Today’s agenda:
1. Continue with compound sentences ; semicolons
2. Discuss plagiarism- copying from the internet
2-3 student sent me writing about Rosa Parks for practice. A lot of the writing that they sent was just copied off the internet.
e.g. Rosa Parks was a very famous woman. She was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
PLAGIARIZED –
Use your own sentences. Don’t copy.
3. Narrative writing – your personal story “I” first person narration, you tell your story
4. Test#2, paragraph on the topic of Rosa Parks
Compound sentences
SV, SOBA SV.
I wanted to go shopping, but I was worried about Covid19.
, so , or , but , and
OTHER WAYS TO WRITE COMPOUND
OTHER WAY #1
; semicolon
A different way to make compound sentences.
I wanted to go shopping, but I was worried about Covid19.
I wanted to go shopping; I was worried about Covid19.
Replace , but with ;.
Same meaning:
, so = ;
, or = ;
, but = ;
, and = ;
It is cold, so we will not go to the park this afternoon.
It is cold; we will not go to the park this afternoon.
A DIFFERENT WAY TO WRITE A COMPOUND SENTENCE
Sarah wanted to go to Japan, but her husband wanted to go to Thailand.
Sarah wanted to go to Japan; her husband wanted to go to Thailand.
Ling Shui was born in Shanghai, and she now lives in Beijing.
Ling Shui was born in Shanghai; she now lives in Beijing.
The dangers of smoking are well known, but many people
continue to smoke anyway.
The dangers of smoking are well known; many people
continue to smoke anyway.
It's important to put your goals in writing, and you must also be committed to achieving them.
It's important to put your goals in writing; you must also be committed to achieving them.
If you use just “;” then you can’t tell clearly if it is a ‘and’ but’ ‘or’ or a ‘so’ kind of sentence.
Semicolons are definitely higher-level writing. They are more formal, and good for school or other serious writing. We don’t use them in everyday casual writing.
OTHER WAY #2 – really sounds professional, high level
; TRANSITIONAL TERM,
I wanted to go shopping, but I was worried about Covid19.
I wanted to go shopping; I was worried about Covid19.
** I wanted to go shopping; however, I was worried about Covid19. **
It really sounds and looks great!
It is cold, so we will not go to the park this afternoon.
It is cold; we will not go to the park this afternoon.
It is cold; therefore, we will not go to the park this afternoon.
You can use ‘therefore’ and ‘however’ when you talk, especially when you want to take a more serious tone.
There are dozens of transitional terms that you can learn. I will give you 10-20 starting tomorrow.
, so = ; therefore, ;thus, ; for this reason, ; consequently,
, or = ; on the other hand, ; alternatively,
, but = ; however, ; on the contrary,
, and = ; also, ; in addition,
Marie loves to play volleyball. She loves to do taekwondo. 2 simples
Marie loves to play volleyball, and she loves to do taekwondo. comp
Marie loves to play volleyball; she loves to do taekwondo. comp
Marie loves to play volleyball; also, she loves to do taekwondo. comp
Marie loves to play volleyball; in addition, she loves to do taekwondo. comp
semicolon makes it compound ;
Transitional words really open up your writing to new styles, more professional sounding writing, better flow in your writing, etc.
You have a lot of choice when it comes to sentences.
Tomorrow, we’ll go over 10-20 transitional terms that you can focus on. That will be enough to write any kind of compound sentence you like.
This is not basic level writing; nevertheless, we can try to learn as much as we can.
Review this for homework. We will talk more about it tomorrow.
Test#2
Write a 150-200w narrative paragraph on the following topic.
Email to me as an attachment by 12:30.
Write about a time in your life when you stood up for yourself.
stand up for yourself- Someone is treating you badly, and you tell them to stop! Just like Rosa Parks did.
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