ENGLISH 11 Adverb clauses

INCORPORATING QUOTED MATERIAL
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
noun clauses yesterday

ADVERB CLAUSES
adverbs describes verbs
“ly” quickly, slowly, carefully, well
He talks slowly.  She runs quickly.  They cut the paper carefully.
complex information- use a clause

because, if ,when,
WAE p228- more complete list

Jook Liang likes Wong Bak because he is kind to her.
Because Wong Bak is kind to Jook Liang, she likes him.
whenever- Whenever they get together, they have a good time.
wherever- People stare at them wherever they go.

as...as They spend as much time together as they can.
They see each other as often as they can.

since They have been friends since he was five years old.
They are friends since they mean so much to each other.

Whereas most people are afraid of Wong Bak’s face, Jook Liang is not.

Contrary to most people, Jook liang is not afraid of Wong Bak’s face. NOT ADVERB CLAUSE

English 11 Incorporate quoted material into sentences

Poh Poh does not like to show affection to Jook Liang: “elbowed away”. (33) NOT INCORPORATED

Jook-Liang tried to give her grandma a hug, but Poh Poh “elbowed [her] away”. (33)
INCORPORATED- PART OF YOUR SENTENCE

Jook-Liang tries to give her grandma a hug, but the little girl is “elbowed away” (33) by Poh Poh. INCORPORATED- SIMPLER

English 11 Noun Clauses

SIMPLE SENTENCES

SV “Jook Liang is a five-year-old girl.”

SVV “Jook Liang is five years old and lives in Chinatown.”

SSV

SVVV

SSSV

complete subject + complete predicate

Jook Liang is a five-year-old girl.

predicate and verb slightly different but related

SV. Trans, SV.

Wong Bak was an ugly old man.  Despite this, Jook Liang loved him.

COMPOUND SENTENCES

SV ,FANBOYS SV for, nor, yet- LOW FREQUENCY

SV ,SOBA SV

SV ; SV. SEMICOLON

SV ; TRANS, SV

Wong Bak was an ugly old man; despite this, Jook Liang loved him.

Wong Bak was an ugly old man.  Despite this, Jook Liang loved him.

COMPLEX SENTENCES

NOUN CLAUSES WAE ­Ch12

ADVERB CLAUSES WAE Ch13

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES WAE Ch14

NOUN CLAUSES

think, feel, believe. know, guess, say, hope

“that”

“I think that it will rain later.”

“She feels that he is telling the truth.

“Jook Liang believes that Wong Bak is the Monkey King.”

“She hopes that he will come back.”

He says that she is a “bandit princess” (30).

Poh Poh says that her granddaughter is “mo yung girl” (32).

noun clause as subject of a sentence- unusual

That Poh Poh had a tough childhood is obvious.

It is obvious that Poh Poh had a tough childhood. MORE USUAL

She doesn’t know that Wong Bak is leaving.

Father doesn’t say that her fiend is going away.

Jook Liang doesn’t care that Wong Bak is ugly.

IF WHETHER

Jook Liang doesn’t mind whether her dress is old or not.

Jook Liang doesn’t mind whether or not her dress is old.

Jook Liang doesn’t mind whether her dress is old.  X

Jook Liang doesn’t mind if her dress is old.

Jook Liang doesn’t mind that her dress is old.

Wong Bak doesn’t care if/ whether Jook Liang is a good dancer or not.

I have to do my work whether I want to or not.

I must weather the weather whether I like the weather or not. PUN

EF2/3 Links to websites about Phrasal Verbs

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm

http://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.htm

ENGLISH 11 Sentence combining exercises "Big-Game Hunting"

VARIETY
He has a warm red coat. SIMPLE
He has a red coat which is warm. COMPLEX- ADJ CL
He has a red coat; it is warm. COMPOUND

Big-Game Hunting

1. Joshua is an eleven-year-old who works for his father as a wilderness guide, a trail cook, and an equipment foreman. COMPLEX ADJ CL
Joshua, an eleven-year-old, works for his father as a wilderness guide, a trail cook, and an equipment foreman. APPOSITIVE
Eleven-year-old Joshua works for his father as a wilderness guide and a trail cook; also he works as an equipment foreman. COMPOUND

2. His father owns a ranch which caters to people who like hunting, fishing and exploring the outdoors on horseback.
His father owns a ranch which caters to people who like hunting and fishing while exploring the outdoors on horseback.
His father owns a ranch, and the ranch caters to people who like hunting, fishing and exploring the outdoors on horseback.
3. Joshua has accompanied his father, who has loved the outdoors all his life, on overnight hunting trips.
Joshua, who has loved the outdoors all his life, has accompanied his father on overnight hunting trips.
Since Joshua’s father was on overnight hunting trips, Joshua has accompanied his father who has loved the outdoors all his life.
Joshua has accompanied his father on overnight hunting trips; therefore/as a result, he has loved the outdoors all his life. prepositional phrase
Joshua has accompanied his father when he was on hunting trips; adverb clause

ENGLISH 11 Sentence Types

Sentence types:
SIMPLE SENTENCE
SV subject & verb
Wong Bak is an elderly man.
SSV
Wong Bak and Jook Liang like to go / like going to movies together.

like, love, hate, prefer, start, begin, continue, can’t stand=don’t like FOLLOW BY INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS
“like to go”  “like going”
“I prefer to stay home.”  “I prefer staying home.”
“He likes to ski at Seymour.”  “She doesn’t like skiing at Seymour.”

SVV
“Jook Liang dresses nicely and practices her dancing.”

SVVV
SSSV

POWERFUL- say something important, effective for conveying xxx
“Work hard.”  “Be nice to your sister.”


COMPOUND
SV    SV

FANBOYS- for and nor but or yet so (coordinating conjunctions)

She likes to dance, and he loves to watch her.

FANBOYS
UNUSUAL- I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold today.
It is not raining, nor is it cold.
It is sunny, yet it is cold.
for nor yet- LOW FREQUENCY- not commonly used by authentic English speakers

SOBA- more useful, more authentic, HIGH FREQUENCY
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak, but he was late.

COMPOUND SENTENCES ; semicolon, semicomma
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak, but he was late.
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak; he was late.
,and = ;   ,but = ;   ,so = ;

She likes to dance, and he loves to watch her.
She likes to dance; he loves to watch her.

; LOW FREQUENCY
She likes to dance; he loves to watch her. LINKS THE TWO SENTENCES
She likes to dance.  He loves to watch her.


TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak; however, he was late.
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak; nevertheless, he was late.
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak; sadly, he was late.
Jook Liang was waiting for Wong Bak; worryingly, he was late.
She likes to dance; he loves to watch her.
She likes to dance; also, he loves to watch her.

, but = ; however,
, and = ; also,
, so = ; therefore,
, or = ; otherwise,

She likes to watch Shirley Temple, and he does too.
She likes to watch Shirley Temple; likewise, he does.
She likes to watch Shirley Temple; also, he does too.
She wants to impress Wong Bak, so she wears ribbons on her shoes.
She wants to impress Wong Bak; for this reason, she wears ribbons on her shoes.

SIMPLE SENTENCES WITH TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES
She likes to watch Shirley Temple.  Likewise, he does.
She likes to watch Shirley Temple.  Also, he does too.
She wants to impress Wong Bak.  For this reason, she wears ribbons on her shoes.

PRACTICE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND
1. cloak
2. knapsack
3. visitor
4. puppet
5. face
6. Chinatown
7. dinner
8. creature
9. thrill
10. mask

SENTENCE VARIETY- DIFFERENT STYLES, DIFFERENT SENTENCE TYPES- MAKE YOUR WRITING MORE INTERESTING, MORE EXCITING

COMPLEX SENTENCES
adjective clauses who, that, which
Jook Liang, who is a five-year-old, loves to dance.
Wong Bak has a cloak which was a gift from Johnson.
Sekky is a baby who is always sick.


adverb clauses because, when, if
Jook Liang loves Wong Bak because he is kind to her.
Because Wong Bak is kind to Jook Liang, she loves him.

noun clauses that
think, feel, know, say, believe
Jook Liang thinks that Wong Bak is the Monkey King.
He says that she is his “bandit princess”.

SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX- VARIETY IS THE KEY

English 11 Practice paragraph with ""

Topic: stepmother’s position in family
Controlling Idea -low status

1 sold to family, brought over from China from poor family

2 “concubine” “house servant” (7)

3 even though became wife and mother,
  Popo “insisted” “Stepmother” even to her children

4 “did not protest” didn’t have power, low self-esteem?
  “bide her time”

RC, EDIT GC

Stepmother had low status in the family due to her circumstances.  First of all, she was sold as property to the family.  This must have made her seem like a possession in the family.    Second, her role was as a “house servant” (7) and sexual servant.  This means that she was not respected, at least at first.  Third, even when she became more like a real wife, and actually had two children with the father,  Popo decided that her own children should call her “Stepmother.”  This even though she was, in fact, the childrens’ mother.  Finally, because she had little power in the family, she “did not protest” even though she must have felt unequal.  Nor did the father stand up for her.  From the above examples, we can see that Stepmother had a poor position in the household.

English 11 Using quoted material in answers

“What does Wong Bak look like?”

“half-flopped puppet” (16)
“Gnarled thick fingers” (17)
“crooked legs” (17)
“haggard weight bearing down” (16)
“enormous hump” (16)
“wide-eyed, wet-nosed creature” (17)

BASIC
Wong Bak had an “enormous hump” (16) and “crooked legs” (17).

Wong Bak had a twisted broken body; his “enormous hump” (16) made it difficult for him to stand up straight.  He also had “crooked legs” (17) which forced him to walk shakily with two canes.

In fact, his “wide-eyed, wet-nosed” (17) face made him look strange to most people.  However, his wrinkled face reminded Jook Liang of the Monkey King.

INCORPORATING QUOTATIONS


His old head had a “balding, grey crown” (16).
Wong Bak had “[g]narled thick fingers” (17) from years of hard work.
USE SQUARE BRACKETS [ ] TO MAKE SMALL GRAMMATICAL OR STYLISTIC CHANGES
Wong Bak had had a difficult life which had made his fingers “[g]narled [and] thick” (17) NOT BEAUTIFUL

REWRITE
Wong Bak had had a difficult life which had left him with “thick fingers” (17) which were twisted from years of hard work.
MUCH SIMPLER AND MORE ELEGANT

English 11 The Jade Peony Thought Questions

The Jade Peony Though Questions

Part One: Jook Liang, Only Sister
Chapter One
1. Draw a family tree showing the relationships in Jook Liang’s family.
2. Describe Stepmother’s position in the family.
3. What is the setting of the story?
4. Why had the “ENEMIES OF FREE CHINA” game been imported to Canada?
5. What was the “day of shame”?
6. Why was father worried about Wong Bak’s visit?
7. Wong Bak is called by several names.  What are they?

Chapter Two
1. Describe the relationship between Jook-Liang and Poh-Poh.
2. What do we learn about Poh-Poh’s childhood in China?
3. Why does Poh-Poh pay so much attention to Sek-Lung?
4. REWRITE What is some evidence of cultural conflict within Jook-LIang?
5. Describe the relationship between Jook-Liang and Wong Bak.

Chapter Three
1. What are Father and Wong Bak working on at the beginning of the chapter?  Why is there so much secrecy?
2. Why is Wong Bak returning to China?

Part Two: Jung-Sum, Second Brother
Chapter Four
1. Why is Jung-Sum so happy about his new pet?
2. According to Poh-Poh, what do turtles represent in Chinese culture?
3. Why does Jung-Sum call the turtle King George?
4. Why does Dai Kew give Jung-Sum a dollar?

Chapter Five
1. What chore is Jung-Sum given at the beginning of the chapter?
2. What does Poh-Poh say about Jung-Sum that suggests he may be different from other boys?
3. When Jung-Sum first meets Poh-Poh, who does he think she is?
4. What has happened to Jung-Sum’s parents?  What was his live like with them?
5. How does Jung-Sum feel about boxing?
6. Describe the history of the coat, and its transformation.
7. Describe Gee Sook.
8. Why does Poh-Poh frequently say, “I die soon”?

Chapter Six
1. What evidence is there of Old Yuen’s bad luck?
2. Describe Frank.
3. What does Jung-Sum learn about himself after the fight?

Chapter Seven
1. How does Frank treat Jung-Sum?  How does Jung-Sum feel about this?
2. What gift does Frank give Jung-Sum?
3. According to Poh-Poh, what does the moon represent?
4. How does Father react to Poh-Poh’s stories?  Why?
5. Describe Poh-Poh’s jade peony.

Chapter Eight
1. What frustration does Sek-Lung have about family names in Chinese?
2. What conflict does Sek-Lung feel about being Chinese and being Canadian?
3. Who is Chen Suling?
4. What does Third Uncle say about the term “Stepmother”?

Chapter Nine
1. What do we learn about Grandmama’s past?
2. Why does Grandmama make her last windchime?  Why is the making of the windchime a source of conflict in the family?
3. What do the colours pink and white represent in this chapter?
4. What does Grandmama leave Sek-Lung?  What does this gift symbolize?
5. What comment does this chapter make about love?

Chapter Ten
1. Why couldn’t Sek-Lung go to school like his sister and brothers?
2. Who teaches Sek-Lung?  How do they feel about this?
3. Who does Sek-Lung believe will help him get to school?
4. How does the family react to Sek-Lung’s belief that he has seen Grandmama’s ghost?
5. Discuss the quotation, “The World of Chinatown was the world of what if.



Chapter Eleven
1. What does Kiam think about ghosts?
2. What does Sek-Lung think that Grandmama wants him to tell the rest of the family?
3. How does the family try to finally free itself of Grandmama’s ghost?
4. According to Sek-Lung, what has caused his health to finally improve?



Chapter Twelve
1. What does the jade peony remind Sek-Lung of now?
2. How does the childrens’ play echo what is taking place in the world?
3. What is the attitude of many people in Vancouver to the Japanese and Japanese Canadians?
4. Miss Doyle rules with “compassionate terror.”  Explain.
5. What does Miss Doyle emphasize when talking to the class about the day’s battles?  Who is the hero of many of her stories?
6. What is Sek-Lung referring to when he says, “We had glimpsed paradise.”


Chapter Thirteen
1. What does the story of the fireflies indicate about the attitude of older Chinese to education?
2. Describe Sek-Lung’s bombing run debacle.
3. Describe Mrs. Lin.
4. What does father worry about?
5. Give example of how anti-Japanese sentiment is permeating the family and community.



Chapter Fourteen
1. Where does Meiying take Mei-Lung?  Why is he surprised?
2. Why is Meiying’s relationship doomed from the start?

Chapter Fifteen
1. How does Sek-Lung feel about Kaz?
2. What evidence shows Stepmother knows what is going on between Kaz and Meiying?
3. How does Meiying win over Sek-Lung?
4. What evidence shows all is not well with Meiying?
5. What are some examples of increasing anti Japanese sentiment?
6. What are some examples of tension within the family regarding this anti-Japanese sentiment?
7. What does Stepmother reveal about her feelings about her position in the family?
8. What happens to Meiying?
9. What is the significance of the final scene in the novel?

English11 Read history of Chinese in Canada

Read history of Chinese in Canada

http://www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/info/content.html

EF 2/3 Grammar Overview 1 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Grammar Overview

Find the mistake in each sentence:

1. You can have an apple or an orange. SIMPLE SENTENCE

2. You can have an apple, or you can have an orange. COMPOUND SENTENCE

.or  , and   ,but   ,so   FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so

3. The English teacher began talking / began to talk right at 10:20.
She likes to ski.  She likes skiing.
He hates to ski.  He hates skiing.
He dislikes tofu.


4. The small children are playing in the park.
The small child is playing in the park.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

5. They are going to see a movie.
They are going to the theatre to see a movie.
They are going out to see a movie.
PREPOSITIONS

6. Can I have your old phone?  If you buy that new one?
SENTENCE FRAGMENT
Can I have your old phone if you buy that new one?
If you buy that new phone, can I have your old one?
ADVERB CLAUSE
when
When it’s cold, I wear a sweater.
I wear a sweater when it’s cold.
because
I will come late because I feel sick.
Because I feel sick, I will come late.


7. In the park by the tree over there.
The dog is in the park by the tree over there.

8. He can go to Science World.
MODALS can could would should might may will must

9. He has a coat.  The coat is red.
He has a red coat.  He has a coat which is red.  He has a coat that is red.
He has a cat who is red.
He has a coat, and the coat is red.

10. My aunt was a good student when she was a child.

11. His daughter is a five-year-old girl.
NOUN MODIFIES A NOUN NO S
His daughter is five years old.
His daughter is a five-year-old girl.
This is a two-hour English class.

12. She asks him to help her fold the laundry.

13. The boxes of photographs are stored/ are kept in the attic.
PASSIVE VOICE

14. It’s supposed to rain today.
Let’s cancel our picnic because it’s supposed to rain today.

15. She wants to go, but she has to work.  Maybe she’ll be late.
RUN ON SENTENCE

16. This is the happiest day of my life!
ADJECTIVE FORM


17. Shelley, my best friend, has two dogs.
APPOSITIVE
Shelley who is my best friend has two dogs.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE