teacherhaley: August 2020

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Today’s Agenda:

1. sentence combining

2. review of the term -

sentence types

punctuation

verb forms – verb tense website

modals

transitional terms

literary terms

short stories

poetry

First Nations

3. essay writing – five-paragraph essay

review structure

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

Today will be the last day of instruction. Tomorrow, which is our final class, will be just for the essay. I will give you a topic to write a five-paragraph essay about. You will submit the essay to me by 10:30. You will have almost two hours to write the essay.

If you are unable to write coherently in English, many doors will be locked to you.

Sentence Combining 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.

We went hiking to in the mountains that were in BC with our friends who were come came/were from Germany.

We went hiking in the mountains in BC with our friends who came from Germany.

We went to hike with our friends who were from Germany in the mountains that were in BC.

We went hiking in the BC mountains with our German friends. SIMPLE

We went to hike in the mountains in BC with our friends from Germany.

2. We carried backpacks.

Our backpacks were full.

They were full of our supplies.

The supplies were for camping.

We carried backpacks, but our supplies were full for camping. XXX Meaning?

We carried backpacks that were full of our supplies for camping.

We carried backpacks full of our supplies for camping.

We carried backpacks full of camping supplies.

The backpacks were full of our supplies because we were going camping. carry?

We carried backpacks that were full of supplies for camping.

The backpacks that we were carrying it were full of supplies for camping. adj cl

We carried our backpacks which were full of camping supplies.

3. It rained.

We wore rain coats.

Our clothes stayed dry.

Our boots were wet.

We wore a dry rain coats because it is was raining today. Confused

It rained; fortunately, we wore rain coats that keep our clothes stayed dry, but our boots were wet. XXX

we wore rain coats that kept our clothes stayed dry -Become more familiar with authentic English.

We wore our rain coats when it rained,so our clothes stayed dry, but our boots were wet. Not good style When it rained，we wore our rain coats ，and our clothes stayed dry， but our boots were wet. Not beautiful style

sssss, and ccccc, but ddddd, so hhhhh.

It rained, so our boots were wet; on the other hand, our clothes stayed dry because we wore rain coats. GOOD!

When it rained, we wore rain coats. Our clothes stayed dry, but our boots were wet. GOOD!

It rained, so our boots were wet; however, our clothes stayed dry because we wore rain coats. GOOD!

4. We found a campsite.

The campsite wasn’t crowded.

The campsite looked clean.

We pitched our tents.

We found an uncrowded campsite that looked clean, so we pitched our tents.

We pitched our tent in an uncrowded, clean-looking campsite that we found.

We found a campsite, where wasn’t crowed and looked clean, where pitched our tents.

We found a clean, uncrowded campsite to pitch our tent.

We found a campsite that wasn't crowded and looked clean, so we pitched our tents.

We found a clean campsite, so it wasn't crowded but we pitched our tents. Meaning? Doesn’t make sense

We found a campsite that wasn't crowded and the place looks clean and pitched our tents.

We found an uncrowded and clean campsite where we pitched our tents.

We found a campsite that looked clean, but it wasn't crowded; however, we pitched our tents. Why ‘however’? Doesn’t make sense.

Since we found a campsite that wasn’t crowded and looked clean, we pitched our tents.

We found a campsite, but it looked clean. Meaning? It was not crowded; however, we pitched out tents. Meaning?

** Some of us are struggling with authentic sentences. ‘but’ ‘and’ ‘so’ ‘therefore’ ‘however’ These words have meanings.

The campsite we founded looked clean and wasn’t that much crowded, so we pitched our tents.

5. We cooked together.

We played cards.

We were tired.

We went to bed early.

After we cooked together and played cards, we were tired, so we went to bed early. COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE

We were so tired that we went to bed early after we played cards and cooked together. two adv cl

We cooked together; on the other hand, we played cards since morning so that we went to bed early because we were tied.

We found a campsite that is was clean and wasn't crowded, so we pitched our tents.

We were tired after cooking together and playing cards; therefore, we went to bed early.

6. We went to Victoria.

We took the ferry.

Victoria is on Vancouver Island.

We took the ferry to Victoria which is on Vancouver Island.

We went to Victoria Island by ferry. Vancouver Island is the island. Victoria is the city.

We Went went to Victoria which is on Vancouver Island by the ferry. CAP – You have get better at this.

We took the ferry when went to Victoria which is on Vancouver Island.

We went to Victoria, which is on Vancouver Island, by taking a ferry.

, which is on Vancouver Island , -adj cl with commas

7. Our friends came with us.

Our friends are from Italy.

Our friends who are from Italy came with us. COMPLEX

Our friends from Italy came with us. SIMPLE

Our Italian friends came with us. SIMPLE

Our friends who came with us they are from Italy. XXX

Our friends came with us; they are from Italy.

8. I carried a backpack.

The backpack was full.

It was full of food.

The food was for our lunch.

I carried a backpack that was full of food 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 fell asleep.

There is still lots of work to do. Slow, steady daily practice is the secret best method to improve.

Five-paragraph essays – basic style, baking a simple cake You can learn other styles as you become more comfortable with essays.

five short paragraphs (300-400 words)

Introductory paragraph

- Grabber/Hook

- Thesis statement (same role as a Topic Sentence in a paragraph)

- Preview of the three points (3 points- 2 is not enough, 4 is too many)

Body paragraphs, three body paragraphs because there are three points

-1. short paragraph about point #1

-2. short paragraph about point #2

-3. short paragraph about point #3

Concluding paragraph

-restate the Thesis Statement

-restate the three points

-end with a Clincher (like a Grabber/Hook, but at the end)

Is Canada a good place to live?

Yes/No

Two different approaches:

PLAN

yes – 1.safe-politically, stable, law and order, little violence, no war

2.clean-water, air, streets, hygiene

3.opportunity-school, educational, politically, business, equal opportunity

no – 1.weather, climate – cold, long winters, rainy, grey, little sun

2.expensive- tax, goods and services, education

3.challenges – finding good job, racism, language, culture, law

When you write the essay, you write sentences. Don’t number 1. 2. 3.

Always real sentences.

There won’t be any quotations for this essay because we are not writing about a story.

In English 10,11,12 you will write essays with quotations.

For this first essay, we will keep it simple. I don’t want to ask you to write your first essay and include quoted work. It will be too much to do for the first time.

Example topic:

Do you agree that marijuana should be legal in Canada?

Pets are good for children. Yes/No

Should college be free for all citizens?

Should medical care be free for all citizens?

Homework – review essay structure, review sentence types

Our picture today is of Tofino, BC.

“You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.”

George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara

Hi everyone,

We have been working hard learning about the three types of sentences: simple, compound, complex. We have studied the basic structures of these sentences. Also, we have explored a lot of details about how we can use these sentences, including subjects, verb forms, phrasing, capitals, punctuation, etc.

It is a good foundation which you can use for the rest of your life in English.

I know that many of you are frustrated because although you are learning these new styles and understand them, you are still having problems writing them when it comes time to write a paragraph.

This is what I think is happening: It is not enough to learn new things. You also have to unlearn old things that are wrong.

In our case, you can’t just learn new English sentence styles. You also have to unlearn old styles that you have been using, but that don’t work.

Many of you are doing well in class when we do exercises. You can write the new styles that we have been learning. You have proven that class after class. However, when you write paragraphs you fall back on your old sentence styles that don’t work.

You have to leave these old wrong sentence structures behind. They don’t work. They will never work. Even if they seem ok to you, they aren’t. If a teacher is telling you again and again that they are not right, you should think about doing something different and new.

In class we learned what works. Learn the new styles and use them. They are the way forward for you.

Best,

teacherhaley

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