Tuesday, 14 January 2025

WI567 Class 36

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue adjective clauses-

·      Continue business letters

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz5- adj cl

·      Begin essay

 

Thursday

·      Essay work

 

Friday

·      Essay work

 

Final week

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Friday- last day

·      One-on-one meets

·      Final marks and comments

*You will be able to see you final marks. You will be get a report card from the office the following week.

 

Coming up in the final two weeks

·      Sentence combining

·      Essays – five-paragraph model

·      Essay types        compare/contrast

persuasive

literary?

 

Battle Royale Japanese horror novel

Immaculate Prime Video, religious horror

The Exorcist religious horror

zombie- Last Train to Busan-movie

All of Us are Dead- movie

The Walking Dead TV show

Last Survivors

The Last of Us- filmed in Van

 

transition from one topic to another- a segway

Let’s change gears.

 

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Adjective clauses-

I love scary stories that/which give me nightmares. subject pronoun

 

nightmare- night   mare-horse

 

Crows are birds that have good memories. subject pronoun

They will remember people who treat them well or treat them badly. subject pronoun

 

subject pronouns

object pronouns

 

Exercise D

7. The meeting that I went to it was interesting. object pronoun

We went to the mall.

OPTIONS

The meeting that I went to was interesting.

The meeting I went to was interesting.

 

I went to the/a meeting that was interesting. subject pronoun

 

I went to a meeting. It was interesting. 2 SIMPLES

I went to a meeting, and it was interesting. COMPOUND

I went to the meeting; surprisingly, it was interesting. COMPOUND

I went to the meeting; as usual, it was interesting. COMPOUND

 

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Commas with adjective clause:

 

A Jun’s sister who lives in Toronto is a nurse. more than one

B Jun’s sister, who lives in Toronto, is a nurse. one

Same meaning? Different meaning

How many sisters does Jun have? one or more than one

 

*teasing your sister, bugging your brother- bothering

 

commas around adj cl – non-essential clause, extra information

Jun’s sister, who lives in Toronto, is a nurse.

Jun’s sister is a nurse.

 

Jun’s sister who lives in Toronto is a nurse.

 

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a major city.

Please hand me that pen that is on the floor.

 

Sarah’s mother, who is retired, loves to play Mahjong.

 

Mahjong is a game that can help with brain function.

 

South Hill Education Centre, which is located at 6010 Fraser Street, offers adult high school courses. only one SHEC

 

The bakery that is on Main and 25th is selling cookies 50% off today.

 

 

 

 

 

My brother’s bakery, which is on Main and 25th, is selling cookies 50% off today. brother owns one bakery

 

My brother’s bakery that/which is on Main and 25th is selling cookies 50% off today. brother owns several bakeries

 

that/which – related to your emotion -special or not to you

 

8. The man who I talked to yesterday was very kind. object pronoun

CHOICE

The man who I talked to yesterday was very kind. CLEARER

The man I talked to yesterday was very kind. AUTHENTIC

The man whom I talked to yesterday was very kind. FORMAL

The man to whom I talked yesterday was very kind. VERY FORMAL

 

9.I must thank the people who I got a present from. object pronoun

CHOICE

I must thank the people who I got a present from.

I must thank the people I got a present from.

I must thank the people whom I got a present from.

I must thank the people from whom I got a present.

 

10.The picture that she was looking at was beautiful. object pronoun

CHOICE

The picture that/which she was looking at was beautiful.

The picture she was looking at was beautiful.

The picture at which she was looking was beautiful. sounds strange

 

She was looking at a picture that was beautiful. subject pronoun

 

She was looking at a beautiful picture. SIMPLE SENT

 

11. I was telling you about the man who is standing over there.

The man who is standing over there I was telling you about. XXX

The man who I was telling you about is standing over there.

 

VERY NATURAL-SOUNDING

I was telling you about the man who is standing over there.

I was telling you about the man who is standing over there.

 

 

Let’s choose 10 vocabulary words to review for the quiz:

1.    prepare(v)

2.    presentation(n)

3.    analyze(v)

4.    transfer(n,v)

5.    pension(n)

6.    benefit(v,n)

He got a lot of benefits from quitting smoking.

He will get a lot of benefits if he quits smoking. ADV CL

The benefits that he got from quitting smoking are huge.

You will benefit from quitting smoking.

7.    patient(n,adj)

The patient lay in the hospital bed.

The patient nurse has patience for her patients.

8.    apply(v)

9.    scary(adj) scare(n) You gave me a scare(n). She scared me(v). He was scared(adj). The future is scary(adj).

10.                       confuse(v)

 

 

 

 

flush- face turns red, feel warm, flush the toilet, rich, poker hand

He is flush. He just got paid.

The dog flushed out the ducks. Then the hunter shot at them.

 

 

IDIOM You stick your head in the sand.

 

 

Business Letters

 

Hi there, WAY TOO VERY CASUAL AND FRIENDLY

 

Dear Sir or Madam,

-quite impersonal, not the best first choice

 

GOOD SUGGESTIONS: Call and ask. Find them on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is like Facebook for professionals

 

 

 

Dear Grandma,        comma for a personal letter ,

                                         comma- friendly, casual, not formal, not business

 

Dear Sarah Chen:                   colon for a business letter :

                                                   more formal, not friendly, business

 

You can decide     , OR :

PUNCTUATION

; semicolon

: colon, full colon

 

 

Dear Mr. Chen:

Dear Mrs. Smith:

Dear Ms. Smith:

Dear Miss Smith:  (for a child)

Dear Mme Benoit:   mademoiselle  madame

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

Mme- mademoiselle, French Ms, madame

 

Dear Dr. Gan,      MORE CASUAL

Dear Dr. Jung:     MORE FORMAL

Make judgement call.

 

My insurance company defaults to Ms. for women

 

Use a colon for a business letter- professional, formal, not friendly or personal

 

Women’s last names

-         changing your name when you get married is your decision, your choice

-         children’s names -hyphenated name

 

surname- family name, last name

given name- old-fashioned “Christian name”

 

 

 

GREETING

To Mr. Pacquiao: sounds cold, very formal

To Sarah Chen:

To my dearest Mme Benoit: TOO MUCH, sounds like a love letter

 

e.g. student emails

To my dear teacher: TOO PERSONAL

 

Dear Maria,     A BIT MORE RELAXED

Hi John,     QUITE INFORMAL AND RELAXED, FRIENDLY

Hello Jun,        SLIGHTLY MORE FORMAL, BUT STILL FRIENDLY

 

Dear Sarah:   colon is formal, first name is casual

Dear Sarah,    SEEMS LIKE A BETTER CHOICE

 

WRITING TO  A PERSON IN A POSITON OF AUTHORITY

 

Hi Justin,

You’re doing a good job as Prime Minister of Canada.

 

WAY TOO INFORMAL

Use an honorific-

 

To the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau:

 

To the presiding Justice of the Court:

 

To Justice Smith:

 

**Look it up**

Honorific, title

 

To Her Excellency, President Janice Alloud:

To His Excellency, AAA BBB:

 

To Her Excellency, Governor General of Canada, Mary Simon:

 

Research what title the person might have.

 

Check Linkedin.com

 

If you do not know the name of the recipient of your letter-

 

Health Insurance BC
PO Box 9035 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, B.C. V8W 9E3

 

Dear MSP,

To whom it may concern,

To who it concerns,

To someone who can concern,

Dear Sir or Madam,  :  Choose one ,  OR :

 

 

 

 

Test4

Pen

Doublespace

Phones and devices away

Write a persuasive/opinion paragraph of at least 150 words on one of the topics.

Pass in by 1:06

Choose one topic:

1.    Which make better pets: dogs or cats?

2.    Should college and university be free for Canadian residents?

 

 

 

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