Task VI

Choose one of the following topics and make a composition on it. It is about comparing something with another.

1. Comparing between your senior high school (SMA) and  your college (UMS) class.
2. Comparing between your hometown and Solo.
3. Comparing between teenage and adult life.
4. Comparing between you and your brother/sister/parent (choose one).

The thing you must consider is that the more aspects you can compare, the better. If you find more aspects to be compare while you have made a comment, do not hesitate to make another one which you think better. My giving you option to choose one topic does not mean that you are not allowed to make composition for the other topics. So, you must at least make one but you can make more compositions.

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Degrees of Comparison

The Comparative construction is used when we want to compare an object with another/some others. The common construction is by using adjective+er/est or more/most+adjective. But there are also some irregularities especially on some adjectives such as: good, bad, little and far. The comparative does not only use adjective but also use adverb. Of course it is used when an action of an agent is compared to the other action done by other agent.
The following link is useful for you to know more about Degrees of Comparison.

1. http://3nglish7.blogspot.com/2010/02/degrees-of-comparison.html
2. http://www.english-for-students.com/Degrees-of-Comparison.html
3. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm 
4. http://catatanbahasainggris.blogspot.com/2009/03/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs.html 
5. http://learningnerd.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/english-parts-of-speech-adjectives-determiners-and-adverbs/ 

and exercises:

1. http://www.learnenglish.be/gr2_degrees_study.htm 
2. http://www.learnenglish.be/gr2_degrees_ex2.htm 
3. http://www.learnenglish.be/gr2_degrees_ex3.htm 
4. http://www.learnenglish.be/gr2_degrees_ex4.htm 
5. http://www.learnenglish.be/gr2_degrees_ex5.htm 
6. http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comparatives.htm 
7. http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comp2.htm 

TASK V: Friends' Comment and Self-Assessment

This task will consist of two activities. First is giving comment to friend's composition. The second one is making self-assessment.

A. Give comment:

1. Please refer to your friend's composition
2. Come to this address: Comment to Friend's Writing
3. Write down your name in "Anonymous".
4. Write your comment in "Write your message here"
5. Add image or link if you want to.
6. Click OK.

B. Self-Assessment
Please see your composition and score yourself by using the following rubric.

Give score on each category and the total on wallwisher.com.  To do so, please:
1. Come to this address: Self-Assessment
2. Double Click everywhere you want.
3. Write down your name in "Anonymous".
4. Write your comment in "Write your message here"
5. Add image or link if you want to.
6. Click OK.

NOTICE: DO NOT USE COMMENT MENU! Comment menu is only for questioning if you find difficulties.

Some links on BSP and Agreement

The following links can help you study  Basic Sentence Pattern and Agreement:

1. http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp 
2. http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules/20-Rules-of-subject-verb-agreement.html 
3. http://www.usciences.edu/writing/handouts/ss/SS06-BasicSentencePatterns.pdf 
4. Grammar Term 
5. Sentence Construction
6. Sentence Subject 
7. Sentence Objects, Predicates and Complements 

Task IV

Choose one of the above pictures, make a description in 100 words.

TASK III

IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT AND OBJECT (IF IT IS TRANSITIVE) OF EACH SENTENCE FROM THE FOLLOWING STORY. THE ANSWER MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE OCTOBER, 11, 2011

THE DONKEY AND THE COTTON

(1)There once lived a salt merchant. (2)He had a donkey for his assistance. (3)Every morning, he would load a sack of salt on the donkey and go to the nearby town to sell it. (4)On the way, they had to walk across a pond.

(5)One day, while crossing the pond, the donkey thought,” (6)Ooh! This load is so heavy that I become exhausted very soon. (7)I wish I could get some of this load taken off my back.” (8)Just then the donkey tripped and fell into the water.

(9)Fortunately, the donkey was not hurt. (10)But the sack of salt on the donkey’s back fell into the water. (11)Both the donkey and the salt became wet. (12)Some of the salt in the sack got dissolved, making the load on the donkey lighter. (13)The donkey felt very happy about the reduction in the weight of the sack of salt on its back. (14)The merchant did his best to help the donkey to get up and they carried on their journey.

(15)From that day, it became a regular practice for the donkey to slip and fall in the pond whenever they crossed the pond to the market. (16)This would dissolve some salt in the sack thus reducing the weight and relieving the donkey of some load. (17)The merchant was not aware of the donkey’s cunningness. (18)This continued for a few days.

(19)One day, the merchant noticed the donkey deliberately slipping and landing with the sack into the water. (20) “Oh! So this is the way I am losing my salt everyday” he thought. (21)He decided to teach the donkey a lesson.

(22)Next morning, instead of loading a sack of salt, the merchant loaded a sack of cotton on the donkey’s back. (23)As usual they had decided to reach the market by crossing the same pond. (24)While crossing the same pond, the donkey, as usual, slipped and fell into the pond, hoping that after some time the weight of the sack would go reduced. (25)As usual, both the donkey and the cotton would become wet. (26)But this time, when he got up, the load on his back seemed heavier. (27) “Ooh! The Load seems to have gotten heavier,” thought the donkey. (28)The donkey was astonished at what had taken place against the usual result.

(29)The merchant looked at the donkey and said, “Dear friend, I saw you fall into the water of the pond deliberately every day with the malicious intention of reducing the weight of the salt. (30)So, I loaded a sack of cotton today. (31)Cotton when wet gets more weight and becomes heavier. (32)Now you will have to carry it to the town.” (33)The poor donkey had learnt his lesson.

Taken from: http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Donkey-and-The-Cotton.html 

Example:
Sentence: Search Engine is very useful for a person in finding term.
Answer: Write down only the number, S for Subject, O for Object.
              S. Search Engine.
             O. -