Today’s goals Begin development of English grammar and editing skills Focus: Parts of speech, mass/count nouns, verb tenses Continue planning for media presentations

Editing and revision Editing, particularly with local revisions, requires two separate skills: Perception The ability to identify incorrect forms or parts of the essay that need revision Knowledge In order to make appropriate corrections, you must know the correct form (spelling/grammatical/MLA format/etc.) to use or the intended goal of a piece and how best to accomplish it at the sentence level We will work to cultivate both of these skills in our monthly editing and grammar classes

Grammar Basics Parts of speech English sentences require a: Noun Adjective Verb Adverb Article Preposition English sentences require a: Subject + verb phrase (or predicate) Some verbs can stand alone as an entire phrase by themselves, but other verbs will require one or two objects to make a complete sentence

Grammar basics Nouns and pronouns can often be deceptively tricky when learning English What are some examples of words that are not nouns but can function as nouns in a sentence? Pronouns will have a subject form and object form depending on their function in a sentence In English, nouns can be classified as either COUNT nouns or MASS nouns This classification will have an impact on subject-verb agreement as well as what words can be used to modify these nouns

Grammar Basics Count nouns: Mass nouns: Can be quantified, counted, and made plural Examples: chair, class, computer, book, light Make sure you are using the correct singular or plural form for agreement Mass nouns: Cannot be quantified, counted, or made plural Example: sugar, reading, water, courage, wine Mass nouns are considered singular for agreement purposes Test: If you are not sure if a noun is count or mass, try adding one of the following words before it: few + noun, many + noun, two + noun Count nouns can be modified in this manner while mass nouns cannot

Unit 2 Grammar: Verbs General verb guidelines Every sentence requires a finite verb Infinitives and auxiliary verbs do not count as finite verbs Finite verbs will usually come in one of five forms: base form, past tense, past participle, present participle, or –s form The verbs in an English sentence must agree with the person and number of the subject of that sentence Within a sentence that has multiple verbs, the verbs must agree in tense with one another

Verb Tenses Base Past (-ed) Past Participle (-en/-ed) Present Participle (-ing) Third Person Singular (-s) Note: the past and past participle tenses have many irregular forms depending on the verb

Unit 2 Grammar: Verbs Perfect Progressive Passive Have + past participle verb (usually –ed or –en) I have eaten lunch already today Progressive Be + present participle verb (-ing) I am eating lunch right now Passive Past be + past participle (subject and object are flipped from the original sentence) Normal: I performed the experiment Passivized: The experiment was performed by me today

Compound Constructions Perfect Progressive I have been fishing all over the world Perfective Passive That experiment has been performed five times Progressive Passive The apple was being eaten by worms Perfect Progressive Passive Prometheus’ liver has been being eaten since the dawn of time

Group activity: Unit 1 grammar – part 1 of 2 In your unit 1 groups Identify the verb phrase being used as passive, progressive, or perfect Emily has taken that English course before Mario is still trying to beat Jamie’s high score The dragon was defeated by the knight The bel had rung five times before I made it to class Jason was being evaluated by his boss Identify whether the noun below is mass or count Rice Soccer notebook Ice Bottle

Group activity: Unit 1 gramar part 2 of 2 Edit all of the slide to make it corect. They is the best soccer players in the division After school, I went to the store, buy food, and visited my aunt Maria am going to the movies After I went to grandmas house, I do my homework Cesar have five ices in his drink

Group activity- presentation planning In your ENC1930 project groups Continue planning for your ENC media presentations. Use the following questions for planning and present your answers to the instructor when you are finished Which media have you selected for your presentation? What is unique about this media? What is the purpose of your selected media? Start by selecting one of the example purpose from the textbook (pg 9) and further describe what is unique about this purpose. Who is the intended audience when using this media? Who is the incidental audience? Give specific demographics and figures. How would describe the genre conventions of this media? Focus on what separates it from other similar types of media. What examples of the media will you use for your presentation? What makes these examples important or interesting? What sources will you use for your presentation? What type of information does each source provide? Who will be responsible for presenting each section of your presentation? What will you do to make your presentation interesting and engaging for your classmates?

Extra credit There were two extra credit corrections located on the last slide. Did you find them?