EF6 8:30 April 13

 Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Today’s agenda

1. Continue “Literary Terms” – conflict

2. “Roses Sing on New Snow” – test (para) later this week

3. Sentence combining quiz tomorrow

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conflict - external conflicts- person vs person, person vs society, person vs nature, person vs technology, and person vs supernatural

-internal conflict - person vs himself or herself.

vs – versus, against

Manchester United vs Chelsea

Batman vs Superman

Pacquio vs Merryweather

Canucks vs Flames

fiction, poetry, short story, novel, movie, music, arts, painting-  tension, struggle

external conflicts – coming from outside of us

-person vs person- two people feeling some tension, fight, argument

p vs p conflict in RSoNW- any two characters who are in conflict

-person vs society, person vs culture- politics, religion, law, customs, societal rules, language

p vs s conflict in RSoNS?

-person vs nature – weather, climate

natural disasters- typhoon, tsunami, tornado, earthquake

wildlife- bears, coyotes, cougars, lynx

Covid19, epidemic, pandemic, infectious disease

contagious- a disease that is easy to catch

p vs n conflict in RSoNS?

-person vs technology

computer, science, robot, gadgets, phones, video games, internet

GMO- genetically-modified organisms, genetically-modified food (e.g rice that will grow in salty water)

Is it safe?

vaccinations – anti-vaxxers

artificial intelligence – possible dangers of computers that are more capable and intelligent than humans

neural networks – cutting-edge science

-person vs supernatural – ghosts, spirits, devils, superstition, religion?, vampires, bad luck/good luck, soul, spirit

internal conflict- person vs himself, person vs herself

inside you – some tension in yourself- something not sitting well within you- 

everybody has internal conflict – want to change about yourself, improve, not satisfied

problem internal conflict – strong anxiety can be debilitating, stops you from doing the things you want to do

Therapy and counselling can help you learn how to live better.

- weight loss, stop smoking, be more active, have more friends, be more patient, work harder, don’t be lazy, be more confident, have more self-esteem, not worry about social judgement

e.g. Many students in this class have note said a single word in eight weeks of us meeting together.

Reason #1- They don’t care.

Reason #2 They are afraid of being judged (shyness).

Reason #3 They were raised in different educational culture. 

-person vs society

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Free Advice #7 – Work within the system to find success.

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Homework – review the sentence styles- simple, compound and complex