English Foundations 5/6
Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
Today’s agenda
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Begin sentence work
Overview/Introduction to sentence types–
simple, compound, complex, compound complex sentences
“Intro to Sentence Types”
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Begin simple sentences
“Simple Sentences EF6 level”
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Continue “Daylight Savings Time”
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IF TIME Begin “Goalsetting”
Friday
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Begin simple sentences
“Simple Sentences EF6 level”
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Begin “Goalsetting”
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I will explain about the quiz that we will have on
Monday.
Monday
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Quiz#1 on simple sentences
Re: The email attachment some people sent me yesterday
If you could read my comment, great!
If you couldn’t read my comment, then a. keep trying.
b.
pass in your quizzes and
tests on paper.
First time classmates today: Please ask if you don’t know
what’s going on.
Al Haley
Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
I will post the notes from class everyday, so you can review
them if you want to.
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** Overview of sentence types **
These are the sentence types that I will be teaching you- next
three weeks.
-lots of detail
Some of this you will already know. A lot of it will be new.
I will try to go deep into the sentence types.
Four sentence types:
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND COMPLEX
Foundation for all of your writing. When I write I use these
sentence types.
SIMPLE – one clause = subject + verb
The dog is sleeping.
SV Subject Verb- easiest kind of sentence
The dog and the cat are
sleeping. SSV
Doctors and nurses are struggling
with Covid19. SSV
North Vancouver and Chiba, Japan are sister cities. SSV
The kids are running
and are yelling. SVV
Mariko is working parttime and studying at Langara. SVV
Mariko is working parttime days in Metrotown
at a jewelery store and studying third-year
biology at Langara in the evenings. SVV
You and I drink coffee
and talk / chew the fat. SSVV
chew the fat- talk casually, gossip
My son and I like
to walk around the park and chew the
fat. SSVV
No commas SV SSV SVV
SSVV
Imperative – command Close the door! Stop making so
much noise.
Come in. Sit down.
Watch out.
You sit down. XXZX
You sit down.
Sit down! exclamation mark- shows energy, makes it
sound loud
!! – overused, MY ADVICE- avoid them in school writing
Great.
Great!
Great !!! XXX Ok for casual writing, not for serious school
writing
Interrogative – question Is it going to rain today?
How are you?
SIMPLE- SV SSV SVV
SSVV Imperative Interrogative
-We will do more on simple sentences tomorrow. Quiz on Monday-
COMPOUND – two independent clauses put together, two simple
sentences put together
7 coordinating conjunctions , FANBOYS for and
nor but or yet so
4 most important , SOBA so or but and
The dog is sleeping. The cat is awake. 2 simple sentences
Join together with , SOBA
The dog is
sleeping, but the cat is awake.
Compound sentence
*You need the comma. ,
Canadian residents are
becoming much more relaxed about Covid transmission, but they should be aware of rising numbers.
SV, SOBA SV.
Replace , SOBA with ; semicolon
;
The dog is sleeping, but the cat is awake.
The dog is sleeping, but ;
the cat is awake.
The dog is sleeping; the cat is awake.
Canadian residents are
becoming much more relaxed about Covid transmission, but ;
they should be aware of
rising numbers.
Canadian residents are
becoming much more relaxed about Covid transmission; they should be aware of rising numbers.
The really good things about semicolons is that you can add
transitional words
; however,
; therefore,
; also,
; on the other hand,
;
HUNDREDS OF THESE TRANSITONAL WORDS. We will learn 20 or 30.
The dog is sleeping; however, the cat is awake.
Canadian residents are becoming much
more relaxed about Covid transmission; nevertheless, they should
be aware of rising numbers.
This is good writing, good enough for UBC.
SIMPLE SV, SSV, SVV, SSVV, Imperatives,
Interrogatives
COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV. SV; SV.
COMPLEX
– adverb clauses
because when if since- I will teach you about 25. You won’t have
to learn all of them, but you should start learning them. You probably know
most of them. I will remind/teach you how to use them.
Joan isn’t going to play
volleyball today because it is
going to rain. adv cl
Because it is going to rain, Joan isn’t going to play volleyball today.
comma usage important
- noun clauses- feeling, knowing- brain, talking
think know understand remember believe say
Sarah thinks that it will rain today.
Ahmed said that he would be a little late today.
We don’t know why she is angry today.
I know why my dog was afraid/scared driving home yesterday.
The dog is afraid/scared.
The dog is afraid/scared of the snake.
She doesn’t know how to fix the car.
She doesn’t know how she can fix the car.
- adjective clauses – who that which
My neighbours who are very young are sometimes
noisy at night.
The snake that my daughter’s friend bought is
very beautiful.
Hamir lives in an apartment that has a view of the
Northshore mountains. He can see the snow-topped peaks in the
wintertime.
COMPOUND COMPLEX
compound sentence ADD dependent clause
It is rainy today, but Maria will still go for a run because she
has a race coming up. compound sentence complex-adverb clause
GOAL FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS – simple, compound, complex,
compound complex sentences
Tomorrow, we will get into simple sentences a little deeper.
Quiz on Monday
EXAMPLE QUIZ
Quiz #1 Simple sentences
Write a simple sentence for each.
Submit it to me by 9:05.
1. SV dog
Marie’s dog is cute.
Joe chased a dog away from his yard.
2. SVV cat
The little girl played with and patted the cat.
3. Imperative fish
Throw that fish away.
4. Interrogative monkey
Is that a monkey driving the bus?
5. SSV squirrel
The squirrel and the dog are best friends.
6. SVV snake
Joan caught and patted the garden snake.
6/6
Continue with “Daylight Saving Time”
volume and tone- up and down like waves on the ocean
, commas- breath mark,
take a beat, rest, take a breath
; semicolone two beats
. period – longer pause, three beats
stress key words- stress- louder and bolder
? usually tone goes up
bug collector – etymologist -studies insects Charles Darwin- evolution
Excellent speakers reading from a script- CBC radio presenters,
news
New vocabulary? Difficult vocab?
What was a word that you first encountered in this article?
semiannual
myth
urban myth- popular story that people say, not true
superstitions – believe that certain actions will bring good
luck or bad luck
observe
opposite
upset
offset
If you take a plane, you can plant a tree to offset the carbon usage.
participate
annual- one year
decade- 10 years
century -100 years
millenium- 1000 years
artificial – fake
appear- The full moon appeared above the trees. A ghost
appeared in the old house.
convenience(n) convenient(adj)
Tomorrow, we will choose 10 words to focus on for the quiz.
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