EF56 11:00 Jan13

 

Today’s agenda:  

1. Using quoted material

2. Sentence combining exercises – quiz tomorrow

3. Tomorrow- “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

Cavendish Beach, PEI, Prince Edward Island – famous for beaches, seafood, potatoes, and Anne of Green Gables

Anne Shirley – popular in Canada, Iran, and Japan

The power is out as school. I do not have my microphone at home. The sound may be different today.

Quoting work-

Using quoted text from a story:

1. when reading, make notes on key words, phrases that might be useful to you later

2. choose a few (1,2,3,4) words from a story

3. Incorporate them into our sentences

“a fool” – use this phrase or word to help illustrate a point

The governor was angry because he felt that the father and brothers were treating him like “a fool” when they lied about who had cooked the dish.

“impatient governor”

Maylin showed her courage when she challenged the “impatient governor” to a test that would prove her point to him.

Maylin showed her courage when she challenged the governor to a test that would prove her point to him: “impatient governor” XXX XXX Wrong.

When we write our paragraph about “The Wise Woman of Corboba”, we will put some quoted text into our answers.

In this class, we will only be dealing with one source or story at a time. There is no need to show sources.

For a short paragraph (150-200w) we want to keep the quotations to just a few words.

When you are writing longer papers (10, 20 pages) you can use longer quotations.

When you use quotations in a paragraph, don’t use just one. Use a few.

The most common mistakes when using quoted material:

1. writing a sentence that does not have the quoted material incorporated in a grammatical way.

2. quoting long phrases – 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 words

After “the governor pounded his fist on the chair, the truth quickly spilled out”, and the father was embarrassed. XXX XXX XXX

The governor was angry because he felt that the father and brothers lied about who had cooked the dish. “a fool” XXX XXX XXX

*** The quoted words have to be part of the sentence. ***

In Persian, we say “Everything gold will shine.” DIRECT SPEECH

Quiz in sentence combining tomorrow

Sentence combining:

1. Begin with the KERNEL.

2. Find new information in the other sentences.

3. Decide which kind of sentence you want- mix of intuitive and logical

4. Combine the elements.

Exercises to try:

1. Boris tried counting sheep. He was too tired.

Boris tried counting sheep. KERNEL

He was too tired. All new information.

What kind of sentence do we want?

COMPOUND

Boris tried counting sheep, but he was too tired.

Boris tried counting sheep; however, he was too tired.

COMPLEX

Even though Boris tried counting sheep, he was too tired.

Although Boris tried, he was too tired to count sheep.

Although he tried, Boris was too tired even to count sheep.

Boris tried counting sheep even though he was too tired.

Boris who tried counting sheep was too tired.

SIMPLE

Boris tried counting sheep but was too tired. SVV

Boris was too tired and tried counting sheep.

Those varieties give us a lot of choice.

2. HARDER VOCABULARY Fluorite is a mineral sometimes found in granite. Fluorine is a poisonous gaseous chemical like chlorine.

3. I could eat a thick steak. I could enjoy a large chocolate sundae.

4. Sean is very tall. He is very big-boned.

5. Dianne had a pounding headache. She couldn't go to school. 

6. John is extremely well-to-do. He never flaunts his wealth.

7. The rat was enormous. It was more than 30 cm long.

8. The baseball player could barely see the ball in the setting sun. She was able to catch it. 

9. Mary is always sewing clothes for her friends and relatives. She has no time to sew for herself. 

10. Laura will go with you. Irene will accompany you.

Try a few of these for homework. Try a few different versions.

Put some in chat to share:

1. I could eat and enjoy a thick steak and large chocolate sundae. REP

2. Laura will go with you; meanwhile, Irene will also accompany you.

Overwritten

Laura and Irene will accompany you. concise

3. Dianne couldn't go to school because she had a pounding headache.

4. Sean is very big-boned and tall.

5. Although he is extremely well-to-do, John never flaunts his wealth.

6. Mary has no time to sew clothes for herself since she is always sewing for her friends and relatives.  since/because

7. Mary is always sewing clothes for her friends and relatives; nevertheless, she has no time to sew for herself.

8. The baseball player could barely see the ball in the setting sun but was still able to catch it. simple

The baseball player could barely see the ball in the setting sun, but he was still able to catch it. compound

Although the baseball player could barely see the ball in the setting sun, he was still able to catch it. complex

9. The rat was enormous; in fact, it was more than 30 cm long.

The rat was enormous; likewise, the spider was also huge.

10 The rat, who which was more than 30 cm long, was really 

enormous. complex – adj cl

Exercises for homework:

THE CONCERT

Combine each group of sentences into one longer sentence.

1. We talked for a long time.

We were talking on the telephone.

Our telephones were cellular.

Our telephones were new.

EXPLICIT PROCESS:

We talked for a long time. KERNEL

We were talking on the telephone.

Our telephones were cellular.

Our telephones were new.

Elements to be combined:

We talked for a long time.

on the telephone.

cellular.

new.

Sentence style? simple? compound? complex?

Simple We talked for a long time on our new cellular telephones.

Logic? We talked on our cellular phones because they were new.

Doesn’t make sense. Meaning?

2. We talked about our plans.

The plans were exciting.

The plans were for a concert.

The concert was at GM Place.

Simple

We talked about our exciting plans for a concert at GM Place.

We talked excitedly about our plans for a concert at GM Place.

We talked about our plans for a concert at exciting GM Place. XXX

What is it that you want to see?

It’s not just the grammar. It’s about the meaning that you wish to convey.

3. GM Place was noisy.

GM Place was crowded.

People were finding their seats.

People were yelling.

4. We looked for our seats.

Our seats were all in one section.

The section was on the floor.

We stayed together in a group.

5. The concert ended at 11.

We were hungry.

We left GM Place.

We went to our favourite restaurant. 

6. We arrived home.

It was late.

We were tired.

We were happy.