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, sentence combining **
-paragraph writing *
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, use a comma.
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, six months old, doesn't sleep well. AWK
The baby, a six-month-old, doesn't sleep well. noun
2. Jessica, is the youngest student in the class. She had the highest marks.
Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest mark. Friends, an American sitcom, is very popular with ESL students.
3. 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. Jessica is the youngest in the class, she has the highest mark.
6. Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest mark.
7. I live in ,Vancouver, that is very beautiful.
8. The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, she is a retired teacher. CS
The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher.
9. Fatima's son, an engineer, is moving to Toronto next week.
10. The Nakdong River is the longest river in Korea and it is over 500 km long. compound
11. Eileen, the marketing manager, organized the ad campaign.
12. The class taught by Mrs. Mcknight, a retired teacher.
13. The language of business, it is English, a challenging language to learn.
14. My friend, Andersa, is the superviser at the store.
15. Friends, an American sitcom, is very popular with ESL students.
16. Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest mark.
17. Jessica, is the youngest student in the class and had the highest mark.
18. English, the language of business, is a challenging language to learn.
19. The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher.
20. The class by Mrs. Mcking , a retired teacher, was taught.
21. The baby, does not sleep well is six months old.
22. The car, a red convertible, was speeding through the neighbourhood.
Review appositives.
Test#6-
Write a well-organized paragraph of 150-200 words on the following topic. Email it to me by 10am.
Subject Line: Name, Class, Time, Test
What are some reasons the authorities put the Wise Woman in jail?
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