Day 2: Mechanics of Writing: Nouns and Sentences

FIRST: find yesterday's post "DAY 1" and finish what you didn't do. 

a. find other people's blogs

b. find one that you like and post the link in a comment or in an email to nd.alt.school@gmail.com

c. with your link, tell me why you like it

d. find a blog you don't like and post the link in a comment or in an email to nd.alt.school@gmail.com

e. with your link, tell me why you don't like it.

NEXT: Today's Lesson

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Back in the olden days, when we only had three TV channels, kids watched cartoons every Saturday morning. It seemed like every kid in the USA learned how to set booby traps for Road Runner.

    

There were plenty of people who thought that maybe we should learn about more than setting booby traps for Road Runner, so they developed educational programming to run in between the cartoons. Anyone who watched cartoons between 1973 and 1985 probably learned a lot from Schoolhouse Rock! 

Here's an oldie but a goodie to help you remember the answer to the question, "What's a noun?"

 

ASSIGNMENT PART 1: So now you should be able to come up with some examples of what a noun is, right? So, here is assignment part 1 for today: write me a comment, send me an email, text me (ask for my Google Number) or give me an old-fashioned piece of paper with a list of 25 nouns.

ASSIGNMENT PART 2:  See if you can tell the difference between a sentence and a sentence fragment by doing the exercise here Sentence or Not? (psst....that's a link....click it!)

ASSIGNMENT PART 3: Start setting up your blog. If you set up a blog and an address yesterday--GREAT JOB!  But if you didn't get that far yet, start by watching this video that shows you how to get started in Blogger.

 

Once you have your blog named it's time for the fun stuff! Choose a template, a layout, your color scheme...the possibilities are almost endless! Watch this video to show you what I mean.

 

IF you finish messing around with your colors, layouts and template start your first post. Write about yourself.  Then email me your blog's address so that I can read it.

HAPPY BLOGGING!