Today’s Agenda
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Return presentations
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Check essay work- from homework
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Sentence combining
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Quiz7- adjective clauses (final quiz) END OF
CLASS (last 25m)
Friday
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 8 FINAL ONE
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Return Quiz7- Friday or Monday
Optional RW for bonus point
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Essay- pass-in (full class)
Monday
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Review
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Return everything
Tuesday, June 24
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Optional replacement test and/or quiz
Replacement test – paragraph new topic
Replacement quiz- mix of six sentence types
and clauses
Wednesday, June 25
Final day- non-instructional day
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Final marks and meetings
Presentations
Good work.
Strong voices.
Good connection.- eye contact, hand gestures
x/10
Email x/1
Check x/1
Writing x/4
Spoken x/4
Sentence combining
-next level for sentence writing
HAVE LEARNED Simple, compound, and complex sentences
Use this knowledge and these skills, put it into practice
“Sentence Combining Sheet 1”
1. The
object looks long.
The object looks thin.
The object measures about 8 inches in length.
The object looks long. KERNEL centre
kernel-popcorn, computer programs
Examine the other sentences. Find new
information. Eliminate repetition.
The object looks thin.
The object looks long and thin.
So far, so good.
Find new information. Eliminate repetition.
The object measures about 8 inches
in length.
The object looks long and thin.
measures about 8 inches in length.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
The object looks long, thin, and measures about 8 inches in length. XXX
Parallelism- words in a series have to be the same kind of
word
long (adj)
thin (adj)
measures (v)
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
The object looks
long and thin, and it measures
about 8 inches in length. COMPOUND
The object looks long and thin; also, it measures
about 8 inches in length. COMPOUND
The object looks
long and thin and measures about 8 inches
in length. SIMPLE SVV
The long and thin-looking object measures about 8 inches in length. SIMPLE SV
The object which/that looks long and thin measures
about 8 inches in length. COMPLEX- ADJ CL
Sentence combining – simple, compound and complex sentence
structures
You have to be able to write a variety of sentence types:
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences.
Higher level writing- find a good style book
style- making your writing beautiful
Two excellent high-level writing books:
1. The
Elements of Style, Strunk and White
2. Style:
Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, Williams and Bizup
Sentence combining exercises- beginner-level up to
college-level
VOCAB Phenomenal!
The secret of life: Set a realistic goal. Reach that goal through
daily practice. Set a new goal.
Sentence combining exercises:
Beginner-level
Kai has a hat.
The hat is red.
The hat is for baseball.
SOLUTIONS
Kai has a red baseball hat. Kai has a red hat for baseball.
Kai has a red hat that he uses for baseball.
Kai has a hat, and the hat is red; in fact, the hat is for
baseball. OVERWRITTEN OVEREXPLAINED
HIGHER LEVEL
1. Canada
accepts people.
The people are from other countries.
The countries are troubled.
The trouble is political.
What is your feeling? Simple? Compound? Complex?
Canada accepts people.
The people are from other countries.
The countries are troubled.
The trouble is political.
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEANING Canada accepts people who have political
problems in their country.
Canada accepts people who are from the other
countries that have political troubles.
Canada accepts people who come from countries that are
politically troubled.
Canada accepts people who come from countries that are in
political trouble.
Canada accepts people from other countries that have
political troubles. COMPLEX- ADJ CL
Canada accepts people whose countries are politically troubled.
ADJ CL
MY FEELING: If you can express the same thought in three
different ways, that’s enough.
Try some for homework.
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Essay
We’ll try a multiparagraph essay tomorrow.
2 reasons good
3 reasons ideal
300 words
5 paragraphs
Intro para 40w
Body1 70w
Body2 70w
Body3 70w
Conc para 40w
Quiz7
Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.
1.
which presentation
2.
who story
3.
that find
4.
who friend
5.
where restaurant
6.
who student
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