Grammar revision October 8/9 Personal Narrative Grammar revision October 8/9

Heading Is your heading on the top left? Does it look like this? If not, fix it. Beyonce Knowles Mrs. Trace/Mrs. Mueller Honors 7th Grade Survey Literature Period # 11 October 2012

Formatting Check the following. If anything is incorrect, make note of it. Is your entire paper (including your title) typed in 12 pt./Times New Roman font? Is it evenly double spaced with 1 inch margins? (There should not be an extra space between paragraphs.) Are your paragraphs indented? Is your paper between 500-1000 words (2-4 pages?)

Commonly Confused Words After working through your CCW exercises, look at your own paper and correct any words that you might have gotten confused. Pay special attention to: To, too, two Their, there, they’re Affect, effect Your, you’re Where, were, we’re

Check for Fragments. Do each of your sentences have a complete subject and a complete predicate? REMEMBER: A subject by itself or a predicate by itself is considered a fragment. (Review grammar lessons 1-2 for a reminder.) Fix any fragments.

COMMA RULE: FANBOYS Step one: Circle all the (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) in your paper. Step two: Is there an independent clause on EACH “side” of the FANBOYS word? IC=Subject + Predicate. If so, a comma MUST go in front of that FANBOYS word. Example: I went to the park, and I played on the slide. If there isn’t an independent clause on either side of the FANBOYS words, you do NOT need a comma. I went to the park and played on the slide.

Final Rubric Review Flip open to the final narrative rubric. Let’s read the descriptor for an A essay one more time. What do you need to work on from now until next class so that you earn an A essay?

FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY Submission Requirements: You must bring a printed copy to class. You must bring ALL of your rough drafts and rubric. You MUST submit your essay on Turnitin.com. We will do this in class on Thursday/Friday, BUT you must bring your essay on a flash drive to do so. Make note of this now. Please do not tell your mom/dad that you need a flash drive at 9:00 pm on Wednesday night! You need an email address to create a Turnitin.com account. If you don’t have an email, create one BEFORE next class!