EF6 July 21

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Agenda

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?

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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

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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