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Good morning, everyone.
We’ll get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda:
1. Grabbers
2. JP Ch 11
3. HW Read JP Ch 12, make notes
Next week – finishing the novel, beginning work on essays
Monday – Ch12
Tuesday – Ch13
Wednesday – Ch 14
Thursday – Ch 15
Next Friday – no school for you, Pro D for Adult Ed.
The following week – essay about The Jade Peony
We are well past the halfway point in the course. There are only three weeks left.
Time flies! Tempus fugit (Latin)
The final two weeks will be non-fiction, First Nations, poetry.
Quizzes, tests, and essays up to the end.
Final essay will be on the last Thursday, the second last day of class.
** Also, on the last Thursday you will be able to makeup one missed quiz or test. You have to figure out which quiz or test you missed. I can’t figure that out for you. You let me know which quiz or test you want to makeup.
Advice: Figure out which quizzes or tests you missed. Pick one to makeup.
Grabbers: very useful for paragraphs and essay
optional, don’t have to use them, make your writing more interesting, more engaging, better writing
grabber – hooks – attention-getting device that grabs your readers interest
Paragraph – short, one sentence
Essay – could be a bit monger, 2 sentences.
grabbers are short
7 types of grabbers that you can choose from:
1. anecdote – short personal story related to the topic, question
How is Jook Liang influenced by two cultures?
As a newcomer to Canada, I am raising my young children to understand Canadian culture Canada, but also to understand the culture of my home country: Iran. So too Jook Liang is a young girl who is growing up in Canada influenced by Canadian culture that she sees around her and Chinese culture which she gets from her family, especially Poh-poh.
ANECDOTE TOPIC SENTENCE
anecdote – usually would use first person: “I” my sister
Avoid first person when writing about a piece of fiction.
“I think that Jook Laing and Wang Bak were really good for each other. When I read the novel, I saw that they were good friends.” CUT “I”
“Jook Laing and Wang Bak were really good for each other. They were good friends.”
in my opinion, I just read a story, in my English class, we talked about
2. fact or statistic – number, %, $, fraction, 1/3, 5/8
According to Stats Can about 22% of all Canadians are immigrants. These newcomers often bring the culture of their home countries with them. At the same time, they must learn to live in Canadian culture. In the way Jook Liang is learning to live with two cultures: her Chinese culture and her Canadian culture.
3. general to specific statement
broad statement about life, world- move to something more on topic
Every child growing up is influenced by their surroundings: the outside world shapes them as much as their immediate family does. Jook Liang is also learning to live with two cultures: her Chinese family culture and her Canadian environmental culture.
4. Historical reference – some relevant information from history
From the very beginning, Canada had always been a
country of immigrants. There have been hundreds of languages and cultures present in our tapestry. Jook Liang’s life in Canada is also influenced by a mix of cultures: her family culture, and her public life.
5. Question? begin by asking a question
How many cultures do you live in?
What are the cultural influences on your life? Jook Liang is influenced by two cultures…
6. Adage, idiom, expression – from any language, your language, English. etc.
In Persian, there is an expression, “If you plant oats, you will get oats.” This means that children are influenced by their families. In the same way, Jook Liang is influenced by …
The tiger has tiger children. The mouse has mice children.
7. Famous quotation from a famous person- learn some good quotations, have a few in your mind
famous person like Confucius, Justin Beiber, etc.
7 to choose from – pick one that seems appropriate for your paragraph or essay
7 types of grabbers that you can choose from:
1. Anecdote
2. Fact
3. General
4. History
5. Question
6. Idiom,
7. Quotation
mnemonic
a f g h q i q faghiqq
Homework – think of a better one, mine is terrible
• MY LECTURE NOTES The Jade Peony Ch 11
“Poh-Poh’s body lies a-moldering in the grave” p183
Sek-Lung’s belief at odds with “real, measurable, scientific” p184
Kiam “modern, beyond… all that illogical stuff”
“Old way, best way” p183
family tries to dissuade Sek-Lung about PohPoh’s ghost p186
“I felt good about seeing Grandmama” p187
“Holy G-h-o-s-t” p188
“You must baisen”
“time to let the old one go… they had already let her go” p189
“service… called upon… because of my stubbornness” p189
“it was no use arguing with the Old One” p190
Idiom: Stubborn as a mule.
“Grandmama wants us to…” p190 READ REST OF PAGE
“Second Brother Jung whispered something…” p191
“baisen meant atoms and molecules did not count” p192
“no need to cause any more incidents” p192
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