EF3/4 June 10

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Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. Finish “Shopping”

2. Begin sentence combining. I emailed you some exercises earlier. Check your email.

3. Homework Combine the sentences in the “Try Out Your 

Skills” exercise. We will share those tomorrow.

Today’s picture is from Tombstone Territorial Park, The Yukon

garage sale – usually on the weekends

I’m going to head out at 12 o’clock.

bedbugs

I lived in many countries, but I ended up in Canada.

get rid of -throw away, abandon, put into the garbage

“Sarah got rid of her useless husband.”

garage sale (Canada) – car boot sale (England)

Canada England

the trunk of a car the boot of a car

elevator lift

pants trousers

underwear pants

eggplant aubergine

truck lorry

stroller pram/pushchair

sneakers trainers

*** Review of Sentences

** Simple – one part, one clause

     SV

** Compound – two simple sentences together,   ,SOBA

      SV SV

** Complex

- adverb clause - because if when

- adjective clauses – who that which

- noun clauses – say, think, feel, believe, know

- that why how

The sentence types are essential. You have to know how to write them.

We can put all of this sentence work into practice using sentence combining.

In sentence combining, we take several short sentences and combine them into one longer, denser sentence.

denser sentence -more information in fewer words, dense

Easy example.

Joe has a ball.

The ball is red.

The ball is plastic.

Combine these:

Joe has a ball, and the ball is red, and the ball is plastic. Poor quality writing. unnecessary repetition

Joe has a ball. Kernel

The ball is red. new information

The ball is plastic. new information

Process:

1. Find the kernel, the centre, the first sentence.

2. Look for new information in the following sentences.

Joe has a ball.

red

plastic

3. Decide what kind of sentence do we want to write: simple, compound, complex

Simple: Joe has a red plastic ball.

Compound: Joe has a plastic ball, and it is red.

Complex: Joe has a plastic ball which is red. adj cl

Sentence variety – writing a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Ex. 1 Try Out Your Skills.

1. You should dress warmly. kernel

It is getting very cold. all new information, no repetition

COMPLEX You should dress warmly because it is 

getting very cold.

COMPOUND You should dress warmly.

It is getting very cold.

You should dress warmly, and it is getting very cold. NOT BAD

Reverse the sentences:

It is getting very cold, so you should dress warmly.

This work will make us better writers.