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Enhancing Writing Skills: Goals, Errors, and Vocabulary Practice

Today's lab focuses on returning e-copies of papers, addressing common writing errors, and setting goals for the next assignment. We will practice vocabulary roots and engage in pre-reading of Tobias Wolfe’s "Powder." Homework includes completing the reading and responding to discussion questions. Key areas of improvement identified include proper dialogue punctuation, sensory details, structuring narratives, tense consistency, and adherence to MLA format. Let’s brainstorm themes and lessons from "Powder" and consider casting choices for a potential film adaptation.

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Enhancing Writing Skills: Goals, Errors, and Vocabulary Practice

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  1. TODAY • Lab to return Narratives • return e-copies of papers • go over common errors • come up with goals for next writing assignment • Vocab Practice: roots • “Powder” Pre-reading • HOMEWORK: • Finish reading “Powder” (p. 687) and answer both discussion questions The Cavs held their first practice of the Byron Scott Era yesterday. [By the way, I like the new unis a lot.]

  2. Common Errors • didn’t include dialogue or didn’t punctuate it correctly • didn’t include sensory details [that’s why we made that chart] • didn’t have clear beginning, middle, and end • didn’t have variety in sentence structure [simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex] • pushed the limits of what is appropriate for a piece you turn in for school [know your audience] • had verb tense issues [switch between past and present tense] • had various M.U.G.S. errors [especially comma splices, run-on sentences]

  3. MLA Format (take two) LAST NAME AND PAGE # FIRST AND LAST NAME 12 pt., TIMES NEW ROMAN DOUBLE-SPACED

  4. Vocabulary ExerciseRoots from Units 1-5 IDENTIFY WHAT THE ROOT MEANS AND THEN TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF THE WORD USING THE MEANING AND CONTEXT CLUES. • Visitors to the mountain range had long noted that the natural rock formation bore a striking resemblance to the visage of a man • Working in his yard was my dad’s avocation • The tenant of the apartment was evicted when he didn’t pay rent. • He was consider an apt student by the whole faculty because of his good grades and leadership. • What would compel you to watch the same movie five times in one week?

  5. Online Dictionaries http://www.merriam-webster.com/

  6. Tobias Wolfe’s “Powder” • Read “Powder” (p. 687) • Brainstorm a list of abstract nouns (subjects) related to story and then establish a theme of the story based off of one of them. • Think about the following: • What does the boy learn from the experience? • What can we as readers learn from what he learned? • If a Hollywood executive were to decide to turn this story into a film, who would you cast as either the father or the son (pick one)? Why would that actor be good (talents, previous roles, etc.)?

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