1. NUTS & BOLTS ACTIVITY DUE 12/15

2. LOGGING ON TO NEWSU.ORG GO TO WWW.NEWSU.ORG AND CHOOSE ‘CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT’ AT THE TOP RIGHT.WWW.NEWSU.ORG WRITE DOWN THE USERNAME, E-MAIL & PASSWORD THAT YOU USE IN YOUR PLANNER OR ON YOUR PHONE. WE WILL USE THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN AND YOU WILL FORGET! DON’T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A REQUIRED FIELD. THERE IS NO COURSE CODE. ONCE YOU REGISTER, LOG IN AND GO TO THE COURSES TAB. SEARCH ’50’ AND CHOOSE THE COURSE: “WRITERS WORKBENCH: 50 TOOLS YOU CAN USE” ENROLL IN THIS COURSE AND LAUNCH THE COURSE!

3. THE ASSIGNMENT (DUE MONDAY) FIND THE “NUTS AND BOLTS” SECTION – IT HAS 9 RULES/9 PAGES READ EACH SECTION CAREFULLY! FOR EACH OF THE 9 RULES, TAKE ONE OF THE SENTENCES FROM ANY OF YOUR WRITING PIECES THIS SEMESTER (TWO TO THREE BRIEFS, TWO PROFILES) AND: WRITE THE RULE IN A MEANINGFUL, SUMMATIVE SENTENCE WRITE THE BEFORE SENTENCE WRITE THE AFTER SENTENCE FOR EACH YOU DO CORRECTLY, YOU WILL GET 3 POINTS. THE ASSIGNMENT IS WORTH 20 POINTS, SO IF YOU DO ALL 9 CORRECT, YOU COULD EARN 27 POINTS. THIS WILL BE DUE MONDAY, DEC. 15 AT THE END OF CLASS.

4. ASSIGNMENT/EXAM PRACTICE RULE: USE VERBS IN THEIR STRONGEST FORM, THE SIMPLE PRESENT OR PAST BEFORE: Marching Performance Assessment is a required event for all marching bands in Seminole County. AFTER:

5. ASSIGNMENT/EXAM PRACTICE RULE: USE VERBS IN THEIR STRONGEST FORM, THE SIMPLE PRESENT OR PAST BEFORE: Marching Performance Assessment is a required event for all marching bands in Seminole County. AFTER: Seminole County requires all high school bands to participate in Marching Performance Assessment.

6. ASSIGNMENT/EXAM PRACTICE RULE: BEWARE OF ADVERBS. THEY CAN DILUTE THE MEANING OF THE VERB OR REPEAT IT. BEFORE: Unfortunately, the team was only able to win three games this season. AFTER:

7. ASSIGNMENT/EXAM PRACTICE RULE: BEWARE OF ADVERBS. THEY CAN DILUTE THE MEANING OF THE VERB OR REPEAT IT. BEFORE: Unfortunately, the team was only able to win three games this season. AFTER: The team won three games this season.

8. ASSIGNMENT/EXAM PRACTICE RULE: PLACE STRONG WORDS AT THE BEGINNING OF SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS, AND AT THE END. BEFORE: As of Oct. 1, Florida became the forty-first state to make texting while driving a crime with the passage of the Florida Senate’s bill SB 52. AFTER:

9. ASSIGNMENT/EXAM PRACTICE RULE: PLACE STRONG WORDS AT THE BEGINNING OF SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS, AND AT THE END. BEFORE: As of Oct. 1, Florida became the forty-first state to make texting while driving a crime with the passage of the Florida Senate’s bill SB 52. AFTER: With the passage of the Florida Senate’s bill SB 52, Florida, as of Oct. 1, became the forty-first state to make texting while driving a crime. The passage of the Florida Senate bill SB 52 on Oct. 1 made Florida the forty-first state to define texting while driving as a crime.

10. COMMON QUESTIONS? 1. I CAN’T FIND AN EXAMPLE IN MY STORIES. WHAT DO I DO? FIND AN EXAMPLE IN ANY OF OUR PUBLICATIONS AND GET CREDIT. SIMPLY LIST THE ISSUE OR VOLUME AND STORY HEADLINE WITH THE EXAMPLE. 2. CAN’T I JUST COPY DOWN THE EXAMPLE FROM THE WEBSITE? NO 3. WHAT IF I TOTALLY GET IT WRONG? YOU WILL GET PARTIAL CREDIT, JUST NOT EXTRA CREDIT

11. REMINDERS 1. YOU HAVE A NEWS BRIEF DUE MONDAY, DEC. 15 2. YOU CAN CREATE ONE PAGE OF REVIEW FOR THE EXAM. HANDWRITTEN, THE FRONT OF ONE PAGE. YOU WILL ALSO GET TO USE THESE NOTES. 3. WANT EVEN MORE EXTRA CREDIT? YEARBOOK PARTY AFTER SCHOOL ALL NEXT WEEK – COME FOR EDITING, PICTURE PLACING, INDESIGN FUN.