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GRAMMAR JOURNAL ASSIGNMENTS:
There are several ways to use these Grammar Journal assignments.
  1. You can print out the (blank) journal assignments and (literally) paste in examples you have cut out from magazines, newspapers, hard copies of computer files, etc.

  2. You can open both an internet browser window AND a wordprocessing document (as described on the FIND instructions), and then paste examples from the wordprocessing document into the Grammar Journal page, add comments, and print out the grammar journal page.

      The wordprocessing document can contain examples you have collected and saved over time (as in Grammar Safari activities), or any document you would like to look through (using the "find" function in your wordprocessing program) for examples.

  3. You can open TWO browser windows and adjust them so one is shorter but wider than the other. Then you can move back and forth between the two windows (by clicking anywhere on the window you want), finding examples in one window and pasting them directly into the Grammar Journal page in the other window, adding comments, and printing it out.
TWO IMPORTANT WARNINGS:
Before you spend a lot of time adding examples or comments directly to the Grammar Journal pages, TEST to make sure your printer will print out what you add! With some arrangements ... particularly when several computers send documents to a central printer ... sometimes only the blank form gets printed out!

Even if you are sure your printer will print out your information, remember that you will not be able to SAVE information you have entered into the Grammar Journal pages! Be sure you will have time to complete the entire assignment in one sitting (or be prepared to print out several partial assignments if you get interrupted before you finish.)


Ann Salzmann
Intensive English Institute
University of Illinois