EF3/4 Everyday idioms based on similes

-as white as a ghost - look pale, unwell
-as stubborn as a mule - don't listen, pig-headed, wooden head
-as cool as a cucumber - stay calm, don't get upset
-as sly as a fox - smart but tricky
-as good as gold - nice children "Your son is as good as gold."
-as deaf as a post - can't hear
-as easy as ABC, as easy as pie, a piece of cake
-as red as a rose
- as busy as a bee, as busy as a beaver
-as big as a house
-as heavy as lead, Pb
-as strong as an ox - very strong or very healthy
-as warm as toast, toasty, warm, cozy
-as proud as a peacock
-as quiet as a mouse - don't like to talk
-as slippery as an eel - untrustworthy, liar, sly
-as blind as a bat - can't see well
-as light as a feather
-as old as the hills
-as tough/hard as nails -strong, tough, don't complain, not scared, not sensitive
-as thin as a dime
-as skinny as a monkey, bamboo toothpick
My son looks like five toothpicks.
- as fat as 

-couch potato, sedentary

-as happy as a lark/clam
-as happy as a pig in mud
-as quick as a wink - very fast
-work as hard as a donkey
-work like a dog - work hard

wink- one eye
blink- two eyes

talking too much - motor mouth

EF3/4 Persuasive writing

Types of paragraphs:

narrative writing

descriptive writing

process writing

persuasive writing - persuade, convince, encourage someone to agree with you, explain your opinion so that another person will understand

We have to have an opinion, a position.

primary-elementary, secondary, post-secondary, graduate school, post-graduate school



Why is post-secondary education important?

Yes, is important
1. get a good job
2. improves your mind 
3. social experience
4. more confident, accomplished something big


Put them in order of importance - most importance goes last

journalism - writing for newspaper, news - most important thing first, first paragraph give the most important points


PLAN
Yes, is important
1. social experience
2. improve your mind
3. become more confident
4. get a good job

ROUGH DRAFT

Topic sentence:
    Post-secondary education is very beneficial to you in several ways. First, being a student you will have all kinds of new social interactions with people from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds, all cultures, from all around the world. Your social circle will become global. Also, reading books and discussing big ideas with other students and teachers will expand your understanding of the world. It will also teach you how to analyze and evaluate information. This is very important especially in this internet age when bad information is readily available online.


First, being a student you will have all kinds of new social interactions with people from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds, all cultures, from all around the world. Your social circle will become global.

SIMPLER STYLE
You will meet friends from all over the world and from different cultures.

Also, reading books and discussing big ideas with other students and teachers will expand your understanding of the world. It will also teach you how to analyze and evaluate information. This is very important especially in this internet age when bad information is readily available online.

SIMPLER STYLE
You can learn more information from reading and talking in class. You can know which ideas are good and which are bad.


PRACTICE TOPIC:
Why children should go to school?
Are organic foods worth the extra cost?
Why you should stop smoking?
Why children should not play too much video games?
Should you immigrate to Canada?
Should I have kids?

Topic sentence-
1.
2.
3.
4.

EF3/4 colon :

colon :

:

; semicolon - semi 1/2


She has three children: one boy and two girls.
She has three children: Jack, Joan, and Maria.

I am going to take two classes next term: English 5 and Math 4.
You have lived in five countries: Japan, China, USA, Mexico, and Canada.

I like living in Vancouver for the following reasons: the mild weather, the clean environment, the multicultural society, and the public safety.


parallel structures

EF3/4 Sentence combining "Technophobia"

1. Julia stared with fear and loathing at the blank screen in front of her; it was taunting her and reminding her of how much she hates computers.

Julia stared with fear. KERNEL
She stared at the screen. NEW INFORMATION
Julia stared with fear, and she stared at the screen. 
XXX Poor quality writing
Julia stared with fear at the screen. Good
Julia stared with fear and loathing at the blank screen that was blank. adjective/ adjective clause

Julia stared with fear and loathing at the blank screen in front of her. VERY HIGH QUALITY
The screen was in front of her.

Julia stared  at the blank screen in front of her with fear and loathing. GREAT ALTERNATE CHOICE

Julia who hates computers stared  at the blank screen in front of her with fear and loathing. EXCELLENT - COMPLEX SENT

Julia stared  at the blank screen in front of her with fear and loathing; it was taunting (her) and reminding her of how much she hates computers.

We built that sentence. Block by block, we created it.

Lego - block by block, simple or complicated, basic or elaborate


2. The test on computer literacy would be difficult, but she had to do well and did not want to fail.

She had to do the difficult test on computer literacy test well because she did not want to fail. COMPLEX

If she does well on the difficult test on computer literacy, she will not fail. COMPLEX

The test on computer literacy would be difficult, and she didn't want to fail, so she had to do well. 
COMPOUND

Could she do well and not fail the difficult computer literacy test? SIMPLE

3. She began timidly to peck at the key
board like a bird feeding on grain; as she developed rhythm and momentum, she felt her fear recede.

Sarah who felt her fear recede began timidly to peck at the keyboard like a bird feeding on grain; she developed rhythm and momentum.

Sarah who felt her fear recede began to develop rhythm and momentum as she timidly pecked at the keyboard like a bird feeding on grain.

Like a bird feeding on grain, she began timidly to peck at the keyboard, and her fear receded after she developed rhythm and momentum. 
COMPOUND COMPLEX SENT

Sarah began timidly to peck at the keyboard like a bird feeding on grain, and she developed rhythm and momentum; finally, she felt her fear recede.

COMPOUND

4. Quickly, she typed acceptable answers to questions that were displayed on the screen; the screen was an enemy robot that was trying to trick her.

5. The robot displayed her score of 82%; the robot was no longer threatening and now seemed more like a friend.

After the robot displayed her score of 82%, it was no longer threatening and now seemed more like a friend.


This is our goal, and it is an achievable goal.

Eng12 Prov exam prep

Thursday 9-12
South Hill Gym

Arrive early- 30m early
Find your seat - answer sheet - your name, alphabetical order in the rows of desks
If you can't find your name, go to the font of the room and tell a teacher.
On your desk, you should have two pens, two pencils, and eraser. Bring your ID. Bring your PEN (personal education number)
No phones! No dictionaries! No electronics!

All that stuff goes to the side of the gym.

Bottle of water. Snacks.

Don't open you exam before the teacher tells you.
Leave it where it is. Don't even touch it.

The invigilators can not answer questions.

MC is in pencil. Written responses should be in black ink.

At the end of the exam, the teacher will tell you to stop writing and close up your answer book.

--TIME--

Leave the exam- answer book, MC sheet. The invigilators will pick them up.


How to Prepare for the exam:

Before the exam:
Review some literary terms.
Get a good sleep the night before.
Eat a healthy breakfast.
Stay calm.
Go for a pee first.

During the exam:
Stay calm.
You know what to expect.
MC is not that valuable.
Writing that is more valuable - 
1. Be careful of time. 
2. Read the question 5 times- read every word.
3. Plan first before you write.
4. Make sure you have a thesis statement.
Make sure you have topic sentences.
5. Sentences - nice variety of simple, compound and complex sentences.
6. MC- it's the best answer, not the right answer.

EF3/4 E-cigarettes

$12 for a pack of cigarettes

"once in a blue moon' - idiom - very rarely

blue moon means two full moon in one month

He smokes once in a blue moon.
She smokes a pack a day.
He smokes two packs a day for twenty years.

Different countries have different levels of smoking. 
- China (men)
- Japan
- Greece
- Iran
- Afganistan (hookah)

bad for health - lung- lung cancer, asthma, emphysema

genetic - passed along though the family
hereditary diseases - heart disease, diabetes, cholesterol, cancer, depression, blood diseases

heart disease, throat cancer

wrinkled skin- face like a baseball glove

stained skin, blackened teeth - nicotine


pregnant women - 

"second-hand smoke" - when someone smokes around you, passive smoking

Cannot smoke within 6 m of a doorway.

roll your own cigarettes

chewing tobacco - 

vaping (v) - smoking an e-cigarette

smoking or vaping

vape nicotine, flavoured liquid

nicotine - active chemical in tobacco, addictive

nicotine gum, nicotine patch

caffeine - active ingredient in coffee and tea

Monkey see, monkey do.
Little jugs have big ears.

exit, exhale, extract, exfoliate - to come out

Hazard lights - car. "the fourways"

EF3/4 Topic sentence and title

How to Make Chicken Wings - title, not a topic sentence

No topic sentence

   Making chicken wings is easy if you follow these steps. First, cut the wings into pieces...


Making chicken wings is easy if you follow these steps. - topic sentence - topic, controlling idea (opinion, your focus)


topic sentence related to the title
The topic sentence is a sentence. The title is not a sentence

EF3/4 Process paragraph

Types of writing:

-narrative - tell a story
-descriptive - describe something
-process - teach how to do something, explain how something works
-persuasive - convince somebody, explain your opinion
-compare/ contrast - show how things are the same or different (Eng12 - essay on the Provincial Exam)


Planning - prewriting, organizing your ideas



Process writing
teach, explain how to do something, how something works

New students in the school- EF 2,3,4,5,6  Eng10/ EF7

Career advisors, academic advisors

You can get guidance.


Process writing- teaching, explaining

- recipe - step by step, from beginning to end
- how to learn English - 
- how to be stay healthy -
- how to be mentally strong
- how to have a good morning -
- how to use a cell phone -
- how to setup a printer on your computer
- how to fold laundry -
- how to wash laundry -
- how to drive a car - 
- how to change a tire - 
- how to chop an onion


Step by step 
4-5 steps for a paragraph


Write out your favourite recipe. Explain how to cook this dish.

EF 3/4 descriptive writing

descriptive paragraph - 5 senses , focused on sight

how it looked

ocean
mountian
trees, bushes
people

adjectives, descriptive words


narrative - "I visited a beach."
I, I I can see 

Avoid "I"

Topic sentence:
This is a beautiful beach on a sunny day.
There is a lovely beach in what looks like a tropical paradise.

English 12 Notes from First Nations module

• Focus of BC new curriculum- First Nations
First Nations ways of knowing, culture, history in Canada

• My school experiences- none of the history, social studies, literature, science focused on First Nations
The focus was on Europeans, settlers, White men in Canada
• male-centred, Euro-centred
•
FLESH OUT
racism towards First Nations people
• Tell this story
• policy at my university – have to finish your degree in seven years
student/ professor –led initiative to change it to 10 yrs

• First Contact Canada
http://aptn.ca/firstcontact/



• First Nations -Who they are?
• Small groups
“What do you know about First Nations people in Canada?”
Generate ideas on LCD

• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples constitute Indigenous peoples in Canada, also called First Peoples. First Nations came into common usage in the 1980s to replace the term Indians
• Aboriginal
• First Nations- Indigenous people in the South (below Arctic Circle). Half of all First Nations bands are in Ontario and BC.
• Inuit are the Indigenous people who live in the North. Used to be called ‘Eskimo’- disparaging term from French Esquimaux, from Montagnais ayas̆kimew ‘person who laces a snowshoe’. Montagnais, or Innu, are the Indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises most of the northeastern portion of the present-day province of Quebec and some eastern portions of Labrador.
Discredited etymology ‘ raw fish eater’
Website: https://www.itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/#nunangat
Show map: “Inuit Map”
• Metis a person of mixed indigenous and Euro-American ancestry, in particular one of a group of such people who in the 19th century constituted the so-called Metis nation in the areas around the Red and Saskatchewan rivers. Metis comes from the French word ‘métis’, which means ‘mixed’.
• Talk about origin of the word ‘Indian’ due to geographical misunderstanding




• Where did they come from?
• First Nations creation myths/ stories


• Read “The Beginning of the HaidiGwaii World” on LCD

• Talk about Raven
- prominent role in the mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, including the Tsimishians, Haidas, Heiltsuks, Tlingits, Kwakwaka'wakw, Coast Salish, Koyukons, and Inuit. The raven in these indigenous peoples' mythology is the Creator of the world, but it is also considered a trickster god.
-two different raven characters:
-the creator raven, responsible for bringing the world into being and who is sometimes considered to be the individual who brought light to the darkness
-the childish raven, always selfish, sly, conniving, and hungry

• Show pictures “Raven1” “Raven2” “Raven and the First Men”




• Archeological theories about origins of First Nations

• 200 000 years ago, Homo Sapiens in Africa
• 60 000 years ago, humans leave Africa
50 000 years ago reach Australia
• Second wave
35 000 years ago reach Middle East and Central Asia
• 40 000 years ago into Europe
• 25 000 years ago- Ice Age, ice bridge between Russia and Alaska
• 15 000 years ago humans cross The Bering Strait into North America

• Show video “Map Shows How Humans Migrated Across the Globe” (2m30s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdT6QcSbQ0&list=RDCJdT6QcSbQ0&start_radio=1

Explore website, LCD http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_groups_origins.html
talk about land bridge

MAYBE VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M43TYldfqzc (4m-13m)

• Atlantic migration theory
Talk about

• First Nations reactions to these scientific theories
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-indigenous-communities-react-to-the-resurfacing-of-two-migration-theories-1.4479632
Put like on Blog
Listen to audio (9m) EXCELLENT
Describe and summarize controversies, competing theories for students

• Another article about Salutrian/Ice Bridge debate
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ancient-toddler-s-remains-re-ignite-native-origins-debate-1.2534423


CONTACT
• cooperation- settlers dying of scurvy, lack of Vitamin C
long-standing problem for sailors
limey, pine needle tea

• Work through timeline
https://aboriginalconnections.wordpress.com/teacher-resources/bc-first-nations-historical-timeline/

FLESH OUT Treatment of FN- blanket ceremony information
XXX
• Residential schools
Talk about
• Between the 1860s and 1990s more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children were required to attend Indian Residential Schools, institutions operated by religious organizations funded by the Federal Government.
• The Canadian government removed First Nation children from their families and communities and placed them in these institutions.
• Many children were inadequately fed, clothed and housed, and many were abused, physically, emotionally and sexually. Their languages and cultural practices were prohibited.



TEACHERRESOURCES
http://www.fnesc.ca/learningfirstpeoples/
https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/files/Early-Childhood/ns_-_residential_schools_resource_-_second_edition.pdf
http://www.fnesc.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PUB-LFP-IRSR-11-12-Pt1-2015-07-WEB.pdf
http://www.fnesc.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PUB-LFP-IRSR11-12-DE-Pt2-2015-07-WEB.pdf
http://www.fnesc.ca/grade-11-12-indian-residential-schools-and-reconciliation/



• VIDEO “Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools”
https://vimeo.com/27172950 (25m)


GO OVER THIS WEBSITE ON LCD
• http://www.anishinabek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/An-Overview-of-the-IRS-System-Booklet.pdf

• Introduction to Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Residential Schools

• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Opening ceremony:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-centre-truth-reconciliation-winnipeg-1.3301305

• EXPLORE Website:
http://umanitoba.ca/nctr/

• http://wherearethechildren.ca/en
Explore together
Walk through Timeline

Choose one of the stories. Listen or read the transcript, make notes.

Indian Horse Ch 11-12? photocopy and read together



***
LOTS OF RESOURCES
SURVIVOR TESTIMONY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjrZpCJtNYk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn6jbkPgTzM

• Distribute “ConnieWalkerQuestions”, p.c.

• LISTEN (13m56s)
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/backstory/connie-walker-and-the-first-hand-legacy-of-residential-schools-1.3359153
OR
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2680244159/
OR
“ConnieWalker.mp3”

Students listen and make notes

Afterward, get into small groups and compare notes.
Discuss as a class.

• LISTEN to poem “MONSTER”, p.c. (3m,16s)
https://soundcloud.com/cbc-radio-one/i-hate-you-residential-school
OR
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/apr-3-2014-1.2908353/monster-by-poet-dennis-saddleman-i-hate-you-residential-school-i-hate-you-1.2908356


• Highlights from TRC:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/12/15/highlights-from-the-report-of-the-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-report_n_8812426.html

• “MyLittleResidentialSchoolSuitcase”, p.c.
Read aloud, discuss

• Explain Gord Downey
The Sacred Path
https://www.downiewenjack.ca/


• “colonialism”, p.c.


• “’Totem’ Module”

• DON’T TEACH Rita Joe “I Lost My Talk”


• “Two-Spirit” “Chrytos”

“Unentitled” from here:
http://www.sfu.ca/lovemotherearth/02poetry/tea_and_bannock.pdf



THIS PART DONE
• Appropriation of First Nations culture
• Explain meaning of ‘cultural appropriation’
Gucci turban

• Talk about 2015 Miss Canada dress
https://natalieast.com/miss-universe-canadas-national-costume-cultural-appropriation/
Show pics “Miss Canada 1,2”

• Other examples of a appropriation of First Nations culture- music festivals
Show pics “Headdress1,2,3” “Costume1”

Show video “Headdress- A filmmaker recreates her great-grandfather’s portrait” (5m,43s)

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-women-searches-for-stolen-regalia-prince-george-1.4692057



The future of FN

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/youth-incarcerated-indigenous-half-1.4720019


“ForthisArcticstudent”, p.c. “JasmineKegel”pic


http://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/out-with-the-old-1.4470167/indigenous-releasing-ceremony-treats-trauma-and-mental-health-issues-1.4475378

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-january-7-2018-1.4474395/meet-the-brave-women-patrolling-regina-s-toughest-neighbourhood-1.4474407


• “My Moccasins Have Not Walked” w

EF3/4 Descriptive writing

Descriptive paragraph-

describe something - 5 senses

adjectives - 

thesaurus.com


Topic : My Beautiful Grandmother


Topic sentence
My grandmother is a very beautiful elderly lady.

- hair - silver, short, curly, brushed
- eyes - sky blue, watching, judging, evaluating
- skin - pale, lots of rouge, wrinkled, crows' feet, laugh lines
-mouth - pink lipstick, dentures, always talking


- supporting sentences
- details
- description
-



Topic for today:
1. Describe your own face.
2. Describe your spouse's/kid's/best friend's face. 

EF3/4 Vocab and description

describing, description, describe, descriptive

descriptive- opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose

Good guide:

Opinion	Size	Age	Shape	Colour	Origin	Material	Purpose

describing - five senses
sight- size, shape, colour, shade, opinions, fluffy

hearing - noise, loud, quiet, smooth, sweet, ugly, beautiful, angelic 

smell - terrible, sweet, strong, irritating, aromotherapy, sour, offensive

touch - soft, rough, delicate, smooth, silky, sticky

taste - sour, good, bad, delicious, yummy, spicy, salty, bitter, acidic, sweet, fishy, bland, gross

delightful

6th sense - ESP, extra sensory perception, intuition

descriptive words - adjectives
You must build vocabulary!!

thesaurus  - a book that gives you synonyms- words that have the same meaning 

thesaurus.com 

You must build vocabulary!!

delicious - mouthwatering

a cheap person, doesn't like to spend money - a penny pincher, tight-fisted

Talk is cheap. Easier said than done.

ESL Word a Day
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/word-of-the-day


1. The small angry boy kicked the door.
The small boy kicked the door because he was angry.
The boy who was small was angry, so he kicked the door.

2. Gloria bought an huge old house that was rundown.
The old house that Gloria bought was huge but rundown.

3. The hungry sharks swam beside the nervous divers.
The hungry sharks swam beside the divers, so they were nervous.
The hungry sharks swam beside the divers who were nervous.

4. The tired sailors saw a strange light in the dark sky.
The sailors who were tired saw a strange light in the dark sky.

5. I bought a new grey waterproof bag for my heavy schoolbooks. SIMPLE
I bought a new grey waterproof bag because my schoolbooks are heavy. 
I bought a new grey bag which is waterproof for my heavy schoolbooks.

6. The young Canadian singer gave an exciting performance.

Eng 12 "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World" notes

·       “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World”

Go over “Pre-Reading” (162) – always helpful to read the intro of a text

Examine title- suggests time passing, days passing, change

-sun setting symbolic “shadows creeping east” (162)

Contrast between what they say to each other and their internal thoughts- father/ son (163-4)

internal conflict

Father regards son as not fully grown

youngest son

Father is experienced “he himself had taken chances before, in his own time”

FATHER "There is no only way out in the world. Except the way of the land, the way of the family."

SON "The land is overworked and gives nothing, father. And the family is almost broken up"" (163)

shows how different Musoni and Nhamo's viewpoints are

“Words are handles... sinews of life.” (164) –important lines

“Release me from all obligations...” (164)

the son has a duty to take care of/ provide for his aging parents and family

maybe also set to inherit the farm

father’s speech to son- raw, brutal “A homeless...” (164)

Son is “Going over the same ground...” (165)

son rejects beliefs of father- e.g. charms

READ PASSAGE “He was free... He was the sun... when he felt buoyant” (165-6)

Contrast with the opening image of the sun going down

Fire is a metaphor

READ LAST PARAGRAPH

Talk about point of view in the story- essential to exposition of each character’s

OMNISCIENT THIRD PERSON –deep insight into each, although are not privy to our knowledge- dramatic irony

Eng 12 Presentation progress

Poem/ song presentations begin Monday.

10 pts - analyis
4 pts - preparation
4 pts - presentation
2 pts - pretend homework

4 pts - preparation
I will check your preparation any day before your presentation day. You show me your work in progress.

EF3/4 Paragraph planning

Topic sentence: I dread the coming of summer.

1. weather hot, uncomfortable
2. too many at the beach
3. too many barbecues
4. kids are out of school
5. mosquitoes are active

3-4 ideas is enough


TS: I'll never forget Andy's and Mae's wedding.
1. rain came down in buckets - the bride's hair and makeup was a mess
2. groom's brother lost the ring 
3. cake fell over, dog ate it
4. two mothers got drunk and got into a fight



TS: Children often create toys from common household objects.
1. coffee can, drum
2. sofa, trampoline
3. wall, painting, drawing
4. fort, blankets and chairs
5. cardboard box, house, fortress
6. kitchen utensils, 


TS: My grandmother is a beautiful woman.
1. brown eyes, twinkle
2. hair, long grey silver
3. smile, white teeth, warm
4. skin, soft, clear, wrinkles

TS: We need a traffic light on Jefferson Avenue very badly.
1. three accidents
2. dangerous intersection
3. kids crossing, elementary school
4. heavy traffic in the mornings and rush hour, kids are playing

Plan first. Get your ideas down. Then the sentence writing is easier.

EF3/4 Paragraph work

Paragraphs

Topic sentence - usual the first sentence - topic, controlling idea (opinion)

Body
- support
- evidence
- example



Format for paragraphs
- double-space
- indent the first word of the paragraph
- leave margins on both sides


     This is my topic sentence. A topic sentence gives the subject and the opinion to be discussed. xxx xxx  x xx x x 


Homework topic:
What did do you do on your holidays?

tell a story, events, telling what happened

narrative writing - tells a story
narrator - a person who tells a story
narrate (v) - to tell a story

EF3/4 Topic Sentence exercises

Topic sentences - first sentence of a paragraph, addresses the question, 
gives topic and controlling idea

It is important for husbands and wives to share housework.
Topic: sharing housework
Controlling idea (opinion): important, positive

1. Job description of Lawyers - Title
Lawyers have different job descriptions.

The Main Function for Different Lawyers - title
The main function for different lawyers are varied.

Lawyers work in various areas. - topic sentence
Different lawyers work in different areas.
Lawyers work in different fields.
Lawyers specialize in different branches of law.
There are many different types of lawyers.

Body paragraphs, example, support

Topic sentence
- body sentence 1
- body sentence 2
- body sentence 3
- body sentence 4

2. Salt is very useful.
Salt has many uses.
Salt is very important for food and our life.

3. Characteristics of a good tennis player - title
The game of tennis requires several characteristics of a players.
A good tennis player must have many skills to play the game well.

Grabber - begin with a question
Topic sentence

Tennis is a challenging game.

Begin with a topic sentence

4. If you want the job, you should dress properly.
Your appearance is very important during a job interview.
How you present yourself is important when looking for a job.
Dress professionally for a job interview.

5. Pets can help you in many ways.
Pets can benefit different kinds of people.

Practice paragraph:

What did you do on your holidays?

Topic sentence- 

Eng12 Presentation Projects

Grade 12 Presentation Project

Choose a short piece of text (e.g. poem or song) that has meaning to you or speaks to you in some deep way.

You will present this short piece of text to the class.

Talk about the overall meaning of the text. Why should other people know about it? Why is it meaningful to you?

Details - Who is the narrator? What is the point of view? Who are the characters?  What are the main themes?

Use literary terms we have studied in class when discussing the text.

Create a pretend homework activity related to the text that the students could do at home.

You can print the text for the class, you can put the presentation on computer. You can create visuals (e.g. poster) if you like.

If you want to use computer, you can use the LCD that I use in class. Put your presentation on USB stick as the internet in school is slow and unpredictable. You can use my laptop if you want. Compatibility is not guaranteed.

In total, your presentation will be 10 minutes.

You will be evaluated on the quality and depth of your preparation, your analysis of the text, your presentation skills, and your homework activity. Of course, plagiarized material will receive a 0 and a sanction.

This will be marked out of 20.

Marking rubric:
10pts- depth of analysis of text, reference to literary terms, etc
4pts- preparation in class, progress leading to the day, readiness on the day
4pts- presentation, voice and engagement with class
2pts- homework activity

Step 1
Choose a short piece of text by tomorrow. Send me a copy of it via email- deadline tomorrow midnight. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Step 2
Sign up for a presentation time slot.

Step 3
Begin your research. We will have some limited time in class to do research. I will check your work as you go along to make sure you are on track.

EF3/4 Sentence combining "New Job"

1. Angie's mother accepted a higher-paying job in another province, so she moved her family. COMPOUND
Angie's mother moved her family because she accepted a higher-paying job in another province.
COMPLEX
2. Angie was sad when she said a tearful goodbye to her friends before she left. COMPLEX
Angie said a sad, tearful goodbye to her friends before she left. COMPLEX
Before Angie left, she said a sad, tearful goodbye to her friends. COMPLEX

3. She arrived at her new school and saw hundreds of unfamiliar faces. SIMPLE
She arrived at her new school, and she saw hundreds of unfamiliar faces. COMPOUND
When she arrived at her new school, she saw hundreds of unfamiliar faces. COMPLEX

4. She missed her caring friends at her old school.
SIMPLE
5. She had made friends in her classes within a month, so she felt happier. COMPOUND
Within a month, she had made friends in her classes; therefore, she felt happier. COMPOUND

Within a month, she felt happier within a month because within a month she had made friends within a month in her new classes within a month. COMPLEX

within a month - prepositional phrases can placed in many places

EF3/4 Sentence styles

Sentence styles:

1. Simple
SV "He likes ice cream."
SSV "John and Sarah go skiing."
SVV "Maria dances and sings."

- simple "She practices piano every morning."
- imperative, tell, order, command "Put your phone down."
- question "What time do you want to have supper?"

2. Compound
SV xxx SV

, FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so
, SOBA so or but and MORE USEFUL
"She practices piano every morning, and she does exercise."

; semicolon,
"She practices piano every morning; however, she isn't improving."
; therefore, 
"She practices piano every morning; therefore, she is improving."
; also,

3. Complex
adverb clauses- because when if while
"Marie practices piano every morning because she loves music."
"Because Marie loves music, she practices piano every morning."

adjective clauses
which that who whose
"Marie, who practices piano every morning, loves music."
"Joan wants to learn German which she finds tough."
John wants to buy a house that has four bedrooms." 

noun clauses
feel think say believe know understand remember

that why

"Joe feels that he is too tired to play soccer tonight."
"Marie doesn't know why her dog is hiding."
"I can't remember why Agnes took her computer home." 

SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX