Eng7/10 Sept 14

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Today’s agenda

1.   “Correction Codes”

2.   Go over paragraph from Friday

3.   Continue review of sentences - ; semicolons

4.   HW  Read the poem “Trees in Ice” for tomorrow.

Read the short story “What Happened During the Ice Storm” for Wednesday.

I emailed these to you about 10 minutes ago.

 

Tests worth 7 pts, marked out of 6.

3/6 3.5/7

 

 

 

Shorthand codes for marking

- article – a, an, the

I bought a shoes yesterday. art

some shoes, a pair of shoes

 

- awkward, phrasing – often translation from another language, doesn’t sound natural

 

- comma splice – two sentecnes separated by a comma, a comma is not strong enough

I like ice cream, she likes chocolate. CS

SOLUTIONS

I like ice cream, but she likes chocolate.

I like ice cream; she likes chocolate.

I like ice cream; however, she likes chocolate.

I like ice cream. She likes chocolate.

 

- sentence fragment – not a complete sentence

I didn’t go for a run. Because the air quality was poor this weekend. frag

SOLUTIONS

I didn’t go for a run because the air quality was poor this weekend.

I didn’t go for a run. The air quality was poor this weekend.

 

- preposition – meanings are all idiomatic, have to become familiar with them

phrasal verb - verb+prep

verb + prep

look at

look for

look after

look up

look up to

 

They are very important! Phrasal verbs are the heart of English.

https://www.skypeenglishclasses.com/english-phrasal-verbs/

 

MY FREE ADVICE #3:        Learn lots of them if you want to be a good English speaker and writer and listener.

 

 

- run-on sentence – two sentences, no punctuation between them

My sister plays volleyball she really likes it she has been playing since she was 14.

. , and  ;  - between them to fix it

 

 

- subject verb agreement  - #1 error that people make

Her sister live in Vietnam. agr

Her sister lives in Vietnam.

 

I go

You go

He goes

Your grandmother goes

 

- verb tense – 12 verb tenses in English, 7 are important- search my blog for verb tense

Super important!!

 

- verb form – You have to know your verbs. If you don’t know them, learn them!

 

- wf – building vocabulary

The little kid was boring bored in church yesterday. wf

Church was boring.

 

- wrong word

On Saturday morning, I always clean the chicken kitchen. ww

 

- # hash marks, sungular, plural

I have 5 person people in my family. #

I bought a new shoe yesterday. a new pair of shoes, new shoes

I have a black hair. # art Really? 1 hair

 

? Meaning? – I don’t know what you mean. Try to express your idea again in a different way.

 

If anybody a sentence from their paragraph that want to look at, please put it in the Chat:

1.   How is my nail or how are my nails? both sound weird to me

How are my nails? Usually 10 fingernails

2.   A number of the students in my class are from Mexico. #

3.   A few of the workers don't to like work overtime. # vf

like + to AAA I like to bark at the neighbours.

like + AAAing I like running in the park.

I love to eat pork dumplings.

I love eating my mother’s cooking.

hate

prefer Sarah prefers walking to school. Sarah prefers to walk to school.

begin Dave began to study taekwondo last year. Dave began studying taekwondo last year.

continue Michelle will continue to get better at English. Michelle will continue getting better at English.

 

4.   the lower the temperature is and the more infectious virus is, -Not a sentence

5.   It will cause “intergenerational”  problems.

6.   Teenagers are the ones who don't listen to their parent's advice, even if they wear masks they don't care about. meaning? RW- rewrite

7.   Has worth to try it. – no meaning, RW

8.   It might be having cost. awk It might cost some money. There may be a cost associated with it.

9.   There is a cost for them to keep the school closed. SV

10.                     I think it is very important we learn how to challenge with this pandemic. ww change with? struggle with

11.                     A lot of books. SV?

12.                     It has showed imponderable increase cases in canada. RW

There has been a huge increase in the number of cases in Canada.

13.                     lots of books. cap SV

14.                     Some factors are contributing / contributed to this situation.

15.                     I will take the bus. – simple future, one time

I take the bus. – simple present, usually, habitually, every day

16.                     As statistics indicate, when the government reopens the school on July. fragment

17.                     Kids become boring bored.

18.                     For me, listening to the teachers are is very important. agr

 

 

Format of paragraphs:

1.   14-16 point font

2.   Choose a font that is easy to read

3.   Doublespace.

4.   Indent the first word. Use the TAB key (beside the Q key).

5.   Submit the work on time. I won’t take late work. A few (1-5) minutes late is ok. If you have a reason why you can’t get your work in on time, talk to me beforehand.

 

 

Structure:

1.   Begin with a topic sentence. Address the question in the topic sentence.

2.   Stay on topic.

3.   Refer to appropriate texts, directly or indirectly.

4.   Stick to the word-limit. (150-200w)

98 words – too short

450 words – too long

Goldilocks it!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

 

Based on the CBC article and your own ideas, in your opinion do you think kids should be back in school?

 

 

If your paragraph went well, great!

If your paragraph didn’t go well, don’t worry. We will try another one in a few days.

We are all going to get better at it.

 

 

 

Tomorrow - Compound sentences

 

SV, SOBA SV.   I like ice cream, and she likes chocolate.

SV ; SV.             I like ice cream; she likes chocolate.

SV ; TRANS, SV.        I like ice cream; however, she likes chocolate.

 

This will bring our sentence writing up a level.