EF56 11:00am Jan21

 Today’s agenda:  

1. Continue with appositives

2. Paragraph on “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

Possible topics for tomorrow and next week:

-essay work****

sentence writing – paragraph writing – essay writing?

-poetry*, non-fiction

-sentence review- focusing on the skills that we have already covered, 

practicing, more sentence combining, some harder****

-paragraph writing*

Tomorrow: harder more challenging sentence combining, begin essay

If you have preferences for what you want to do in the final week, let me know. I will guide my planning based on what you as students would prefer.

** Appositives **

Adjective clauses and appositives are similar. They do the same job, but the grammar is different.

adjective clause

I like my teacher whose name is Mrs. Loo.

I like my teacher who is named Mrs. Loo.

appositive

I like my teacher, Mrs. Loo.

I like my teacher Mrs. Loo. XXX small error, but not right

PRO TIP #5: When there is a name, put commas around it.

I was talking with my friend, Michele, about the party next week.

appositive , Michele,

I come from a very small country, Malta, which is in the Mediterranean.

appositive , Malta,

My lunch smells great. It is an onion and garlic sandwich.

My lunch which is an onion and garlic sandwich smells great. adj cl

My lunch, an onion and garlic sandwich, smells great. appositive

Fatima’s son is an engineer. He is moving to Toronto next week.

Fatima’s son who is an engineer is moving to Toronto next week. adj cl

Fatima’s son, an engineer, is moving to Toronto next week. appositive

Combine these using appositives:

1. Jessica is the youngest student in the class. She had the highest mark.

2. The baby is six months old. He does not sleep well.

3. Eileen was the marketing manager. She organized the ad campaign.

4. The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight. She is a retired teacher.

5. The car was a red convertible. The car was speeding through the neighbourhood.

6. Friends is an American sitcom. It is very popular with ESL students.

7. The Nakdong River is the longest river in Korea. It is over 500 km long.

8. English is the language of business. It is a challenging language to   

 learn.

Put your solutions using appositives into chat:

1. The baby, a six-month-old, does not sleep well. noun

2. Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest mark.

3. 1. The Nakdong River, the longest river in Korea, is over 500 km long.

4. English, the language of business, is a challenging language to learn.

5. The longest river in Korea, the Nakdong River, is over 500 km long.

6. The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher.

7. The class was taught by, Mrs. McKnight, she is a retired teacher.

The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight; she is a retired teacher.

8. My sister, Sara, likes Chinese food.

9. The baby, six months old, does not sleep well.

a six-month-old

a six months old XXX Very common error

10. The class was taught by a retired teacher, Mrs. McKnight.

11. The baby , a six-month-old , doesn’t sleep well.

12. I put on my boots, hiking boots, and headed for the mountains.

13. The, baby is six months old, he does not sleep well.

14. Eileen, the marketing manager, organized the ad campaign.

15. The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher.

16. friends is an American sitcom, whose are, very popular with ESL students

Friends, an American sitcom, is very popular with ESL students.

17. The car, a red convertible, was speeding through the neighbourhood.

These are a very good start. Review appositives. Search online for material about appositives.

e.g. https://grammarwritingrevision.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/exercises-on-appositives-and-appositive-phrases/

You can be your own teacher.

Test#6-

Write a well-organized paragraph of 150-200 words on the following topic. Email it to me by 12:25 am.

Subject Line: Name, Class, Time, Test

What are some reasons the authorities put the Wise Woman in jail?