Good morning, everybody.
We will get started at 11:00.
Today’s agenda:
1. Discuss optional replacement quiz to be held Thursday
2. Review March 29th midterm recommendations
3. Discuss process for registration
4. Review sentence types
5. Begin sentence combining
Easter Holiday – four-day weekend
April 2, 4 - Good Friday, Easter Monday - holidays
I don’t know which classes I will be teaching in Fourth Quarter. As soon as I find out, I will let you know.
Skipping a level – In general, no. However, if your average is 90%+ then we can talk.
** Optional replacement quiz
Email me today by 3PM if you would like to replace one of your quiz marks. No lates.
Email me with your name, class, time in the subject line.
Tell me which quiz you want to replace, e.g. Quiz#3
I have explained already how the replacement mark will work. If you don’t remember, go back and review the class blog.
You can do a replacement quiz on Thursday. The quiz will be a mix of sentence styles.
e.g. one simple, two compound, three complex
Review of sentence types.
*SIMPLE
SV
SSV
SVV
*COMPOUND
SV, SOBA SV.
, so , or , but , and
*COMPLEX
ADVERB CLAUSES
NOUN CLAUSES
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Our goal is to be able to use these sentence types when we write.
We want to put this information into practice.
dumplings cooked in a teapot – Someone has knowledge but has trouble putting it into practice.
Book learning VS using English on your feet.
FREE ADVICE: If you want to get good at English, get an English-speaking boyfriend or girlfriend. You will speak a nice English within a year.
NEW TOPIC:
Sentence Combining
-very useful
-the best to ways to improve putting ideas into sentences – writing and speaking
-several short sentences
-find the important information in each short sentence
-put the important parts together into one longer sentence
e.g.
Kai plays soccer. KERNEL
Find new information in the following sentences. Avoid repetition.
He plays every day.
He plays with his friends.
They play at school.
Decide how you would like to put these elements together.
Kai plays soccer
every day
with his friends
at school
SIMPLE
Kai plays soccer every day with his friends at school.
Every day, Kai plays soccer with his friends at school.
Every day at school, Kai plays soccer with his friends.
COMPOUND
Kai plays soccer every day at school, and he plays with his friends.
COMPLEX
Kai plays soccer every day with his friends when they are at school.
Our goal is to be able to express our thoughts in a variety of ways.
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX
EXERCISES FOR HOMEWORK
At the Beach
1. The group met at the beach. KERNEL
They met at 10:00 a.m.
They met every day.
The beach was public.
Decide how you want to combine these elements.
The group met at the beach
at 10:00 a.m.
every day
public
The group met at the public beach at 10:00 a.m. every day.
Your examples:
1. The group met at the public beach at 10:00 a.m. every day.
2. The group met at the public beach every day at 10 am.
3. Every day, the group met at 10:00 a.m. at the public beach.
4. The group met at the public beach 10 am every day.
5. The group met at the public beach, and they met at 10am every day.
2. The beach was hot.
The beach was crowded.
The beach was exciting.
There were children.
There were adults.
There were lifeguards.
3. Mr. Isaac sold ice cream.
It was packed in ice.
The truck was small.
The truck was in the parking lot.
4. The teenagers lay in the sun.
They played volleyball.
The children swam.
The children waded.
The children ran in the sand.
5. A group of clowns juggled.
They played with children.
The children were laughing.
The clowns gave out balloons.
6. The sand was white.
The water was beyond the beach.
The water was blue.
The blue was vibrant.
Try #2-6 for homework. We will share them tomorrow.
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