NOTE: Here is an idea that may help students organize Part 2:

–Copy and paste your five sentences into a Word document for easy manipulation

–Provide main message: #1

–Sentence one (for example): “Our park should be visited.”

#2 (sentence type): simple: there is one clause with one verb phrase

#3 (verbs): weak passive verb construction:  auxiliary verb “should” + be + past participle “visited”

#4 (Sentence Improvement):

Before: “Our park should be visited.”

After: “Please visit our park!” Changes made: rewrite verb phrase to simply an active verb (“visit”), added “please,” and added exclamation point for emphasis

–Sentence two…

 

Agenda:

 

  1. Return graded work
  2. Discuss the end of the semester
  3. Website Project: Part 1 is due tonight
  4. Website Project: Discuss Part 2: Revising Sentences and Presenting Improvement [Discuss “Using Verbs Effectively” handout]
  5. Looking ahead: Website Project Part 3: Using the WAVE Accessibility Tool. WAVE stands for Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. https://wave.webaim.org/

Homework: Part 1 is due tonight. Please come to class on Thursday (May 8) so that we can discuss and work on Part 2.