Monday, 30 March 2015
Thursday, 26 March 2015
E10/ EF7 poem project
l POEM PROJECT
Pretend you are one of the animals from
Animal Farm. Write a short four-line
poem expressing your thoughts or feelings.
The poem can be serious or funny, but it must rhyme.
Examples from
previous classes:
I hate
living on Animal Farm
The
pigs live in the house and I live in the barn
I'm freezing cold- they're nice and warm
I'm freezing cold- they're nice and warm
They
get the apples- I get none.
AAAA- close rhyme
I am
Napoleon, the big pig boss
Because
I'm clever I'm leader of the farm
Have to watch out for those
who'll do me harm
Especially
Boxer the big dumb horse
ABBA
ALTERNATIVE
Haiku- Japanese traditional form
Syllables
5
7
5
Animal Farm, yeah!
much food, thank Napoleon
my stomach is full
Finish for homework.
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015
EF2/3 Descriptive paragraph- My Beautiful Grandmother
Title: My Beautiful
Grandmother
Topic
sentence:
4-5 Supporting
sentences
Concluding
sentence
My grandmother was a very beautiful
woman when she was old. First, she had
nice short silver hair that she kept brushed neatly. Sometimes, she got a perm and dyed it
blue. Second, her eyes were light brown
and very bright. Her eyes seemed to talk
when she looked at you. Third, her skin
was pale and soft with laugh lines all around.
She put on a lot of cream to keep looking young. Finally, her mouth was usually smiling with
dentures. She always wore lipstick. Clearly, my grandmother was a pretty senior,
and she was proud of that.
Monday, 23 March 2015
EF2/3 practice paragraph
ESL classes-
narrative
What did you
do on your Spring Break?
Topic
sentence- topic “Spring Break”, busy
-
3
Cleaning up- yard
-
2
Meetings
-
1
Taking care of kids
FIRST DRAFT (rough copy)
My Spring Break was a very busy
week. Every day, I cleaned up a little
bit around the yard to get ready for Spring.
For example, I cut the grass, planted flowers, and fixed the fence. I was tired, but the yard looked good. Also, I had to go to meetings. For two days, I talked to my coworkers about
the school. The meetings were long but interesting. Most busy of all was taking care of the
kids. They squabbled with each other every
day all day long. However, we got to
spend time together. As you can see, my
holiday was enjoyable but hectic.
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Friday, 13 March 2015
EF2/3 sentence combining
Sentence
combining
C-43
4. Are the Jeep and the Honda on sale?
Is the Jeep or the Honda on sale?
6. His
daughter, wife and son all needed the car Friday morning.
His
daughter, his wife and his son all needed the one car Friday morning.
All of his family members
C-44
2. Abby plays soccer, hockey and pool every
weekend.
Abby plays soccer and hockey every weekend; also, she plays
pool.
3. The
bus arrived late and picked five angry passengers.
The
bus which picked up five angry passengers arrived late.
The
bus arrived and picked five passengers who were angry because it was late.
4. Jane
parked the car, walked into the video store, and rented two movies.
After
Jane parked the car, she walked into the video store to rent two movies.
6. Vic
went to a meeting on Thursday night, a dance on Friday night, and to his friend’s house on
Saturday night. OPTIONAL COMMA- OXFORD COMMA
C-45
5. I
grabbed my books, raced out the door, and tore down the street to the bus stop.
My son and his friend were tearing around the house, so I
kicked them out to the backyard.
6. Gill
and Norn go to the gym every evening; they lift weights and talk about their
children.
Gill
and Norm go to the gym to lift weights and talk about their children every
evening.
7. Pam
walked to the restaurant and ordered a cup of coffee, so Bill went with her and
had a cup of coffee, too.
Pam and Bill went to the restaurant together and ordered two cups
of coffee.
Pam and Bill went to the restaurant together for coffee.
Thursday, 12 March 2015
EF2/3 sentence combining
SENTENCE
COMBINING
The new
pitcher is talented. He won sixteen
games last season.
SIMPLE The
new pitcher is talented and won sixteen games last season.
COMPOUND The
new pitcher is talented, and he won sixteen games last season.
COMPLEX-
ADJECTIVE CL The new pitcher who is talented won sixteen games last season.
COMPLEX-
ADVERB CL The new pitcher won sixteen games last season because he is talented.
Tina is
smart. Mike is smart too.
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
Tina is smart, and Mike is smart.
COMPLEX Tina and Mike are smart because
their mother is
smart.
Try Out Your
Skills
1. You should drees warmly because it’s
getting very cold.
It’s getting very cold, so you should dress warmly.
English 10/ EF7 quotation practice
1.
The Seven Commandments
The Seven Commandments were “unalterable law[s]” (15)
which were derived from Old Major’s ideas.
The Seven Commandments constitute the “unalterable
law” (15) of the farm.
The Seven Commandments represented the essential
“principle of Animalism” (15) as interpreted by Snowball.
square brackets
2.
the hoof and horn
The flag is a symbol for
the “future republic” (19) which the animals hope to achieve.
The flag showed that the
humans had been “finally overthrown” (19) and the animals were now in control.
incorporated
3.
apples and milk
All of the animals wanted to eat the apples and
milk. However, the pigs took them for
themselves, claiming that they needed them for their “well-being” (23). This shows the pigs were corrupt and
dishonest.
passive/ active voice
subject does the verb
“I drank
the coffee.” active voice, strong
“The coffee was
drunk by me.” past participle, weak
confusing
The animals were lied to by the pigs.- passive voice
The pigs lied to the animals.- active voice
STYLE- strong, confident
variety of styles
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