Today’s agenda:
1. Review Quiz#6
2. Literary term – conflict
3. “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
Replacement quiz next week. If you want, you can replace one quiz mark. Think about which quiz you would like to replace. Email me the number or name of the quiz (e.g. Quiz#4 or Adverb clause quiz) that you would like to replace by Saturday 6PM.
SUBJECT LINE: Name, Class, Time, Replacement Test
Talking vs writing. Which one is more important?
Talking- most of our English usage will be oral
Speaking and listening – most of the time, 90%?
Writing – much less
Speaking and Listening class- ask your advisor.
The focus of this class has been writing, school writing, academic writing.
Being patient with our learning. Learning new things takes a long time. Progress is not linear. Progress does not happen in a straight line.
Analogy – losing weight
Tuesday – 190lbs, eat well, exercise
Wednesday- 189lbs, eat well, exercise
Thursday- 195lbs!!! How is it possible?
Friday – 192lbs!!!
No linear progress.
Same with language, same with music, same with any skill.
We have to think about it in a longer term.
e.g. lose weight
January 1- 190lbs, eat right, exercise
January 2- weight is not important, keep eating right, keep exercising
March 1- after some time, two months- weight will be meaningful
195lbs- not working, have to make some dietary or exercise changes
180lbs – working, keep doing it
Learning English –
e.g. Learn adjective clause, do a quiz two days later
do poorly in the quiz 1/6- not important
Keep reviewing the work, keep practicing the adjective clauses
Where will you be in three months? How will your adjective clause usage have improved by then?
It is very important to keep going, especially for the people who are having a hard time with the sentence writing.
You can do it! You have to keep going.
2-3 months is decent amount of time to see some progress. If there is little progress by March, then you have to make some changes.
Quiz#6
3 exercises- do each one in two different way using two different sentence styles- simple, compound, complex, compound complex
Email it to me by 9:20.
Combine each in two different styles (six sentences in total).
1. I moved to Calgary.
Calgary is the capital of Alberta.
I got a job.
I found an apartment.
a. I moved to Calgary which is the capital of Alberta, and I got a job and an apartment.
b. I got a job and an apartment after I moved to Calgary which is the capital of Alberta.
2. Chicken soup is one of my favorite foods.
The soup is homemade.
It has vegetables.
It has noodles.
It is healthy.
a. Homemade chicken soup with vegetables and noodles is one of my favorite foods because it is healthy. COMPLEX
b. One of favourite foods is homemade chicken soup with vegetables and noodles; plus, it is healthy. COMPOUND
c. One of favourite healthy foods is homemade chicken soup with vegetables and noodles. SIMPLE
3. Maria has a son.
Her son has a hobby.
Her son is 15.
Her son plays piano.
Her son writes songs.
a. Maria’s 15-year-old son plays piano and writes songs as a hobby. SIMPLE
b. Maria has a son who is 15 years old; his hobby is playing piano and writing songs. COMPOUND
Share some sentences of your own in chat:
1. I made my homemade chicken soup, so I used vegetables and noodles. Different information – don’t add information
2. Maria's son who is 15 has a hobby which is writing songs and playing piano.
3. Healthy homemade chicken soup is my favourite because it has noodles and vegetables.
4. The homemade chicken soup with vegetables and noodles is one of my favorite foods; plus, it is healthy. One of my favorite foods is the healthy homemade chicken soup with vegetables and noodles. Maria has a 15-year-old son; her son plays piano and writes
songs as a hobby.
5. Maria has a 15-year-old son, and his hobby is playing piano and writing songs.
6. My favorite health food is homemade chicken soup that has vegetables and noodles in it.
7. I moved to Calgary, the capital of Alberta, because I got a job; then I found an apartment.
8. After I got a job and found an apartment, I moved to Calgary which is the capital of Alberta.
9. Maria has a 15-year-old son whose hobbies are playing piano and writing songs.
10. Homemade chicken soup with vegetables and noodles which is one of my favorite foods is healthy.
11. I moved to Calgary, the capital of Albert; then I found an apartment and got a job there. punctuation!
12. Maria’s son who is 15 years old both talented in piano and song write meets one of his favourite artist. Don’t add new information.
HOMEWORK
Combine each exercise
Saturday Night with the Kids
1. Samuel babysits on Saturday night. KERNEL
He babysits Jeffrey.
Jeffrey is two.
He babysits Catelina.
She is four.
He babysits for several hours.
Samuel babysits on Saturday night. KERNEL
Jeffrey
two
Catelina
four
for several hours
Samuel babysits Jeffrey who is two and Catelina who is four for several hours on Saturday night.
Top-quality sentence, ready for UBC
2. They love him.
He pillow fights.
He lets them be noisy.
He lets them watch TV.
He lets them stay up late.
3. Sometimes, Erich comes over.
He is Samuel's friend.
He cooks fudge.
He cooks with the children.
4. They laugh.
They make a mess.
5. Bathtime is fun.
It usually involves a water fight.
The water fight is hilarious.
The fight requires a clean-up.
6. The parents return at midnight.
They find the children in bed.
They find the house clean.
They find Samuel asleep.
He is sleeping on the couch.
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