Cougs looking to get first Pac-10 win this weekend!

During Monday’s class, Barbara talked about AAWWUBIS…or however you spell that. I thought this was really helpful, again like the use of FANBOYS. I was surprised at how few times I used any of these AAWWUBIS words in my blogs, but was happy to find that most of them were followed by commas. I really like the idea of using these abbreviations to understand the words’ meanings and how they are used in writing. However, I was a little confused on one of my blogs and not following one of my introductory phrases with a comma. My blog was used during one of the examples when Stephanie and Shannon were presenting, and the sentences was, “This week I was writing a paper for one of my classes and I found myself using it’ and its in the wrong places. Barbara at first said that there needed to be a comma after the “this week” part, but then later said it was a judgment call. I am still not sure what I should have done there. I really like that we are now adding mini-lessons to give some clarification on topics we have somewhat covered in class. I think that this idea of a mini-lesson is an excellent resource for the classroom.
After the mini-lesson on Wednesday, we started looking for scrapbooking material in the newspapers and magazines that Barbara provided. I was happy to have completed my “errors in print” section, and found that The Spokesman Review is a great source for errors…embarrassing ones to be exact. I really wish that we could use spelling errors for that section, because in the sports section of the paper, I found that football was spelled fotball, and I nearly fell off my chair. In fact, a lot of my “errors in print” section comes from the sports page in the Spokesman. I found another football error that talked about a, “47-year-field goal,” instead of 47 yards. I have now found that every time I skim a magazine or newspaper, I am constantly looking for errors or “breaking the rules.” I am trying to get my errors and breaking the rules out of the way so that I can have fun with the gems section. I am sure that most of my gems will come from ESPN or Sports Illustrated magazine.
I am happy that we had time in class to scrapbook, because it really helps when you have peers surrounding you, and helping to clarify what is and isn’t considered an error. I would like to vote for more scrapbook time in class, because it’s enjoyable and makes a little less stressful, since we have about 20 people who could give some good feedback. I hope that I am doing everything that is expected from me for the scrapbook. I feel like I have a good grasp on everything we have touched on, but I just hope that I am not finding a minute error, that isn’t exactly what Barbara is looking for.

My question for the week: Well my question relates back to my blog example, and what I mentioned in my first paragraph. Would you guys put a comma after my opening, “This week?” I am curious to know and pondering whether it is indeed a judgment call.

Cougs looking to get first Pac-10 win this weekend!

During Monday’s class, Barbara talked about AAWWUBIS…or however you spell that. I thought this was really helpful, again like the use of FANBOYS. I was surprised at how few times I used any of these AAWWUBIS words in my blogs, but was happy to find that most of them were followed by commas. I really like the idea of using these abbreviations to understand the words’ meanings and how they are used in writing. However, I was a little confused on one of my blogs and not following one of my introductory phrases with a comma. My blog was used during one of the examples when Stephanie and Shannon were presenting, and the sentences was, “This week I was writing a paper for one of my classes and I found myself using it’ and its in the wrong places. Barbara at first said that there needed to be a comma after the “this week” part, but then later said it was a judgment call. I am still not sure what I should have done there. I really like that we are now adding mini-lessons to give some clarification on topics we have somewhat covered in class. I think that this idea of a mini-lesson is an excellent resource for the classroom.
After the mini-lesson on Wednesday, we started looking for scrapbooking material in the newspapers and magazines that Barbara provided. I was happy to have completed my “errors in print” section, and found that The Spokesman Review is a great source for errors…embarrassing ones to be exact. I really wish that we could use spelling errors for that section, because in the sports section of the paper, I found that football was spelled fotball, and I nearly fell off my chair. In fact, a lot of my “errors in print” section comes from the sports page in the Spokesman. I found another football error that talked about a, “47-year-field goal,” instead of 47 yards. I have now found that every time I skim a magazine or newspaper, I am constantly looking for errors or “breaking the rules.” I am trying to get my errors and breaking the rules out of the way so that I can have fun with the gems section. I am sure that most of my gems will come from ESPN or Sports Illustrated magazine.
I am happy that we had time in class to scrapbook, because it really helps when you have peers surrounding you, and helping to clarify what is and isn’t considered an error. I would like to vote for more scrapbook time in class, because it’s enjoyable and makes a little less stressful, since we have about 20 people who could give some good feedback. I hope that I am doing everything that is expected from me for the scrapbook. I feel like I have a good grasp on everything we have touched on, but I just hope that I am not finding a minute error, that isn’t exactly what Barbara is looking for.

My question for the week: Well my question relates back to my blog example, and what I mentioned in my first paragraph. Would you guys put a comma after my opening, “This week?” I am curious to know and pondering whether it is indeed a judgment call.