English Foundations 5/6
Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda
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Parking passes
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Email subject lines
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Review Quiz#2
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Continue with paragraph work “Topic Sentence”
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Begin “Residential Schools”
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Begin First Nations lecture
Tuesday
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Continue with First Nations lecture
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Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses
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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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