Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s Agenda
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Sentence combining- your examples from homework
·
Back and Forth
Thursday
·
Test#4- final paragraph on a general topic
·
Begin Review
Friday (Final Day)
·
Review
·
Final marks – one-on-one chat if you want,
report card from the office next week
Some of your sentence combining solutions from homework:
1. Jackie's
dad who is a truck driver and has driven for twenty years is taking a year off;
then he will be with Jackie.
semicolon ;
EF56-
; compound sentence
, SOBA
It is cloudy today, so it is not a
good day to take pictures.
It is cloudy today; it is not a good
day to take pictures.
, so = ;
, or = ; , but=; , and=;
Luis is from Mexico, but I am from
Canada.
Luis is from Mexico; I am from
Canada.
; transitional word,
It is cloudy today, so it is not a
good day to take pictures.
It is cloudy today; it is not a good
day to take pictures.
It is cloudy today; therefore, it is
not a good day to take pictures.
Three levels for a cmpound sentence:
1.
It is cloudy today, so it is not a good day to
take pictures.
2.
It is cloudy today; it is not a good day to take
pictures.
3.
It is cloudy today; therefore, it is not a good
day to take pictures.
1. Luis is from Mexico, but I am
from Canada.
2. Luis is from Mexico; I am from
Canada.
3. Luis is from Mexico; however, I am
from Canada.
EF56 – transitional words however
therefore also moreover
nevertheless in other words firstly
first of all then next
finally to tell the truth
2. He
works at home, with Jackie and as a parent, and the parenting is a full-time
job.
He works at home with Jackie as a parent, which
is a full-time job.
3. They
paint, picnic, go to movies, cycle and play in the afternoon.
4. Jackie,
who is four, enjoys each day which is spent with her dad.
5. He
now works with Jackie at home as a full-time parent.
6. They
have fun cleaning and repairing the house, cooking the meals and shopping.
7. They
play, paint, picnic , go to movies, and cycle in the afternoon.
AAA, BBB, CCC and DDD.
8. Four
years old Jackie enjoys her time with her father every day.
Four-year-old Jackie enjoys her
time with her father every day.
9. Jackie’s
dad is has been a truck driver for twenty years, and he is taking a year
off because he will be with Jackie.
has been – present perfect, started in the
past, continues to now
10.
He now works at home with Jackie as a parent because
the parenting is a full time job.
11.
They play in the afternoon, paint, picnic, go to
movies, and cycle.
12.
Jackie is four, and she enjoys each day when she
which/that is spent with her dad. adj cl
13.
Jackie’s dad who has been a truck driver for twenty
years is taking a year off to be with Jackie.
14.
He works as a parent full-time at home now with Jackie.
Challenging!
Good work. This will get better and easier with practice.
15.
The dressing room was in a state as we prepared for the
second performance of our play.
IDIOM in a state very messy, very upset
16.
Racks for costumes and trays for makeup were scattered
in the room.
17.
Nearly everyone was nervous while helpers were dressing
cast members and applying their makeup.
18.
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
because they would not cooperate.
lead – main actor
19.
We were preparing for the second performance of our
play, so the dressing was in a state.
We were preparing for the second performance
of our play; the dressing was in a state.
We were preparing for the second performance
of our play; therefore, the dressing was in a state.
20.
Costume racks and makeup trays were scattered about the
room.
21.
The female lead could not get her wig to stay on
properly, but the male lead was having a tug-of-war with a pair of suspenders that
would not cooperate.
22.
Jackie’s dad is a truck driver who has driven for
twenty years, and he is taking a year off to be with Jackie.
23.
They play then paint and go on a picnic and the
movies after then cycle in the afternoon. RW
24.
We are preparing for the performance which is the
second of our play, but the dressing room is in a state. CONDENSE MORE
RW We were preparing for the second
performance of our play, and/so the dressing room was in a state.
25.
Racks that were for costumes and trays that were for
makeup have been scattered about the room.
26.
Nearly everyone was nervous when/while helpers were
dressing cast members and applying their makeup.
27.
The female lead could not get her wig to stay on
properly and the male lead was having a tug-of-war with a pair of suspenders which
would not cooperate.
The male lead was having a tug-of-war with an uncooperative
pair of suspenders.
uncooperative (adj) – will not cooperate, will not work
together
The little kid is being uncooperative about bedtime.
Jas is a very cooperative group-minded person.
We have been learning the foundations of English sentences.
SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX
nervous (adj) – shy, anxious, scared, antsy, panicked (very
strong), butterflies in your stomach
watch TV- entertainment, a passtime,
yellow- not brave, coward, sunflower, look jaundiced
blue- sad
Superman- like Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman
superheroes,
Superman – red blue, big S on his
chest, red cape
A find a B
B find an A
1.
stars circles,
ovals
side-by-side, parallel lines, opposite
sides, top and bottom
2.
holding a pan pot, hot water, steaming, slim
guy, slender, dump it out, pour it out, dump the pot out onto the floor
3.
diary- journal, standing on it end, standing up, back
cover, front cover of the book, the spine of a book, our backbone is made of
vertabrae, tailbone, funny bone
reflexes - knee
pins and needles – your leg is asleep
brain freeze-
hiccups-
4.
fractions – math
fracture – break
numerator
--------------
denominator
½ one half
1/3 one third
2/3 two thirds, two over three, two of
three
¼ one quarter, one fourth
¾ three quarters, three fourths
¾ of a kilo- three quarters of a kilo
1/5 one fifth
2/5 two fifths
6/16 six sixteenths sixteens
six out of sixteen
7/8 seven eighths
6/60 six sixtieths
¼ ½ ¾
1/3 2/3
I have two thirds of a tank left.
I have only 1/8 of a tank left.
5.
He is throwing the stick for the dog. He is playing Fetch
with the dog.
6.
gymnastics – doing a handstand, hanging by his hands,
hanging by his feet, hanging upside down, doing the splits
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