8:30 EF56 Nov24

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Today’s agenda:

1. Compound sentences

2. Rosa Parks

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

OR

There are many sources of information about Rosa Parks

3. Quiz#1

4. HW Read about Rosa Parks

Friday, November 27 is a Professional Development day for Adult Educators. We will not have class together. We’ll have our regular class on Monday.

Sentence Types: foundation of all good school writing, work writing, professional writing, official letters

- not for poetry, creative writing, songwriting, not for fiction

My approach to reaching sentences is quite conservative. I prefer to teach sentence styles that are good for official, professional, academic writing.

You can choose more casual styles when you are writing for more casual purposes

* SIMPLE – Even with simple setnences, there is a wide range of approaches.

SV

SSV

SVV

SSVV

Imperative

Interrogative

COMPOUND – two simple sentences joined together

Maria drinks tea. Gladys drinks coffee.

Maria drinks tea. Gladys drinks coffee. – join them together using coordinating conjunctions

7 coordinating conjunctions – FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so

Maria drinks tea, but Gladys drinks coffee. SV, but SV.

Example of the difference between a simple and a compound sentence:

Joe likes cats but hates dogs. SIMPLE   no comma

Joe likes cats, but he hates dogs. COMPOUND comma

FANBOYS – some are used often, some hardly at all

for- rarely used in a compound sentence

simple sentence- I have a gift for you. Good.

compound- Joan is carrying her umbrella, for it is raining today. Very low frequency usage.

for – We don’t normally use ‘for’ in compound sentences.

Joan is carrying her umbrella because it is raining today. complex

and – use it all the time, all day long in compound sentences

I’ll make supper, and you wash the dishes.

nor – very little used

Sarah does not speak German, nor does she speak French. Very uncommon

nor – not used much, not important

Sarah does not speak German or French. simple

neither … nor – not used much, too fancy

but – very useful, all the time in compound sentences

Joan wanted to go dancing, but her husband wanted to stay home. 

or – often used

You can go to the party, or you can babysit the kids.

yet – not used often for compound sentences

It is chilly today, yet my son went out without a jacket on.

yet

I haven’t finished my homework yet. simple sentence

It is chilly today, but my son went out without a jacket on.

so – commonly used, very high frequency word

Sheila is working today, so she cannot go shopping with her eight sisters.

FANBOYS

so or but and SOBA – my mnemonic

SOBA for compound sentences

We will continue with compound sentences tomorrow.

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Quiz#1 (25m)

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Write a simple sentence for each exercise:

e.g. SV “school”

The kids like to go to school.

1. SV “camp”

2. SSV “travel”

3. SVV “government”

4. SSVV “volunteer”

5. Question “letter”

6. Imperative “dog”