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Criterion Assignment

Assignment Overview:  Students are to type up the sentences they originally wrote in their Composition Journals into the online writing program, Criterion.

The website is: 

https://criterion4.ets.org/cwe/

The waiting assignment is:

Adj and Adv Sentences Day 11+

Work in partnerships, but there will be one assignment due per person.  Partners are expected to help each other.

            Day 11* - Opening Adjectives

Day 12 - Delayed Adjectives

Day 13 - Opening Adverbs

Day 14 - Delayed Adverbs

*NOTE:  Day 11 (Opening Adjectives) has a glitch on the Powerpoint that goes beyond Day 11.  Ignore the days beyond Day 11 for Opening Adjective Phrase.  They should be:

You will be typing the sentences you wrote in your Composition Journals.   To help identify your original sentences, put quotes around the sentences that you DIDN’T compose yourself.

                Do Type:              Model Sentences (in quotes)

                                              Sample Sentences (in quotes)

                                              Scrambled sentences (in quotes)

                                              Your own original sentences (not in quotes)

                                              The sentences where you filled in the blanks (not in quotes)

                Do Not Type:     Definitions

        Rules

                                            Answer Codes (like 1D, 2A, etc)

Optional:          

 If it helps, you may type in labels like “Day 11” or “Scramble” to help    you keep track.  These will likely come up as errors on Criterion.  Ignore them.

Make sure to put a space between each sentence by hitting the “Enter” key twice.

To help in the process, the pool of Model and Sample Sentences are available on the most excellent blog. 

Type them in the order that you wrote them into your journal. 

If you were absent or want to review the original Powerpoint slides, they were imported (imperfectly) into Google Docs Presentations with links on the Most Excellent Blog.

Good luck!

Disney Link

Per Student's Request

Here is a link to Disney's Short Film, "Paperman," presented first as an opening short for the movie "Wreck it Ralph."  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTLySbGoMX0&feature=player_embedded

Day 14 - Delayed Adverbs

“Their path wound, in and out, through the scrub, around palmetto clumps, over trunks of fallen trees, under dwarf pines and oaks.”

“Jem opened the gate, slowly as possible, lifting it aside and resting it on the fence.”

“After ten minutes or so we got back in the car and drove out to the main road, slowly and carefully.”

“The gigantic snake was nearing Frank, and then, incredibly, miraculously, it passed him, following the spitting, hissing noises made by the cold voice beyond the door.”

“If Sam had looked back, he might have seen not far below Gollum turn again, and then with a wild light of madness glaring in his eyes come, swiftly but warily, creeping on behind, a slinking shadow among the stones.”

“In the fishpond, the hippo belched, not softly.”

“She watched the children troop in, very noisily, an ancient nursery rhyme running through her head.”

“His body glided quietly across the room, noiselessly and smoothly.”

“Someone was humming under her breath, high and sweetly.”

“Jonas, suddenly and grimly, remembered the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word.”

“Alfred moved on, quickly, angry at the sudden sting in his eyes, and the sudden emptiness in his stomach.”

“The new student walked in, cautiously, uncertain about her admission to the school, and her status with the class.”

“When the bell rang for recess, he put on his red jacket and walked alone, outside.”

“After his mother called her son for dinner, Patrick put away his bicycle and came inside, eagerly.”

“He barked once, severely.”

“He turned away, guiltily.”

“He spoke on, firmly and clearly, with such joyful enthusiasm that Eilonwy had no heart to stop him.”

“Sammy edged forward, slowly and reluctantly, with such awful dread that his dad had no desire to encourage him.”

“Griffin was light and fast, his gloves a red blur tapping away at Alfred’s face, easily and steadily as rain on a roof.”

“The painting was striking and quirky, its colors a kaleidoscope bursting off of the canvas, raucously and dramatically as art in your face.”

As the bull reached the cape, the man swung it alongside, __________.

“As the bull reached the cape, the man swung it alongside, slowly.”

The tyranosaurus’s head moved close to the car, ______________, and peered in.

“The tyranosaurus’s head moved close to the car, sideways, and peered in.”

Finally, when he stood up, _______ and ________, his face was hard and tight as wood, his eyes were hard.

“Finally, when he stood up, slowly and stiffly, his face was hard and tight as wood, his eyes were hard.”

Day 13 – Opening Adverb

“Quickly, they flung a rope with a hook towards him.”

“Slyly, I tried to check my teammates for any sign that they recognized the wrongness of the movement.”

“Overnight, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me.”

“Quickly and quietly, over the guard’s head, George walked away.”

“On and on, they walked, but the view did not vary.”

“Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family’s dwelling.”

“Overhead, the branches rustled.”

“Up, up, I climbed over the scraggly rocks, slippery from the evening dew.”

“Gently, like a mother with a little child, she led the heartbroken old man out of the watcher’s line of vision, out of the circle of lamplight.”

“Slowly, very slowly, the snake raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s.”

“Unsteadily, she limped across the room and sat in her chair by the window.”

“Slowly, she slid the rest of the way down, and vanished.”

“Carefully, she washed the grease from the plate, and rinsed.”

“Up, up, Icarus went, soaring into the bright sun.”

“Around, around, Rex chased, circling around his own tail.”

“Twice, when the train lurched, he sat up, looking around fiercely.”

 “Sometimes, when the sun dazzled, she went outside, playing outdoors joyfully. “

“Later, when it was time for the smaller children in the cabin to go to bed, Sounder’s master got up, put on his overall jacket, and went outside.”

“Sometimes, after it had been repeatedly announced for students to put their books away, the teacher walked forward, picked up the chalk, and wrote down names.”

“Further south, they saw the graceful necks of the apatosaurs, standing at the water’s edge, their bodies mirrored in the moving surface.”

“Once daily, Jenny picked an armful of lovely flowers, strolling throughout the garden, her smile lit by the sun.”

_____, Jonas concentrated on the screen, waiting for what would happen next.

“Obediently, Jonas concentrated on the screen, waiting for what would happen next.”

______ and ______, they drove through the darkness, and though the rain stopped, the wind rushed by and whistled and made strange sounds.

“On and On, they drove through the darkness, and though the rain stopped, the wind rushed by and whistled and made strange sounds.”

_______, ______ and ______, he got up.

“Now, cautiously and slowly, he got up.”

Day 12 - Delayed Adjective Phrase

"Gwydion sat upright, tensing as a bowstring.”

“I stared at the trees, aware of an eerie silence descending over the forest.”

“A woman of fifty or so, plump with frizzy hair, came toward them.”

“A circle of grass, smooth as a lawn, met her eyes, with dark trees dancing all around it.”

“Jonas felt more and more certain that the destination lay ahead of him, very near now in the night that was approaching.”

“A voice suddenly shouted at me, loud and strong and angry, although I couldn’t understand the words.”

“Her eyes glared, sharp and bright, from beneath arched black wings of brows.”

“Sitting beside the tree, Millie opened her packages slowly, careful to untie the ribbons, careful not to tear the paper.”

“Harry looked at his mother, who had her back to him, busy at the stove.”

“He surveyed the roof carefully, aware from the markings that someone had surveyed it before him, indicating the places where it would have to be repaired.”

“He ate while his blanket, still damp, steamed in front of the fire.”

“The swift-flowing clouds lifted and melted away, and the sun came out, pale and bright.”

“The long-awaited car show opened and filled fast, and the new Jaguar stood out, sleek and shiny.”

“She sat there, very still and white and thoughtful.”

“The cat jumped up, deathly silent and black and creepy.”

“Through her tears she could see Charles Wallace standing there, very small, very white.”

“Near the door he could hear the puppy whimpering outside, very softly, very sadly.”

“The door swung wide then, and an elderly woman, frail and toothless, stepped out.”

“The bus pulled up outside, and a small child, confident and independent, got off.”

“Jemmy gorged himself, anxious to be off and not certain when he would eat again.”

“Shea admired herself, careful to check everything and absolutely sure that she could look no better.”

The raft continued on, and they smelled a peculiar odor, ________________.

“The raft continued on, and they smelled a peculiar odor, sweet and nauseating at the same time.”

At one point a raven, ______________, came flapping out from a bus and few alongside us, his hoarse “tik, tok” weird and hollow.

“At one point a raven, black and lustrous, came flapping out from a bus and few alongside us, his hoarse ‘tik, tok’ weird and hollow.”

Laughter, ____________, filled the room.

“Laughter, loud and warm from their long and intimated relationship, filled the room.”

Day 11 - Opening Adjective Phrase

“Comfortable, I lay on my back and waited for sleep, and while waiting I thought of Dill.”

“Rigid, I began climbing the rungs, slightly reassured by having Finny right behind me.”

“Hungry, Thomas ate two portions of meat, nothing else.”

“Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned.”

“Quick as a flash, the boy leaped forward and grabbed the ball from Charles Wallace’s hand, then darted back into the shadows.”

“Clad in royal purple and ermine, he seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.”

“Prissy like a girl, Romney folded his hands in his lap and closed his eyes.”

“Deeper and deeper, darker and darker, they sloshed through the cavernous sewer.”

“Full of fear, the rabbit paddles and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks under water and lost them again as he was dragged on.”

“Nervous, Jackson walked the diving board, and it appeared to him that the board shook violently, as if it were a trampoline.”

 “Desperate, Frodo drew his own sword, and it seemed to him that it flickered red, as if it were a firebrand.”

“Nervous, Jackson walked the diving board, and it appeared to him that the board shook violently, as if it were a trampoline.”

 “Late, Lewis began running faster and faster to homeroom class, until the vice principal, the hall duty teacher, and his homeroom teacher were all summoned there.”

“Curious, Captain Cook started walking round and round the tripod, until the clothesline, the penguin, Mr. Popper and the tripod were all tangled up.”

“Late, Lewis began running faster and faster to homeroom class, until the vice principal, the hall duty teacher, and his homeroom teacher were all summoned there.”

“Cheerful and exuberant, he was the kind of fellow to slap a man on the back with a greeting.”

“Lighthearted and optimistic, she was the sort of child to spread sunshine in a gathering through her smile.”

 “Numb of all feeling, empty as a shell, still he clung to life, and the hours droned by.”

“Full of vivid colors, vibrant as a rainbow, soon the garden burst into bloom, and the visitors lined up.”

 “Arrestingly handsome, George had dark blonde hair that cruised back from a part he kept just a nudge off center, as was the fashion.”

“Disturbingly quiet, Sarah had large somber eyes that looked out from face she left unadorned every day, as was her habit.”

 “Rigid with fear, sitting up in bed, I stared helplessly as a face rose up in the moonlit window.”

“Deep in the forest, there was a green lawn, and on that lawn stood a miserable little hut on hen’s legs, where lived Baba-Yaga, an old witch grandmother.”

“Full of fear, the rabbit paddled and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks under water and lost them again as he was dragged on.”