1. Read 2 books from the selection for Conventions. For each book you read, make 2 comments about the use of the particular Convention noted on the label on the front of this book. What makes this book special, when it comes to the expertise the author has shown using Conventions? How could you use this information in your own writing?
2. Read this paragraph carefully:
Onceuponatimetherewasnosuchthingastransitionaldevices withinandbetweensentencesspacesbetweenwordsand sentencesdidnotexistandpunctuationmarksweremany yearsinthefuture itcametopassthatsomescholarscontrived theideaofseparatingonesentencefromanotherwitha blankspace it was not too long after this that another scholar hit upon the next logical step of separating words within the sentence with blank spaces while this did much to end some of the confusion it was still a little difficult to tell where one sentence ended and another began to resolve this the period was invented. Closely on the heels of the period came the capital letter to begin the sentence. We were on our way. At this point in the evolution of the sentence it was up to a fiendishly clever or sadistic scholar to introduce internal punctuation marks; the world, by the way, has not been the same since.
This paragraph evolves from no spaces, capitals or punctuation at the beginning, to having all three by the end.
Write your own paragraph - topic choice is up to you - of at least 12 lines (not sentences). Your paragraph should follow the above pattern, that is: a) no conventions at all b) spaces between sentences only c) spaces between sentences and words d) spaces between sentences, words and periods after sentences e) spaces between sentences, words, periods after sentences and capitals at beginning of sentences f) spaces between sentences, words, periods after sentences, capitals at beginning of sentences and internal punctuation
3. Read the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Examine the pairs of sentences with and without the commas. Now write five pairs of your own; they should be exactly the same sentence, but with a comma in one that changes the meaning of the whole sentence. Use the book as a sample. Find an illustration for at least one of your sentences.
For this trait, your assignment is:
1. Read 2 books from the selection for Conventions. For each book you read, make 2 comments about the use of the particular Convention noted on the label on the front of this book. What makes this book special, when it comes to the expertise the author has shown using Conventions? How could you use this information in your own writing?
2. Read this paragraph carefully:
Onceuponatimetherewasnosuchthingastransitionaldevices
withinandbetweensentencesspacesbetweenwordsand
sentencesdidnotexistandpunctuationmarksweremany
yearsinthefuture itcametopassthatsomescholarscontrived
theideaofseparatingonesentencefromanotherwitha
blankspace it was not too long after this that another
scholar hit upon the next logical step of separating
words within the sentence with blank spaces while this
did much to end some of the confusion it was still
a little difficult to tell where one sentence ended and
another began to resolve this the period was
invented. Closely on the heels of the period came the
capital letter to begin the sentence. We were on
our way. At this point in the evolution of the sentence
it was up to a fiendishly clever or sadistic scholar to
introduce internal punctuation marks; the world, by
the way, has not been the same since.
This paragraph evolves from no spaces, capitals or punctuation at the beginning, to having all three by the end.
Write your own paragraph - topic choice is up to you - of at least 12 lines (not sentences). Your paragraph should follow the above pattern, that is:
a) no conventions at all
b) spaces between sentences only
c) spaces between sentences and words
d) spaces between sentences, words and periods after sentences
e) spaces between sentences, words, periods after sentences and capitals at beginning of sentences
f) spaces between sentences, words, periods after sentences, capitals at beginning of sentences and internal punctuation
3. Read the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Examine the pairs of sentences with and without the commas. Now write five pairs of your own; they should be exactly the same sentence, but with a comma in one that changes the meaning of the whole sentence. Use the book as a sample. Find an illustration for at least one of your sentences.