EF34 compound sentences

 

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

 

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow

- eat mooncake

- paper lanterns

- family gathering, feast

- revolving table loaded with food

- lai shi lucky money

 

 

This week: compound sentences, narrative writing, “Family”

Quiz#1Rewrite, Quiz#2, Test#1

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Continue with compound sentences

·      TOMORROW Continue narrative writing

·      TOMORROW Start reading “Family”. I sent you this by email on Friday.

·      REWRITE QUIZ#1 (OPTIONAL) - You can rewrite it at the end of class today if you want.

 

 

 

Tuesday- We will end the class at 1:00. I have a school meeting at 1:15.

·      Continue with compound sentences- We can go over your sentences from homework.

·      Continue narrative writing

·      Start reading “Family”. I sent you this by email on Friday.

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz#2- compound sentence

 

Thursday

·      Test#1- narrative paragraph

 

 

Quiz RW

I will choose six of these for the quiz.

1.    allow

2.    call

3.    card

4.    house

5.    member

6.    sit

7.    choose

8.    office

9.    desk

10.                       receive

 

 

 

Sentence types:

*SIMPLE SV  SSV  SVV Imperative  Interrogative

*Compound

, SOBA , so   , or   , but   , and

 

SV, so SV.

It is Mid-Autumn festival tomorrow, so we will have a family get-together. *Don’t forget the comma before ‘so’.

 

SV, or SV.

You can have tea, or you can have coffee. COMPOUND *, comma

You can have tea or coffee. SIMPLE SV * no comma

You should be able to do it both ways.

You can choose which way sounds best to you.

 

You can work hard in school, or you will fail. COMPOUND

COMPOUND- balance, seesaw, two sides

SIMPLE – one statement, very direct

You can work hard in school or fail. SIMPLE – not as powerful

 

 

SV, but SV.    but – shows difference, problem?, stop? contrast

I want to go to school, but I have to go to work.  BALANCE

Contrast and repetition of the verbs ‘want to go’ and ‘have to go’

I want to go to school, but I am too busy. OK, not as elegant

VARIATIONS:

I want to go to school, but I am busy.

I want to go to school, but I am busy with kids/work/housework/errands.

 

errands – busy making stops, buying things, going to different places

I have been running errands all day, so I am tired now.

errands – idiom ‘running around’

I have been running around all day, so I want to go home now.

 

SV, and SV.  and – adding, in addition

I can read and write. SIMPLE SVV

I can read , and I can write. COMPOUND

VARIATIONS:
I can read in Arabic, and I can write in French.

Maria reads science books, and she writes papers.

 

YOUR EXAMPLES:

When We bought our house, and then we can sell sold our car. vt

‘when’ adverb clauses- later this week

We bought our house, and (then) we sold our car.

SV , so SV.

SV, or SV.

SV, but SV.

SV, and SV.

 

 

COMMON ERROR:

It is cold but, it is sunny.

CORRECTED

It is cold , but it is sunny.

 

 

EXERCISES:

Compound Sentence Exercises

 

Directions: Add a clause to each simple sentence to create a compound sentence. Use FANBOYS or SOBA.

SV, so SV.

SV, or SV.

SV, but SV.

SV, and SV.

 

1.    My puppy has a new collar.

My puppy has a new collar, so he is happy.

My puppy has a new collar, so we can go for a walk.

SIGN IN A PARK* All dogs must be on a leash.*

2.    The photographer took out his camera.

The photographer took out his camera, and he took a picture of the sky.

The photographer took out his camera, and he could take MEANING? a picture of the sky.

The photographer took out his camera, but his lens was broken/cracked.

 

3.    I wanted to buy a puppy.

4.    Dolly likes snowboarding.

5.    The little boy did not want to go to school.

6.    She wanted to improve her English.

7.    Arleen could not speak French.

8.    Let's go to the swimming pool.

9.    I was not very hungry.

10.                       Jie wants to speak English in class.

11.                       Jasmir went to the store to get milk.

12.                       I didn’t do my homework.

13.                       Mark has never visited Korea.

14.                       It’s Maria’s birthday today.

15.                       You can make a big cake.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finish these for homework. Email your sentences to me if you want. We will go over them together as a class tomorrow. The sentences will be anonymous.

 

1.     My puppy has a new collar.

2.     The photographer took out his camera.

3.     I wanted to buy a puppy.

4.     Dolly likes snowboarding.

5.     The little boy did not want to go to school.

6.     She wanted to improve her English.

7.     Arleen could not speak French.

8.     Let's go to the swimming pool.

9.     I was not very hungry.

10.Jie wants to speak English in class.

11.Jasmir went to the store to get milk.

12.  I didn’t do my homework.

13.  Mark has never visited Korea.

14.  It’s Maria’s birthday today.

15.You can make a big cake.