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Good morning, everyone.
We’ll get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda:
1. Romeo and Juliet excerpts
2. Sentence review
Friday
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Next week – continue with essay work
- First Nations work
Sentence review:
Goal: to be able to write a variety of sentences, sentence styles
basic to sophisticated, simple to complex
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND COMPLEX
- have to keep up on the basic skills- like practicing scales on a piano, shooting freethrows in basketball, dribbling with a soccer ball daily, practice to stay sharp
SIMPLE – SV, subject + verb
SV Jook Liang loved to spend time with Wang Bak.
SSV Jook Liang and Wang Bak loved to spend time together.
SVV Jook Liang danced and sang for Wang Bak.
imperative – command
Sit down! Come in. Watch out.
Although they are basic, they are very powerful.
Free Advice #14: Use a simple sentence to say an important thing.
- simple, direct, easy to understand
COMPOUND
SV, SOBA SV.
SOBA – so or but and
You need the comma.
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple, and Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performance.
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple and Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performance. XXX
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple and, Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performance. XXX
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple, and, Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performance. XXX
, so , or , but , and
SV; SV. semicolon – looks a little bit more academic, good for school, formal
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple, and Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performance.
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple; Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performance.
, and = ;
; TRANS,
; however,
; therefore,
; meanwhile,
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple; meanwhile, Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performances.
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple, meanwhile, Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performances. XXX
If you don’t want to use semicolons, you use periods before transitional terms.
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple; meanwhile, Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performances.
Jook Liang loved to dance like Shirley Temple. Meanwhile, Wang Bak enjoyed watching her performances.
Choice: I like dogs, but she likes cats. compound
I like dogs; however, she likes cats. compound
I like dogs. However, she likes cats. 2 simples
His name is Butter; he is a good boy.
COMPLEX
-adverb clauses
because, if, when, even though,
Wang Bak liked Jook Laing because she was not afraid of him.
Jook Liang liked Wang Bak even though he was strange looking.
Because Jook Laing was not afraid, Wang Bak liked her.
Even though Wang Bak was strange looking, Jook Liang liked him.
-noun clauses
say, feel, think, believe, know
why that how
Jook Liang didn’t know why Wang Bak was late.
Do you think that the kids will go trick-or-treating on Hallowe’en?
Marie said that she would miss the meeting.
-adjective clauses
who -people
Javier’s mother, who lives in Peru, really misses him.
that – things, animals, people (doesn’t sound very friendly, personal)
My dog has fur that is very soft.
My mother that lives in Nova Scotia is 78 years old. VERY COLD SOUNDING
The old man that is walking doen the street is carrying a shopping bag. SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON”T KNOW HIM, DISTANT
Free advice #15: If you know the person, use ‘who’.
If you don’t like the person, use ‘that’.
The guy that my sister married is a creep.
The guy who my sister married is a super nice man.
whom – rarely used, not important
object pronoun – sounds very formal
The guy who my sister married is a super nice man.
who – object pronoun, casual, authentic
whom – object pronoun, very formal, unusual
who – object pronoun, most authentic
Three ways to do it:
The guy who my sister married is a super nice man. Natural
The guy whom my sister married is a super nice man. Formal
The guy my sister married is a super nice man. Authentic
which – special things, unique things
special –
The ring which my grandmother gave me is very small.
The jade peony is a family heirloom which was passed down through generations.
unique-
Vancouver, which is a popular tourist destination, is beautiful in the summer and winter.
My grandmother’s wedding ring, which she gave me, is very small.
- essential and non-essential clauses, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses
COMPOUND COMPLEX
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