCollins Publishers.
Darling, C., PhD, & Sandorff, E.PhD (1999, November). Grammar Review
(Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut). Retrieved January
21, 2008, from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Sidney, G., Geoffrey, L., Randolph, Q., & Jan, S. (. (1973). A Comprehensive
Grammar of the English Language. New York: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.