Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Grammar Exercises
Grammar Exercises today
The actual subject of each of these poems has more to do with changing society, but each offers a not so subtle critique of the misuse of grammar in speech, do you think it is important to follow grammar rules in speaking?
Do you find that you use a different set of rules verbally than you do on paper?
Write down some examples in your notes.
In your opinion, are grammar rules necessary in speech? on paper? Why?
Have you ever felt left out of conversation because people were speaking English differently than you do?
The English language has evolved into it's current form over a period of about 1500 years. Modern English speakers probably wouldn't even recognize English in its original form, do you think it is important to standardize English or allow it to continue to develop and evolve?
Old English
"Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."
Modern English translation
"Again he [St. Gregory] asked what might be the name of the people from which they came. It was answered to him that they were named Angles. Then he said, "Rightly are they called Angles because they have the beauty of angels, and it is fitting that such as they should be angels' companions in heaven."
The actual subject of each of these poems has more to do with changing society, but each offers a not so subtle critique of the misuse of grammar in speech, do you think it is important to follow grammar rules in speaking?
Do you find that you use a different set of rules verbally than you do on paper?
Write down some examples in your notes.
In your opinion, are grammar rules necessary in speech? on paper? Why?
Have you ever felt left out of conversation because people were speaking English differently than you do?
The English language has evolved into it's current form over a period of about 1500 years. Modern English speakers probably wouldn't even recognize English in its original form, do you think it is important to standardize English or allow it to continue to develop and evolve?
Old English
"Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."
Modern English translation
"Again he [St. Gregory] asked what might be the name of the people from which they came. It was answered to him that they were named Angles. Then he said, "Rightly are they called Angles because they have the beauty of angels, and it is fitting that such as they should be angels' companions in heaven."
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Debate?
In your notes answer the questions provided.
In what way is a court scene similar to a debate?
((In this scene Tom Cruise's character is a military lawyer trying to uncover the "truth" of what happened to a soldier (who died). Jack Nicholson's character was the commanding officer on the base and was responsible for the soldier's well being.))
A casual conversation or an argument
What is Robin Williams' character's argument?
How does Martin Sheen's character (the president) handle the ideological argument that "Governor Ritchie" makes.
"We don't need a Federal Department of Education (or national government programs)... let the states decide."
Justice Affirmative Action
In what way is a court scene similar to a debate?
((In this scene Tom Cruise's character is a military lawyer trying to uncover the "truth" of what happened to a soldier (who died). Jack Nicholson's character was the commanding officer on the base and was responsible for the soldier's well being.))
A casual conversation or an argument
What is Robin Williams' character's argument?
How does Martin Sheen's character (the president) handle the ideological argument that "Governor Ritchie" makes.
"We don't need a Federal Department of Education (or national government programs)... let the states decide."
Justice Affirmative Action
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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