The diagnostic exercises page is now ready.

http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/390/diagnostic.html

This is to hand in at exam time.

For practice with parsing (finding subject, direct object, etc.), use this exercise: (not to hand in):

http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/syn/more_parse.html

For more practice with morphological analysis, use this exercise (also not to hand in):

http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/morph/morphanalys.html

If you haven't already done so, I also recommend that you re-do homework assigned during the quarter. Put extra focus on problem areas on the midterm.

See you tomorrow.

Office hours today are 3-5 pm.

If you know anyone in the class, please let them know these pages are ready, in case they don't check their e-mail soon. Thanks.

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For Tuesday:

• Read TG Ch. 8.
• Do the online "Exercises in Sentence Combining". For more models, see p. 99 of the textbook. Don't worry too much about the terminology -- just look at how each example a.-f. does something different with the "coach ... pumpkin" sentence.
• Do exercises 6.1 and 6.2 on p. 82 of TG. For 6.1, use the list of English parts of speech on p. 30. If you don't like drawing boxes, you can use parentheses or square brackets, as shown here:
  • ( (the) (very intelligent) (girl) )
  • [ [the] [very intelligent] [girl] ]

For Thursday:

• Exrcises 6.6 and 6.9, pp. 90 & 94. Keys here.
• Weekly Transcription practice #6.

BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE TUES., 5/30.

Attend fully to the Instructions, and edit and proofread your paper carefully. Use the Editing Tips. Remember, you are presenting yourself as a professional when you submit a course paper.

Final exam:

Friday, June 9, 1:10-3 pm. (2-hr. exam.) Full details will appear next week. Course objectives will be updated to show which pre-midterm items will be tested on the final.

For Tuesday:

• Finish the Parts of Speech exercise on p. 3.2. Key here.
• Do TG ex. 4.6, p. 45, 4.7, p. 48. Key here.
• Read TG Ch. 6, these sections ONLY: Sentences (p. 101), Classifying sentences by functional/structural type (106-110).
• Read TG Ch. 2.

For Thursday:

• Read TG Ch. 7.
• TG exercises 5.1, p. , and 6.6, p. 90. Keys here.
• Weekly Transcription practice #5

Note for Ex. 4.7: Write true sentences about yourself. Here are some that are true for me:

I should exercise every day.
(should: aux, obligation; exercise: main verb).

I can knit. (can: aux, ability; knit: main verb).

I won't shop at Wal-Mart, because I believe it is an evil company. (won't = will + not: aux, intention; shop: main verb).

NOTE: Course Objectives for syntax and remaining topics are now up to date.

For Tuesday:

• Read TG Ch. 4 "Verbs" (p. 42 to end of chapter).
• Do exercises 4.8 & 4.9 (p. 63). No key. When in doubt, check a dictionary.

For Thursday:

• Read TG Ch. 5 and Ch. 6 to page 95.
• Transcription: Difficult Symbols Practice.This is a long exercise, so get started on it over the weekend.

Links to current PowerPoint slides:

PDF
Verbs - Syntax

HTML
Verbs - Syntax

• MIDTERM will take place Thursday as scheduled. Click here (Course Objectives page) for instructions. Class lecture will continue in the second hour.
• Do these exercises and hand in Thurs. (preparation for midterm):
  • Analyzing Syllable Structure
  • Weekly Transcription practice #2

For Tuesday:

• Weekly Transcription Practice #1. #1 ONLY. Do not do all 6. Key is linked to exercise. Self-correct.
• Read this online document: Phonology, Phonics, and English Spelling. This is an assigned reading, not optional. Exercises for this reading are assigned for Thursday (see below).
• Read TG Ch. 3 (yes, skip 2) and Ch. 4 TO P. 42 ONLY. "Verbs" will be assigned later.
• Do exercises 4.1 (p. 35) and 4.3 (4.3 ONLY, p. 37). Keys here.

For Thursday:

• Do Exercise I, Parts I and II, of Phonology, Phonics, and English Spelling. Exercise II is not assigned.

Week 3
Tues. & Thurs., 4/11-13

• Over the course of this week, finish reading "The Phonetics and Phonology of English."

For Tuesday:

• Index cards notifying me of your book choices for the response paper are due Tues., 4/11.

For Thursday:

• Review the following online documents. I recommend that you print out the second and fourth ones, and consult the others as needed. I will not answer in class questions that are answered in any of these documents. If you do not review these documents carefully, you are likely to lose points on exams.
  • Learning the IPA for English
  • Help with phonetic symbols
  • Frequently-asked questions about phonetic symbol
  • Drawing unfamiliar phonetic symbols
  • Phonetic transcription tips: How to avoid some common pitfalls
• Do and hand in (self-corrected) the following exercises:
  • IPA to English Spelling
  • Identifying English Vowels
  • Keys are linked to each exercise. Remember to self-correct, and mark 100% if you make no errors. This is required.
  • Use the charts in the textbook and the information in the above online handouts to complete the exercises. Begin working on memorizing the symbols.

Links to PowerPoint outlines:
PDF versions:
Introduction
Phonetics/phonology Pt. 1

HTML versions:
Introduction
Phonetics/phonology Pt. 1

For Tuesday:

• Read True Grammar (TG from now on) "The Phonetics and Phonology of English"** from 1.1.0 through 1.2.5.
• Complete the grammar "tests" you worked on in class 3/30. Remember not to ask for help or look up answers in a grammar book. This is a sort of "pre-test", and we'll repeat them as a "post-test" at the end of the quarter. If you don't know an answer, leave that item blank. Don't worry about how many mistakes you make or answers you don't know. My expectations in this area are zero, and it's not your fault if you don't know these things. I'll distribute and answer key on Tues., so there is no self-correct requirement for this exercise.

For Thursday:

• Exercises 3 & 4, on p. 39 of the Phonetics/Phonology chapter. Self-correct.

**This chapter has been inserted between chapters 1 & 2 of the book manuscript. It has its own page numbering and its own table of contents. It begins after p. 8 (Ch. 1) of the text.

Note: I will probably assign some more written homework on Tuesday 4/4. Keep this in mind in managing your time.

Week 1 Tues., 3/28/06

• Buy True Grammar at Aida's. Price is $20-$25.
• Read Preface and Chapter 1.