Good morning, everybody.
We will get started at 11:00.
Today’s agenda:
1. Sentence combining from homework
2. Descriptive writing
Test#4 -Paragraph on Friday
3. Quiz#6 sentence combining
3. The sailors saw a light in the sky.
The sailors were tired.
The light was strange.
The sky was dark.
My solution:
The sailors saw a light in the sky.
The sailors were tired.
The light was strange.
The sky was dark.
The sailors saw a light in the sky
tired
strange
dark
SIMPLE
The tired sailors saw a strange light in the dark sky.
The hardworking student wrote a great paragraph in the English class.
3. I bought a bag for my books.
The bag is new.
The bag is grey.
The bag is waterproof.
The books are heavy.
The books are for school.
My solution:
I bought a bag for my books.
The bag is new.
The bag is grey.
The bag is waterproof.
The books are heavy.
The books are for school.
I bought a bag for my books.
new
grey
waterproof
heavy
for school
Simple, order of adjectives
I bought a new grey waterproof bag for my heavy school books.
1. The singer gave a performance.
The singer was Canadian.
The singer was young.
The performance was exciting.
The young Canadian singer gave an exciting performance.
Your examples:
1. The sailors who saw a strange light in the dark sky were tired. adj cl
2. The sailors who were tired saw a strange light in the dark sky. adj cl
3. The sailors were tired ,he ; they saw a strange light in the dark sky.
We did not cover semicolons (;) in this class.
4. The young Canadian singer gave a performance that was exciting.
5. I bought a new, waterproof, grey bag for the heavy books that from school.
I bought a new, grey , waterproof bag for the heavy books that are/were from school. adj cl
6. The singer who was young and Canadian gave an exciting performance.
7. The singer who gave a exciting performance was a young Canadian.
8. The young Canadian singer who performance was exciting. RW
9. The young Canadian singer gave a performance that was exciting.
10. The young Canadian singer gave a performance, which was very exciting.
11. The singer who gave an exciting performance he was Canadian.
12. The young Canadian singer her perform was an excellent. XXX RW
13. I bought a new grey and waterproof bag that is for heavy school books.
14. the sailors were tired that time they saw sky was dark and strange. XXX RW
Cap SV
15. The sailors who was tired saw a light in the sky punc XXX RW
16. The tired sailors saw a light was strange and dark in the sky.
The tired sailors saw a light that was strange and dark in the sky.
17. I bought a new grey waterproof bag for my heavy books, and the books are for school.
18. The sailors were tired and saw the strange light in the dark sky.
Good start for many of you. Our goal is to be able to write these without thinking too much.
Review simple, compound, and complex sentences. This is the secret to success in English classes.
We will do more sentence combining work every day until the end of the course.
Descriptive Writing- describing the world – five senses
five senses: the means by which our bodies communicate with the outside world
1. smell - nose
2. sight - eyes
3. taste - tongue
4. touch - skin
5. hearing - ears
descriptive vocabulary – adjectives
need a rich vocabulary- challenging
-smell – (adj) stinky, awful, fresh, sweet, floral, salty, spicy, good, bad, musty
-sight- (adj) colour- dark, light, grass green, sky blue, robin’s egg blue, turquoise, silver hair, pale, rainbow
shape- round, square, oval, triangular, rectangular,
-touch (adj) smooth, soft, hard, rough, cold, warm, silky “Her hair is silky.” oily, dry
-hearing (adj) – loud, quiet, soft, golden-voiced, sharp, melodious, musical,
-taste –(adj) sour, spicy, salty, sweet, bitter, yummy, delicious, yucky, bland, crispy, oily, strange, juicy
We’ll pick this up tomorrow and start writing some descriptive writing.
Quiz#6
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Combine each exercise in two different ways.
1. Jackie's dad is a truck driver.
He is taking a year off.
He will be with Jackie.
2. Every day they do something.
They play.
They paint.
They cycle.
3. Jackie is four.
She enjoys each day.
Each day is spent with her dad.
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