EF 5/6 June 25

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Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. Review of sentences, grammar

2. Final paragraph on “Totem”

* Friday- There will be no class for you on Friday. I will be doing 

final marks. Email me after 2PM on Friday, and I will email you back your final mark.

I might not email you back your final paragraphs.

Review of sentences:

SIMPLE

SV “Vancouver is a beautiful city.”

SSV

SVV

COMPOUND

SV SV “Vancouver is a beautiful city, but it is expensive.”

, SOBA

; “Vancouver is a beautiful city; it is expensive.”

“Vancouver is a beautiful city; however, it is expensive.”

Common errors

“Vancouver is a beautiful city; but, it is expensive.” XXX

Don’t begin a sentence “with, and, but, or, so”. It is too casual for school writing.

Much better to use TRANS words : “however, therefore, moveover, to tell the truth” I gave you a list of many of those.

COMPLEX

- adverb clause

when, if, because, since, even though, as, while, so…that

SV because SV.

The kid is happy because it is the last day of school.

Because SV, SV.

Because it is the last day of school, the kid is happy.

- adjective clauses

who - My sister who is a nurse lives in Halifax.

that - She bought a car that is falling apart.

which - She has a ring which her grandmother gave her.

-noun clauses

think feel believe say

that why how

I think that the weather will be nice tomorrow.

Michele doesn’t know how to train her dog.

I am happy (that) you have finally found your soulmate.

When you are writing, your sentences always have to be either simple, compound, or complex.

Verbs 

- modals- can, could, should, will, etc.

- infinitives and gerunds -like to go, like going

Lots of other things.

They are all on the blog. You can use the blog as much as you like in the future.

“It couldn’t hurt to give that a try.”

“It couldn’t hurt to …”  Let’s try it. It won’t make things worse, and it might make them better.”

“You have stomach problems. It wouldn’t hurt to change your diet. Maybe it will help.”

Thank you for being such a lovely class. I enjoyed having you in class. I had a good time. I hope you had a good time, too.”

 

Test -Write a paragraph (about 250w) with material quoted from “Totem” on the following topic. Email it to me as an attachment by 3pm

Topic: How is the story “Totem” symbolic of the relationship 

between Canadian society and First Nations peoples?