EF 2/3 Summer Camp sentence combining

1.     Wallacheen is a summer camp that teachers arts and crafts to children who are six to twelve years old.

Wallacheen is a camp that operates in the summer for children who are six to twelve years old, and it teaches arts and crafts.

2.     The children stay for a week without their parents; they sleep in log cabins and sometimes outdoors.

The children, who stay for a week without their parents, sleep in log cabins and sometimes outdoors.

3.     They find this new and exciting but sometimes a bit frightening.

Although this is new and exciting, they sometimes find it a bit frightening.

4.     The counsellors and cabin leaders are teenagers who are fifteen to eighteen years old; they are bright and knowledgeable about children.

The counsellors and cabin leaders, who are bright and knowledgeable about children, are all teenagers who are fifteen to eighteen years old.

5.     They act as big brothers and big sisters and help the children who are bored and sometimes afraid.

6.     The counsellors teach pottery, painting, music, and survival skills.

7.     Like all camp counsellors, they find the job easy in the sunshine and hard in bad weather.

EF 2/3 "Run-On Sentences"

1.   Our tires are old, so we need new ones because we might get into an accident with these.

When our tires are old, we might get into an accident, so we need new ones.

Our tires are old, and we need new ones. We might get into an accident with these.

4.   This is delicious.  I’d like some more.  I’d like to get the recipe, too.

I’d like to get the recipe which is delicious, and I’d like some more, too.

5.   The game ended in a tie, so neither team won.

6.   The reckless driver got a speeding ticket.  It was his third ticket this month.

When the reckless driver got a speeding ticket, it was his third ticket this month.

The reckless driver got a speeding ticket which was his third ticket this month.

The reckless driver got a speeding ticket, and it was his third ticket this month.

7.   Because that was a good movie, I’d love to see it again.

That was a good movie that I’d love to see again.

That was a good movie, so I’d love to see it again.

9.   The phone rang, so I answered it.  It was Jim.

The phone rang, and I answered the call from Jim.

When the phone rang, I answered it.  It was Jim.

I remember when the phone rang, I answered it.  It was Jim.

I’m sure that it was Jim when the phone rang and I answered it. 

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EF2/3 "At the Beach" sent comb possible solutions

At the Beach

1.  The group met at the public beach at 10 am every day if it was sunny.

2.  The beach was hot, crowded, and exciting because there were children, adults, clowns and lifeguards.

3.  Mr. Isaac, who was considered part of the beach, sold ice cream that was packed in ice from a small truck in the parking lot.

4.  The teenagers lay in the sun and played volleyball while the children swam, waded, and ran in the sand for the joy of running.

5.  A group of clowns who juggled and played with the laughing children gave out helium balloons.

6.  The white glaring sand emitted waves of heat that blurred the vibrant blue water beyond the beach. 

EF2/3 Sent comb quiz possible solutions

1.   We were riding rented red and white bicycles on the Seawall.

2.   We wore red helmets that were required for safety.

3.   The Seawall was busy and crowded because people were walking and rollerblading.

4.   I rode in the middle, my brother rode in front, and our friend rode behind, so we rode slowly

5.   Because we rode for an hour without stopping,

I was out of breath and my legs were tired, but

I was happy.

E10/ EF7 Orillia Asylum for Idiots

http://globalnews.ca/news/841565/class-action-lawsuit-over-alleged-abuse-at-ontario-institution-set-to-begin/

http://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/view/99/153

"Remember this: After Hitler fell, and the horrors of the slave camps were exposed, many Germans excused themselves because they said they did not know what went on behind those walls: no one had told them. Well, you have been told about Orillia."

Pierre Berton, Toronto Star, 1960

EF2/3 Beautiful Grandmother descriptive paragraph

Paragraph- “My Beautiful Grandmother”
- Start with topic sentence- introduces the idea of the paragraph
- Write the 4-5 supporting sentences
- End with a concluding sentence

-indent
-double space
-write inside the margins

My grandmother had a very beautiful face even when she was old.  First, she had short, curly silver hair.  She brushed it carefully every morning, so it always looked nice.  Second, she had dark brown eyes that were wise-looking.  Around her eyes she had laugh lines.  Third, her cheeks were smooth and pale.  She always put moisturizing cream on her face.  Fourth, she had nice white false teeth.  She was always smiling.  In summary, my grandmother was a nice-looking older lady.

E10/EF7 Eugenics

Eugenics is the applied science which advocates practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population.  Eugenics was widely popular in the early decades of the 20th century.

By the mid-20th century eugenics had fallen into disfavor, having become associated with Nazi Germany. Both the public and some elements of the scientific community have associated eugenics with Nazi abuses, such as enforced "racial hygiene", human experimentation, and the extermination of "undesired" population groups.

In Canada, the eugenics movement gained support early in the 20th century as prominent physicians drew a direct link between heredity and public health.  In Alberta, the Sexual Sterilization Act was enacted in 1928, focusing the movement on the sterilization of mentally deficient individuals, as determined by the Alberta Eugenics Board.  The Act, drafted to protect the gene pool, allowed for sterilization of mentally disabled persons in order to prevent the transmission of undesirable traits to offspring.  At that time, eugenicists argued that mental illness, mental retardation, epilepsy, alcoholism, pauperism, certain criminal behaviours, and social defects, such as prostitution and sexual perversion, were genetically determined and inherited. Further, it was widely believed that persons with these disorders had a higher reproduction rate than the normal population. As a result, it was feared the gene pool in the general population was weakening.

Individuals were assessed using IQ tests like the Stanford-Binet.  This posed a problem to new immigrants arriving in Canada, as many had not mastered the English language, and often their scores denoted them as having impaired intellectual functioning.  As a result, many of those sterilized under the Sexual Sterilization Act were immigrants who were unfairly categorized.  The province of British Columbia enacted its own Sexual Sterilization Act in 1933. As in Alberta, the British Columbia Eugenics Board could recommend the sterilization of those it considered to be suffering from "mental disease or mental deficiency".

The Sexual Sterilization Acts of Alberta and British Columbia were not repealed until 1972.  During the time the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act was in effect, 4,725 cases were proposed for sterilization in the Province of Alberta, of which over 2,800 received approval.

Adapted from wikipedia.org

E10/EF7 Sent comb

Sentence combining

Simple, compound, complex sentences- The Basics

IKEA writing

Kernel

Shopping

1.     Our shopping trip filled the weekend, so I was tired on Sunday night.

Our trip that was for shopping

I was tired on Sunday night because our shopping trip filled the weekend.

2.     My mom bought some jeans, a sweater, and a jacket for my sister while I bought my own clothes for school.

My mom bought some jeans, a sweater, and a jacket for my sister; meanwhile, I bought my own clothes for school.

3.     At the same time, my mom bought my birthday present.  However, I didn’t know what it was.

I didn’t know what birthday present my mom bought for me.

4.     I could invite some friends out to a movie on the night of my birthday.

I could ask some friends over for the night for my birthday, or I invite them to go out to a movie.

5.     We decided to stay home and watch a movie on TV.

6.     My friends and I had a special dinner; however, we still enjoyed the popcorn during the movie.

Although my friends and I had a special dinner, we still enjoyed the popcorn during the movie.

After my friends and I had a special dinner, we still enjoyed the popcorn during the movie.

7.     Afterwards, we listened to records that I got for my birthday; then we fell into bed just before midnight.