Tuesday, 10 January 2023

EF67 Class 30 - adj cl - subject and object pronouns, Dead Man's Path

 

EF67

Good morning, everyone.

 

 

Later this week:

Test- paragraph on “Dead Man’s Path”

Quiz on noun clauses

 

Today’s agenda

·      Go over adj cl from homework– subject and object pronouns

Choose vocab for the Q#4 V2 quiz

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

·      Review paragraph format and structure

·      Continue noun clauses

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz#4- adjective clauses Version 2

·      Continue noun clauses

·       

 

Thursday

·      Test- paragraph about ‘Dead Man’ Path”

 

Friday

 

 

Next week

-sentence combining

-First Nations

 

Final weeks

-parallelism

-presentation- individual spoken work

-essay writing

-optional replacement quizzes / tests

 

 

 

adjective clauses- deeper level adj cl

two forms of adj cl

-subject pronoun

Maris bought glasses that have transitonal lenses. subject pronoun

no choices to make

 

-object pronoun

The glasses that Maris bought have transitional lenses. object pronoun

     choices to make

OPTION 1 The glasses that Maris bought have transitional lenses.

OPTION 2 The glasses Maris bought have transitional lenses.

 

These options give you more breadth in your sentence writing.

breadth- scope, width, range

 

CONSIDER

The glasses have transitional lenses that Maris bought. seems misplaces modifier

 

 

She bought contact lenses that are coloured blue. subject pronoun

The contact lenses that she bought are coloured blue. object pronoun

 

far-sighted, near-sighted, astigmatism

 

Here are some of your examples from homework:

1.    The architect Mario works with is brilliant.

2.    Mary tutors who need extra help in goo metry students. XXX

3.    I took a picture of the rainbow that appeared in the sky.

4.    The man who I hired to paint my house finished the job in four days.

5.    I miss seeing the old woman who used to sell flowers on that street corner.

6.    Option: The man I hired to paint my house finished the job in four days.

7.    I miss seeing the old woman who used to sell flowers on that street corner. --> Subject Pronoun

8.    The architect who Mario works with is brilliant. --> Object Pronoun

9.    The architect Mario works with is brilliant.

10.                       The architect whom Mario works with is brilliant.

11.                       I took a picture of the rainbow that appeared in the sky.

12.                       Mario works with the architect who is brilliant

13.                       I took a picture of the rainbow that appeared in the sky

14.                       The student who sits next to me is from China. 

15.                       I like the composition that you wrote. 

16.                       I hired the men to paint my house who finished the job in four days.

17.                       The architect who Mario works with him is brilliant. RW

The architect who Mario works with him is brilliant.

The architect who Mario works with is brilliant.

 

18.                       Mario work with the architect who is brilliant.

19.                       I took a picture of the rainbow that apeared in the sky.

20.                       The rainbow that I took a picture of appeared in the sky.

21.                       I hired the man who finished the job in four days to paint my house (subject Pronoun)

22.                       I miss seeing the old woman who used to sell flowers on that street corner (Subject Pronoun).

23.                       The old woman who I miss seeing her used to sell flowers on that street corner. (Object Pronoun)

24.                       Mary tutors students  who need extra help in geometry. (Subject Pronoun)

25.                       The students who Mary tutors need extra help in geometry. (Object Pronoun)

26.                       I took a picture of the rainbow that appeared in the sky. (Subject Pronoun)

27.                       I hired the man to paint my house who finished the job in four days.

28.                       The old woman who I miss seeing used to sell flowers on that street corner.

29.                       The old woman I miss seeing used to sell flowers on that street corner. ‘who’ omitted

30.                       I miss seeing the old woman who used to sell flowers on that street corner.

31.                       Mario works with an architect who is brilliant.

32.                       The  architect who Mario works with is brillant.

33.                       The architect Mario works with is brillant.

34.                       The chair Sally inherited, which is antique, is from her grandmother.

35.                       The old woman who I miss seeing used to sell flowers on the street corner.

36.                       Mary tutors students who need extra help in geometry.

37.                       I miss seeing the old woman that who she used to sell flowers on that street corner.

38.                       Mario who is a brilliant architect works with him.

39.                       Mary tutors students that they who / that need extra help in geometry.

40.                       I took a picture of the rainbow that it appeared in the sky.

41.                       The brilliant architect who works with mario. XXX

 

42.                       Mary tutors students who need extra help in geometry.

43.                       The man finished the job in four days whom I hired to paint my house. misplaced modifier
The man whom I hired to paint my house finished the job in four days. ‘whom’ is very formal and not commonly used

Good start. Time to get to work.

I emailed you some extra material if you’re interested in pursuing adjective clauses further.

 

 

Quiz4 Version 2- adjective clauses

who

that

which

Vocab to review

1.    magazine

2.    footpath

3.    ancestors

4.    priest

5.    imitate

6.    queen

7.    purpose

8.    standardize

9.    incredible

10.                       enthusiasm

 

diviner – some one finds water using magical powers

 

 

 

·      “Dead Man’s Path” module

 

·      Big question:

Does a teacher from away have to respect the culture of the local students, even if the teacher isn’t part of that culture?

 

Bigger question

Does a person in a position of authority who comes from a different culture have to show respect for the local culture?

 

-story about a headmaster

BIGGER- metaphor for colonialism, one country colonizing another- taking over

 

Chinua Achebe- African writer, Nigeria

novel Things Fall Apart, Eng12

 

 

Read aloud.

 

unprogressive (negative-sounding)

conservative, traditional (positive-sounding)

 

“young” “energetic”- positive words to descrive Micheal Obi (ironic)

 

Mission –  church, Christian church establishment

missionary – someone who shares informaiton about their religion, often travel to other countries

 

“wonderful ideas”

 

 

sound-strong(adj)

 

pivot- change direction

 

“narrow views” – limited, judgemental vocab

Nancy’s fantasy about her role and position p1

“Nancy was downcast.”

 

physical description on Micheal – not impressive

“he was not unhandsome”

 

IDIOM “A penny for you thoughts.” say to someone who is lost in thought

 

backward – undeveloped, not modern- negative meaning

 

comparison between beautiful garden and “rank” ugly local plants

 

“you people” insulting way to address somebody

 

big row- big fight, big problem

 

 

Chinua Achebe is an amazing writer, in full control of word choice.

 

pagan – religion, but not monotheistic

 

monotheistic- mono-1   the-god  belief in one god

polytheistic – poly-many

 

barbed wire- used in farms for animals, and prisons

 

priest – slight stoop, like Micheal Obi

Micheal Obi – young and misguided

priest – old and wise

 

cordialities- greetings, welcomings

 

Obi “highway” “thoroughfare” exaggerating for effect- hyperbole

 

Priest “Look here, my son.” establishing his authority as an elder

-         explains how the life of the village is based on the path

 

satisfied smile- smug face

 

Obi “eradicate” kill completely, destroy

“fantastic” like a fantasy

“teach your children to laugh at such ideas”

 

priest “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.”

birds of prey- hunting birds

 

You can see hundreds of eagles in Brackendale which is close of Squamish.

 

Priest is asking for tolerance, mutual respect, and peaceful coexistence.

Obi is unwilling to allow that.

 

Obi was inflexible. He paid a big price.

The villagers tried to negotiate, meet in the middle, make a deal, give and take, compromise, etc.

 

Thought Questions- small group discussion

 

Today and tomorrow-

Prepare to use quoted text.

Go through the story and find good words and phrases that can be used for quoting.

 

 

Quiz#3 V2 Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

1.    who            interview

2.    who            proud

3.    that             enjoyable

4.    who            appreciate

5.    that             mistake

6.    which         community

 

 

 

 

 

 

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