Class Minutes Date: March 2nd, 2010
Date: March 2nd, 2010
Class Start: 9:34 AM
Class End: 10:48 AM
Author: Kyle Hodgson
Participants: Everyone except Melissa
Review of Old Minutes
• Minutes were written by Ryan and read aloud by Giselle
• Grammatical errors were critiqued by class
• Don-dude intentionally reverses the chronology of the minutes to emphasize the importance of logical order
• Minutes were ratified at 9:50AM and kudos was given to Ryan, despite Don-dude’s manipulation of the minutes
• Old papers were passed back after the minutes were accepted
Grammatical Lessons
• Discussion of compound predicates, independent clauses and comma use
• ‘For example’ is an introductory statement that suggests a comma is needed
• ‘If’ is a conditional word that opens for a conditional clause.
o Can be utilized in the beginning or middle of a sentence
• A comma is not needed when a conditional word is used in the middle of a sentence
Class Discussions
• Spending time in front of TV and computer screens is leading in the diminishing interpersonal communication skills among high school students
• Discussion of Chilean and Haitian earthquakes and how we should pay more attention to the media
• Word of the day – peristalsis: the wave-like contractions that move food along the digestive tract
Instructional vs. Non-Instructional Descriptions
• Instructional descriptions include experiments, performing tasks, methodologies and natural processes. Explaining ‘how you do it’ is essential
• Instructional descriptions must include: a paragraph of introduction, a definition, materials needed and step-by-step procedures that are enumerated
• Non-instructional descriptions are causal and explanatory. Explaining ‘how it works’ is essential
• Don presented “How to Operate the Minolta Freedom 3 Camera” as an instructional description example. His second example was a reference to a non-instructional description.
Homework Assignment:
• Read online section on instructional and non-instructional descriptions located under the Information Structures link
• Come in with a draft of a description that is one to two pages in publishable form
Class Start: 9:34 AM
Class End: 10:48 AM
Author: Kyle Hodgson
Participants: Everyone except Melissa
Review of Old Minutes
• Minutes were written by Ryan and read aloud by Giselle
• Grammatical errors were critiqued by class
• Don-dude intentionally reverses the chronology of the minutes to emphasize the importance of logical order
• Minutes were ratified at 9:50AM and kudos was given to Ryan, despite Don-dude’s manipulation of the minutes
• Old papers were passed back after the minutes were accepted
Grammatical Lessons
• Discussion of compound predicates, independent clauses and comma use
• ‘For example’ is an introductory statement that suggests a comma is needed
• ‘If’ is a conditional word that opens for a conditional clause.
o Can be utilized in the beginning or middle of a sentence
• A comma is not needed when a conditional word is used in the middle of a sentence
Class Discussions
• Spending time in front of TV and computer screens is leading in the diminishing interpersonal communication skills among high school students
• Discussion of Chilean and Haitian earthquakes and how we should pay more attention to the media
• Word of the day – peristalsis: the wave-like contractions that move food along the digestive tract
Instructional vs. Non-Instructional Descriptions
• Instructional descriptions include experiments, performing tasks, methodologies and natural processes. Explaining ‘how you do it’ is essential
• Instructional descriptions must include: a paragraph of introduction, a definition, materials needed and step-by-step procedures that are enumerated
• Non-instructional descriptions are causal and explanatory. Explaining ‘how it works’ is essential
• Don presented “How to Operate the Minolta Freedom 3 Camera” as an instructional description example. His second example was a reference to a non-instructional description.
Homework Assignment:
• Read online section on instructional and non-instructional descriptions located under the Information Structures link
• Come in with a draft of a description that is one to two pages in publishable form
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