We are now in a mad rush to get things finished before the end of the term. We have lost 2 days because of inclement weather, and we’ve also lost 2 days because people didn’t do the work I left for them when we had a sub. 🙁
The schedule for the next three weeks are on the board.
Today, we took our memoir and for each sentence, wrote down the subject and verb for each sentence. Turn this in for a grade. What I expect you to do with this information is use it to look for run on sentences, fragments, subject/verb agreement, and verb tense. I’ve noticed that we have lots of students who have run-ons and keep switching verb tense. If you notice that you have multiple subject and verbs in a sentence, check it out to see if it’s a run-on! When you look at your verbs, check to make sure they are all past tense. If you see something wrong, FIX IT ON YOUR PAPER.
People are making changes INDEPENDENT of their paper! What’s the point in writing three introductions if you don’t use them? What’ the point of finding your “be” verbs if you don’t change half of them? Make the revisions and edits to the paper!
Lastly, record yourself reading your essay in Audacity. This is an editing tool. This isn’t so I can listen to you read out loud – it’s so you can identify mistakes. If you stumble while you are reading, it’s probably because there is a grammatical 
mistake. I don’t care if you make a mistake while reading – THAT’S THE POINT OF THE ACTIVITY – to identify where your mistakes are!
The two grades are finding the subject(s) and verb(s) for each sentence and recording you reciting your essay.
We will work on our King Arthur Major grade for three days, and we will publish the Memoir on Friday! Hooray!
