English Foundations 5/6
Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30.
This week:
-adjective clauses- quiz later this week
-literary terms
-“Wise Woman”- test later this week
-using quotations
-sentence combining
Next week – opportunity
to replace one quiz mark
We
will have finished seven quizzes by tomorrow.
Q1 simple
Q1RW simple
Q2 compound
Q2RW compound
Q3 adv cl
Q4 n cl
Q5 -tomorrow adj cl
You can replace one of these quizzes next week if you want.
This is optional.
Q1 2/6
Q1RW 4/6
Q2 3/6
Q2RW 4/6
Q3 5/6
Q4 1/6
Q5 4/6
Choose one of those quizzes to replace.
Q4 would be the most logical choice because it is the lowest
mark.
Email me by Friday at 3pm which quiz you want to replace.
e.g
Hi Al,
I want to replace my Quiz 4, the noun clause quiz.
Thanks.
Jeremiah
I will write back:
Thanks.
Al
Next week you write a replacment quiz. The repalcemnt quiz
will be six sentences as usual. The sentences will be a mix of all of the
sentence styles that we have done.
1.simple
2.compound
3.compound
4.complex- adverb clause
5.complex- noun clause
6. complex- adjectie clause
This quiz mark will replace the old quiz mark mark.
e.g. Q4 1/6 4/6
e.g. Q4 5/6 3/6
This is an optional quiz. If you are satisfied with your
quiz marks, just leave them.
*** IMPORTANT ***
If you do not email me by Friday at 3PM, you will not be
able to write the replacement quiz.
We will do the replacement quiz Monday, November 1 close to
the end of class.
Also, there will be an opportunity to replace one test mark
next week.
Same deal. You won’t have to email me about this until next
week.
Today’s agenda
·
continue with adjective clauses
·
“Literary Terms”- plot, conflict
·
Begin “The Wise Woman of Corboda”
Adding quotations to our writing
Wednesday
·
Quiz#5- adjective clauses
·
Continue with “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
Thursday
·
Continue with “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
·
Sentence combining
Friday
·
Test#5 Paragraph on “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
·
Choose words for replacement quiz on Monday
Your examples of adjective clauses from HW:
1.
Everyone will never Nobody will forget that
Leslie who lived in Vancouver for a couple of years was a famous movie
star and singer in Hong Kong.
2.
My friend who works in a financial company likes
to play golf every weekend.
3.
May who is a photographer likes to travel and
takes pictures all over the world. she likes to do two things
4.
May who likes to travel and take pictures is a
photographer.
5.
Elvin who is working in an electric company is
an electrician.
Elvin is working in an electric
company. present progressive
Elvin works in an electric company. simple
present
Is there a difference in meaning between these two
sentences? very similar, slight difference
Elvin is working in an electric
company. present progressive
- sounds temporary, just for now, not
permanent
Junko is living in Vancouver. She may
move to a new place at some point.
Elvin works in an electric company. simple
present
-sounds permanent, forever, no plan to change
Junko lives in Vancouver. She is settled. She
has put down roots.
Do you study English or are you studying English?
Do you raise your kids or are you raising your kids?
6.
My neighbour who is elderly always seats sits
on a chair beside the window.
7.
Linda who is working at Air Canada is a flight
attendant.
8.
Dr. Su who is an acupuncturist can do very good
cupping.
9.
Joy who is difficult to make decisions have to decide
yes or no right now.
Joy who has difficulty making decisions
has to decide yes or no right now.
I have difficulty ABCing.
I have difficulty driving at night.
10.
My father who dislikes sweets can eat this cake.
11.
Rose who had long hair cut her hair and donated
it.
12.
Benio who is working at the publishing company
goes to the US for the article.
13.
My sister who works at the post office knows how
to send international parcels.
14.
My customers who are a couple from China want to buy an
apartment located at/on the UBC campus.
15.
Most of the students who are interested in music
watched the concert at the Chan Center last night.
16.
I finished my coffee beans which are made in
Honolulu.
17.
The statue which includes 5 ruined cars was
removed from False Creek in 2021.
who – people
that- things, animals, people (sounds cold)
which – special things, unique things
whom – not used often, MY ADVICE: Forget about it.
whom – object pronoun
The woman who is by the tree is my sister.
who is by the
tree -‘who’ is a subject pronoun
The woman who I was talking to is my sister.
who I was talking to -‘who’ is an object pronoun
When you have an object pronoun, you have some choice.
Choice#1: LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS
The woman who I was talking to is my sister.
Choice#2: OMIT ‘who’
The woman I was talking to is my sister.
Choice#3: Use ‘whom’
The woman whom I was talking to is my sister.
Choice#3 ‘whom’ – very rarely used, ignore it
Choice#1 or Choice #2 are easiest and best.
Nobody uses ‘whom’! Forget
about it!
Except... writing a letter and you don’t know who you are
writing to:
To whom it may concern,
for example- recommendation letters
who
that
which
whom
Choose 10 vocab words from “The Wise
Woman of Cordoba” for the quiz tomorrow
1. people
2. woman
3. famous
4. children
5. amazed/amazing
6. pay
7. money
8. difficult
9. reach
10.
open
You will do six sentences with adjective clauses for the
quiz.
e.g.
1. remember who
I will remember my mother who was an example.
I will always remember my mother who was a good example to
me.
I will always remember my mother who was a good role model to
me.
2. contact that
The contact number that you gave me is disconnected/not in
use.
4. impossible who
It is impossible for a student who does not study to
pass.
My sister is a person who it is impossible to talk to.
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