Week 5

Everything speaks. –James Joyce Good day to you all. I hope you had a nice weekend.       Today we will continue work on summary and use of quotation.  We will also practice the use of subjunctive and conditional verb tense in an extended passage.  There will be no homework essay this week,  but there will be a midterm given in class next week, week 6.   So today we can take some time to consolidate some of the skills and  principles of composition introduced thus far. Here's to a good day!   Homework Exercise: In a paragraph (or more),  explore a hypothetical situation, which will  require using the subjunctive mood and conditional (modal) tense forms.  Imagine that you had been born under or into circumstances other than those you were born into; for example,  a different place and/or historical era, a different family, a different body (or species), and so on.  Describe what your childhood would have been like, what your present life might be like, and what you imagine happening in your future in these changed circumstances.      You might start in this way:  Had I been born an only child, instead of being born the fifth child of six,  I might have got more attention than I did.  I might have been spoiled!  My parents, particularly my mother, had little time and attention to spare, afterall . . . Review the class handout and verb tense sequencing here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/1/ and here:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/07/