EF34 persuasive writing, sentence combining

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Check your marks with me if you want.

Bring your quiz and test papers in to check.

·      Persuasive writing, your persuasive paragraph from homework

Read aloud

·      Sentence combining

·      Small group chatting/ Chewing the fat

 

 

Wednesday

·      parallelism

·      Sentence combining

·      Final test, persuasive paragraph, Last hour of class

 

 

Thursday

·      Letter writing, business letter or email, formal letter or email

 

 

Friday (Final Day)

·      Review

·      Marks day

·      I can give you your final mark

 

 

 

Persuasive writing – convince, give an opinion & support it

Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

TOPICS:

1.    Which make better pets: cats or dogs?

2.    Do you like your home country or Canada more?

3.    Should marijuana be legalized?

 

 

PREWRITING – preparing, make a plan (5m)

1.    Read the question carefully. Make sure you understand what the teacher wants you to write about.

2.    Decide on your opinion. Come up with 3-4 ideas to support your opinion.

3.    Put the ideas in order. TIME, SPACE, IMPORTANCE

 

WRITING – write sentences

4.    Write your rough copy

Grabber

Topic sentence- gives your opinion clearly

Supporting sentences (3-4)

Concluding paragraph

(100-150 ww)

5.    Proofreading, editing – sp, vt, vf, punc, agr

6.    Submit

 

 

 

DOGS  /  CATS

 

dogs- GRABBER man’s best friend – saying in English

1.    protective of their pack, family, watch family, guard house, warn about strangers

2.    always happy to see you, express their joy, many times a day

3.    loyal, never leave you, stick with you, happy or sad, rich or poor

 

 

PLAN FINISHED

ROUGH DRAFT

 

We say that dog’s are ‘Man’s best friend’. I think so too. For me, a dog is the perfect pet partner animal companion. There are three main reasons for this. First, dogs are very protective of their pack, which is their family. They watch out for their family members night and day. Even when they are asleep, their ears are open, listening for strange sounds. They are always on guard, ready to warn you about strangers coming close to your door. Secondly, dogs are always happy to see you, and they express their joy by wagging their tails and hanging their tongues out of the mouth with a friendly happy expression on their face. In fact, they will express their affection for you many times a day. With a dog in the house, you know that you are special to them. Finally, dogs are renowned for their unwavoring loyalty. They will never leave you, whether you are sick or well, poor or rich. As long as you are good to them, they will stick with you. Based on the above, I think you can see how a dog truly is the perfect addition to your life.

 

GOOD DRAFT- edit

We say that dog’s are ‘Man’s best friend’. I think so too. For me, a dog is the perfect animal companion. for three reasons. First, dogs are very protective of their family. They watch out for their family members night and day. Even when they are asleep, their ears are open, listening for strange sounds. They are always on guard, ready to warn you about strangers coming close to your door. Secondly, dogs are always happy to see you, and they express their joy by wagging their tails and hanging their tongues out of the mouth with a friendly happy expression on their face. In fact, they will express their affection for you many times a day. With a dog in the house, you know that you are special. Finally, dogs are renowned for their unwavoring loyalty. They will never leave you, whether you are sick or well, poor or rich. As long as you are good to them, they will stick with you. Based on the above, I think you can see how a dog truly is the perfect addition to your life.

(164 words)

 

Persuasive writing

 

 

 

 

Sentence combining exercises:

 

SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX

If it’s not these, then it’s not English.

1.    The teenagers meet after school at the river for a birthday party.

2.    Some older people bring cars on the beach with the radios on.

3.    Other bring tape decks portable and the taps supply hours of music.

Others bring portable tape decks, and the tapes supply hours of music.

 

4.    Everyone brings enough food to feed twice the number present, but/and there will be none left.  

5.    It is a typical Friday night for these kids in this town.

6.    All enjoy the temporary freedom together, and they are free to eat and listen to music without direction from parents, teachers and employers.

7.    The costumes racks and makeup trays were scattered about the

room.

8.    Helpers were dressing and applying makeup to cast members, and nearly everyone was nervous.

9.    Some older people bring cars to the beach and turn up their radios.

10.                       Others bring portable tape decks, and they supply hours of music.  , SOBA

11.                       Everyone brings enough food to feed twice the number present.

12.                       All enjoy the temporary freedom to eat and listen to music together without parents’ and teachers’ direction.

 

13.                       These older people who bring cars to park on the beach turn up their radios.

14.                       Other bring portable tape decks and tapes that supply hours of music.

15.                       Everyone brings enough food to feed twice the number present. There will be none left.

16.                       This is a typical Friday night for these kids and this time of the year in this town.

17.                       All enjoy the temporary freedom together , and they are free to eat , listen to music without direction from parents , teachers and employers.

18.                       We were preparing our play performance which was our second time.

We were preparing our second performance of our play.

19.                       Makeup helpers were dressing cast members, and nearly everyone was nervous.

20.                       The female lead could not get her wig to stay on properly, and the male lead was having a tug of war with his suspenders which would not cooperate.

21.                       The teenagers meet at the river after school for a barbecue party.

22.                       Some older people bring cars, and they park on the beach with radios on.

23.                       Everyone brings enough food to feed twice the number present, but there will be none left.

24.                       All enjoy the temporary freedom to eat , listen to music, and be together.

 

The LCD projector is on its last legs. It has one foot in the grave.

 

 

 

Exercises for homework tonight:

Combine them as fully as you can.

 

Cherries

 

1.    Barb crouched behind the fence.

Helga crouched behind the fence.

The fence was broken.

Barb crouched with excitement.

Helga crouched with excitement.

2.    They looked without moving.

They looked across the orchard.

They saw Mr. Walden.

He went into the house.

3.    They stared at the tree.

The tree was laden.

The load was of cherries.

The cherries were ripe.

4.    The girls talked for ten minutes.

They talked about stealing some cherries.

They talked about punishment.

The punishment would follow getting caught.

The punishment would be from their parents.

5.    Helga laughed.

She suggested trying something new.

She suggested asking for some cherries.

She suggested asking Mr. Walden.

6.    They walked to the porch.

They met Mr. Walden.

He was coming down the steps.

They asked him.

He grinned.

He said that he had seen them earlier.

He said that he had seen them behind the fence.

7.    He laughed.

He said, “Help yourself.”

He gave them a bucket.

The bucket was large.

 

 

 

 

Topics for chatting.

Find a few people to talk with.

1.    What are your pet peeves?

2.    If you were rich, how would your life be different?

3.    If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?