8:30 EF56 Class Notes

 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

STEP 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.

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.

STEP 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 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.

, 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 ;

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.

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 10:00.

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.