AP 11 Grammar Assignments
Grammar can be tedious, but it is essential to our command of reading comprehension, rhetorical analysis, and powerful composition. Read the information on each area of grammar in the composition book carefully and double check your understanding as you go through each exercise. Grammar assignments must be typed. Make sure exercises and sentences are numbered, and that the key items (words, phrases, etc.) are bolded, underlined or highlighted. Make it easy for me to see you know what you are doing! 10 points per lesson. Due dates and more specific instructions are included with each assignment below.
Semester 1
Grammar 1: Appositives (167-170; see also p. R65 in the literature book), Exercises
1-5 (170-73). Due 8/17, 18
Special Directions for Grammar 1:
Must be typed. For all: Rewrite entire sentence, noun in bold, appositive underlined or italicized. Ex. 2: If no punctuation required, no need to rewrite; just write NP. Ex. 4: Do only ODD questions. Ex. 5: Structure original sentences exactly like examples.
Ignore the instructions that ask for explanations of the grammar’s effect.
Points: Ex 1: 2 each (14), Ex 2: 1 each (9), Ex 3: 2 each (16), Ex 4: 2 or 3 each (12), Ex 5: 3or 4each (17). (68 points total adjusted to a percentage out of 10)
Grammar 2: Short Simple Sentences and Fragments (252-255), Exercises 1 & 2 (for exercise 2 make the entire paragraph simple sentences), AND Coordination in the Compound Sentence (698-704), Exercises 1 & 2. Due 9/26
Special Directions for Grammar 2:
Must be typed. (252-255) Ex. 1: Write only the simple sentences and a brief explanation (3 or 4 sentences) of their effect. Ex. 2: Rewrite the entire paragraph using solely simple sentences and a brief explanation (3 or 4 sentences) of their effect.Complete Exercises 1 & 2 on 703-04 as directed.
Points: (252-255) Ex 1: 5 points, Ex 2: 23 points, (698-704) Ex 1: 11 points (1 each except 10), Ex 2: 10 points (2 each). (50 points total adjusted to a percentage out of 10)
Grammar 3: Parallel Structure (339-344), Exercises 1, 2, & 3 AND Pronouns (420-425), Exercises 1 & 2. Due 11/1
Special Directions for Grammar 3:
Must be typed. For Exercises 1, 2, & 3 Parallel Structure (339-344): Write complete sentence. Ex. 1: Underline the parallel words, phrases, or clauses. If there are additional examples of parallel structure, italicize them. Put the words and phrases that are different in bold. This is tricky. Take careful note of the following EXAMPLE: If we are really dying, let us hear the rattle in our throats and feel cold in the extremities;if we are alive, let us go about our business. Ex. 2: Correct sentences; no underlining or bold required. Ex. 3: Same as Ex. 1. No explanations requiredEXCEPT for # 6. Explain the overall effect of parallelism for #6 and identify any other rhetorical strategies that help achieve it.
For Exercises 1 & 2 Pronouns (420-425): Ex. 1: Write complete sentence and bold changes. Ex. 2: Do NOT copy paragraph. Answer questions on effect and purpose. (Notice the parallelism?)
Points: (339-344) Ex. 1: 10 points (2 each), Ex. 2: 5 points (1 each), Ex. 3: 31 points (1-4: 2 points each; 5 & 7: 4 points each; 6: 15 points [inc. analysis]). (420-425) Ex. 1: 10 points (1 each), Ex. 2: 4 points. (60 points total adjusted to a percentage out of 10.)
Semester 2
Grammar 4:Direct, Precise, and Active Verbs (498-502), Exercises 1 & 2, AND Concise Diction (592-594), Exercise 1). (For Exercise 2 on 502, remember to write each entire paragraph, to identify both verbs and verbals, that most contractions contain verbs, and that you must write 3-4 sentences for each passage analyzing the specific effect of the verbs.)Due 2/12
Points: (498-502) Ex. 1: 12 points (1 each), Ex. 2: 20 points (1st paragraph 6 points for verb identification, 2 points for analysis; 2nd paragraph 10 points for verb identification, 2 points for analysis) (593) Ex. 1: 15 points (1 each). (47 points total adjusted to a percentage out of 10.)
Grammar 5:Subordination in the Complex Sentence (999-1005) Exercises 1, 2 & 3. Due 4/2
Special Directions for Grammar 5:
Must be typed. For Exercise 1: Write complete sentence. Ensure that the subordinating conjunction you choose is logical. (See “Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs” on my webpage; it also contains information on subordinating conjunctions.) For Exercise 2: Write complete subordinate clause (there may be more than one per sentence) and identify what kind of logical relationship is indicated by the clause (Contrast or Concession, Cause and Effect or Reason, Condition, or Time;see p. 1000). For Exercise 3: Do passages 1 and 3 ONLY.Identify each complete subordinate clause, but first identify all nouns and verbs that form a clause – a subject and verb relationship – in each clause. Don’t identify all nouns, but only those that create a clause with a verb. Copy the whole passage. Underline the subjects. Bold the verbs. Italicize each subordinating conjunction. Then rewrite and numbereach subordinate clause in the order they appear in each passage.
EXAMPLE from passage 4:
A minorityis powerless whileitconforms to the majority; itis not even a minority then; but itis irresistible whenitclogs by its whole weight. If the alternativeis to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the Statewill not hesitate whichto choose.
Subordinate clauses:
1. whileitconforms to the majority
2. whenitclogs by its whole weight
3. If the alternativeis to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery
Points: Ex. 1: 24; Ex. 2: 22; Ex. 3: 52(98 points total adjusted to a percentage out of 10)