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2. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Entire Course (UOP) COM 155 Week 1 Assignment Sentence Structure Review- Appendix B (UOP) • COM 155 Week 1 DQS • COM 155 Week 1 Assignment Sentence Structure Review- Appendix B • COM 155 Week 2 Assignment: Verb Practice • COM 155 Week 2 DQs • 1. Assignment: Sentence Structure Review • • Resource: Appendix B • • Read Appendix B. • • Review the eight sentences. • • Identify which of the four errors, if any, is present in each sentence. • • Rewrite the sentence so that it is a grammatically correct sentence.

3. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 1 DQS (UOP) COM 155 Week 2 Assignment: Verb Practice (UOP) • Discussion Questions • List at least one of the serious writing errors identified on p. 385 and identify how such an error could negatively affect your writing. • Identify which of the four most serious writing errors listed on p. 385 you find challenging to overcome in your own writing. State a method to avoid this error. • Assignment: Verb Practice • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resource: Weekly Readings • Write five sentences about the role of education in successful financial planning, in which you correctly use a different verb tense in each sentence.

4. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 2 DQs (UOP) COM 155 Week 3 Assignment Identifying Errors in Writing- Appendix D (UOP) • Discussion Questions • How might a potential employer evaluate your writing if you did not use proper verb tenses? Why? • Identify the five trouble spots located on pp. 436–446 to help avoid making mistakes in subject-verb agreement. Which mistake do you think is the worst? Why? • 5. Assignment: Identifying Errors in Writing • • Resource: Appendix D • • Review the passage in Appendix D. • o The passage has 20 errors related to the concepts covered in Ch. 37–41. • o Mark each of the errors in bold and make the correction in parentheses after the error. • o Example: My cars interior is black.

5. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 3 DQs (UOP) COM 155 Week 4 Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Often, students rely on improper punctuation and capitalization because of the popularity and convenience of sending text messages. In academic writing, however, you must strive to use appropriate punctuation and capitalization. Why do you need to use appropriate punctuation, including plurals and possessives, in your writing? • Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resources: Weekly Readings and Appendix E• • This assignment has three distinct parts.• • o First, determine whether the sample sentences in Appendix E are correct. If it is not correct, make the correction needed.

6. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 4 DQs (UOP) COM 155 Week 5 Assignment: Pronoun Practice (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Writing errors, such as those identified in the readings for this week, may influence the way a reader interprets your writing. A résumé that is marred by grammatical errors, for example, may prevent a job candidate from progressing to the interview stage. • Assignment: Pronoun Practice • DUE DATE: Day 7 (Sunday) • Resource: Weekly Readings • Write several sentences describing a recent interaction with a friend or family member about personal finance or credit cards.

7. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 5 DQs (UOP) COM 155 Week 6 Assignment: Review – Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Write six original sentences in which pronouns are used in a consistent manner. What strategies might a writer use to ensure pronouns are used effectively? • Rewrite the first sentence of Ch. 27 in your own words. Identify the three basic types of pronouns mentioned on pp. 495 & 496. • Assignment: Review – Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resource: Weekly Readings • Use at least five adverbs and five adjectives to write a brief review of a movie, sporting event, musical performance, or television show.

8. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 6 DQs (UOP) COM 155 Week 7 Assignment: Paragraphs and Topic Sentences (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Review pp. 517–520. Describe your experience with credit and credit cards in a brief paragraph using at least five adverbs and five adjectives in your description. Bold the adverbs and underline the adjectives. What is the most effective way to determine whether a word is an adjective or an adverb? • Assignment: Paragraphs and Topic Sentences • DUE DATE: Day 7 (Sunday) • Write two paragraphs about how interest rates affect our purchasing decisions. • Identify the topic sentence in each by underlining it.

9. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 7 DQs (UOP) COM 155 Week 8 Assignment: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Based on the readings in Ch. 3, identify key• points to keep in mind when writing a topic sentence. How might these key points help you write effectively? • This week, you were asked to• review the Topic Sentence section in the Center for Writing Excellence. • Assignment: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resource: Appendix F • Read the four sample paragraphs in Appendix F.

10. COM 155 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com COM 155 Week 8 DQs (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Read the summary paragraph on the bottom of p. 37. Identify the author’s goal in writing the paragraph. How effectively do you think the author met that goal? • Read the two-paragraph analysis passage on p. 38. Identify the purpose of the writing.

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