Thursday, 19 December 2019

8:30 7/10 Using quoted material

"     " using quoted material in our paragraphs, sentences

- last week optional- from tomorrow, expected

1. Incorporate quoted material - You write your own sentence. The quoted material becomes part of your sentence.
2. Quote only a few words. 1,2,3 words.
Choose a few key words that you think are important, and then incorporate those into your sentence.
When you're reading your book, make notes. Making notes is absolutely critical when you are a student.

Describe Old Major.
"twelve years old"
"majestic-looking"
"wise and benevolent"
"rather stout"

Don't have to use them all. Just pick a couple that you like.

Old Major was one of the oldest animals on the farm. He was "majestic-looking" despite his old age. All of the other animals respected him and was a role model to them because he was "wise". Also, he had a "benevolent" personality

benevolent- helping others
malevolent - hurting others , maleficent
mal French sick or hurt
maltreatment - treat someone badly
malnutrition - not enough, bad nutrition
malfunction

THE BIG,KEY, IMPORTANT, CRITICAL  QUESTION: Why am I using this word? Is it because it is a word I would normally use? Or I am using because it is in the book?

EXAMPLES OF REPLACING YOUR VOCAB WITH QUOTED MATERIAL FROM TEXT
Old Major was a sophic, enlightened, knowledgeable, perspicacious  “wise and benevolent” (1) pig whom the other animals respected.

Benjamin was a “cynical”(2) goat who was “devoted”  loyal to Boxer but who “never laughed” serious, humourless around the other animals.

ALL THREE TOO MUCH, PICK ONE

Let us practice  a few sentences with some quoted material about Boxer.











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