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FITNESS TRAINING FOR YOUR WRITING
STRENGTHENING THE VERBS IN YOUR WRITING

For many of you, grammar may or may not have been a part of your English courses in junior high or middle school and in high school. Although you dreamed of becoming a writer, you could not understand what grammar had to do with getting your “best selling novel” published.

Hopefully, you signed up for this course because you now see a need to understand verbs and the function they play in good writing.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY, YOU WILL NEED IT TO PROGRESS IN THE CLASS.

When I was a kid, Saturday morning cartoons contained a kind of “public service announcement” – School House Rock. Click on the link below to stroll down memory lane with “Verb: That's What's a'Happenin'!” from School House Rock.

CLICK ON THE LINK TO EXPERIENCE "VERB: THAT'S WHAT'S A 'HAPPENIN'!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok

LYRICS LINK
http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Verb.html

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

As a students you will:

1. Read each lesson carefully.
2. Complete each of the assignments by the end of the term
3. Respond thoughtfully to each discussion topic
4. Respond constructively to the work of others and listen when others respond to yours
5. Acquire a basic understanding of the function of verbs in a sentence
6. Acquire the ability to assess the strength of the verbs in your writing
7. Acquire the ability to choose stronger verbs revise your writing
8. Learn to communicate effectively within a group
9. Expand their confidence and abilities when writing

CLASS RULES

1. I expect everyone participating in the class to treat each other with respect in the forum.
2. I expect all postings to be 13+.
3. Assignments and Discussion Topics have a due date. I do understand that life can and does interfere; therefore, I will allowed a one week extension, if needed. I hope you can get your work done within a reasonable time frame since each lesson builds on the previous week’s lesson.
4. I expect you to let me know either in the forum or in an email if you are struggling or do not understand a lesson. If you post your questions in the forum, however, other students may be able to explain something to you differently.
5. If you submit an assignment that shows lack of understanding, I will ask you to do the assignment over.

COURSE CONTENT

This course contains eight lessons.
         For each lesson, you need to
                   1) read carefully the information presented in the lesson
                   2) construct a well thought out response to the discussion topic
                   3) complete a written assignment relating to the week’s lesson.

Each lesson will become available on Wednesday evenings by 12:00 pm WDC time.

Although the course is designed so that you may work at your own pace, you need to complete the material in the eight lessons within ten weeks. I understand, however, that things do occur that might make it difficult to complete an assignment within the week, but I urge you to make every effort to complete the assignment in the allotted time. It is very easy to fall behind, and then, it becomes difficult to complete the course in the given time.

In this class, communication between students is encouraged and expected. Every student’s input is vital to the class.

GRADING

FOR EACH LESSON

ASSIGNMENT = 75%

DISCUSSION TOPIC = 25% (Answering the Discussion Topic = 15% & actively responding to your classmate’s posts and/or becoming involved with ongoing, lesson related discussion = 10%)

This means if you complete an assignment and get everything correct, but you do not participate in the discussions, you earn a maximum of 75% = C.

ALSO

This means that if you complete the assignment without errors, answer the Discussion Topic, but you do not become actively involved with the discussion (at least one post to a classmate that makes a point - "Good Job" or "Well Done!" do not count) you would only earn a maximum of 90% = A-.

GRADING SCALE
95 - 100 = A
90 - 94 = A-
85 - 89 = B
80 - 84 = B-
75 - 79 = C
70 - 74 = C-
65 - 69 = D
60 - 64 = D-

All grades are kept confidential. I will email you the grade for each lesson.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR LESSONS & DISCUSSION TOPICS

If you have room in your port, create a folder for your assignments; this way you have them for future reference.

Create each lesson as static item AND then post the Bitem in the forum when it is ready to be graded.

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LET'S GET STARTED

Access the lesson book with the link below and take a look at the topics of the different lessons.

LESSON BOOK

ID: 1507272   (Rated: E) LESSON BOOK  Lessons and assignments for Fitness Training: verbs. by Caressa

Access the forum with the link below and introduce yourself explain what drew you to this class.

FORUMS

ID: 1507298   (Rated: E) FITNESS TRAINING ASSIGNMENT FORUM  A forum for assignments and discussion topics for Fitness Training: verbs. by Caressa

ID: 1512507   (Rated: E) STUDENT LOUNGE  student hangout and talk by Caressa

STUDENT CREATED DICTIONARY OF STRONG VERBS

ID: 1515273   (Rated: E) VERBS, VERBS, VERBS  What verbs can you think of to replace these? by Caressa

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