EF56 Using Quotations

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

This week:

-literary terms

-“Wise Woman”- test later this week

-using quotations

-sentence combining

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz- adjective clauses

·      Begin “The Wise Woman of Corboda”

Adding quotations to our writing

“ ” quotation marks

·      “Literary Terms”- plot, conflict

 

 

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

 

 

Friday 3PM is the deadline for notifying me of your wish to do the replacement quiz on Monday.

 

 

 

Talking to yourself negatively – harms/hurts you, does not help

 

You can’t be down on yourself.

 

compare yourself to somebody else- always someone way better than you   You will always lose.

 

Still do it!

 

If you only did the thing that you were best at, noone better, what would you do?

 

Motivational/Encouraging thought for today: “If only the best birds sang, the forest would be quiet.”

 

 

 

Quotation marks  “ “

·      Uses of quotation marks      1.titles

2.reported speech

3.irony, ironic finger quotes

4.borrow words from a text

 

1.    titles – short story, not a book, part of a book

“The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

“Roses Sing on New Snow”

novel, book by itself, has its own covers

Animal Farm   Animal Farm  italics (Ctrl i)

 

“Animal Farm”   XXX, not both, just one or the other

The class really enjoyed reading Animal Farm.

The class really enjoyed reading Animal Farm.

 

 

 

2.    reported speech, direct speech, exact words

Mary said, “I am going to be late today.”

CONFUSION

Mary said that she is going to be late today. noun clause

 

ERROR   Mary said that I am going to be late today. MIXED UP

ERROR My mother said that you should do your homework.

FIXED My mother said, “You should do your homework.”

FIXED My mother said that I should do my homework.

My daughter said, “Let’s go to the pet store.” DIRECT SPEECH

My daughter said that we should go to the pet store. INDIRECT SPEECH

that we should go to the pet store - noun clause

 

3.    irony, finger quotes- informal, speaking

irony – 1. verbal irony – say something but mean the opposite,

not hurtful, gentle humour

 

 

4.    borrowing words from a story , putting them into your paragraph,

essay

“The Wise Woman of Cordoba” title

 

“very beautiful woman”
The protagonist of the story is a “very beautiful woman” who has magic powers.

 

The protagonist of the story is a very beautiful woman who has magic powers. COPYING, PLAGIARISM

 

 

The Residential Schools was an extensive school system set up by the Canadian government. PLAGIARIZED, COPIED, 0/6

The Residential Schools was “an extensive school system set up by the Canadian government”. TOO LONG, RIGHT IDEA

 

 

·      Talk about plagiarism

·      Incorporate quoted material into your sentences.

·      Not copying sentences

·      borrow/quote just 2-3 words, 3-4 words

·      no long quotations, long quotations are no good for short answers

EF5 paragraph – 125-150ww

EF6 -150-200ww

- a few 3,4,5 short quotations (2-4, 3-4 words each)

 

If you are writing a 10-page paper, you can use longer quotations.

For this class, Eng10,11,12 – stick to several short quotations

·      This is a skill that must be practiced and perfected

 

HOMEWORK

Choose a short 2,3,4-word section from “The Wise Woman of Cordoba.

Incorporate that short quotation into your own sentence.

 

e.g     “very beautiful woman”
The protagonist of the story is a “very beautiful woman” who has magic powers.

         

e.g     “did good deeds”

The Wise Woman was very kind to the people in the city and often “did good deeds” for them.

 

Tomorrow, we look at the examples you came up with.