As an in-class exercise, please take out both portfolio papers.
In an attempt to help you recognize your own sentences that are not grammatically correct, you will be reading your own essay OUT of ORDER. By this I mean you will start at the end of your essay and read each sentence-- the last sentence first, then the second to last one, then the one before that. Read each sentence by itself OUT LOUD.
Test each for grammar-- where is the complete sentence???
Make corrections where you need to.
Post a reply to this post, discussing the value of this exercise-- did it seem to work for you?
This exercise was helpful to me because when I read my proposal from the end to the beginning, I was able to focus more on the sentence by itself and how it sounded, as opposed to how I already know how it sounded in my head. I was able to add in some points of punctuation as well as eliminate wordiness.
ReplyDeleteThis exercise helped me create a better flow to my narrative. The sentences were choppy and subjective. All my sentences sound different out loud. I was able to make my essay more polished.
ReplyDeleteThis exercise worked for me since it highlighted an aspect of my writing I had not noticed before. I tend to use the same type of complex sentence over and over for description and claim support. As well, reading from the end had me treating each of my sentences as though they were excerpts from Perdue Owl which was really insightful and helpful.
ReplyDeleteBy going out of order and reading it backwards, this exercise made me think about the structure of the paragraph without any distractions from the others. In the attempt to make sentences more complex, structural errors can also be identified through reading out loud.
ReplyDeleteWhen doing this exercise, it helped me look at my punctuation and run on errors in my writing. I tended to make sentences that kept going on and on that would lose many readers.
ReplyDeleteI have actually done this activity at my house school and I think it is the most helpful activity. I get to look at every sentence by its self instead of reading how they flow all together.
ReplyDeleteAfter doing this exercise, I found that my sentences were choppy and sometimes confusing. So, I made sure that I went back to make sure my sentences flow together and correlate together.
ReplyDeleteAnd after reading them out loud, you hear ways to change the wording to be more effective to the reader.
DeleteThe exercise was useful in correcting punctuation errors as well as sentence structure. It fixed confusion and made my writing overall better.
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