Allen School English Week 5 Notes PDF

Course: English Week: 5  AGENDA O Welcome and Questions O Review Material covered Last Week O Review: Week 5 Assignment and Discussion O Week 5 Presentation O Questions and Recap “Where Education Comes To Life” How can we as medical professionals ensure that written corr...

Course: English Week: 5  AGENDA O Welcome and Questions O Review Material covered Last Week O Review: Week 5 Assignment and Discussion O Week 5 Presentation O Questions and Recap “Where Education Comes To Life” How can we as medical professionals ensure that written correspondence is correct? “Where Education Comes To Life” Part One Proofreading What is a Modifier? “Where Education Comes To Life” Let’s Begin… “Where Education Comes To Life”  Misplaced Modifiers  Misplaced modifiers occur when a modifier is not placed directly next to the word it is modifying.  To correct this error, move the misplaced modifier next to the word (s) it should be modifying.  Some are easy to catch:  The cat is watching in the tree the bird. Correct: The cat is watching the bird in the tree.  Some are more difficult to notice:  The girl “Where is going to school Education in the Comes car. To Life”  Dangling Modifiers  A dangling modifier occurs when a phrase (usually a gerund phrase) is incorrectly associated with the wrong noun.  Two ways to correct the error: 1. Place the subject after the dangling modifier 2. Place the subject within the dangling modifier.  Paying the check, the money was left on the table.  Paying the check, Jane left the money on the table. “Where Education Comes To Life” List a Few Powerful Verbs. “Where Education Comes To Life”  Powerful Verbs Powerful Verbs and Verb Tense 1. Replace weak verbs with action verbs O Incorrect: She will give a lecture on atoms. O Correct: She will deliver a lecture on atoms. 2. Review that all of the verbs in your sentence have been written in the same tense. O Incorrect: I wrote the article after she gives me the information. O Correct: I wrote the article after she gave me the information. “Where Education Comes To Life”  CLASS ACTIVITY O Break into groups. O Each group will compile a list of five power verbs that could be used on a resume. O Each group will share their list and the class will discuss how each of the verbs could be used in a sentence to highlight a resume. “Where Education Comes To Life” What is parallel structure? “Where Education Comes To Life”  Parallel Structure Parallel Structure Using the same structure of words in your sentence. Infinitive: formed by adding the word “to” to the base form of a verb. to go, to enter, to walk Gerund: formed by adding “-ing” to the base form of a verb. going, entering, walking “Where Education Comes To Life”  Parallel Structure Parallel Structure Example: O Weak: My daily tasks are to chart, to enter new records, and writing memos. O Strong: My daily tasks are to chart, to enter new records, and to write memos. O Weak: John likes to swim, running, and painting. O Strong: John likes swimming, running, and painting. “Where Education Comes To Life” Explain Expletive? “Where Education Comes To Life”  Expletive Forms Expletive Forms Remove expletive forms: O It is O There are Incorrect: There are students who prefer online learning to a traditional classroom setting. Correct: Many students prefer online learning to a traditional classroom setting. “Where Education Comes To Life”  CLASS ACTIVITY O Each student will write a sentence that includes a expletive form and then share with the class. O The class will then discuss the sentence and decide how to correct the sentence. “Where Education Comes To Life” “Where Education Comes To Life”  Let’s Practice! In the first sentence, the verb tense changes in the second half of the sentence. The verb “insisted” is in the past tense; O He insisted that they are not therefore, the verb “to be” also needs to be in the past tense. going. (Bring up new sentence) The O He insisted that they were correct sentence now reads, not going. “He insisted that they were not going.” The second example includes O It was the manager’s “it was”. To make this sentence more powerful, one recommendation to add a needs to remove the expletive new invoice system. form “it was”. Once removed, O The manager recommended the sentence will then become more powerful and will focus a new invoice system. the attention on the important part of the sentence. The last example shows a O My dad likes to golf, to travel, sentence that lacks parallel and fishing. structure. When all of the O My dad likes to golf, to travel, elements are kept in the same form—infinitives—the sentence and to fish. sounds much more powerful, “My dad likes to golf, to travel, “Where Education Comes and toTo Life” fish.” Part Two Professionalism  What does professionalism mean to you? “Where Education Comes To Life”  CLASS ACTIVITY O The class will break into groups. O Each group will write an ad that could be posted online for a medical assistant. The ad needs to include professional requirements. O Each group will share their ad with the class and discuss each one. “Where Education Comes To Life” Point of View When In Written or Spoken Communication “Where Education Comes To Life”  Point of View The “You” Point of View In professional writing, avoid overusing the pronoun “I”. Weak: I hope you can attend the conference on Monday. Strong: (You) Please attend the conference on Monday. Weak: I think you are an asset to our team. Strong: You “Where are anComes Education assetToto our team. Life” The “We” Point of View Point of View This viewpoint is used on behalf of a company. Weak: The needs of our staff need to be examined. Strong: We need to examine the needs of our staff. Weak: The requirements for a promotion should be discussed at our next meeting. Strong: We should discuss the requirements for a promotion at our next meeting. “Where Education Comes To Life”  CLASS ACTIVITY Each student will choose to make a verbal statement that includes either a “you” or a “we” statement that might be used in a medical office. “Where Education Comes To Life”  Slang and Abbreviations Are either of these used in a professional setting? Why or Why not? “Where Education Comes To Life”  Slang and Abbreviations Slang In business settings, the use of slang is never considered to be professional. Visit: http:// www.ontargetenglish.com/posts/when-to-avoi d-english-cliches-and-slang-for-business-writin g Abbreviations Only use abbreviations when you are certain your reader will know their meaning. “Where Education Comes To Life” What is plagiarism? “Where Education Comes To Life”  Plagiarism Plagiarism  All information referenced and borrowed needs to be cited from the source it was taken from and documented using either APA, MLA, or Chicago Style format. O Visit: www.easybib.com O The APA Pocket Handbook: Rules for Format and Documentation by Jill Rossiter “Where Education Comes To Life”  CLASS ACTIVITY O Break into groups. O Each group creates a six sentence paragraph that includes punctuation, and grammar error that the course has covered. O After each group has completed their document they will exchange with another group and find all of the errors. O The groups will then give back the corrected document and see if they are correct. “Where Education Comes To Life” Any Questions? “Where Education Comes To Life”