Monday, 27 September 2021

EF56 review quiz2, paragraph work, Residential Schools

 

English Foundations 5/6

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Parking passes

·      Email subject lines

·      Review Quiz#2

·      Continue with paragraph work “Topic Sentence”

·      Begin “Residential Schools”

·      Begin First Nations lecture

 

Tuesday

·      Continue with First Nations lecture

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses

 

 

 

 

·      Thursday ,September 30th- Nation Day for Truth and Reconciliation

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2021/07/federal-statutory-holiday-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation.html

*Note: Thursday, September 30  NO SCHOOL

 

 

 

 

** When you send me an email, please remember to put your name and class in the subject line of the email. If  you forget, then I won’t know who you are.

 

 

Quiz#2

Write a compound sentence for each.

 

1.    so                                     protect

SV, so SV.

I want to protect my house, so I got a dog.

I was driving so very fast, so I couldn’t stop.

 

2.    in addition                     further

 

farther – distance, a longer distance

further – more so, to a greater extent

Mary wants to finish her high school at South Hill; in addition, she wants to study further at college.

 

3.    for instance                   donate

for instance = for example

Sheila is a very generous person; for instance, she donates money to charity.

 

Sheila is a very kind/giving person, for instance, she donates money to charity. punc

 

4.    however                         generous

May is generous with people; however, she is not nice to her family.

I would like to be more generous; however, I don’t have any money.

 

5.    or                                     demand

You have to give us some answers in the math class, or we will demand them.

You can have on-demand hot water, or you can have a hot water tank in your house or apartment.

 

You can demand that everyone change, or you can change yourself.

 

6.    at the same time          enjoy

We can enjoy ourselves; at the same time, we can learn some English.

 

 

, SOBA  , so   ,or   , but   , and

 

; TRANS,       ; however,    ; therefore,

 

We can do a rewrite of Quiz#2 on Wednesday at the end of class. This is an optional rewrite. If you got a good mark, and you’re happy, just leave it. If you didn’t do well and want to try for a better mark, rewrite it.

We will pick vocab from “Residential Schools”.

 

 

 

 

Paragraph – (150-200 ww)

 

Grabber (optional) 7 ways REVIEW THEM

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

“Golden Week”

No grabber

TS

Supporting sentences

1.    point

subpoint

2.    point

subpoint

3.    point

subpoint

4.point

subpoint

subpoint

subpoint

 

Concluding sentence

 

 

Topic sentence – two parts- topic, controlling idea

 

One topic – a million different things to focus on

one paragraph  focusses on only one narrow take

TS restricts the paragraph to just one narrow idea

 

TOPIC: China

pottery 16th C style

 

TOPIC: China

tea – 4 different kinds of tea

 

 

 

“Dia de los Muertes”

- well-written, well-organized, clear

-informative

Excellent paragraph!

That is our goal: to be able to write a well-organized, well-written paragraph.

 

 

 

 

My objective is to finish high school at South Hill within one year.

 

assimilate(v) – similar(adj)

 

When you moved to Canada, you had to make some changed in order to assimilate.- language, work, food, pace, mindset, habits, dress

 

Julia made an amendment to the business contract.

 

mend(v) – to fix

Dave mended his jeans.

sew(v) – needle and thread, the eye of the needle

 

 

heritage – your culture, history, traditions, language, faith

 

inherit(v) get something form a relative after they die

Junko inherited her father’s business when he died.

Mei inherited a necklace from her grandmother.

 

Taka neglected his health, so now he is sick.

 

I apologized to my wife. I gave her an apology.

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