Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
NOTE:
Midterm recommendations
Registration for Quarter 3 (Feb-Apr)
will begin early in January.
I will give midterm recommendations on
Tuesday, January 4.
Midterm
recommendations are a suggestion of how you are doing in the course.
The
mark will be an average of the quizzes, tests, and spoken.
Quizzes
are worth 6 pts each. 4/6 3/6
Tests
are worth 12 points each. 3.5/6 DOUBLED 7/12
4/6
recorded as 8/12
Spoken
is worth 10 pts. – dynamic, changes through the term
Your
spoken mark will be based on how much I hear you using English in class,
speaking out loud.
Today’s agenda
·
Review Quiz#4 – noun clauses
·
Continue with “The Hockey Sweater”
Literary
Terms-
Prep
for Test tomorrow- focus on conflict
·
IF TIME Begin adjective clauses
Friday
·
Test#3 – paragraph about “The Hockey Sweater”
·
Xmas stuff
Bring snacks?
Have fun
Quiz #4 Noun clauses
Write a sentence that has a noun clause for each.
1.
think unfair
unfair(adj) unfairly(adv)
I think that the rule is unfair.
‘unfair’ describing ‘rule’ (adj)
I think that he was punished
unfairly. ‘unfairly’ describing ‘punished’ (adv)
Sarah looks happy. (adj) ‘happy’ –
‘Sarah’
Sarah laughed happily. (adv) ‘happily
– ‘laughed’
It is worth getting more adverbs
into your writing.
‘ly’ slow(a) slowly(adv)
It is fortunate that you had an
extra pair of boots. ‘fortunate’ (adj)
Fortunately, you had an extra pair
of boots. ‘fortunately’ (adv)
near- close
nearly – almost did it
Jun almost won the race.
When I was little kid, I nearly drowned
when I was swimming with my friends in a lake.
Nasrin nearly immigrated to Britain,
but in the end, she chose Canada to be her new home.
Janet nearly married Fred, but
ultimately she wound up staying single.
I was going to go to a party last
Friday night. I wound up staying home.
wound up gerund – what you
decided to do in the end, what happened finally
Sahara wanted to go to UBC. She wound up going to Langara.
I wanted to go snowboarding with my brother. Unfortunately,
his wife wouldn’t let him go needed him to drive her to her yoga class,
so I wound up going by myself.
2.
think winter
I think that there is not much snow this
winter.
3.
know uniform
Chi forgot that he left his
uniform in the car.
Jenny loves a man in uniform.
jersey- sports
4.
understand famous
I don’t understand why Kanye
West is so famous.
5.
say hockey
Mark told me that he used to
play hockey in Australia.
6.
understand childhood
Parents understand that early childhood is a very
important time for a child’s development.
“Literary Terms”
Point of View – narrator’s position in the story
*first-person narration “I” “my” “me”
narrator is in the story, part of the story
very limited understanding
*third-person narration
not in the story, talking about the story, explaining
sarcasm – meant to hurt/make fun of somebody
-verbal irony – understand that you mean the opposite of
what you say, not really funny
-dramatic irony-
-situational irony– you get the opposite result from what
you intended
Paragraph tomorrow – focus on conflict
EXTERNAL CONFLICTS
person vs person
person vs society
person vs nature
person vs technology
person vs supernatural
INTERNAL CONFLICT
person vs herself/himself
“The Hockey Sweater” What are some of the conflicts?
EXTERNAL CONFLICTS
-person vs person- boy vs mother, boy vs friends, boy vs
vicar, bot vs referee
-person vs society- boy vs his culture: sweater wrong team,
French vs English Canadians,
-person vs nature-
-person vs technology- mom vs catalogue, got wrong sweater
-person vs supernatural
INTERNAL CONFLICT
person vs herself/himself – boy vs himself:
“The Hockey Sweater” What are some of the conflicts?
EXTERNAL CONFLICTS
-person vs person- boy vs mother, boy vs friends, boy vs
vicar, bot vs referee
-person vs society- boy vs his culture: sweater wrong team,
French vs English Canadians,
-person vs technology- mom vs catalogue, got wrong sweater
INTERNAL CONFLICT
person vs herself/himself – boy vs himself:
Tomorrow, I will ask you to write a short paragraph about
one kind of conflict, e.g. person vs person.
Describe one person vs person conflict in “The Hockey Sweater”?
-choose one, focus on one
-talk about the one
-DO NOT GIVE ME A PLOT SUMMARY
-Focus in on the one conflict and write only about that. You
can discuss the parts of the plot that have to do with the conflict. Please don’t
tell me the overall story.
Zoom in on the one conflict.
Don’t talk about yourself. You are not in the story. This is
not a first-person story about your life. Just talk about the story.
PLAN
Titanic
TS person vs herself, Rose against herself
1.
beginning Rose unhappy with life, fiancee, mother
2.
no confidence, no ability to stand up for herself, doesn’t
know how to be assertive, powerless
3.
develops her inner strength, becomes assertive with
fiancee and mother
4.
devlelops independence, strong character,
5.
person vs herself conflict resolved, gone
After the PLAN, then we write a nice paragraph
e.g. What is the person vs herself conflict in Titanic?
Grabber
Topic sentence:
The person vs
herself conflict in Titanic is the internal struggle that Rose has with
herself as she learns to be independent from her mother and her fiancee.
A person vs person conflict in “The
Hockey Sweater” is between the boy and his mother regarding the wrong hockey
jersey that she incorrectly orders from the catalogue.
You can have the story out to consult. Don’t copy from the
story.
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