Sentence work coming up: sentence
combining- after Spring Break
Today’s Agenda- final day before Spring Break
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Attendance
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6
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Quoting section- Animal Farm
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Animal Farm Chapter 3
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Quiz 1- sentence quiz (25m at the end of the
class)
Two-week Spring Break
Monday, March 30th
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First day of reg for Q4
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Finish Animal Farm Chapter 3
·
Animal Farm Chapter 4
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Tuesday, March 31
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Wednesday, April 1
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Thursday, April 2
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Friday, April 3
·
No school
Good Friday
Monday, April 6
·
No school
Easter Monday
Tuesday, April 7
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Wednesday, April 8
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Thursday, April 9
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Friday, April 10
·
Animal Farm Chapter
Final week
Monday, April 13
Tuesday, April 14
Wednesday, April 15
Thursday, April 16
·
Optional replacement quiz and/or test
Friday, April 17- final day
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Meetings, final marks and comments
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Animal
Farm quoting section
“
“ quotation marks
l Talk
about quoting, instead of copying
l Plagiarism
is copying with showing where the text came from.
l Uses
of quotation marks 1.reported speech
2.titles
3.quoting
from text
1.direct
quotation- My sister said, “Feed the dog.”
indirect
quotation- My sister told me to feed the dog.
2.title
of an article, poem, short story, not a book
“I
Confess” “Dead Men’s Path”
title
of a book Animal Farm or Animal Farm italics ctrl i
3.quoting
material in answers
Using
“ ” quotation marks in our answers
INCORPORATE
quoted material
borrow
quoted material and put it into our own sentences
EXAMPLES OF REPLACING YOUR VOCAB WITH
QUOTED MATERIAL FROM TEXT
Old
Major was the oldest pig on the farm. All of the other animals respected him.
INCORPORATE
“wise and benevolent”(1) brackets
brackets-
page number (1) (p1) (page 1)
short
story- only a few pages- 2-12pp
novel-
hundred pages, 300 pages
“wise
and benevolent”(1)
Old
Major was the oldest a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig.
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig. The other animals respected him. 2
SIMPLES SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig who the other animals respected. COMPLEX
SENT
The
other animals respected Old Major who was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig. COMPLEX
SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig who was respected by the other animals.
COMPLEX SENT passive voice
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig, and the other animals respected him.
COMPOUND SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig; the other animals respected him.
COMPOUND SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig; for this reason, the other animals
respected him. COMPOUND SENT
Old
Major was the oldest pig on the farm, and all of the other animals respected
him because he was “wise and benevolent(1). COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENT
VERY
HIGH-QUALITY WRITING
Good
for E10, E11, E12, college or university, job
Quote
just a few words. 2-3-4 words
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer but who was serious
around the other animals. COMPLEX SENT
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer but serious around
the other animals. COMPLEX SENT- more concise
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer; however, he was
serious around the other animals. COMPOUND SENT
INCORPORATE
QUOTED MATERIAL FROM THE BOOK INTO OUR WRITING “cynical”(2) “devoted”(2) “never
laughed”(2)
Benjamin
was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was loyal to Boxer but serious around the other
animals.
Benjamin
was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was loyal to Boxer but serious around the other
animals.
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) to Boxer but who was serious
around the other animals.
Benjamin
was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was “devoted” to Boxer but who “never laughed”
around the other animals.
ALL
THREE TOO MUCH, PICK ONE
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) to Boxer but who was unsmiling
around the other animals.
“never
laughed” SYNONYMS– unsmiling, serious, long face, joyless
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) to Boxer but who always had a
long face around the other animals.
IDIOM
Turn that frown upside down.
IDIOM
poker face=- blank face, showing no emotion
This
kind of writing with a couple of quoted words or short phrases gets top marks. Teachers
love it.
Most
students in English 11 and English 12 can’t do it.
You
will be the star of the class. Belle of the ball. Teacher’s pet.
Students
practice one about Boxer.
Try
a sentence of your own about Boxer. Include a few quoted words.
Choose
a word or two from the book about Boxer. Put it into a sentence with a quotation.
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“cart-horse”(2)
“enormous
beast”(2)
“somewhat
stupid appearance”(2)
“universally
respected”(2)
“steadiness
of character”(2)
“tremendous
powers of work”(2)
“not
of first-rate intelligence”(2)
Boxer was strong
and hardworking. No “”
Boxer is one of
the "cart-horses"(2) on the farm.
Boxer who has a
"white stripe"(2) on his nose was a horse.
Boxer is an
“enormous”(2) and honest horse.
Boxer was an "enormous
beast"(2) of a horse.
Boxer was very
strong but had a “stupid appearance”(2).
The animals
“universally respected”(2) Boxer because he was honest and hardworking.
Quotations
show that your points are based on the novel.
-evidence
All
future tests, you will be expected to use quotations. You’ll get it with
practice.
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Chapter 3
Interesting quotations that point to important themes in the
novel:
“How
they toiled and sweated...” (17)
“toiled
and sweated”(17)
The
animals “toiled and sweated”(17) to get the harvest in.
“Gee
up, comrade” (17)
gee-haw- cowboy
“not
an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful” (17)
“Boxer
with his tremendous muscles always pulled them though”(18)
“tremendous
muscles”(18)
naïve- will
believe anything that someone tells you
“Nobody
shirked- or almost nobody” (18)
“Donkeys
live a long time” (19)
