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Today’s agenda
1.
Email protocol –
review- name, class, time, topic
attachment
Can you see
my comments?
Read my
feedback comments online
PC- Wordpad,
Mac - built-in word processing program
More
meaningful title of document
2.
Review of
sentences
3.
Homework Read CBC article I sent you earlier.
Check your email. If you didn’t get it, let
me know.
Test #1- We will write an opinion paragraph
on this general topic tomorrow.
When we do a test.
-regular class 11-12, or
maybe a bit shorter
-give you the test, 45m
deadline, e.g start 12:00, email me by 12:45
Yesterday was just to sort
out the kinks, not for marks.
Emailed your bio
- Subject line: Name, Class,
Time, Test
- I wrote a note “Thanks”.
Could you see my note?
If yes, great. No problem.
If no, then you must turn on “Comments”
in MSWord. “Show Markup” – “Comments”
Also, you can read the
comments by opening your document online:
https://onlinedocumentviewer.com/Welcome/
We will use the email and
comments all through the course.
Give your document a more meaningful
title when you save it.
e.g. Name, Class, Time, Test
Test tomorrow – opinion paragraph,
your opinion on a topic based on the CBC article
I will talk a little bit
about paragraphs tomorrow. You have studied paragraphs in other classes, so you
know what a paragraph is and how to write one.
opinion- what do you think?
what are you ideas?
Review of sentences-
Sentences- important, write a
variety of sentences, consistently, reliably
- basis of all my school, professional
work – good writing
- personal, business
Being able to write well and
clearly is a huge benefit.
Three kinds of sentences:
SIMPLE SENTENCE – one main
clause, one independent clause, has a complete meaning by itself
subject + verb
SV It is a nice sunny day today.
SSV Yesterday and today
were both beautiful.
SVV The kids played basketball and ran laps in the park.
SSSV Her sister, his
mother, and my aunt all enjoy
snowboarding.
SVVV The dog got up, ate
his breakfast, and went back to bed.
S + V
Your examples from Chat:
1.
I have English10 class
online everyday. punc
2.
KATE TALKED TO
THE MANAGER. caps punc
3.
I cooked and did
some exercise this morning. SVV
4.
Carlo and I
played volleyball. SSV
5.
Education is very
important to everyone.
6.
Jack is eating
and talking at the same time. SVV
7.
I sat on the
floor and saw looked at/ read the story book I bought yesterday.
COMPLEX
8.
Do your homework.
9.
Give me back my
phone.
Imperative sentence- command,
tell somebody to do something
You close the door. Close the door. implied subject
Go to bed. You go to
bed.
Sit down.
Watch out.
here/there
Here is my house. ‘here’ is not subject
There are my two sisters.
Simple sentences- S+V,
easiest kind of sentence, simple but powerful
If you want to say something important,
say it with a simple sentence. It will be more memorable.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
2 simple sentences put
together
I have English 10 class online
everyday. I need quiet in the house. SIMPLE SENTENCES
-join them together to make a
compound sentence
FANBOYS -mnemonic (memory
device), 7 coordinating conjunctions
for and nor but or yet so – not all are
useful
for
She is wearing sunglasses,
for it is bright outside. not authentic, unusual
She is wearing sunglasses because
it is bright outside. COMPLEX SENT
I have a present for you. SIMPLE,
different use of the word ‘for’
nor
She doesn’t speak French, nor
does she speak German. too stuffy, old-fashioned
She doesn’t speak French or
German. authentic, real English
I am teaching a middle level
of formality- not too casual, not too formal
yet
It is almost mid-September,
yet it feels like summer. ok, but too formal sounding
It is almost mid-September, but
it feels like summer. more natural sounding
FANBOYS and buy or so
SOBA – so or but and – most useful,
use them 1000 times everyday, all day long
Your examples:
1.
It is sunny, yet
the weather is cold. grammatically fine, too formal, old-fashioned
It is sunny
, but the weather is cold.
2.
She ran to her dog
to take him out, but he was sleeping.
3.
She wants chocolate,
so she will buy some later.
4.
Zack went fishing
with his friend Sam, but and they caught something big.
5.
Jim plays
basketball, and Mike runs marathons.
HOMEWORK
Review simple and compound sentences.
We can share some examples tomorrow.
Read CBC article for
background. Paragraph tomorrow.
COMPLEX SENTENCES
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