Good afternoon, everyone.
Friday- Butter Day!
He is eight and a half years old.
Today’s agenda
·
Finish overview of sentences
·
Sentence work- simple sentences
·
Continue “Prescribed Learning Outcomes” module
·
Paragraph structure- “Paragraph Format EF6” “Introduction to Paragraphs EF45”
Monday
·
Test#1 paragraph about the “Prescribed Learning
Outcomes”
·
Sentence work- continue simple sentences
·
Discuss structure of quiz on Tuesday
Choose vocab for quiz tomorrow
Tuesday
·
Return Test#1
Optional rewrite for bonus point
·
Quiz#1 - simple sentences
·
Begin compound sentences
Wednesday
·
Continue compound sentences
·
a. adverb clauses –
because if when unless until after before although etc
We will do about 30.
“Sarah doesn’t want to
talk to Maria because they had an
argument.”
main clause adverb clause no comma
“Because Sarah and Maria
had an argument, Sarah doesn’t want to
talk to her.”
adverb clause main clause comma
“We won’t go to the
beach if it rains.”
“If it rains, we
won’t go to the beach.”
She is happy, because
she won the lottery. XXX no comma, small error
She is happy because she won the lottery.
** IMPORTANT POINT:
You always need a SV. If you don’t have a SV for each clause, you will likely
run into trouble. Special case: imperative
Sit down. You
sit down. implied subject
Example: My sister
lives in Vancouver, works in a store. XXX
FIX
My sister lives in Vancouver and works in a store.
My sister lives in Vancouver, and she works in a store.
My sister lives in Vancouver; she works in a store.
My sister lives in Vancouver; also, she works in a store.
b. noun clauses –
brain, tongue
brain- think believe
know guess understand
imagine remember, etc.
tongue- say whisper
state yell remind
claim argue, etc.
that why how
“Mohammed thinks
that he should call his brother.”
“The little girl believes
that there is a monster in her closet.”
“Maria said that
we need more printer paper.”
“Junko didn’t tell
us why she quit her job.”
“I don’t know how I can fix my car.”
“I don’t know how to fix my car.”
More common- different pattern
c. adjective clauses –
who that which
“Fatima’s neighbour, who
is 86 years old, still lives on her own.”
“Marta has some nice
boots that she got from a fancy store in Tokyo.”
- commas around adjective clauses – complicated
- other words less
important: ‘whom’ ‘whose’ ‘where’
COMPOUND COMPLEX
e.g. Mei loves to eat
chocolate, but Junko doesn’t like it because she is allergic to it.
I don’t want to go to
the party, but you should go if you want to.
Overview – Over the
next few weeks, I will teach these sentences styles to you in great detail. If
you learn these styles, you will be able to do anything that you want in written
English: school, job, life, writing.
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND COMPLEX
If you are willing to
come with me on this journey through English sentences, let’s do it! We all will
learn a lot.
Four
types of sentences-
simple compound
complex compound-complex
-foundation
of all writing in English
-simple
sentence- most basic form of a sentence in English
-simple
but powerful, very useful
-
good choice for topic sentence
in a paragraph or thesis statement in an essay
-
anything you want someone to
remember
A
simple sentence is one independent clause that has a subject and a verb and
expresses a complete thought.
clause
– a group of words with a subject and a verb, S+V
Most
teachers says: one simple sentence – a complete idea
Subject
and a Verb
Subject
and a Predicate
The
old dog was walking slowly around
the park with a stick in her mouth. SV
The
dog was walking. core SV
main
subject – just one word, noun ‘dog’
complete
subject- main subject plus andy modifers, adjectives, articles
‘the
old dog’
verb
– action word ‘was walking’
verb=
simple predicate
complete
predicate – verb plus everthing else
‘was
walking slowly around the park with a stick in his mouth.’
The
old dog was walking slowly around
the park with a stick in her mouth.
EASY
LEVEL The dog was walking in the
park.
SIMPLE
SENTENCE- S V, Subject + Predicate
I
request. NOT A COMPLETE IDEA
I
request a new driver’s license.
Notice
that there are some important requirements for a simple sentence:
1.
Must have a subject and a verb.
2.
Must express a complete thought.
3.
Must only have one clause.
4.
** Begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
**
For all sentences.
Examples
of Simple Sentences:
1.
Joe went to the store. SV
2.
BC is experiencing severe
flooding in many areas around the province. SV
3.
Sarah and Jessie are going swimming. SSV
4.
Xi and Biden met this week
for high level discussions. SSV
5.
The frog jumped and
landed in the pond. SVV
6.
The nurse took the patient’s blood pressure and checked his heart rate. SVV – verb tenses
7.
Keep your eyes open for bargains. NO
SUBJECT- implied subject “You” Imperative
Imperative- command, tell someone to do something
(You) Be careful!
don’t say ‘you’, everybody understand that it is there,
implied
subject – imply(v) – suggest something but not say it out loud
5. I
went to the mall and bought a dress. SVV
I
went to shop in Metrotown. XXX
I
went shopping in Metrotown. gerund
I
went GERUND.
Gerund-
noun ‘ing’
She
went skiing.
She
went shopping.
He
went hiking.
I
want to go downtown. SV
6.The
pizza smells delicious. SV
7. Here/There
There
is a fly in the car with us.
There
is/are two flies in the car.
‘Here’
and ‘there’ are not subjects. They always point to something else.
There
is/are people on the street.
subject verb agreement
There
is/are a person on the street.
#1
error- subject verb agreement
Here
is your cell phone.
Here
are your keys.
***#1
mistake that everyone makes***
Here are your [AH1] cell phone. XXX
Here
is your keys. XXX
Her
glasses are new.
Her
pair of glasses is new.
The
scissors are dull.
The
pair of scissors is sharp.
The
students are high-level.
The
class is almost ready for UBC.
TRICKY
subject verb agreement – verbs change to match the subject
e.g.
Mary live lives in Vancouver. agr
NOTE:
At a postsecondary level, mistakes in subject verb agreement are a big deal.
7. Look on top of the refrigerator for the key. “you” implied subject-
imperative
8. Please close the door. sounds more polite
9. Close the door, please.
10.
Take the dog for a walk,
please.
11.
Please take the dog for a walk.
Punctuation
with ‘please’ – common usage, good model to follow
Please
open the door.
Open
the door, please.
12.
Will you help me with the math homework? Interrogative-
ask
a question – flip the verb around
You are happy today.
Are you happy
today? Interrogative
13.
I will pick you up today. verb will pick – simple future
14.
Will you pick me up today? will ... pick
– still one verb, not two verbs SV
will
– helping verb, modal, modal auxiliary
will
go
We will go hiking tomorrow.
Will you go with us?
can
see
You can see the fireworks from my
house.
Can you see the fireworks from my house?
10.
The music is too loud. SV
Is
the music too loud.
Adapted
from :https://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/simple_sentence_examples/445/
Forms of simple sentences:
-SV subject verb
My dog is asleep.
The ice cream looks delicious.
Vancouver is a nice city.
-SSV subject subject verb
The rivers and trees are beautiful.
Your sister and mother fight all the time.
Peanut butter and bananas go well
together.
-SVV subject verb verb
Sara swims and plays
volleyball at the community centre.
Clouds come and go.
Friends come and go.
-Imperative – command sentence, tell
somebody to do something
(You) Come in. implied subject We don’t say ‘you’, but that’s what we mean.
Be careful, please. Please be careful.
Watch your step, please. Please be careful.
Watch out.
Stay safe.
Shut up!
Drop dead! – strong words for fighting,
like with kids
Get out!
Sit down.
Have a cookie.
Sleep well.
Eat healthy.
Stay cool.
Sit! Stay!
Stay tuned.
Get ready.
You must make it to work on time. NOT
IMPERATIVE
must, should, can, could, will – MODALS,
MODALS AUXILIARIES
-Interrogative- question
What time is it?
Who are you talking to?
What are you doing tomorrow?
Is that your dog?
Would you like to have some tea?
Where is the book?
What’s for dinner today?
Extra information to explore:
-https://englishgrammarhere.com/example-sentences/50-examples-of-simple-sentences/
-https://examples.yourdictionary.com/simple-sentence-examples.html
ACTION/PRACTICE
Let’s take out a piece of paper and write
some simple sentences from your own imagination. Please work together if you
like.
SV
SSV SVV Imperative
Interrogative
[AH1]agr
Introduction to Paragraphs EF5
Paragraphs
-
collection of sentences (4,5,6,7 sentence on one topic)
-
at least 150 words, around 150-250 ww
Sweet
spot
TRICK FOR COUNTING WORDS-
Count
two lines.- average # of words per line
Count
how many lines are in the paragraph
-
types/modes of writing:
1.narrative
writing - tell a story, you are the narrator of a story (Test#1), comfortable
telling their own stories
2.descriptive writing – describes
something, descriptive vocab, adj adv, five senses
3.process writing- teach how to so
something, explain how something works, step-by-step
4.persuasive writing- give your
opinion on a topic and give reasons why you hold that opinion, try to convince
someone, persuade someone
VOCAB mode- a focus, a way- cell
telephone “low-battery mode”
laptop “low-power mode”
“Put your phone in Airplane Mode.”
your focus at the moment- “I can’t
talk right now. I am in work mode.”
*Narrative writing – You tell a
short personal story about something that happened to you.
e.g. What did you last Sunday?
Write about a funny thing that
happened when you were a kid.
narrative(adj) narrate(v)
narrator(noun-person who tells a story)
*Descriptive writing – describe
something – use your five senses
five senses- sight, taste, smell,
hearing, touch
senses – the ways that we connect
with the outside world
e.g. Describe a mountain.
What
did your grandmother look like?
*Process writing- teach, step-by-step
instruction
- teach how to do something
-explain how something works
*Persuasive writing – give
opinion, give reasons for your opinion
Do you wear a mask while shopping
in a store? YES/NO- give some reasons
Should we wear masks when we are
shopping indoors?
Should marijuana be legal in
Canada?
There
will be some crossover between modes. Keep your focus on one of the modes
primarily.
***
Writing a paragraph
Make-up
of a paragraph
*Begin a grabber/hook – attention-getting sentence I’ll talk about
it later.
*Write a topic sentence
Topic
sentence- introduces the idea of the paragraph
linked directly to the writing
prompt
e.g.
Describe a mountain.
TOPIC SENTENCE There
is a beautiful mountain scene.
What
did you last Sunday?
TOPIC
SENTENCE Last Sunday for me was a
very busy day.
Do
you like living in Canada?
TOPIC
SENTENCE I like living in Canada
for three reasons.
The
topic sentence gets right to the point.
Grabber
Topic
sentence
Supporting
sentences – details, explanation, support, example
Concluding
sentence- wrap-up, ends the paragraph
(150-250
words)
Example
questions for Monday:
Based
on the PLOs, what is a strength of yours? Give examples and evidence of this
strength in your life.
PREWRITING
STEP
1 Read and understand the question.
STEP
2 Generate some ideas to write about. 3,4,5
STEP
3 Put these ideas into an order
WRITING
STEP
4 Write the sentences. Write the paragraph.
STEP
5 Proofread and edit.
STEP
6 Pass in the draft. It does not have to be beautiful.
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