EF5/6 1:30 pm class Link, class notes and homework

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86904509592?pwd=cEI0bllBK0YwT0d5Z095dnJsV24rZz09

Meeting ID: 869 0450 9592
Password: 4ik3kX

See you at 1:30

Today’s agenda:

1. Correction Codes

I emailed these to you earlier today. You can check for them. If you didn’t get the email, email me and I will send them to you.

2. Literary Terms

I emailed these to you yesterday. You can check for them. If you didn’t get the email, email me and I will send them to you.

3. Homework 

Read the short story “Penny in the Dust”

I also emailed this to you yesterday.

It is nice weather today.

Everybody

Anybody

Nobody

Somebody

Everyone is happy to be learning more English

Anyone

Noone is coming to the park today.

Someone

Everything is so expensive in Canada.

Anything

Nothing

Something is burning.

All singular

Use ‘do’ for emphasis-  more for speaking

Do you play volleyball?

Yes, I play volleyball.

You don’t?

No, I do play volleyball.

Do you like this class?

I do like the class even though it’s hard sometimes.

Correction Codes

These are the correction codes most instructors use at SHEC,.

When I make your papers, I will use these correction codes.

Symbol	Meaning	Example Error	Example Correction
art	Article a, an, the	Helen visited United States. I live in the Vancouver. I have son.	Helen visited the United States. I live in Vancouver. I have a son.
awk	Awkward- not natural-sounding, sounds like translation, Phrasing	Writing is causing me struggles.	Writing is difficult for me.
cap	Capitalizationproper nouns	i speak english and spanish.	I speak English and Spanish.
cs	comma splice	I studied very hard, I passed.	I studied very hard, so I passed. I studied very hard. Therefore, I passed.
frag	fragment	Because I exercise. I like animals. For example, dogs and cats.	I am healthy because I exercise. I like animals. For example, I like dogs and cats.
prep	preposition	I was born on July.	I was born in July. I was born on July 11th.
pron	pronoun agreement	My daughter is eating his dinner.	My daughter is eating her dinner.
punc	Punctuation , ; : ’ ! ?	Canadas population is growing	Canada’s population is growing.
rep	repetition
ro	run-on sentence	I studied very hard I passed.	I studied very hard, so I passed. SV SV Compound
sp	Spelling	Canadians elect their goverment.	Canadians elect their government.
Agr #1 error	subject-verb agreement	Everybody have strengths and weaknesses. Jon have a new car.	Everybody has strengths and weaknesses. Jon has a new car.
tr	transition needed	I like cats.  I hate dogs.	I like cats.  However, I hate dogs.
vt	verb tense	I study English for ten years. I play with my friends when I am six years old.	I have studied English for ten years. I played with my friends when I was six years old.
vf	verb form	I am be studying at South Hill. I am live in Richmond. I living in Richmond.	I am studying at South Hill. I live in Richmond. I am living in Richmond.
wf	word form noun verb adjective	I want to be health. Health (n) Canada is a freedom country.	I want to be healthy. Canada is a free country.
wo	word order	It’s a broken easily bone.	It’s an easily broken bone.
ww	wrong word	We very enjoyed the movie.	We really enjoyed the movie. The movie was ok. We kind of enjoyed it.
#	singular/ plural	I like to eat apple.	I like to eat apples. Art or plural He has dog. He has a dog. He has three dogs.
^	insert missing word	Helen visited United States.	Helen visited the United States.
¶	paragraph	BEGIN NEW PARAGRAPH
	move word(s)	Sanjit won the contest, who practiced for many hours.	Sanjit, who practiced for many hours, won the contest.
?	unclear	It’s like which that you went.
b	nice sentence	The early bird catches the worm.