Grammar Bytes and Reading Response #1

I hope you are enjoying the grammar review to start out our semester.  The website we are using -Grammar Bytes- is completely free because of their mission to "Educate Everyone"!  Friday you will create a CourseSites account by following this link.  Here you will type in a bit of information.  Don't worry; it's free!  After setting up your account, you can click on "content" to find the quizzes which correspond to our study this week.

Today we jump back into the routine of reading responses.    For the rest of the quarter we will be reading a series of interesting essays and articles for your future blog posts.  Although I hope you continue to read books on your own, your future reading response blog posts will relate to the required articles posted.

 Please read the article carefully, and respond by creating a response post similar to those you have posted all year.  

• Title your post "Article 1 Response."  You may add to this title if you wish.  (Two line title or colon...)

• Make note of how you read the article and write about it.  What connections can you make with the text?  (What grammar challenges do you have, and what have you already mastered?)  Did you find yourself stopping...struggling for clarification? 

• Summarize what you think the main points of the article are and  include your opinion or reaction. 

• Include at least one or more quotes or passages from the article that you'd like to discuss.  You will be interpreting the passage or quote and including your reaction.  Tell why it was important and make connections and discuss further implications, inferences, and predictions.
• Post a picture that illustrates your reaction or connections you make. 
•  Before you hit "publish," be sure you check for punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar!  We have a responsibility to our reading audience!  *If you want to go to the extra effort, hyperlink us to additional related information you find and explain what it means and how it relates.

Here is today's article about grammar, and it provides an interesting look at grammar rules and how they might apply to your own usage.  Read the article and respond in your own post, including your opinions.  Your response post will be due before our next class on Wednesday!