Structure of the English Language


 LING 164/CMSI 164/ENGS 101

Professor

Julie Roberts

Getting Extra Help

Some of you probably have little or no background in English
grammar. You may need some extra help from time to time to
succeed in the class. This is expected, so please don't be shy about
getting help. Here is how to obtain help: Use the discussion list
online. If you have any question about homework, please post to
the Discussion Board. I will check it very regularly, and that way
everyone can benefit.

Note: If you need to email me for other reasons (e.g., family

emergency, mistake in your grade, etc.), please use the email in the
Blackboard site. It is much more efficient for me that way.

Grading
Requirements, points, and grade scale are listed below.

Homework (averaged grades) 80%

Quizzes (one at the end of every
20%
week)

As you can see, Homework is VERY important. Homework is

available at 12:00 midnight on the night before it is to be done. For
example, Tuesday's assingments will be available Monday at
midnight They are due by 8:00 am on the following day.
(Tuesday's assignments are due by 8:00 am on Wednesday.)
Please make every attempt to keep up, and get help if you need it.
The quizzes at the end of every week will include mostly material
from that week but may also have questions from preceding weeks.
With grammar study, everything you learn is re-used and recycled
later. Quizzes may be taken any time between Friday morning and
Monday morning.

Scale
93-100 points = A
90-92 points = A-
83-89 points = B
80-83 points = B-
74-79 points = C
70-73 points = C-
60-69 points = D
Below 60 points
F
=

What to do every day

I have tried to organize this course in as simple and consistent manner as

possible so that you can spend all your time on the content and assignments
and not on trying to figure out how to navigate around. Every day you will
complete one module, labeled by the day of the week.
Each module contains the following elements:
Readings - these are posted to be easily accessible to you during the
course.
Assignments - varied, depending on the subject matter.

Each day you will:

  do the readings listed in the schedule
 do the assignment and participate in the Discussion Board as directed
in the assignment.

Weekly Schedule

Week One—Parts of Speech

Monday—Approaches to Grammar
Tuesday—Words and Morphemes
Wednesday—Nouns
Thursday—Pronouns and Adjectives
Friday—Verbs, etc. Weekly Quiz #1

Week Two—Phrases
Monday—Noun Phrases
Tuesday—Adjective & Adverb Phrases
Wednesday—Prepositional Phrases
Thursday—Verb Phrases and Tense
Friday—Verb Phrases and Aspect, Weekly Quiz #2

Week 3—Clauses
Monday—Combining Verbs and Meaning
Tuesday—Subjects, Participles, and Agreement
Wednesday—Intransitive and Monotransitive Verbs
Thursday—Linking and Ditransitive Verbs
Friday—Object Complement Verbs and Weekly Quiz #3

Week 4—Clauses into sentences

Monday—Coordination of Clauses
Tuesday—Relative Clauses
Wednesday—Noun Clauses
Thursday—Adverb Clauses
Friday—Sentence Types and Other Clause Leftovers, Weekly Quiz #4