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Quiz#5 adjective clauses
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Begin sentence combining
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Begin “Penny in the Dust”
Check notes
“’Penny in the Dust’ Discussion Questions”
Thursday
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Sentence combining
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“Penny in the Dust”
Friday
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Test#4 Paragraph on “Penny in the Dust”
Next week – letter writing, formal letter, business letter,
email
If we have to write a letter, we might as well do a good
job.
-professional, polished- represents ourselves in the best
light
Sentence Combining
Sentence combining
very effective way to get better at sentence writing
IMO- the best way to get better at sentence writing
sentence styles- simple, compound, complex
sentence combining – put all of this knowledge into use
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very practical
start basic level----- very high university level exercises
William Strong – university professor – taught uni students how
to be better writers, not ESL EAL
- more prestigious – beautiful, elegant, stylish
-sound good, read well, smooth to read
-sentences that are dense with information, but not too much
(tricky balance)
-sentences that are as compact as possible (short, few words
as possible)
balancing competing impulses- lots of information, short
sentences
easy example-
Joe has a hat.
The hat is red.
The hat is for baseball.
1. choose the important elements in each sentence
2. combine all of the elemsnt together into on sentence-
simple, compound, complex
Joe has a hat. KERNEL – centre, hub
FIND NEW INFORMATION
The hat is red.
The hat is for baseball.
ELEMENTS
Joe has a hat.
red
baseball
Choose what kind of sentence do you want? simple compound
complex?
-gut reaction, trust your instinct, feeling
SIMPLE
Joe has a red baseball hat. MY CHOICE
COMPOUND
Joe has a red hat, and it is for baseball. SEEMS LIKE TOO
MUCH FOR SUCH A BASIC IDEA
COMPLEX
Joe has a baseball hat that is red. ADJ CL Overwritten?
Two approaches to putting sentences together:
1.
COORDINATION – ‘co’ together
coworker, cooperate, combine, colleagues,
colaboration, coparent, coordinate– two things , same level
sentence – two clauses at the same level of
importance
compound – coordinated clauses
, SOBA
, FANBOYS ; ; TRANS,
2.
SUBORDINATION- ‘sub’ under
submarine, subway
Vietnamese submarine sandwiches – Banh Mi Saigon, 5397 Victoria
Drive
subtract, substitute, submission, submissive, subcontract
one thing more important than the other
sentence – two clauses not at the same level of importance
complex- adverb clauses, noun clauses, adjective clauses
e.g. Mae likes dogs because they are loyal.
Dogs are loyal, so I like them.
Dogs are loyal since they always stay with their
family.
This is my visualization of sentences
1.
______
2.
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3.
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Tetris - blocks
-different shapes
-all the pieces fit together
Sarah
1.
A student goes to a school. KERNEL
The school is new.
She is nervous.
This is usual.
Everyone else was nervous?.
This happened in our case.
ELEMENTS TO COMBINE
A student goes to a school
new
nervous
This is usual
Everyone else was nervous?.
This happened in our case.
A nervous student goes to a new
school; this is usual
as in our case everyone else was nervous,
too.
2.
We worried about something.
Could a blind person maneuver in our
school.
The school was sprawling.
We worried if/that/whether a blind person could
maneuver in our sprawling school. noun cl
3.
Sarah immediately helped us. COMPACT, SIMPLE
5. Classes begiining, she even handled running
with ease and confidence. V1
When classes began, she even handled running laps with ease
and confidence. COMPLEX
Classes began, and she even handled running laps with ease
and confidence. COMPOUND
6. We forgot very
quickly that she could not see. n cl
We very quickly forgot that she could not see.
Very quickly, we forgot that she could not see.
She forgot that she had a meeting. noun cl
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