Monday, 2 November 2020

Eng 10/11 Nov 2

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Good morning, everyone.

We’ll get started at 8:30.


Today’s agenda:


1. Finish sentence review

2. Romeo and Juliet excerpts

3. First Nations


Tuesday – First Nations

Wednesday – essay

Thursday – review, small quiz, rewrite after class

Friday – I will putting marks together


SENTENCE REVIEW

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

-adjective clauses

who - people

that- things that are not alive, people (sounds like you no connection or relationship to that person)

“My grandmother that lives in Kelowna is 89.” XXX sounds strange

“My grandmother who lives in Kelowna is 89.” sounds like you know her, have a relationship with her, are close other

“The guy that drove past me at 140 km/h on the highway is going cause an accident.” sounds like I don’t know that guy, no relationship

which -special things, unique things

The old Bible which my mother gave me is on my bookshelf. special to me

She wears a nice jade ring which her boyfriend gave to her.

The Great Wall of China, which is an ancient structure, is over 3000 years old.

Victoria, which is the capital of BC, is a very pretty city in the summer.


,  ,  commas around adjective clauses – restrictive clauses/non-restrictive clauses, essential clauses/non-essential clauses


In Canada, if you are born on Canadian soil, you are granted Canadian citizenship.

Jus soli, birthright citizenship

A. All people who are born in Canada are Canadian citizens.

B. All people, who are born in Canada, are Canadian citizens.


Question 1- Do sentences A and B have the same meaning? No.

Question 2- If not, which sentence is true?


subject predicate

A. All people who are born in Canada are Canadian citizens.

B. All people, who are born in Canada, are Canadian citizens.

B says all people are born in Canada and are Canadian citizens.


A restricts the meaning of ‘All people”

B does not

A. My sister, who lives in Halifax, works at St. Mary’s University. extra information, non-essential, non-restrictive

B. My sister who lives in Halifax works at St. Mary’s University. necessary information, essential, restrictive


A.- How many sisters do I have? 1 or 2? 1

B.- How many sisters do I have? 1 or 2? 2 – suggest there is another sister, not stated explicitily in the sentence


court cases, Canada and the US “The Million Dollar Comma” 


Let’s meet at Starbucks at 5 o’clock. Do you know where we are meeting? No, too many Starbucks to know.

Let’s meet at Starbucks which is on Fraser and 49th at 5 o’clock.

essential clause


Let’s meet at South Hill Education Centre at 5 o’clock. Do you know where we are meeting? Yes, there is only one place.

Let’s meet at South Hill Education Centre, which is on Fraser and 43rd, at 5 o’clock.

non-essential clause, extra information


A. Joe’s mother who is retired likes to play mahjong.

B. Joe’s mother, who is retired, likes to play mahjong.

A suggests that Joe has two mothers, three mothers, ten mothers, more than one.

B suggests that Joe has one woman who he thinks of as his mother.


,   ,   commas or not commas around adjective clauses makes a difference


Grammar book – restrictive clauses, essential clauses


COMPOUND COMPLEX

SV ,SOBA or ; + SV + SV (dependent clause)


I love dogs, but my mother in law is afraid of dogs because she was bitten by a dog when she was a little girl.


Marie loves to eat ice cream that has fresh fruit in it, but Joseph prefers cake.


I said that my son had to clean his room, but he didn’t.


It is very important to be able to write these consistently and without too much thought or effort.

Simple

Compound

Complex

Compound complex


They should be automatic. You shouldn’t have to think about them. If you are thinking about the sentence styles as you write, you probably need a lot more practice.






- Romeo and Juliet play William Shakespeare

romantic, tragic

link to Meiying and Kazuo


- longstanding feud


- Wayson Choi picks up on the trope of ‘star-crossed lovers’

- allusion to Romeo and Juliet

- tragedy that comes from forbidden love.

- mini-novel within the novel


- West Side Story, musical set in New York in the 1950s, retelling to Romeo and Juliet

-trope that exists in every culture



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