EF 3/4 June 25

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Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. End of term, September registration – check the blog from yesterday

2. Review sentence and grammar

3. Test - Final pass-in persuasive paragraph

There will be no class for you on Friday. I will be doing final marks. Email me after noon on Friday, and I will email you back your final mark.

Today’s picture is of Meat Cove, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

Review of sentences:

focus of the course

SIMPLE

subject and verb SV – The park is very busy today.

SSV - The park and the pool are both very busy today.

SVV – The park has a playground but does not have a soccer field.

Remember: You need to begin a sentence with a capital letter and end a sentence with a period.

COMPOUND

SV SV       , SOBA   so or but and

The park has a playground, but it does not have a soccer field.

You need a comma before SOBA

SIMPLE Sarah loves dogs but doesn’t like cats.

COMPOUND Sarah loves dogs, but she doesn’t like cats.

Do you see the difference?

COMPLEX

-adverb clauses

because if when

SV because SV. Vancouver is beautiful because it is 

surrounded by mountains. no comma

Because SV, SV. Because Vancouver is surrounded by 

mountains, it is beautiful. comma

if We can go if you want.

If you want, we can go.

when Sarah goes home when the class is over.

When the class is over, Sarah goes home.

-adjective clauses

who – people My sister who is a nurse lives in Halifax.

that – things She bought a car that doesn’t run well.

which – special things, unique things

She has a ring which her mother gave her.

-noun clauses

feel think believe know understand say

that why how

You think that it will rain all day. She thinks that it will clear up.

Sarah doesn’t know how to bake a cake.

We know why the little kid is so happy today. It’s his birthday.

Every sentence that you write should one of these styles for it to be authentic English: SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX

Sentence combining exercises will really help us get better at writing English sentences. You can locate some online if you look hard. They are not easy to find, but you can find some that are appropriate for your level of English. You can find harder ones as you get better at writing English. The sky is the limit.

Thank you for being such a lovely class. I enjoyed meeting you online. Hope to see you in real life soon at our school.

Feel free to use my blog as much as you like.

Good luck in your future plans.

Test – persuasive paragraph

Write a plan and a paragraph on the following topic. Email it to me as an attachment by 12:30.

Topic: Should people wear masks in public?

Plan (key words) and paragraph