Friday, 14 January 2022

EF56 32 class- adjective clause, sentence combining, Penny notes

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Quiz#5 adj cl

·      Sentence combining- homework exercises

·      Continue “Penny in the Dust”

“’Penny in the Dust’ Discussion Questions”

 

 

Monday

·      Test#4 Paragraph on “Penny in the Dust”

 

 

Tuesday

·      Begin- letter writing, formal letter, business letter, email

 

 

 

Quiz#5

 

Write a sentence that has an adjective clause for each.

Submit it to me by 9:10.

1.    which         sweater

2.    who            penny

My father who gave me a gold penny is valuable.

common error- misplaced modifier

My father, who gave me a gold penny, is very generous.

My father gave me a gold penny which is valuable.

 

I gave a chair to my sister that has wooden legs. misplaced modifier

I gave a chair that has wooden legs to my sister.

The woman saw a cat who was driving a truck. misplaced modifier

The woman who was driving a truck saw a cat.

 

3.    that             medicine

4.    that             vaccine      

5.    that             company

6.    who            disappear

disappear    disappeared  was disappear

 

John, who suddenly disappeared, has shown up now.

He showed up. He arrived. He is back.

I was waiting for my friend, but she didn’t show up. She was a no-show. I was stood up. She stood me up.

IDIOM stand someone up – make a plan to meet and not go, with no message

 

 

 

Your examples from homework:

1.    One particular chair caught their eye, and it gave them an idea.

2.    They looked in some shops on a side street close to the mall, and they found two delicate chairs that would look super in the nook where the family had breakfast. COMPOUND COMPLEX 5 clauses- about as complicated as you will ever need

3.    The oak carving/ carved oak came back to life slowly.

Would you please carve the turkey?

4.    The chairs were cleaned and sanded in one afternoon.

5.    They bought the fabric for the upholstery that was coordinated with  the stain ,too.

stain, too.

6.    They bought both chairs which their price was reasonable when they left and talked excitedly about how to restore them. RW

They bought both chairs because their price was reasonable. Then they left and talked excitedly about how to restore them.

They bought both chairs because they were reasonably-priced.

They bought both reasonably-priced chairs.

reasonably-priced (adj)  not too expensive

The restaurant was reasonably-priced. Not cheap, but not an arm a leg.

It costs an arm and an leg. – very expensive

I got my teeth straightened. It cost me a fortune.

 

7.    They bought both chairs with reasonable prices and while leaving, they talked excitedly about how to restore them.

8.    They were shopping for a gift for their mother. France and Monica  saw a display in the mall. It was antique refinished furniture.

9.    One particular chair caught their eye and gave them an idea.

10.                       They decided to look for an antique chair to refinish.

11.                       One particular chair caught their eye which gave them an idea.

12.                       They decided to looked for a chair to refinish because their mom liked antiques.

13.                       The price was reasonable, so they bought both chairs and  they were talking excitedly about how to restore them after they left the shop.

14.                       The girls who was their friend set to work where worked in the basement, could be a surprise for their gift RW

 

15.                       They began to spread plastic over the area, gathered their supplies, and assembled their equipment; then they took off the upholstered seats.

 

16.                       First of all, they applied a stripper which was gel for removed for removing/ to remove most of the old paint.

gel stripper

 

17.                       Next, they used a thin stripper for worked for working/ to work on the detail where was on the backrests.

 

18.                       The carving which was in the oak came back to life slowly.

19.                       The effort was all worthwhile; therefore, they made breakfast for their mom's birthday and then they called her to the table which was set up with her chairs.

20.                       One particular chair caught their eye and they gave an idea and gave them an idea.

21.                       5.the The price was reasonable, so they bought both chairs. When they left, they were talking excitedly about how to restore them.

22.                       The chairs were cleaned and sanded. This happened in one afternoon.

23.                       The wood was not damaged. France and Monika suggested they use a very light stain. The stain would enhance the grain and the chairs would then match the other furniture.

24.                       They bought the fabric for the upholstery and made sure to coordinate it with the stain and they did this.

25.                       France and Monika saw a display that was antique and refinished furniture was in the mall they were shopping for a gift for their mother. RW

26.                       One particular chair that gave them an idea caught their eye.

27.                       They were talking about how to restore them excitedly; they bought both chairs that had reasonable prices and left.

28.                       They decided to look for antiques refinish chair because their mom liked.  RW

29.                       Their mom liked antiques, therefore ; therefore, they decided to look for a chair to refinish.

30.                        When they looked in some shops on a side street from the mall, they found two delicate chairs. Furthermore, they knew the chairs would look super when the family had breakfast.

31.                       The girls set to work in the basement where it could be a surprise gift from their friends. ??

The girls set to work in their freind’s basement so that the chairs could be a gift.

32.                       They spread the plastic over the area, gathered their supplies assemble equipment, and they took off the seats and then upholstered. RW

33.                       4 First, S used a thin stripper, next worked on the detail backrests. punc SV

 

34.                       The oak carving is come came slowly back to life.

 

Very challenging. Good job. Keep going. It’s hard work, but we are doing it. We can’t learn it in just a few weeks.

 

The shirt is a v-neck. The sweater is a turtleneck. The t-shirt is a crew neck.

 

 

How to Read My Story

 

My experience. My approach

 

Read the story twice.

1.    Armchair- relaxed, cup of tea

-reading for basic elements of the story: setting, major characters, milieu (overall situation)

-read for plot- plotline

Plotline: Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Denouement

-basic understanding

2.    Desk- deeper reading – making notes, look for deeper ideas- conflicts – person vs ?

- nice passages, beautiful writing

- symbols, similes, metaphors

- repeated phrases, repeated words

-irony

 

ADVICE: Defend time to read the story in one sitting without distractions. Turn off the phone. The phone is the enemy of your concentration.

 

defend time – set aside a piece of time to read, focus on one task

 

 

“Penny in the Dust” Notes

 

Exposition

-setting

          time- penny was valauble, used a wagon, cars (from 20-40s) 

          place- field, rural -father working, animals, “brush”, “sun-stil fields”(p1)

 

-major characters- boy

                               - father

- personality traits son -

- personality traits father – quiet, shy, “inarticulate”

 

minor characters – mother

                               - sister (very minor)

 

 

 

Rising action –

 

*son’s description of father (last para p1) – having trouble dscribing his father to us – complex man- “still waters run deep”

throught the narrator’s struggle to explian his father to us, we come to understand how complex and deep the father is

‘reeling off’- talking quickly and freely

* “an articulate man a little at sea with an imaginative child”

 

-narrator looking back on his childhood/father with  the understanding of an adult

 

page 2 “There’s no way you can tell it....” WHOLE PARAGRAPH- fundamental to the story

 

P1&2 establish the story- setting, characters, conflict

 

***penny – catalyst of the conflict

 

Nice writing “time of magic suspension...” (p2)

- lost in his own world

- in a state of flow (modern phrase)

suspense – different meaning

simile- “like a kitten curled up on my shoulder”

peaceful, magical, quiet, relaxed, timeless, content

the penny was his whole world for those few minutes

 

Rising action “What made you come up here and hide?” (p3)

upset, distraught, emotional

safe space,

 

Climax “I had to tell him the truth...”

- fantasy about the car, spending time together “laughin’ and talkin’”

 

Denouement “Yesterday I knew”

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