EF6 July 23

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Agenda

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?”