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Good morning, everyone.
We’ll get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda
1.
“Correction
Codes”
2.
Review paragraph
Test #1
3.
Continue review
of sentences – compound - semicolons
4.
HOMEWORK –
Investigate Canada’s acceptance of Vietnamese refugees – the ‘boat people’
- https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1754307139927
- https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cultur/vietnam/vilea03e.html
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-response-to-boat-people-refugee-crisis
Vancouver Public Library
Amazon
book store
Let me know when you find a copy.
Correction Codes:
- article a,an,the
I bought new book yesterday. art
- awkward – phrasing – translation from another
language, not authentic English
- capital – e.g. beginning of a sentence
- CS comma splice - two sentences separated with only
a comma
I like ice cream, she likes chocolate. CS – very common
error
SOLUTIONS
I like ice cream, and she likes chocolate.
I like ice cream; she likes chocolate.
I like ice cream; however, she likes chocolate.
I like ice cream. She likes chocolate.
- sentence fragment – not a complete sentence, must add
something
-preposition – hard to remember, idiomatic, no rules
for which preposition to use, have to become familiar,
phrasal verbs – verb+prep
verb+prep
talk to
talk with
talk about
talk over
talk down to
look up
look down
look after
look out Look out!
Find some resources online. e.g. https://www.skypeenglishclasses.com/english-phrasal-verbs/
English speakers use phrasal verbs constantly. You
have to know these if you want to be a real fluent English.
- for writing or speaking
Very useful and important!!
- punctuation – comma, semicolon, periods – Keep practicing
and learning.
- subject verb agreement – My sisters is are living
in Calgary.
Most common error.
College and university instructors are sometimes very
unforgiving about agreement errors.
I have to check each sentence when I write. You do,
too, if you want to get it right.
- agreement
I go
You go
He goes
We go
Your grandmother goes
Your parents go
- verb tense – 12 tenses in English, 7 of them of are
important (search my blog)
- verb form – You have to know your verbs. vf vf vf vt – problems that have to be addressed-
will not go away by magic, it takes work and practice
- word form – vocabulary, building vocabulary
The little kid was boring bored yesterday at
church. wf
Church was boring.
- wrong word – usually someone is using a dictionary
or thesaurus, choose a word that might be a little off
The ice cream was cold.
The ice cream was intense. ww – synonym
- # hash marks – number, singular, plural
I bought a new shoe new shoes yesterday.
Schools and staffs staff should put follow/create/implement
new rules, and students have to learn to deal with them. #
staffs, waters, monies ey
workers, colleagues
should put – modals, modal auxiliaries
- ? Meaning? Try it a different way.
- run-on – two sentences no punctuation between them
I like ice cream in fact I eat ice cream every day my
sister also like ice cream so sometimes we go to a store to get some we walk or
we take out bikes it’s a fun thing to do together.
My advice – Print them and keep them handy.
If you have examples of corrections from your writing
that would like to talk about, please share them in the Chat.
Paragraph Review:
Format of paragraphs:
1.
14-16 point font
2.
Choose a font
that is easy to read
3.
Doublespace.
4.
Indent the first
word. Use the TAB key (beside the Q key).
5.
Get the writing
in on time. A few minutes (3-5 m) late is ok. Anything later than that is a concern.
Sometimes students have a reason why their paper will be in late; please talk to
me beforehand.
Structure:
We have all studied paragraphs in past classes. You
know what to do.
1.
Begin with a
topic sentence. Link the topic sentence to the question.
“Referring to the CBC article, in your opinion, should
kids be back in school?”
Address the question in the topic sentence.
2.
Stay on topic.
3.
Refer to related
texts. You read it for HW. Show that you did.
“ “, indirect reference
4.
Be mindful of the
word limit (150-200w) 90w- too short, 350w- too long, Check Word Count
Goldilocks it! Not too short, not too long.
I hope your first paragraph went well. If it did,
congrats! If it didn’t do well, don’t worry. We will another paragraph in a few
days. We will get better at this.
This is high-level class. Almost ready for UBC.
Sentences
-SIMPLE
-COMPOUND
, SOBA
* Don’t begin a sentence with SOBA – too casual for
school.
My sister likes hockey. And I like baseball. XXX ww,
very casual writing
SOLUTIONS
My sister likes hockey, and I like baseball.
My sister likes hockey. Alternatively, I like baseball.
My sister likes hockey; alternatively, I like baseball.
SV, SOBA SV.
SV ; SV.
SV; TRANS, SV.
Student example:
So, online learning is an
alternative to attending school. XXX
SOLUTIONS
Some parents may not want their
precious children to go to school during the Covid-19 pandemic, so online
learning is an alternative to attending school.
Some parents may not want their
precious children to go to school during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online learning
is an alternative to attending school.
Some parents may not want their
precious children to go to school during the Covid-19 pandemic; online learning
is an alternative to attending school.
Some parents may not want their
precious children to go to school during the Covid-19 pandemic; luckily, online
learning is an alternative to attending school.
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