EF71011 P2 Class 39

 

Next level: Sentence combining

 

Learned sentence types

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

COMPOUND-COMPLEX- mix of compound and complex together

e.g. Shira loves chocolate, but I don’t because I am allergic.

Mei has a dog that can climb trees; it is amazing to watch.

 

 

Essential sentence writing

Daily practice! Consistency. Slow and steady progress.

Everything is habit!

 

 

NEXT LEVEL

 

Sentence combining- take 3-4-5 short sentences, combine into one

 

GOAL- dense clear sentences -balance

dense- a lot of information

clear- easy to read and understand

 

balance- density and clarity

 

 

 

EXAMPLE:

a.     Bill felt hungry.

b.    Bill had no lunch today.

 

 

Two approaches:

1.coordinate

2.subordinate

 

 

+ COORDINATION- ‘co’- together- cooperate, coworker, colleague, collaboration

 

coordinated clauses- compound sentence

,SOBA   ;   ; TRANS,

 

a.     Bill felt hungry.

b.    Bill had no lunch today.

 

Bill had no lunch today, so he felt hungry.

Bill had no lunch today, and he felt hungry. Sounds better?

Bill felt hungry, but he didn’t have any lunch.

or?

dinner- fancier

supper- everyday, old-fashioned?

 

 

Bill felt hungry; he had no lunch today.

Bill had no lunch today; he felt hungry.

Bill had no lunch today; therefore, he felt hungry.

 

Bill had no lunch today. Therefore, he felt hungry. 2 SIMPLES

 

You can decide what kind of sentence you want. It is your decision.

 

 

 

 

 

+ SUBORDINATION- ‘sub’- under- subway, subtitle, subsitute, subcutaneous

 

subordinated clauses- complex sentences- adverb cl, noun cl, adjective cl

 

a.     Bill felt hungry.

b.    Bill had no lunch today.

 

COMPLEX SENTENCE

Bill felt hungry because he had no lunch today. adv cl

Bill felt hungry since/as he had no lunch today. adv cl

 

Bill, who had no lunch today, felt hungry. adj cl

Bill, who felt hungry, had no lunch today. adj cl

 

Bill said that he felt hungry because he had no lunch today. n cl adv cl

 

Bill felt hungry because he had no lunch today. no comma

Because Bill had no lunch today, he felt hungry. comma

 

Bill thought that he was hungry because he had no lunch today.

Bill thought that he was hungry because he didn’t have lunch today.

 

*hyphen – casual, energetic- looks modern

Bill felt hungry- he had no lunch today.

 

 

TWO APPROACHES- Coordination and subordination

 

 

 

Sentence Combining Exercise

“Neighbourhood Party”

 

1.    Everyone had to cook a dish.

The dish was ethnic.

Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe.

These were to be put beside the dish.

This was done for our neighbourhood party.

 

Quick win.

Everyone had to cook a ethnic dish.

 

A.   Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe and these were to be put beside the dish.

B.    Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe that we could put beside the dish.

C.    Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe and put them beside the dish.

D.   Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe to put beside the dish.

 

For our neighbourhood party, everyone had to cook an ethnic dish and prepare copies of the recipe to put beside it. SIMPLE SVV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.    We chose to take lentil soup.

Our family has German heritage.

COORDINATE Our family has German heritage, so we chose to take lentil soup.

SUBORDINATION

Because our family has German heritage, we chose to take lentil soup. We chose to take lentil soup because our family has German heritage.

 

 

 

3.    Mom supervised me.

I chopped the onions.

I cut the bacon into pieces.

The pieces were small.

I made the soup.

 

Mom supervised me while I chopped/was chopping the onions and cut/was cutting the bacon into small pieces to make the soup.

 

chop  cut - same thing?

 

chop

cut

slice

dice

slash- damage with a knife

 

open the milk bottle, can, juice

unscrew

open a jar

peel an orange

peel an orange

 

blend- turn a solid into a liquid

mash potatoes

 

 

bake

roast

boil

fry, panfry

barbecue

stir-fry- wok

toast

sear

scorch

steam

braise

poached egg

air fry

pressure cooker

grill

bake

ferment

brine -salt fish, salt pork

dry age

dried fish

marinade

smoke

raw

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.    Then, we had to compose the recipe.

We really don't have a formal one.

We couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.

 

5.    That night we were treated to a feast of food.

The food was different.

The feast included a wheat salad.

The salad was from the Middle East.

 

6.    The feast included a potato dish.

This dish was from Switzerland.

The feast included a lamb dish.

This dish was from Portugal.

The feast included a super ice cream.

The ice cream was Italian.

 

The feast included a potato dish from Switzerland, a lamb dish from Portugal, and a super ice cream from Italy.

 

The feast included a Swiss potato dish, a Portuguese lamb dish, and a super Italian ice cream.

 

Canada- Canadian

Japan- Japanese

China- Chinese

Vietnam- Vietnamese

Korea- Korean

India – Indian

Israel- Israeli

The Philippines- Filipino, Pilipino, pinoy

  

 

TOMORROW:

Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

EF71011 P1 Class 39

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz 5

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      NEW SKILL- Sentence combining

·      Verb tense review

 

 

Thursday

·      Return essay

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test (final 90m)

If you don’t want to do a replacement quiz or test, you can go early.

 

 

Friday- Last day

·      Return everything

No more RWs

·      Final marks and comments

·      One-on-one student-teacher conferences

 

 

Quarter 2 (Nov-Jan) will begin Thursday, November 12^th.

 

 

 

 

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Simple, compound, complex- adv cl, adj, cl, n cl.

noun clauses

 

P1

Quiz5

Devices and notes away.

Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

1.       say              exercise

She said that exercise is good for us.

 

2.       think           practical

I think that practical skills are better than book learning.

The instructor thinks that her students will do well in the practical part of the course.

 

3.       wonder      decision

We wonder what her decision will be.

 

 

4.       ask              quality

We asked if the quality of the material is good.

 

5.       tell              exit

Can you tell me where the exit is?

The flight attendant told us where the emergency exits are.

 

6.       remember          fantastic

She remembers how fantastic the travel trip/vacation/getaway was.

I remember that you looked fantastic at our wedding.

 

 

 

 

Sentence combining

 

Learned sentence types

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

COMPOUND-COMPLEX- mix of compound and complex together

e.g. Shira loves chocolate, but I don’t because I am allergic.

 

 

Essential sentence writing

Daily practice! Consistency. Slow and steady progress.

Everything is habit!

 

 

NEXT LEVEL

 

Sentence combining- take 3-4-5 short sentences, combine into one

 

GOAL- dense clear sentences -balance

dense- a lot of information

clear- easy to read and understand

 

balance- density and clarity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXAMPLE:

a.    Bill felt hungry.

b.   Bill had no lunch today.

 

Two approaches:

1.coordinate

2.subordinate

 

+ COORDINATION- ‘co’- together- cooperate, coworker, colleague, collaboration

 

coordinated clauses- compound sentence

,SOBA   ;   ; TRANS,

 

a.    Bill felt hungry.

b.   Bill had no lunch today.

 

Bill had no lunch today, so he felt hungry.

Bill had no lunch today, and he felt hungry. Sounds better?

 

Bill felt hungry; he had no lunch today.

Bill had no lunch today; he felt hungry.

Bill had no lunch today; therefore, he felt hungry.

 

Bill had no lunch today. Therefore, he felt hungry. 2 SIMPLES

 

You can decide what kind of sentence you want. It is your decision. You are in charge.

 

 

 

 

 

+ SUBORDINATION- ‘sub’- under- subway, subtitle, subsitute, subcutaneous

 

subordinated clauses- complex sentences- adverb cl, noun cl, adjective cl

 

a.    Bill felt hungry.

b.   Bill had no lunch today.

COMPLEX SENTENCE

Bill felt hungry because he had no lunch today. adv cl

Bill felt hungry since/as he had no lunch today. adv cl

Bill, who had no lunch today, felt hungry. adj cl

Bill, who felt hungry, had no lunch today. adj cl

Bill said that he felt hungry because he had no lunch today. n cl adv cl

 

Bill felt hungry because he had no lunch today. no comma

Because Bill had no lunch today, he felt hungry. comma

 

 

Bill thought that he was hungry because he had no lunch today.

Bill thought that he was hungry because he didn’t have lunch today.

 

 

Coordination and subordination

 

 

 

Sentence Combining Exercise

“Neighbourhood Party”

 

Neighbourhood Party

 

1.    Everyone had to cook a dish.

The dish was ethnic.

Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe.

These were to be put beside the dish.

This was done for our neighbourhood party.

 

EASY WINS

Everyone had to cook an ethnic dish.

Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe to put beside the dish.

This was done for our neighbourhood party.

 

COMBINE

For our neighbourhood party, everyone had to cook an ethnic dish and prepare copies of the recipe to put beside it.

SIMPLE SVV

 

For our neighbourhood party, everyone had to cook an ethnic dish, and they prepared copies of the recipe to put beside it.

COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

 

2.    We chose to take lentil soup.

Our family has German heritage.

SIMPLE? COMPOUND? COMPLEX?

We chose to take lentil soup because our family has German heritage. COMPLEX- ADV CL

 

Our family has German heritage, so we chose to take lentil soup.

COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

Our family has German heritage; therefore, we chose to take lentil soup.

 

 

3.    Mom supervised me.

I chopped the onions.

I cut the bacon into pieces.

The pieces were small.

I made the soup.

 

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

While Mom supervised me, I made the soup by cutting the bacon into small pieces and chopping the onions. COMPLEX

 

Mom supervised me, so I chopped the onions and bacon into pieces; after that, I made the soup.

 

My Mom supervised me to make the soup; I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small pieces.

 

My Mom supervised me to make the soup, and I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small pieces.

 

While I chopped the onion, mom supervised me, and I cut the bacon into pieces that were small because I made the soup.

EDIT

While I chopped the onion and cut the bacon into small pieces, mom supervised me on how to make the soup.

 

My mom supervised me how to cut the bacon into small pieces and chop the onions into small pieces while I made the soup.

 

 

 

 

4.    Then, we had to compose the recipe.

We really don't have a formal one.

We couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.

MY WAY

We really don't have a formal recipe, so we had to compose one because we couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.

COMPOUND COMPLEX

Then we had to compose a recipe, but we didn’t have a formal recipe, so? we couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.

 

AVOID SV, SOBA SV, SOBA SV.

EDIT

Then we had to compose a recipe, but we didn’t have a formal recipe; we couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.

 

PHRASING I couldn’t go to work without my phone.

He couldn’t go to Japan without seeing Mount Fuji.

You can’t come to Vancouver and not see Cypress Lookoff.

 

potluck- everybody brings a dish to share

 

5.    That night we were treated to a feast of food.

The food was different.

The feast included a wheat salad.

The salad was from the Middle East.

That night we were treated to a feast of many different foods; this included a wheat salad that was from the Middle East.

 

This included a wheat salad that was from the Middle East.

This included a wheat salad from the Middle East.

This included a Middle-Eastern wheat salad.

 

 

Maple syrup comes from Canada.

Maple syrup is a Canadian treat.

 

6.    The feast included a potato dish.

This dish was from Switzerland.

The feast included a lamb dish.

This dish was from Portugal.

The feast included a super ice cream.

The ice cream was Italian.

 

The feast included a potato dish from Switzerland, a lamb dish from Portugal, and a super ice cream from Italy.

 

The feast included a Swiss potato dish, a Portuguese lamb dish, and a super Italian ice cream.

 

Canada- Canadian

the US- American

Germany- German

France- French

Iran- Iranian, Persian

New Zealand- New Zealand

Holland- Dutch

the Netherlands? Holland?

Iceland- Icelandic

Sweden- Swedish

Ireland- Irish

Scotland- Scottish

Japan- Japanese

Korea- Korean

Vietnam- Vietnamese

Thailand- Thai

the Philippines- pinoy, filipino, philippino

Sentence combining books- college level, William Strong- author

 

 

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Tomorrow- optional replacement quiz and/or test.

Replacement quiz- 6 sentences as usual, mix of simple, compound, and complex

Replacement test- regular paragraph (150ww)- new everyday topic

 

 

 

 

 

EF71011 P2 Class 38

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Give marks for presentation-

Email x/1

Prep x/3

Spoken x/6 – based on PLOs A3

TOTAL: x/10

·      “Essay Plan Notes Organizer”

·      Pass-in essay- full class

 

 

Wednesday

·      Return Quiz 5

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Sentence combining?

 

 

Thursday

·      Return essay

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

If you don’t want to do a replacement quiz or test, you can go early.

 

 

Friday- Last day

·      Return everything

No more RWs

·      Final marks and comments

·      One-on-one student-teacher conferences

 

 

 

 

EF71011 P1 Class 38

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Give marks for presentation-

Email x/1

Prep x/3

Spoken x/6 – based on PLOs A3

TOTAL: x/10

·      “Essay Plan Notes Organizer”

·      Pass-in essay

 

 

Wednesday

·      Return Quiz 5

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Sentence combining?

 

 

Thursday

·      Return essay

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

If you don’t want to do a replacement quiz or test, you can go early.

 

 

Friday- Last day

·      Return everything

No more RWs

·      Final marks and comments

·      One-on-one student-teacher conferences

 

 

 

 

EF71011 P2 Class 37

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Finish spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work- simplified essay tomorrow

·      IF TIME Continue verb tenses- present perfect

·      Quiz 5- noun clauses- final quiz (last 30m)

 

 

Tuesday

·      Pass-in essay

·      Give marks for presentation-

Email x/1

Prep x/3

Spoken x/6 – based on PLOs

TOTAL: x/10

 

 

Wednesday

·      Return Quiz 5

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Sentence combining?

 

 

Thursday

·      Return essay

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

 

Friday- Last day

·      Return everything

No more RWs

·      Final marks and comments

·      One-on-one student-teacher conferences

 

 

 

 

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Essay

multi-paragraph

 

SIMPLIFY ESSAY

Introductory paragraph

 

Body paragraphs-  3,2 paragraphs

 

Concluding paragraph

 

 

Standalone paragraph- 150ww+

 

Essay – 300ww+ total    - the paragraphs have to be under 150ww

-         the paragraph in an essay have to be shorter than standalone paragraphs

-         approx. balanced length- three bowls ice cream

 

 

Model paragraphs

Barbara’s essay- top student

Bicycle essay

 

 

 

WRITING PROCESS

 

PREWRITING- PLANNING

1.    Read and understand the question.

 

2.    Brainstorm ideas. Come up with ideas.

 

3.    Organize- clearly organized

PLOs- C5

WRITING

4.    Write the first draft, rough draft

Intro paragraph

 

Body paragraphs- 3 is the best number, the goal

 

Concluding paragraph

(300ww+)

 

5.    Proofread and edit

quality of the sentences

-simple, compound, complex-adv cl, adj n, n cl

-verb tense

-verb form

-punctuation  , . ;

-spelling

-prepositions

PLOs C1

 

6.    Submit. Pass it in.

 

*I am not going to have time to give detailed grammar and sentence feedback. I have done a lot of that already. You can refer to past quizzes and tests to find areas for improvement.

I will read the essay, give some feedback and put a mark on it.

 

 

 

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Hooks/Grabbers

 

Structure of a Paragraph:

 

Grabber/Hook

Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Grabber- hooks your reader’s attention, grabs their attention

OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph or essay, begin your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.

Grabbers/Hooks- used in advertising

Grabber/Hook

-usually first sentence, before the Topic Sentence

-grabs the reader’s attention, hooks your reader attention

-makes them pay attention, makes them want to read your writing

-effective attention-getting device for writing, highly recommended

 

MY ADVICE: Use a grabber. It will make your writing way more interesting.

 

PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE

Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Good for paragraphs, for essays, for speeches, e.g. TED Talks https://www.ted.com/  TEDVancouver- downtown VPL

 

 

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Seven different kinds of grabbers/hooks to choose from:

 

1.    - a funnel, general to specific statement

-say something big and general, then narrow it down to you specific topic funnel

 

 \   /

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NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH- Your first day in Vancouver

 

                     Travelling to a new country is very exciting and often overwhelming. My first day after arriving in Vancouver was both of these.

 

GRABBER FUNNEL – TOPIC SENTENCE

 

 

 

 

NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH- An embarrassing experience that you had

 

                     Everybody has had an embarrassing experience. The time I met my husband’s parents for the first time was very embarrassing for me.

GRABBER FUNNEL – TOPIC SENTENCE

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER FUNNEL Often we are faced with difficult dilemmas in life.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

 

PROCESS

How to eat a taco.

GRABBER-FUNNEL

                     Some food is eaten with knife and fork; some food is eaten with chopsticks. However, tacos are eaten by hand. It can be a mess! TS

 

 

 

 

 

2.    -write a short anecdote- short personal story to illustrate a point, very short (1-2 short sentences)

VOCAB anecdote- a short personal story that illustrates a point

 

personalizes your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,

establishes empathy- same feeling

anecdote is told first-person point-of-view “I”

first person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER ANECDOTE I was a teacher in ABCLand. I often had to make decisions about how open/honest/vulnerable I would be with students.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

*The anecdote has to be really short- one or two sentences. No long stories.

 

 

Topic: How to eat tacos.

PROCESS

                     I eat a lot of tacos because my mother used to make them for me. They can be messy, but I will teach how to eat them.

 

 

 

3.    -historical reference- knowledge about history

PROCESS

                     Tacos are a traditional food from Mexico. They have spread of over the world. However, if you don’t know how to eat it, it will spread all over your shirt.

 

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER HISTORY Teachers in China acted very differently than teachers in Canada.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

 

 

 

4.    -fact or statistic- numbers

          80%, four out of five, 2/3 of ..., 37,000,000 people...

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER STATISTIC 90% of / Most people would prefer to hide their mistakes rather than own up.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

 

PROCESS How to Eat a Taco

       10 million tacos are eaten every day in North America; also, billions of napkins are wasted wiping food off tables. I will teach you how to eat a taco more neatly.

 

 

 

 

5.    -ask a question, the topic sentence or thesis statement will be the answer PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY

PROCESS How to Eat a Taco

                     Are you a messy eater? Have you ever made a big mess eating tacos? Have you ever embarrassed yourself eating a taco?

If so, I can tell you how to do it right.

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER QUESTION Have you ever been in a situation where you had to own up to a mistake in public?

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

VOCAB IDIOM own up- admit your error

I owned up to breaking the printer.

Come on. Own up! Be honest.

 

 

6.    -relevant quotation by a famous/important person

PROCESS How to Eat a Taco

                     James Beard said, "Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” Another universal experience is dropping taco all over yourself. I will teach how to eat a taco without making a big mess.

 

TEST 1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER QUOTATION My grandmother always said to be honest no matter what it costs.  INDIRECT SPEECH

My grandmother always said, “Be honest no matter what it costs.”

DIRECT SPEECH- her exact words

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

***PRO TIP: Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very helpful to reference when you are writing.

Look up quotations organized by theme.

Debating teams- technique to begin with a relevant quotation

 

GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION FOR QUOTING DIRECT SPEECH

Jun said, “I will be early tomorrow.”

direct speech – exact word

Her mother said, “Be home by 10.”

“ “ quotation marks

single quotation marks ‘   ‘

double quotation marks “  “  99.99% of the time

 

 

 

7.                 -relevant idiom, proverb, or saying from any language,

                     -fun- sometimes don’t translate well

                     -have a lot of meaning

                     -these can be really fun and colourful

 

In Japanese, people say “Even monkeys fall from trees.”

In Mandarin, we say “If you are gold, you will shine eventually.”

In English, we say, “Cream rises to the top.”

In French, they say, “La creme de la creme.” The best of the best.

We say, “All that glitters is not gold.”

In Ukranian we say “A little gold is expensive, too.”

In Korean, we say, “Time is golden.”

In Chinese, we say that a good government job is a ‘golden rice bowl.’

In Farsi, we say that a person who is making good money at a job has their “bread in the oil.”

In Farsi, we say a person fell in honey. That means that they got very lucky.

 

 

 

OTHER IDIOMS

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. (English)

Christmas cake. (Japanese) December 25^th

Playing piano/violin (music) to a cow. (Chinese)

Reading to a donkey. (Farsi)

Pearls before swine. (English) -showing beautiful pearls to a pig

In one ear and out the other.(English and other languages) – a person won’t listen to you

 

 

 

 

REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:

1.    funnel

2.    anecdote

3.    history

4.    fact/statistic

5.    ask a question EASIEST

6.    quotation

7.    idiom/saying

 

 

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Quiz 5