Lecture 2: Parts of Speech Quiz and Introductory Blog Post

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Lecture 2: Parts of Speech Review and Quiz

With a partner, choose one of the following activities and post your responses as a comment to the Lecture 2 blog post: (30 minutes)

1. Find 3 newspapers, each in English but from a different country, and note down 12 adjectives (4 from each paper) and their effects on sentence structure and meaning. What are any difference in writing styles? 
2. Write a description of these images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesslaccetti/3904727918/sizes/l/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesslaccetti/3061235409/sizes/o/in/set-72157610185167406/. Include at least 6 adjectives for each. Write the parts of speech that you use (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions etc…) in capital letters
3. Create an online “Parts of Speech Treasure Hunt.” List 12 sentences, each with as many parts of speech as you manage directing readers where to go to find the treasures. At the end of your comment include 12 links to the treasures