teacherhaley: July 2020

Friday, 31 July 2020

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Today’s Agenda:

1. Continue with sentence combining

2. Essay writing

3. Optional paragraph with “”

Monday is a holiday – BC Day. No class on Monday

Tuesday (final teaching class) – sentence combining, essay writing – five-paragraph essay

Wednesday- last class – final essay, final test, worth 10pts

Quite a short term – five weeks, focus has been on sentences, no poetry, two short stories

Homework: Combine in a variety of styles: simple, compound, complex

1) The girl is happy. She won the race.

The happy girl won the race. simple

The girl won the race, so she is happy. compound

The girl who won the race is happy. complex – adj cl

The girl is happy because she won the race. complex – adv cl

2) The student is from China. She sits next to me.

The girl who sits next to me is from China. complex- adj cl

The student who sits next to me is from China.

The student is from China, and she sits next to me. compound

The student is from China who sits next to me. XXX

I know that the student is from China because she sits next to me. complex – noun cl adv cl

3) The taxi driver was friendly. He took me to the airport.

The taxi driver that took me to the airport was friendly. ‘that’ not as polite, not the best choice

The taxi driver who took me to the airport is friendly. ‘who’ right after the subject ‘driver’

The taxi driver who took me to the airport was friendly.

The taxi driver who took me to airport was friendly.

The friendly taxi driver was able to take me to the airport though he was busy.

Because the taxi driver was friendly, he took me to the airport. LOGIC?

The taxi driver who drive me to the airport was friendly.

4) I am running late. I have to skip breakfast.

I have to skip breakfast because I am running late.

I have to skip breakfast because I am running late for school.

Because I am running late, I have to skip breakfast.

I have to skip breakfast because I was running late; however, I came on time.

I am running late, so I have to skip breakfast.

Because I’m running late, so I have to skip the breakfast. XXX

because – complex so – compound Choose one. not both together

Because I’m running late, so I have to skip the breakfast.

The taxi driver was friendly when he took me to the airport.

Marie who is a good basketball player hopes to win the Olympic Games.

The taxi driver was friendly to take me to the airport. awkward, translation

The friendly taxi driver took me to the airport. simple

Easier introduction.

Sentence combining can get as challenging as you want.

Homework: A bit more challenging.

1. We went to the mountains.

The mountains were in BC.

We hiked with our friends.

Our friends were from Germany.

2. We carried backpacks.

Our backpacks were full.

They were full of our supplies.

The supplies were for camping.

3. It rained.

We wore rain coats.

Our clothes stayed dry.

Our boots were wet.

4. We found a campsite.

The campsite wasn’t crowded.

The campsite looked clean.

We pitched our tents.

5. We cooked together.

We played cards.

We were tired.

We went to bed early.

6. We went to Victoria.

We took the ferry.

Victoria is on Vancouver Island.

7. Our friends came with us.

Our friends are from Italy.

8. I carried a backpack.

The backpack was full.

It was full of food.

The food was for our lunch.

9. It rained.

It was warm.

We stood on the deck.

Our clothes stayed dry.

We wore raincoats.

10. We walked around the city.

The sidewalks were crowded.

Some people were shopping.

Most people were sightseeing.

They took pictures.

11. We went home late.

We took the last ferry.

The ferry left at 9 pm.

We were tired.

The ferry rocked in the water.

One friend feel asleep.

William Strong -college-level sentence combining exercises, search online

I found 7 million links in a ½ second. You can some, too.

For example: https://styleacademy.byu.edu/exercises/sentence-combining/

https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/worksheets/sentence-combining-worksheets.html

Essay -today and Tuesday, write an essay on Wednesday, final test

essay – most fundamental style – five-paragraph essay

five short paragraphs

1. Introductory paragraph

2,3,4 Body paragraphs

5. Concluding paragraph

Introductory paragraph - grabber

- thesis statement

- preview of the three points

Body paragraphs 1.- discuss point 1

2. – discuss point 2

3. – discuss point 3

Concluding paragraph -restate the thesis statement and three points

- clincher

(350-400w)

Do you like dogs?

Introductory paragraph: yes/no

Grabber

Thesis statement

Preview of three points

People often say that dogs are Man’s best friend. I agree. I like dogs very much, and I think that they are wonderful animals to have around. I value them for their companionship, protection, and physical activity because they are wonderful fantastic companions, always protect their families, and encourage us to do exercise everyday.

Body paragraphs:

1. companions- loyal, spend time with you, friendly, love you, accept you, know your mood-sad, happy

2. protect family – danger, alert, growl, bark, keep strangers away, protect children

3. get you to exercise more – walk everyday, run, beach, like to be outside, hike

Concluding paragraph – restate the Thesis and the points

-clincher (like a grabber but at the end)

Grabbers

Grabbers - optional attention-getting device for writing

- for essays, for paragraphs

- grabs the reader’s attention, makes them pay attention

Some example of grabbers

i. -general to specific statement

-say something big, then narrow it down

-funnel

\ /

ii. -short anecdote

short personal story

personalizes, first person

iii. -historical reference

iv. -fact or statistic

80%, four out of five

v. -question (answered by thesis statement)

vi. -relevant quotation by a famous person

Books of quotations.

vii. -relevant idiom from any language

-don’t translate well, have a lot of meaning

Choose one for your grabber.

Homework –

1. Do some serious review of the structure of the five-essay structure. We will do more work on it together on Tuesday. Wednesday, we will attempt our first essay.

2. More challenging sentence combining exercises

Rewrite of Tuesday’s paragraph with “” quoted work. Based on the article “Organic Food” I emailed this to you earlier in the week.

About seven people told me they want to do the rewrite.

Paragraph with quoted material (150-200w)

Email it to by 10:50.

“Why do people buy organic food?”

Thursday, 30 July 2020

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Today’s Agenda:

1. Continue with descriptive writing

2. Sentence combining

3. Pass-in descriptive writing

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Optional paragraph with “” quoted material tomorrow. Email me by 1PM today to confirm if you want to write the optional paragraph tomorrow. If you do not want to write it, you do not have to email me. I emailed you text earlier today.

If you do the paragraph tomorrow, the mark will replace your mark from Tuesday.

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Tomorrow - essay writing

- optional paragraph

Final five days of the course:

Wednesday, Thursday – sentence combining, descriptive writing

Friday, Tuesday – sentence combining, essay writing – five-paragraph essay

Friday – another paragraph with “ “ material, “Organic Food”- I send this to you earlier this morning.

Wednesday- last class – final essay, final test 10pts

The Ministry of Education announced that K-12 will be returning to school in September. We do not know how this will work with Adult Education. We are waiting for information from Vancouver School Board.

I’m sure that you will get an email from the school when the administration make their decisions about Adult Education for September.

Today’s picture is of

Work from homework:

Joffre Lake: https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-it-s-time-to-examine-day-use-reservations-at-joffre-lakes-1.23419303

10 descriptive words or phrases to describe the picture.

Brainstorm vocabulary – it will be a challenge.

Write some of those words in Chat:

• dark green trees and emerald green grass, and as well as light gray and dark gray rocks around blackish green lake.

• Joffre Lake is beautiful. Anyone that had been there are surprise about their pacific views. The water is light blue and transparent like a crystal. That you can see through the water; the rocks place on the ground. The water is looks sweet and cold??. The place is looks quiet???, so you can hear the birds singing and flying between pine and palm trees.

When you write a descriptive paragraph, just describe what you see, hear, taste, etc. Don’t tell a story. Don’t make up things that aren’t there.

• The lake is surrounded by mountains which are light grey colour. On the left, there are rough rocks in a light and dark brown colour.

• White clouds float in the royal blue sky,

• The water of the lake is clear like a mirror.

• robin's egg blue water

• Those fluffy clouds look like cotton candy.

• a variety of shades of gray.

• The clear water has a beautiful colour between turquoise and aquamarine.

• The quiet place?? which has wavey clean blue water.

• The trees of the picture are as bushy as pine trees.

• There are some fluffy clouds in the clear blue sky.

• Some rough stones which have stricked?? slimy plants.

• There are some snow white clouds like fluffy cotton floating in the clean, light blue sky.

• The flowers in a lake is very beautiful.

• The mountain is cover with snow like baby powder.

• The quite and soothing sound relaxes are body and mind.

• A tender sound is heard from the water hitting the rock.

• crystally clean water with reflection of mountains

• with brown cliff

• There are very fluffy clouds in the sky.

• Mountains are so high that can touch the clouds.

• The lake water looks quite cool as it directly comes from the glaciers.

• surrounded by mountains

• I can see beautiful snow- covered hills.

• The view of Jeffrey lake is striking and amazing. The water is clean, and the air is fresh??.

• There is a slight breeze that stirred the waves of the lake.

• The tree is very tall.

• The lake looks like transparent like a blue sky.

• clean???, cold??, pure, deep and fresh water

clear, clean??

• the place looks quiet and peaceful

• The mountain cover with snow that make us feel looks cool and refreshing.

Choose 4,5,6 descriptive ideas. Put in order

Order – physical order- Choose one: top to bottom, bottom to top, side to side, front to back, back to front

Close up to far away

TS – The photograph of Joffre Lake, which is in BC, shows a very beautiful, rugged natural scene.

-rocks - rough stones which have stricked?? slimy plants, a light and dark brown colour

-lake - transparent like a blue sky, slight breeze that stirred the waves, clear water has a beautiful colour between turquoise and aquamarine

-trees - very tall AAA

-mountain- BBB

-sky- CCC

Concluding sentence- personal note

“I would really like to go to this place with my family and enjoy the peaceful calm of Nature there.”

Topic sentence

- 5-7 supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

6/6 Ready for UBC.

We will do a paragraph to pass in today on a different picture.

* Sentence Combining

Sentences- full explanation of sentences

Simple

Compound

Complex

It’s time to start using them.

Practical work – hands on, put it in practice for everyday usage

sentence combining – very good way to get better at sentence writing, my opinion - #1 way

studying grammar – not effective, does not work well

Read books about swimming, but don’t get into the pool.

You have to jump in the pool!

several short sentences – combine them into one sentence that is denser

EASY EXAMPLE”:

Sarah has a dog. – kernel (centre)

The dog has long ears. – find new information

The dog has a long tail. – find new information

Sarah has a dog, and the dog has long ears, and the dog has a long tail. Poor writing – sprawl, repetitive, not beautiful

Sarah has a dog.

long ears

a long tail

dense, compact, meaningful and short

Sarah has a dog that has long ears and a long tail. complex sent

Sarah has a dog with long ears and a long tail. simple

Sarah has a dog, and it has long ears and a long tail. compound

Sarah has a dog that has a long tail and ears. Variation

Sarah who has long ears and a long tail has a dog. misplaced modifier

MANY WAYS TO COMBINE SENTENCES

Try these two short sentences as examples:

“The hardworking student is happy.”

“She passed the test.”

Here are six possible solutions. You may find others.

1. simple sentence

The hardworking student passed the test and is happy.

2. compound sentence

The hardworking student passed the test, and she is happy.

3. compound sentence

The hardworking student passed the test; therefore, she is happy.

4. complex sentence- adverb clause

The hardworking student is happy because she passed the test.

5. complex sentence, adverb clause

Because the hardworking student passed the test, she is happy.

6. complex sentence- adjective clause

The hardworking student who passed the test is happy.

The only kind that is missing is noun clause

Homework:

Try it yourself. Use a variety of styles. Don’t use the same style over and over again. Some sentence styles will work well, and others won’t.

We will share these tomorrow.

1) The girl is happy. She won the race.

2) The student is from China. She sits next to me.

3) The taxi driver was friendly. He took me to the airport.

4) I am running late. I have to skip breakfast.

5) --- Create one of your own.---

Test – descriptive paragraph (150-200w)

Email it to me by 10:35

Describe the picture:

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

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Today’s Agenda:

1. Talk about paragraph from yesterday

2. Descriptive writing

3. Sentence combining

Today’s picture is of

Final five days of the course:

Wednesday, Thursday – sentence combining, descriptive writing

Friday, Tuesday – sentence combining, essay writing – five-paragraph essay

Friday – another paragraph with “ “ material, “Organic Food”- I will send this to you tomorrow

Wednesday- last class – final essay, final test 10pts

Reminder: Monday, Aug 3 is a holiday, BC Day, no school

Make sure that you address the question- answer the question that I asked. Focus on the question. Do not tell me the plot of the story- no plot summary. Do not tell me about yourself no “I” cut first person

Many of you wrote a plot summary. XXX not the question

(150-200w) Good.

Format – 14-16 pt font Mostly good

- doublespace Mostly Good

- indent Mostly good.

Fix format

Sentences – simple, compound, complex

Big focus of this course – sentences

Primary importance- good sentences, real sentences

Email it to me by 10:25. Mostly in on time. Some people were late – more than 5 minutes late, minus 1pt

Everybody has a reason why they are late-

Airport – catch a flight, late

32 people in the class – usually 10 with reasons why they are late

Some students send me 5-6 emails per quiz.

I want to be flexible, but there are limits.

Class 40m for a quiz, you take 90m – fairness, equality

Some people have good reasons – I try to be reasonable

I am trying to strike a balance between structure and flexibility.

Paragraph

Topic sentence – addresses the question directly

- supporting sentences that support the topic sentence

- “ “ quoted words (3,4,5 quotations should be enough)

Topic: “Why was the Wise Woman arrested by the authorities?”

Topic sentence that addresses the question.

“A long time ago, there was a beautiful woman who lived in a town.” XXX off-topic, plot summary

“I just read a story. I liked the story. When I was a kid, my mother read stories to me.” XXX cut first person

Topic sentence – addresses the question

“Why was the Wise Woman arrested by the authorities?”

- use vocab from the question

- use synonyms – words that have the same meaning

Wise Woman – main character, protagonist, young looking woman

arrested – taken to jail, detained, got into trouble

authorities – police, men in power, government officials

Examples of TS

“The Wise Woman was arrested by the authorities because they didn’t like how powerful she had become.”

“The main character of “The Wise Woman if Cordoba” got into trouble with the government because of three reasons.”

- on topic, addressing the question

The topic sentence should come first. Open the paragraph with a good topic sentence.

*My microphone is not working right now, so you will hear the keyboard noise. FIXED

Paragraph writing – on topic, good topic sentence, addressing the question, getting to the point right off the bat

GO/ NO GO – You either get it or you don’t get it.

Eureka moment – you will get it.

One four reasons –

1. WW was so famous

many people went to her for help

2. authoritrs worried

3. people would follow WW, don’t listen to authorities

ROUGH COPY

The main character of “The Wise Woman if Cordoba” got into trouble with the government because of one main reason: the government people were afraid that she had become more powerful than they were. First of all, the Wise Woman was very famous and respected in the town. Therefore, the townspeople want to her for help. For example , the Wise Woman was called upon by the people and “fulfilled nonetheless their wishes”. The authorities were worried because the citizens were following the Wise Woman more than they were following the government officials. The government was afraid that the people might stop listening to the government. Therefore, they felt the Wise Woman had to be gotten rid of.

- add a few more quotations, and you have it

The key (!) is to have read the story carefully a few times.

– First time to read the story -surface level reading (setting, character, plot)

– Second and third times to read the story - deeper level reading (conflict, symbols, theme, deeper meanings)

When a student writes a plot summary as an answer, they are showing that they only have read the story at a surface level. They can only retell the story because they don’t understand anything deeper in the story.

We will do another paragraph on Friday.

-with “” quoted material

Optional paragraph – You can write it if you want to. You don’t have to.

If you write the paragraph in Friday, your Friday mark will replace your Tuesday mark.

Tuesday – 3/6

Friday – don’t write

Mark – 3/6

Tuesday- 3/6

Friday – 4/6

Mark – 4/6

Tuesday – 2/6

Friday – 5/6

Mark – 5/6

Tuesday – 6/6

Friday – 3/6

Mark – 3/6

A few bunch of people were asking if they could do a rewrite.

You can decide if you want to do the optional paragraph or not.

Descriptive writing

Modes of writing – types of writing, different intentions when we write

- narrative writing – tell a story

- descriptive writing – describe something

- literary writing – write about fiction or poetry

- persuasive writing – convince somebody

- compare and contrast writing – show differences or similarities between two things

descriptive writing – appeal to the five senses

five senses – our points of contact with the world, how we gather information from our surroundings

- sight- seeing- visual information – colour, shape, size, shade, brightness

vocabulary to describe what we see – colour- green, red, blue (boring, mundane, baby vocab) more subtlety in our colours – deep forest green, lime green, ocean green, sky blue, navy blue, royal blue, robin’s egg blue, fire engine red, sunset red

“The girl’s eyes were robin’s egg blue.”

- smell – sweet, flowery, acrid, burned, ocean, smoky, earthy, peaches, leathery, wet dog

- hearing – loud, quiet, sharp, soothing, startling, nails on a blackboard, rumbling, wind blow, waves, birds singing, rough, tender, heavy, ponderous, melodic, croak

“His wife’s voice sounds like birds singing. His mother-in-law’s voice is like nails on a blackboard.”

“His voice is like a trumpet.”

“Farsi and French sound very romantic.”

“The mother talked to her baby tenderly.”

- touch – smooth, silky, rough, soft, fluffy, wet, dry, greasy, oily, sticky, moist, slimy, hot, cold

- taste – salty, spicy, bitter, sour, sweet, hot/cold?-taste or touch?

“My son doesn’t like mushrooms because the texture is slimy and fibrous.”

“I don’t like eggplant very much because it is mushy and a little bitter.”

“My dog eats food that is very crunchy and salty.”

describe – use descriptive words

Picture of Joffre Lake: https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-it-s-time-to-examine-day-use-reservations-at-joffre-lakes-1.23419303

For homework, come up with 10 descriptive words or phrases to describe the picture.

We will share them tomorrow.

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

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Today’s Agenda:

1. Sentence fragments from homework

2. Test -paragraph about Wise Woman

Today’s picture is of Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland

Tomorrow, we will begin descriptive writing

Final five days of the course:

Wednesday, Thursday – sentence combining, descriptive writing

Friday, Tuesday – sentence combining, essay writing – five-paragraph essay

Wednesday- last class – final essay, final test 10pts

Reminder: Monday, Aug 3 is a holiday, BC Day, no school

From homework:

3. The wallpaper goes well with her furniture. simple sentence

4. Who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night. frag

Who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night?

Do you know who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night? question with noun clause

5. While waiting for her friend. frag

While waiting for her friend, she was cooking at home.

Monica was watching TV at home while she was waiting for her friend. complex, adv cl

Susana saw an accident while she was waiting for her friend.

6. Since Manuel had seen the movie before. frag

Manuel had seen the movie before. simple

Since Manuel had seen the movie before.

Since Manuel had seen the movie before, he knows all the whole plot.

John was excited and interested in seeing Harry Potter since Manuel had seen the movie before.

7. I was cold when I lost my gloves. simple

When I was at Whistler last winter, I got cold when I lost my gloves. adv cl

8. When my cousin moved to Richmond. frag

My cousin moved to Richmond.

When my cousin moved to Richmond, we all helped him move.

When my cousin moved to Richmond, she got a puppy because her new house had a nice backyard. adv cl

My cousin moved to Richmond where it is cheaper.

When my cousin moved to Richmond, I go sometime to visit. vt

When my cousin moved to Richmond, I sometimes went to visit her.

When Since/After/Because my cousin moved to Richmond, I sometimes go to visit her.

9. My brother has been driving a taxi for five years. simple sentence

My brother has been driving a taxi for five years while he could study studies/is studying at the university.

My brother has been driving a taxi for five years so that he can save up enough money to go to college to study dentistry.

10. But she told us that she made the dress herself. frag – don’t begin a sentence with ‘but’ ‘and’ ‘so’, very casual, not good school writing ‘however’ ‘therefore’ ‘also’

Carmen bought a dress at Macy’s, but she told us that she made the dress herself. compound complex noun clause

We supposed Sarah bought a new dress, but she told us that she made the dress herself.

People said that she bought her dress, but she told us that she made it herself. compound noun clauses

We asked Maryam where she bought her dress from, but she told us that she made the dress herself.

Everyone of us wants to buy some new dress for her, but she told us that she made the dress herself.

some new dress for her Meaning?

Everyone of us wants to buy her some new dress, but she told us that she made the dress herself.

some new dress Meaning? a new dress some new dresses

Everyone of us wants to buy her some new dresses, but she told us that she made the dress herself.

the dress What dress?

Often people have a good knowledge of basic grammar, but may not be familiar with authentic English phrasing.

This is a big challenge?

People said that she bought her dress, but she told us that she made it herself. compound

People said that she bought her dress; however, she told us that she made it herself. compound

People said that she bought her dress. However, she told us that she made it herself. two simples

Semicolons are very useful, but they are not used that often.

Other examples:

1. My brother has been driving a taxi for five years when my family were needed someone to help for money. XXX

My brother has been driving a taxi for five years while/since my family were needed needs someone to help with money.

My brother has been driving a taxi for five years since my family needs someone to help with money.

passive voice: My brother has been driving a taxi for five years since money is needed by my family. Very awkward

Active voice – normal, regular- the subject does the verb “I ate the apple.”

Passive voice – less frequent, weaker verb form- the subject does nothing “The apple was eaten by me.”

2. We would like to buy a dress to for Joey, but she told us that she made the dress herself. the dress What dress?

We would like to buy a dress for Joey, but she told us that she makes all of her dresses herself. She doesn’t need you to buy one for her because she makes her own.

3. Mary went to watch the horror movie alone since Manuel had seen the movie before.

4. Since I was born, my father has been driving a taxi. present perfect continuous tense

Hopefully, you have been studying verb tenses on the grammar website. FYI, your access will stop on August 5th.

5. Since 2006, my mother was planning has been planning that day?? to go to Israel for me. for me??

These are English words, but the sentence doesn’t make any sense.

Since 2006, my mother has been planning to take me to Israel. Maybe that’s what you mean.

6. Since I came to the English class, I am improving in it. ‘it’ means ‘English’

Since I came to the English class, I have been improving in it. present perfect continuous

Paragraph

Topic sentence – addresses the question directly

- supporting sentences that support the topic sentence

- “ “ quoted words (3,4,5 quotations should be enough)

Make sure that you address the question. Focus on the question. Do not tell me the plot of the story. Do not tell me about yourself.

(150-200w)

Format – 14-16 pt font

-doublespace

- indent

Sentences – simple, compound, complex

Topic: “Why was the Wise Woman arrested by the authorities?”

Email it to me by 10:25.

Monday, 27 July 2020

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1. Review adj cl quiz

2. Sentence fragments

3. Review paragraph format and structure

4. Test -paragraph about Wise Woman

Tomorrow we will begin sentence combining work

Today’s picture is of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island

Add an adjective clause to each sentence. Vary your styles.

e.g. I have a dog.

I have a dog that is white.

1. May bought a bicycle for her son.

May bought a bicycle for her son that is green and silver. misplaced modifier

May bought a bicycle that is green and silver for her son. Complex – adj cl

May bought a green and silver bicycle for her son. Simple

May bought a bicycle that is green and silver, and it is for her son. Compound Complex

2. John is moving to Calgary.

John is moving to Calgary which is cheaper than Vancouver.

John who is my youngest uncle is moving to Calgary.

John is moving to Calgary where he grew up.

where – shows place where something happened

where S V adjective clause, complex sentence

This is the place where S V.

This is the place where the UFO abducted me.

This is the spot where you can park your car.

Vancouver is a city where you can raise your kids safely.

South Hill Education Centre is a school where adults can finish their high school courses.

This is the town where I grew up. after ‘where’ need S V

This is the town I grew up. XXX

This is the town that I grew up in.

This is the town I grew up in. can delete an object pronoun , in this case ‘that’

3. Here’s the key.

Here’s the key that you were looking for.

Here’s the key that opens the lock on your buffet and hutch.

Here is the key that opens your locket.

Here is the key that is rusty.

4. Maria bought some BC wine.

Maria who lives in the Okanagan bought some BC wine.

Maria bought some BC wine which is famous around the world.

5. The fashionable woman has many pairs of shoes.

The fashionable woman has many pairs of shoes which are all designer label.

The fashionable woman who is very short has many pairs of shoes.

The woman who is very fashionable has many pairs of shoes.

6. All of Michelle’s friends will have a barbecue next Saturday.

All of Michelle’s friends who are vegetarian will have a barbecue next Saturday.

All of Michelle’s friends will have a barbecue next Saturday which is August 1st.

Your examples:

1. All of Michelle's friends will have a barbeque that is on the next Saturday.

All of Michelle's friends will have a barbeque that is next Saturday.

2. The wine that Maria bought in BC comes from Victoria.

3. All of Michelle's friends who are super friendly will have a barbecue next Saturday.

4. The fashionable woman who is an artist has many pairs of shoes.

5. Maria bought some BC wine that is very high quality.

6. The fashionable woman, who has many pairs of shoes, is a renowned actress.

adjective clause

who

that

which

Review sentences:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

All sentences have to be one of these. When we write, we have to make sure that we are writing English sentences.

I am looking for English sentences. You know what to do.

Commas splices – a kind of run-on sentence

Sentence Fragments – not a complete sentence

Fix all of the sentence fragments by adding or deleting words.

1. Driving in the city during the evening rush hour.

Driving in the city during the evening rush hour. No S V

Driving in the city during the evening rush hour is frustrating.

Doris was driving in the city during the evening rush hour.

I hate driving in the city during the evening rush hour.

2. Because he didn't want to work on weekends.

3. The wallpaper goes well with her furniture. COMPLETE SENTENCE - simple

4. Who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night.

Your solutions:

Because she was arrested long time ago. XXX

We can save the earth if. XXX

He didn’t work on the weekend.

Because he didn’t want to work on weekends, he required to be off asked for time off.

You will be in at a higher level.

Because he was ill, he didn't want to work on weekends.

Who has three branches of store. XXX

Mike was upset because he didn't want to work on weekends.

He wanted to go a theater because he didn't want to work on weekends. Meaning?

He quit his job because he did not want to work on the weekends.

Because he didn't want to work on weekends, so he needed to ask for help.

He didn’t take overtime last Saturday because he didn’t want work on weekends.

Who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night?

Because he didn't want to work on weekends , he caught a cold. Meaning?

Because he didn't want to work on the weekends, his boss had to find someone to replace him.

Because he didn't want work on weekends, he was fired.

Whoever borrowed Stefanie’s car Saturday night will be in trouble.

Maria who is a beautiful woman borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night.

Do you know who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night?

Because he didn't want to work on weekends, so he wanted to talk with the manager.

He always has good plans for the weekends. Because of that, he didn’t want to work on weekends.

Because he didn’t want to work on weekend, his boss is struggling with him.

Mike was making excuses because he didn’t want to work on weekends.

John need a car who borrowed Stefanie's car Saturday night. XXX

I think that the wallpaper goes well with her furniture.

She bought golden wallpaper, and it goes well with her furniture.

She was asking to switch her shift because she was sick.

Who borrowed Stefan’s car Saturday night at jun12?

The wallpaper goes well with her furniture because she is a designer.

I will cook while she waiting for her friends.

You need practice.

TRY THESE FOR HOMEWORK. We will work on them tomorrow.

5. While waiting for her friend. frag

6. Since Manuel had seen the movie before. frag

7. I was cold when I lost my gloves. sentence

8. When my cousin moved to Richmond. frag

9. My brother has been driving a taxi for five years. sentence

10. But she told us that she made the dress herself. frag

Adapted from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add1.htm

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We are really using the grammar that we have studied. This is more challenging work.

Example;

I had never heard a fairy tale about a witch when I was child because in Chinese culture we don't have wizards and witches.

Complex with two adverb clauses

A teacher in Canada wants a student to express their opinion about a story. You have to give evidence form the story. “” examples from the short story

“In my opinion, I think…” XXX

“The Wise Woman is a positive influence on the townspeople.” stating your opinion without using “I” first person

academic writing – avoid “I”

setting – time, place, culture

“The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

first thing to figure out is setting Mexico, not modern

“Long ago”

fairy tale “A long time ago, far far away…” setting is ambiguous, children’s story

Cinderella – Romania, 1735 XXX, long time ago, far away land

culture – What do you know about Mexican culture?

Catholic, religion, colonized by Spanish is the 1600-1700s

pagan traditions, mix

witch – powerful woman with magical powers

healers, seers, prophets, respected members of the community

- Many men do not like powerful women

- this story is not about witches, surface level of the story

One example: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/newsfeed/2020/07/ocasio-cortez-condemns-yoho-verbal-abuse-200727095114952.html

WW has power, arrested,

burned – punishment for women who were accused of being witches, witch trials, Europe Medieval times, in the US in the late 1600s, The Salem Witch Trials.

-hundreds of mostly women killed because people accused them of witchcraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_witch-hunts

-prescientific thinking, fear, ignorance

- put an evil, spell on me, bad luck, hex

- superstitious

purify a witch – fire, water

powerful woman meets a powerful man (judge) – she wins because she really is a witch (fairy tale, fantasy story)

misogyny – hatred of women

customs, culture, laws, and rules that discriminate against women

Russian law – ok to beat you wife now

My opinion: The judge threatening to burn the Wise Woman is a metaphor for violence against women all around the world.

deep story, kids story – fairy tales are often have very deep meaning

“Snow White” “Little Red Riding Hood” -ancient stories that have deep meanings

setting, setting, conflict, plot

Tomorrow paragraph answer

Topic sentence

- supporting sentences that support the topic sentence

- “ “ quoted words

150-200w

Make sure that you address the question. Focus on the questions. Do not tell me the plot of the story. Do not tell me about yourself.

Homework – reread the story, print it if possible, it makes the quotations easier to do

Friday, 24 July 2020

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1. Review paragraph

my marking - less grammar correction, don’t that enough

- for grammar, refer to your earlier work – same errors and problems that tend to persist until they are dealt with

e.g vt verb tense, vf verb form, punc, cap, phrasing

- read your paragraph, engage with your ideas, what you are saying

What I’m looking for:

1. Format -what the paragraph looks like on the page

-font 14-16 pt font

-indent

-left justify

-doublespace

2. Structure

-Begin with a topic sentence

supporting sentences

concluding sentence

Sentences – simple, compound, complex – every time, every one!

Length – 150-200w approximately

90w – too short

600w – too long

140w -ok

210w – ok

e.g. What is one conflict in your life?

topic sentence addresses the question directly, usually first sentence

Grabber and Topic sentence “We all have conflicts in our life. For me, the biggest conflict in my life is a person vs person conflict between me and my father.”

- supporting sentences

If you don’t have a topic sentence, then your paragraph has no direction.

“My father controls everything in my life. He has always don’t this. He doesn’t like to listen to me opinion”

-writing and writing with no direction

topic sentence shows the direction of the paragraph

2. Comma splices

3. “The Wise Woman of Cordoba“

Quotations “ “

4. Quiz on adjective clauses

Writing about “Wise Woman (paragraph with “ “) to pass on Monday.

Comma splices – check your email

e.g. I completed my essay, I have not submitted it. two independent clauses

1 I completed my essay

2 I have not submitted it

seperated with a comma, comma is not strong enough

I completed my essay, I have not submitted it. CS comma splice

two independent clauses What kind of sentence is that? compound

, SOBA ; ;TRANS

PROBLEM: I completed my essay, I have not submitted it. CS

SOLUTIONS: I completed my essay, but I have not submitted it.

I completed my essay; I have not submitted it.

I completed my essay; however, I have not submitted it.

CS – comma splices

I come from Venezuela, I have lived in Canada for one year, I like is here, Vancouver is nice. CS

I come from Venezuela, and I have lived in Canada for one year. I like is here because Vancouver is nice.

Comma Splice Exercises

Fix the sentences that need to be fixed.

1. I love eating durian, it is one of my favourite things.

I love eating durian because it is one of my favourite things.

I love eating durian; in fact, it is one of my favourite things.

Good enough for UBC.

2. We had a good lunch on the patio, we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

We had a good lunch on the patio, and we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

We had a good lunch on the patio; then we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

then – special word no comma Why? I don’t know. small detail

We had a good lunch on the patio before we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

After we had a good lunch on the patio, we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

We had a good lunch on the patio before enjoying a lovely stroll along the beach.

After having a good lunch on the patio, we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

We had a good lunch on the patio. We enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.

3. There are many reasons to visit Greece, the beaches are beautiful and the people are friendly.

There are many reasons to visit Greece; for example, the beaches are beautiful and the people are friendly.

There are many reasons to visit Greece, which has beautiful beaches and friendly people. non-essential clause

There are many reasons to visit Greece. For example, the beaches are beautiful; in addition, the people are friendly.

4. I'll never be able to buy a house, prices these days are just ridiculous.

5. I can not afford a house in Vancouver, so I am moving to Hope.

6. This is a delicious cake, you must give me the recipe one day.

7. I'm not surprised the residents were upset, the repair bills are going to be astronomical.

8. Hungary is an interesting country, the churches contain some of the finest frescoes found anywhere in Europe.

9. I dreamt I was eating the world’s largest marshmallow, now my pillow is gone.

Using quoted material in our writing “ “

Avoid plagiarism!

borrow words or a phrase from a text

There are many reasons to visit Greece; for example, the beaches are beautiful, and the water is known all around the world for being “crystal clean and clear” (visitgreece.gr). Also, the people are friendly.

“The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

Free Advice #6: Read the story twice - once to get setting, character and plot

-second to put deeper meaning (symbol, theme) and also words to quote “ “

Describe the Wise Woman.

sentence – “She was a very beautiful woman who had “strange black eyes”. Also, she … blah blah blah”

Quote just a few words (1,2,3 words), Incorporate them into your sentence.

Your examples:

1. She could fly “above the rooftops”.

2. She could fly “above the rooftops”, so people knew that she had special powers.

3. The Wise Woman of Cordoba liked to use “her magic powers” to help the poor.

4. She was very powerful woman who help those in difficulty. XXX no “” plagiarized

She was very powerful woman who “helped those in difficulty”.

5. When a Mexican ask an impossible favour, They will said “I am not the Wise Woman of Cordoba.” XXX Copied

6. She was "a good person" who helped people.

7. People knew that "she was married to the devil". Too long

8. She was not married to anyone and didn`t care about any man. NO “”” XXX

9. She did workout "like a pro", so she lost weight. From where? XXX

10. sShe has a special power “ Some believe it was because she was a witch” XXX Too long. Not grammatical. Not incorporated

11. She is so mystery mysterious ,so people said that she was "in contact with the devil'.

12. I like volleyball very much, "it is a summer Olympic sport". XXX CS Not a quotation. Source?

13. The wise woman was thought as "married to the devil" because she could "appear at the same time to different people, in different places". Too long

14. Some people didn’t like her because they believed that she is “a witch”.

15. The wise woman was thought as "married to the devil", because she always showed up "in different places" unexpectedly.

Great!

16. people said that she is a “powerful person” in the world. Not in the story- don’t put quotation marks around it

People said that she is a powerful person in the world.

17. Because she had done "good deeds" to the people, she was arrested by the government because she has special power.

18. The guards get shocked that "she escaped from the prison". Not a quotation. Make sure the quotation is right.

The guards were shocked that she "had escaped” from the prison.

19. She needed someone to help her escape, so she cheated the judge by asking him “what does this ship need to make it perfect.” Too long (2,3,4 words)

REWRITE AND SHORTEN THE QUOTATION

She needed someone to help her escape, so she cheated the judge by asking him if the ship that she drew was “perfect”.

20. She was very rich because she had “ten barrels of gold”.

Quotations – quote special or important words from the story

Quiz on adjective clauses.

Please, email the quiz to me by 10:40.

Regular format

Add an adjective clause to each sentence. Vary your styles.

e.g. I have a dog.

I have a dog that is white.

1. May bought a bicycle for her son.

2. John is moving to Calgary.

3. Here’s the key.

4. Maria bought some BC wine.

5. The fashionable woman has many pairs of shoes.

6. All of Michelle’s friends will have a barbecue next Saturday.

Thursday, 23 July 2020

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1. Midterm and September registration

2. Continue with adjective clauses

a. homework

b. misplaced modifiers

c. commas with adjective clauses

3. “Literary Terms”

4. “The Wise Woman of Cordoba“

Quotations “ “

Writing about “Wise Woman (paragraph with “ “) to pass on Monday.

Registration for September. Students asking me if they are going to pass this course.

The course is only halfway through. I can’t predict.

Current average – 70s, 80s -probably ok

4/6 5/6

Current average 50s – probably not a great idea to do higher level course

3/6, 3.5/6

This course – short quizzes, a couple paragraphs

more paragraphs

If your marks are low, that means your sentence writing is not great. My advice is to focus on improving that.

Homework from yesterday

Write a sentence using an adjective clause for each:

e.g. Joe bought a car. It has only three wheels left.

Joe bought a car which has only three wheels left.

1. Maria works in a restaurant. She sits next to me in class.

Maria works in a restaurant. who sits next to me in class independent clause dependent clause-adjective clause

who sits next to me in class What is that describing? Maria

Maria who sits next to me in class works in a restaurant. Maria who sits next to me in class works in a restaurant.

Maria works in a restaurant who sits next to me in class. wrong place – misplaced modifier

Sounds like ‘who sits next to me in class’ is describing ‘restaurant’. That is not the case.

Maria works in a restaurant, and she sits next to me in class. COMPOUND, not ADJ CL

2. Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia. It is a beautiful city.

Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia which is a beautiful city. misplaced modifier

Halifax which is a beautiful city is the capital of Nova Scotia. CORRECT

The beautiful city which is the capital of Nova Scotia is Halifax.

3. I bought a book. I am enjoying it.

I bought a book which I am enjoying.

4. We bought some BC peaches. They were on sale.

We bought some BC peaches that were on sale.

5. The car has a bad engine. I bought it last month.

The car has a bad engine that I bought it last month. XXX

The car that I bought it last month has a bad engine. XXX

The car that I bought last month has a bad engine.

6. We saw the woman at the grocery store. She lives next door to us.

We saw the woman at the grocery store who lives next door to us. XXX misplaced modifier

We saw the woman who lives next door to us at the grocery store.

Misplaced modifiers

Examples:

1. I gave a table to my sister that has three legs. misplaced modifier

I gave a table that has three legs to my sister.

2. The dog belongs to the man that is chasing after squirrels.

The dog that is chasing after squirrels belongs to the man.

3. The man saw a cat that was riding a bicycle.

The man that/who was riding a bicycle saw a cat. ‘who’ sounds more polite

Quiz later today, 6 sentences

Grammar lesson of the day – a little tricky

, , commas and adjective clauses – complicated

Not a big deal. Don’t street about it, but you should know when to use commas.

restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, essential and non-essential clauses

Ex. Beijing which is the capital of China is a huge city.

How many Beijings are there? One- special, unique

Beijing which is the capital of China is a huge city.

If you write ‘Beijing’ everybody knows what you mean.

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge city. which is the capital of China – extra information, not essential information

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge city. MAIN POINT ‘huge city’ EXTRA ‘capital of China’

Her school which is on Fraser Street is an old building. Do you know her school? No.

‘which is on Fraser Street’ is essential information, no commas

Please open the window that is next to the door. essential

I live in Vancouver, which is the main city in BC. non-essential

You have to decide if they adjective clause is essential information or not.

Sometimes we use commas, and sometimes we don’t. That’s why.

Joe’s mom who is retired likes to play mah-jong. commas or no commas?

‘Joe’s mom’ How many moms does Joe have? one

Joe’s mom, who is retired, likes to play mah-jong.

Joe’s aunt who is retired likes to play mah-jong. How many aunts does Joe have? three

Joe’s aunt, who is retired, likes to play mah-jong. How many aunts does Joe have? one

Your examples:

1. The man, who is wearing a white T-shirt, is my husband. XXX

The man who is wearing a white T-shirt is my husband. billions of men

My husband, who is wearing a white t-shirt, is playing soccer. only one husband

2. Trump, who is the president of The United States, was doing a conference.

3. Maria's husband who is a business manager wants to build a new house. XXX

Maria's husband, who is a business manager, wants to build a new house.

4. Shelly, who had been abandoned by her husband, finally found a partner.

5. Butter, that is our English teacher's doggie, is good at playing frisbee.

Let’s meet at the Starbucks at 2PM. Not enough information.

Let’s meet at the Starbucks that is on Fraser and 49th at 2PM. essential information – no commas

Let’s meet at South Hill.

Let’s meet at South Hill, which is open today. non-essential information – commas

( ) – some people do the same thing with brackets, casual , avoid that

grammar book – essential and non-essential clauses, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses

Today -paragraph

Quiz on adjective clause tomorrow.

Literary Terms

vs versus (against)

TOPIC SENTENCE: One main conflict in Titanic is the person vs herself conflict between Rose and herself as she begins to understand her own needs and find her independence from her mother and fiancé.

Test – paragraph (150-200w)

Email to me by 10:45

14-16 pt font

Doublespace

“What is one conflict in your life?”

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

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1. Review noun clause quiz

2. Continue with adjective clauses

3. “Literary Terms”

4. “The Wise Woman of Cordoba“

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Writing (paragraph with “ “) to pass in Friday.

For September term, I will be teaching English10/EF7 at 11:00 and 1:30. If you do want to attend my class, enroll soon because they will likely fill up.

Nobody if it will be at school, online, or a mix. The school board will make a decision in about two weeks.

Registration for September started two weeks ago. Email you advisor if you want to register. Hopefully, the class you want is not full yet.

EF 1,2,3,4,5,6 EF7&English 10 are the same thing English 11, 12

Government rule:

EF7 is for graduated adults (finished high school in another place)

English 10 (didn’t finish high school anywhere)

Why?

Ask the government. I don’t know.

All course are nine weeks long, except for Summer which is five weeks.

Quarter 1 September- November

Quarter 2 November- January

Quarter 3 February – April

Quarter 4 April- June

Summer July- August

If you want to do your course more quickly, you could go to Hogwarts School of Magic.

Why is there no level EF8,9?

Ask the government. I don’t know.

Our photograph today is of

Quiz# 4

14-16pt font

Doublespace

Write a complete sentence with a noun clause for each:

1. say key

say + that

My friend said that she lost the key to/in her apartment.

2. know ask

know + how to V

I don’t know how to ask you this question.

3. believe Canada

believe + that

I believe that coming to Canada will be good for you. coming - gerund (noun)

4. understand job

understand + that

You have to understand that this is a difficult job.

5. remember party

remember + what

Do you remember what happened at the party?

remember + why

I remember why her party/gathering/get together was canceled last year.

remember + that

You should remember that Betty is not responsible for what you did at the party.

We will have a get together tonight.

We had dinner at my friend’s house.

We hung out at my friend’s place.

6. think house

think + that

I don’t think that I can afford this house.

I don’t think that I can afford to buy this house.

I think that Minto Communities can build a luxury house for you.

Types of sentences:

*SIMPLE – one independent clause with a S&V

SSV

SVV

SSVV

interrogative

imperative

*COMPOUND – two independent clauses joined together with a. , SOBA

b. ;

c. ; TRANS,

SV SV

English can be challenging to learn, but it is worth the effort.

English can be challenging to learn; it is worth the effort.

English can be challenging to learn; nevertheless, it is worth the effort.

*COMPLEX – independent clause + dependent clause

Three kinds of dependent clauses

1. adverb clause

2. noun clause

3. adjective clause

These are the basic that we have to practice regularly. We should never get away from it. If we lose sight of the basics, we are lost.

adjective clauses

who - people

that – things, animals

which – special or unique things

whom – not commonly used, low-frequency, forget it

The woman who lives next door is very friendly. adj cl

who lives next door ‘who’ is a subject pronoun

The woman who I was talking to is very friendly. adj cl

who I was talking to ‘who’ is an object pronoun

When we have ‘who’ as an object pronoun, we can say ‘whom’.

The woman who I was talking to is very friendly.

The woman whom I was talking to is very friendly. very formal, very fancy, nobody talks like that

The woman who I was talking to is very friendly. VERY NATURAL SOUNDING

The woman who I was talking to is very friendly. MOST AUTHENTIC

The woman I was talking to is very friendly. MOST AUTHENTIC AND SOUNDING

Your examples:

1. That young woman who was on the T.V is an angel. subject pronoun

2. The beautiful girl who lives in Toronto is very famous. subject or object pronoun? subject pronoun

3. The girl who lives on Knight Street is my friend. subject pronoun

4. The woman who I work with is very kind. object pronoun

Because it is an object pronoun, we have a few choices:

a. The woman who I work with is very kind.

b. The woman whom I work with is very kind. formal, low-frequency

c. The woman I work with is very kind. most authentic

5. The young woman who I ask for help is very gorgeous smart. object pronoun

The young woman whom I ask for help is very smart.

The young woman I ask for help is very smart.

6. The musician who wrote this song is French.

7. The man who is eating pizza likes eating hamburger.

8. The tall woman who is playing tennis was my student.

9. The detective who works on murder cases is honesty honest and trustworthiness trustworthy.

10. The person who we were talking about last week was John A. MacDonald. object pronoun

*** Good examples to show the difference***

11. The woman who I worked for was too strict. OBJECT

12. I worked for the woman who was too strict. SUBJECT

13. The man who is doing paperwork in his office.

The man who is doing paperwork in his office is the new hire.

‘Who’ will always work for adjective clauses about people.

One exception about ‘whom’

when you are writing a business letter to someone whose name you don’t know.

To whom it may concern,

e.g. a recommendation letter

Confusion about ‘that’ – many uses in English

‘that’ noun clauses

I know that the story about the Wise Woman is not true. noun clause - is a noun

She thinks that it will rain.

‘that’ adjective clauses

I liked the story that was about the Wise Woman. adjective clause – describes a noun

She has a phone that is also a camera.

You have to figure out the difference.

Examples:

1. I understand that everyone is different, but we are all in the same world. noun clause

2. He has this tennis racket that was bought from this shop. adj cl, describes ‘racket’

3. We know that the story is not true. n cl

We know the story that is not true. adj cl

4. I understand that it is possible to buy a house even though it is expensive. noun clause adv cl

5. I took a photo of the flower that grew in my garden.SUBJECT PRONOUN

6. The flower that I took a photo of grew in my garden. OBJECT PRONOUN

7. Sarah has an expensive jacket that was made in Philippines. subject pronoun, adj cl describing ‘jacket’

8. I believe that Canada`s government the Canadian government is careful about the disabled people. noun clause

9. She made a cherry pie that is made with love. adj cl

10. The money that I made came from the stock market. adj cl

11. I understand that it takes time for us to practice adjective clauses and noun clauses. n cl

12. The adjective clauses and noun clauses that we learnt in English class are not easy. adj cl, object pronoun

13. We are taking classes that are really complicated. adj cl, subject pronoun

14. I am doing my homework that postponed it yesterday. XXX

I am doing my homework that was postponed yesterday. adj cl, subject pronoun

This is not easy, but we’ll get it. We have been working on this for one hour. It might a couple of days before we really get it.

It’s too hard. I’m going back to bed.

We’ll review this tomorrow.

Homework. You don’t have to email it to me. You can if you want.

Write a sentence using an adjective clause for each:

e.g. Joe bought a car. It has only three wheels left.

Joe bought a car which has only three wheels left.

1. Maria works in a restaurant. She sits next to me in class.

2. Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia. It is a beautiful city.

3. I bought a book. I am enjoying it.

4. We bought some BC peaches. They were on sale.

5. The car has a bad engine. I bought it last month.

6. We saw the woman at the grocery store. She lives next door to us.

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

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1. Adjective clauses

2. “Literary Terms”

3. Quiz - noun clauses

4. Homework Read “The Wise Woman of Cordoba“ for tomorrow.

I emailed this to you already.

Consider conflict. What are the conflicts in the story?

Today’s picture is of

Sentence types: a main focus of the course

I want you to be able to write a wide variety of sentence types with confidence. That takes constant daily practice.

Very challenging and very frustrating. Often, we want to quit because it’s too hard.

The truth is this: It’s not too hard. We just haven’t practiced enough.

We have to be determined. We have to push through with the hard work. That is the secret.

STEP 1

You see somebody do something amazing.

You want to do it.

You try to do it, and you can’t.

You think that it is too hard for you.

STEP 2 – choice

a. quit and complain, make an excuse

b. practice

If a, then everything is great. Go watch TV.

If b, then get to work.

STEP 3

Practice every day. Set up a schedule. Don’t practice just when you feel like it. Follow a routine.

Tuesday

- transitional terms (15m) SV ; TRANS, SV.

- review adjective clauses (15m)

Wed

- , SOBA

- Review simple sentences

Thursday

- noun clauses

- Review modals

Fri

- adverb cl

- verb tense – present and past continuous

Sat

NO PRACTICE

Sun

- phrasal verbs (practice 5)

Mon

- adjective clauses

- verb tense – present perfect

After some time passes… a couple of weeks, a couple of months.

STEP 4

You will be able to do that amazing thing from STEP 1.

-simple, compound, complex sentence

-verb tenses

-modals

-phrasal verbs

This is how I approach a problem.

1. Figure out what I want to learn – be specific.

“I want to get better at English” Too vague

“I want to understand the difference between adverb clauses and noun clauses.” Specific.

2. Make a plan. No plan- no progress.

3. Do the work that you laid out in the plan.

4. Enjoy your progress!

Free advice #5: Get organized.

Sentence types:

1. SIMPLE

2. COMPOUND

3. COMPLEX

a. adverb clauses

b. noun clauses

c. adjective clauses

This is it for clauses. That’s all there is. It is all right here: simple, compound, complex.

I have a proofreading business for university students. Most of my customers are nurses doing masters degrees. I used to have architects, and before that city planners. I’ve also has some science students.

They will write a paper. They will email the draft to me. I will proofread and edit the paper.

edit – sentences, punctuation, verb usage, rephrase

When I edit and revise their writing, I use the three sentence types for everything: simple, compound, complex, compound complex.

I also have a student who is an excellent writer, but she still likes me to proofread her work before she passes it in. It makes her feel more confident. It costs her $15-20, but it is worth it.

When you get to university, let me know if I can help you. You have me email address.

* adjective clauses – describe a noun

adjectives describe nouns “the cute cat” “the lazy dog” “my frugal spending”

for more complicated ideas – adjective clause

Use these pronouns:

HIGH FREQUENCY (90% of the time)

who – people, polite, sounds good, respectful

that – things that are not alive, animals

which- special things, unique things

LOWER FREQUENCY (10% of the time)

whom – very rarely used, forget it, not important

where

whose

Examples:

My neighbor who is from Hong Kong is not friendly. His wife who loves to gamble is not friendly. His son who plays piano is not friendly. His daughter who is very quiet is not friendly.

Our other neighbour who is from China is very friendly. His wife who is a homemaker is very friendly. His daughter who plays piano is friendly. Their home student who is from Japan is very friendly.

1. Zara who is our new manager doesn't have programming skills.

2. Sara’s sister who lives in Tokyo is an office manager.

3. Dave’s grandmother who rides a motorcycle is getting a new tattoo on her arm.

4. My boss who hired me is a very strict man.

5. I was talking to a woman who was walking seven dogs. She is a professional dog walker.

6. The person who painted my room is from Brazil.

7. People who keep animals are kind.

8. Kelsy and Kaila who are my coworkers are cat lovers.

9. My friend who is a manager of a company will hire me.

10. My son who is a good composer likes skiing.

11. My brother who is working at the Bank in Hong Kong likes music.

12. The lady who is riding the bike is my co-worker.

that

13. Michele bought a phone that has a 7” screen.

14. The little kid picked up a shell that was iridescent.

15. The gift that I ordered for your birthday will be delivered on Monday.

16. Butter is a dog that is adorable which is more important to my teacher.

Butter is a dog that is adorable. He is very important to my teacher.

17. The cat that I had before ran away.

18. The cat that I had. fragment – need another verb

The cat that I had ran away. two clauses – one main clause, one adjective clause

19. The mistake that we made has been fixed.

20. She surprised me with flowers that are named called Dahlias.

21. The phone that you bought yesterday was gone.

which – special things, unique things (only one)

22. I have my grandmother’s wedding ring which she left to me.

23. I bought a computer which was very expensive. sounds special

I bought a computer that was very expensive. regular computer

24. I play a mandolin which was build by Peter Sawchyn, who is luthier in Saskatchewan.

25. I live in Vancouver which is a beautiful city.

26. The Great Wall of China which is a UNESCO Heritage Site was too steep for Justin Beiber.

27. I will buy a picture which is very unusual. sounds special

28. My son drew a picture which I put on the fridge. It is a terrible picture of our house. The people are taller than the house.

29. I bought that small mirror which is an antique. sounds special

30. Fatima grew up in Iran, which is in the Middle East.

31. I took pictures of my mom which are very beautiful.

32. I got a book which my mom gave me.

33. I read a book which was written by Johnson.

34. The rainbow which appeared after the rain was very beautiful.

35. Angel Falls, which are the highest in the world, are being destroyed by tourists.

36. I grew in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world.

When you use ‘which’, you are expressing that it is special or unique.

adjective clauses- who, that, which

Quiz# 4

14-16pt font

Doublespace

Email to me as an attachment by 10:35.

Write a complete sentence with a noun clause for each:

1. say key

2. know ask

3. believe Canada

4. understand job

5. remember party

6. think house

Monday, 20 July 2020

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Agenda

1. Review para – format

Plagiarism, copied, half-copied

2. Continue with noun clauses

3. Begin adjective clauses

4. Quiz tomorrow- noun clauses

Today’s picture is of The Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. That is my island, my home.

Tomorrow - Begin adjective clauses

- Quiz on noun clauses

Format of a paragraph

- 14-16 point font (standard for all school writing)

We want to avoid a font that is too small to read comfortably, or too large. This is 8-point font. This is 10-point font. This is 14-point font. This is 16-point font. This is 24-point font.

- doublespace (standard format for school, college, university)

In your writing program, there will be a setting for single and double spacing. You should find it and figure it out.

People have lots of things that they care about. It can be for different reasons, situations or circumstances. These define us as humans, with our joy and sadness. Sometimes losing these things can give us a sentiment of loneliness or sadness. What will never change is the happiness that these things gave us in the first place. For me, the 3 reasons that are important are my family, health, and my fiance. Family, is important to me. I know that they will always be here for me in the bad moments and the good moments. I believe that they show me the path to be a good human being and be part of the society by setting a good example of their behavior. Even if I lived in a different country, and see them once a year, I still have the same love for them. Love do not have any borders, it transcends us deeply.

- Indent the first word of the paragraph

Use the TAB key (next to the Q key) to indent. There is no need to hit SPACE five times.

Plagiarisim – copying text from a source and including in your writing as your own.

Go on the internet. Find some text about the subject that you’re writing about. Copy it. Paste it. Submit it to the teacher to be marked.

COPIED FROM WIKIPEDIA

Sir John Alexander Macdonald (10 or 11 January 1815[b] – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada (1867–1873, 1878–1891). The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career which spanned almost half a century.

I can see that this is not your writing. It isn’t your writing style. It doesn’t sound like you. it’s not your normal vocabulary.

I go online and find it. That takes about five seconds.

I see that it is plagiarized. I give you a 0 on the test. I write a letter for your permanent VSB file. If you plagiarize twice, you will not be welcome in my class anymore. It is a serious thing.

You have to figure this out. This is your responsibility to learn what to do.

VERY IMPORTANT:Do not copy text from the story or the internet. That is plagiarism. Write the information you have learned in your own sentences.

- sentences means simple, compound, complex

Write a well-organized paragraph (150-200w) on the following topic:

Who was Sir John A. McDonald?

We read an article in class. You may have done some of your own research. That’s excellent.

However, you can’t plagiarize text and expect a teacher to give it marks.

“I didn’t know.” Now you know.

“I didn’t mean to.” What did you mean to do?

“I didn’t realize that I was plagiarizing. I had done some reading.” Realize it. It’s your responsibility.

Read the article(s).

Understand what it is saying.

Write the information in your own words. SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX

That is the whole point of the class- you getting better at writing sentences.

Macdonald's formal schooling ended at 15, a common school-leaving age at a time when only children from the most prosperous families were able to attend university.

COPY PASTE

Why would I give points for this? You didn’t write it. What I want you to do is to put the sentence work that we have been doing into practice.

This will get a 0. Copying and pasting is not the intent of the class.

Borrow text and include it in our writing. “ “ quotation marks

"I had no boyhood," he complained many years later. "From the age of 15, I began to earn my own living."

Because MacDonald grew up poor and had to work from a young age, he felt that he “had no boyhood”. MY WORDS QUOTED TEXT

Because MacDonald grew up poor and had to work from a young age, he felt that he “had no boyhood” (Wikipedia).

Perfect! Ready for UBC.

IMPORTANT – Quote only as few words. 2-3 words. If you quote “ “ a long section or a full sentence, that is wrong.

You can quote longer sections when you are writing longer pieces. If you writing 10000 words, then you put in long quotations. When you are writing 150-200 words for a paragraph, then you cannot quote long sections.

For example.

I just learned about John A. MacDonald. “Sir John Alexander Macdonald[a] (10 or 11 January 1815[b] – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada (1867–1873, 1878–1891). The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career which spanned almost half a century.” (Wikipedia). He was a great man. NO GOOD

Sir John A. MacDonald was a “dominant figure”(Wikipedia) in the creation of Canada in the mid 1800s. PERFECT

If you want to use quoted material, you have to learn how to do it.

We will do more on this later this week.

- COMMENT Eliminate first person. No “I”

Sir John A. MacDonald was a “dominant figure”(Wikipedia) in the creation of Canada in the mid 1800s. I respect him a lot. Therefore, he won most Canadian's respect. Therefore, he won the respect of most Canadians.

“most Canadian's respect”’ - sounds like a translation from Chinese

“the respect of most Canadians” phrasing

- This isn’t about you. Don’t insert yourself into the writing. It is not narrative writing.

Sir John A. MacDonald grew up in a poor family. I also grew up in a poor family, so I know what that’s like. It’s very hard. My mother worked hard to take care of us. I also had to take care of my brothers.

- Most people love to talk about yourselves. However this isn’t the time and place. Stick to the topic.

No matter what the topic, some students always bring it around to themselves. Similarly, no matter what the topic, some religious students always wind up talking about Jesus.

Free advice #4: Stick to the topic!

REVIEW

Noun clauses -

most-used verbs with noun clauses – think, say, feel, believe, know, understand, etc.

that, why, how

Use these in different combinations.

think that

“Sarah doesn’t think that she can go to the dance on Friday night.”

learn how

“Jie wants to learn how to play piano.”

know how

“The little boy doesn’t know how to use the telephone.”

say that

“Our boss said that we will get a big order today.”

Do you have any example that you would like to try? Write them in the Chat.

1. I think that I can finish this work on time.

2. I understand that you can not make it tomorrow.

3. I know that she is our manager.

4. He taught me how to speak. how + infinitive

5. I have learned how to use quotations in my writing.

6. Our teacher said that we shouldn't copy from a source in our writing.

7. I don't know how to play guitar.

8. My mother knows how to cook my favourite food.

9. My mom wants to learn how to drive.

10. After I came to Canada, I understood why English so is important.

11. I learn how to use doublespace.

12. I think that you are right.

13. My father said that I worthy it! XXX

that I worthy it ww ‘worthy’ (adj) verb? Meaning?

14. I believe that she is going to do it well.

15. This is very useful to learn about Canadian culture. noun clause? looks like one

16. I don't know that I can go to the camping on the weekend.

17. I think (that) I should practice more in how to write articles.

18. He feels/understands why he should help people more.

19. I don’t remember what you said.

20. I like to know how can we learn better English. V

how can we learn better English “How can we learn better English?”

how we can learn better English - noun clause

I like to know how we can learn better English.

Source of confusion – question and noun clause

I don’t know if is it raining. XXX Is it raining?

I don’t know if it is raining. complex sentence -noun clause

21. I figured out how to write with attention to reading.

“with attention to reading” Meaning?

I don’t know how to reading with attention. XXX vf

I don’t know how to read with attention.

how + infinitive “how to sing” She is learning how to sing.

She is learning how to singing. XXX

I wonder how you are. simple present – usually, all the time

I am wondering how you are. present continuous – happening right now

Hopefully everyone is doing extra work on the grammar website.

22. I am not sure who is going to drive.

23. My husband doesn't know how to learn better English.

24. I don't know how you can run so fast.

25. I believe that everyone can do a great job. can do great work.

Quiz tomorrow – 6 sentences as usual

Example of quoting:

Sir A. Macdonald was recognized as a 'knighted for his role in creating Canada’’( Esl library), and remember for everyone as Canada first prime minister.

Sir A. Macdonald was recognized “for his role in creating Canada’’(ESL Library) and remembered by everyone as Canada’s first prime minister.

Sir A. Macdonald was “knighted for his role in creating Canada” (ESL Library) and remembered by everyone as Canada’s first prime minister.