EF6 July 21

 

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

 

Happy Hump Day!

 

Wednesday

·      Review Quiz#4 – noun clauses

·      Start to talk about Viola Desmond

·      Continue with adjective clauses

·      HW   Read about Rosa Parks. I sent the links yesterday.

 

 

Thursday

·      Continue with Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks

·      Continue with adj cl

 

Friday

·      Quiz#5-adj cl

 

Monday

·      Test#2 – paragraph about Viola Desmond/Rosa Parks

 

Next week

·      Sentence combining work

·      Short story

·      Literary Terms

 

 

 

 

 

Noun Clause Quiz

 

Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

 

1.    that             concerned

2.    what            solution

3.    why             pollution

4.    how             drought

5.    that             energy

6.    why             change

 

noun clauses –

A verbs like ‘think’ ‘say’ ‘believe’ ‘know’ ‘understand’

B that why how what

 

A+B

1.    that             concerned

All of us are concerned that there are forest fires burning in the Interior right now.

The young mother was concerned that her little baby was not gaining as much weight as he should be.

 

pollution (n) pollute (v)

drought (n)  have a drought, in a drought, undergoing a drought

 

Please write into Chat any examples from the quiz that you would to review:

1.    Mary knows what kind of solution she needs to solve her problem.

COMPLEX

Mary knows what kind of solution (that) she needs to solve her problem.

main clause noun clause adj clause

 

2.    Do you know how drought for that soil? RW

Do you know how SV drought for that soil?

Do you know how the drough has affected that soil?

 

3.    We do not know that energy comes later on. Meaning?

It’s hard to give full points when the sentence doesn’t have a clear meaning.

Try it again.

 

4.    We have to figure out what the climate change solution is.

figure out – phrasal verb, verb+prep

 

5.    Tom knew that Jerry was concerned about his health.

6.    I don’t know why she change the plan for go shopping. vf

I don’t know why she changed the plan to go shopping.

I don’t know why she changed the plan for going shopping.

I don’t know why she changes the plan to go shopping. vt

I don’t know why she changes the plan to go shopping.

I don’t know why she wants to change the plan to go shopping.

Did she change her plan to go shopping?

Does she always change her plans to go shopping?  - all the time-

 

7.    We need to think what solution we will have to reduce the cost of oil.

We need to think what solution we will have to reduce the cost of oil.

 

8.    My mother concerned that I am not safe in here. vf prep

My mother is concerned that I am not safe here.

I am concerned about you.

You are concerned about me.

I have concerns about your health.

 

My mother is concerned that I am not safe here.

My mother is concerned that I am not safe in Canada. I have never lived away from home before.

 

9.    Nobody knew why air pollution was recently terrible.

Nobody knew why the air pollution has been so terrible recently. vt

Nobody knows why the air pollution has been so terrible recently.

Nobody knew why the air pollution was so terrible last month.

 

10.                        I don't know what solution can solve this problem.

 

11.                        I don't understand why Tom changes his attitude.

changes – simple present, all the time, usually

changed – simple past, once, one time

I don't understand why Tom has changed his attitude toward his job.

I have no idea why Tom keeps changing his attitude. -changing his mind all the time-

 

12.                        I am concerned that I can not pass the class.

 

13.                        People need to know why air pollution affects our daily life.

People need to know how air pollution affects our daily life.

why – the reasons

how- specific examples

 

14.                        People need to change their opinion of why wearing mask indoors is recommended.

 

 

Many people probably have the experience of disliking the sound of their own voice. I do.

 

 

Viola Desmond

 

Basic information:

https://humanrights.ca/story/one-womans-resistance

 

More in-depth information:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/viola-desmond

 

 

 

Human Rights – rights that are extended, or should be extended, to all human beings

 

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights- a list of inalienable rights that in principal every human should enjoy

alienable(adj)- connot be taken away

 

Check this out:

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

 

Worth looking at – ask if you have access to these right? does everybody?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfdlPrglcS8

 

Wanda Robson, Viola's sister, said, “One woman’s actions can really make a difference.”

 

Viola Desmond- a truly brave Canadian woman who fought for her basic human rights

 

Read about Rosa Parks for tomorrow- similar story but on a bus, almost 10 years after Viola

 

Vocab or ideas to talk about?

status quo –(Latin term) – the way things are, the normal accepted state of things

In New Glasgow at that time, it was the status quo for Black and White people to sit seperately in movie theatres.

 

terminology is a hot-button word

- Black, African-Canadian, African-American

 

I believe that we should call people what they want to be called for the most part.

 

First Nations, Aboriginal, Indigenous, First Peoples Native Indian

 

coloured people people of colour POC

 

 

hyphenated – Japanese-Canadian, Filipino-Canadian, Eritrean-Canadian, African-Canadian

 

How do you identify?

 

yellow

 

 

banana – joke, half-serious, half joke – yellow on the outside, white on the inside

 

whitewash – the predominance of White western culture over all other minority cultures

 

Since the 1970s, the official policy of Canadian immigration has been multi-culturalism.

It is different from the US model where people are expected to assimilate. This is often called “the Melting Pot”.

 

The internet is choppy. My voice might be breaking up.

 

Adjective clauses-

who- person

that- animal, thing, person (doesn’t sound very polite)

which- special things, unique things

 

I’d be happy to give example if you like.

 

comma usage for adjective clauses – complicated, tricky

only one of a thing, unique – use commas

 

We study English at South Hill Education Centre, which is on Fraser Street. – only one SHEC

 

We study English at our school which is on Fraser Street. – lots of schools

 

Let’s go for a walk in the park which is next to my house. -lots of parks

Let’s go for a walk in Queen Elizabeth Park, which is next to my house. -only one QE Park

 

* This is a small concern. It is not a big deal. It is a small detail.

 

My husband bought me a necklace which is very beautiful. -special

My mother gave bought her favourite necklace, which is very beautiful. –unique, only one of her necklaces if her favourite

 

TINY ERROR

My mother gave bought her favourite necklace which is very beautiful.

 

Sometimes we use commas, and sometimes we don’t.

 

Which one seems a more likely choice?

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

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

 

How many mothers does Joe have?

B is a more likely choice.

A suggests that he has more women who he thinks of as his mother.

 

It’s a subtle difference.

 

Mary, who is a beautiful girl, lives in Vancouver. -suggests know who Mary is

 

My sister who lives in Spain volunteers at a dog rescue centre.

 

Justin Trudeau, who has great hair, is a very popular leader.

 

Good basic rule: well-known or unique – use commas