Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 8:30
Al
Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class
blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
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Begin complex sentences- noun clauses
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Begin “Roses Sing on New Snow”
Group Discussion
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Begin “Literary Terms”
HW “Literary Terms”
Tuesday
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Continue with noun clauses
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Continue with “Roses Sing on New Snow”
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Continue “Literary Terms”
Wednesday
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Quiz#4 noun clauses
Thursday or Friday
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Test #3 Paragraph about “Roses Sing on New Snow”
**
Two-week Spring Break- March 14th-25th. We will
be back on the 28th.
**
We will have four more weeks in the term.
Review
of sentence styles:
1. Simple SV
SSV SVV SSVV
Imperative Interrogative
2. Compound SV, SOBA SV. FANBOYS SOBA! More practical.
SV; SV.
SV; TRANS, SV.
3. Complex -adverb clauses
-noun clauses
-adjective clauses
Those
are all the sentence styles that you will need. There are derivations on these
basic styles, but these three styles of sentences are the foundations for all
writing.
Absolute basic skills that you must have down
cold, automatic.
The only
way to get it down cold is to practice- steady, everyday, consistent practice.
The
hard work will pay off.
SIDE
POINT:
Grammerly
– checks grammar and spelling
-gives suggestions about
grammar
-gives suggests about
phrasing, word choice
grammery.com
– free option
MSWord
has a grammarcheck. It will make suggestions.
My
wife uses to use it but not anymore.
It is
like having training wheels on your bicycle. At some point, you have to take
off the training wheels.
*The
best #1 way to improve sentence writing is to practice the sentence styles and,
very importantly, read in English.
You
do not have to difficult books.
Read
the news- cbc.ca globalnews.ca bc.ctvnews.ca/
Read
books for teenagers. Young Adult books.
Read
magazines. -food, cooking (https://www.bonappetit.com), sports (Sports Illustrated
www.si.com/), computers, gaming, travel, music, science, psychology
Fiction
for adults. Pick a genre that you like. genre: romance, fantasy, science
fiction, horror, action
Read
something! Set a goal.
My
goal is to read about 50 pages a day. One book a week.
50
books a year.
Go to
the Vancouver Public Library. Find something you like. Try it.
VPL
Book Club- https://www.vpl.ca/program/book-clubs-adults
My
personal guideline: I give a book 50 pages. If I like it, I finish it. Don’t
give up too early.
The
power is in your hands. If you want it, you can get it.
Noun clauses are part of complex sentences.
Noun clauses are used with verbs that have to
do with the brain, thinking or cognition: think, feel, believe, know,
understand, forget, remember, realize, murmur, express
Also verbs about speaking: say, yell, whisper,
shout, state
Noun clauses most often begin with these
words: that, what, why, how
Two lists of words:
A.
think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget,
remember, realize, say, mention, murmure, yell, shout, whisper, etc.
B.
that, what, why, how
Choose an A word and put it with a B word.
Mix and match A+B to make noun clauses.
Examples of complex sentences with noun
clauses:
Your example:
*think + that
I think that he is upset about his
dog. main clause noun clause
Joanne thinks that her son is very tall for his age. noun clause
I think that it will rain today.
Jun doesn’t think that Marta is telling the truth.
I think that you forgot your key.
Shira doesn’t think that she should stay out
too late tonight.
I don’t think that you should go to the party.
Mei’s sister thinks that Mei should get a
Covid test.
DIFFERENT STYLE: I think that studying
English will give me new opportunities.
gerund
*realize + that
I realize that I gave you the wrong answer.
I realized that he cheated me.
I got to school and realized that I
forgot my phone at home.
I realize that you don’t like math class, but you have to do
your best.
**You can omit ‘that’ if you wish. It’s
pefectly ok to leave it in. I will not teach it that way. I will keep it
simple.
Either way is ok.
Joe thinks the boots are nice.
Joe thinks that the boots are nice.
*find out – learn, discover
I found out that my daughter has potential
in piano.
I found out from my classmate that we have
a test today.
Maria found out that her boss will be
getting transfered to a new branch next week.
Some people people just learned what ‘branch’
means.
*NOTES ‘that’ is a tricky word in English
that – many uses
noun clauses and adjective clauses, confusing
‘that
book’
- a lot of different function, a lot of different
uses
I think that would be nice. – possibly
will happen
I think that will be nice. –
definitely will happen
We could go for a hike tomorrow. I think that
would be nice.
We are going for a hike tomorrow. I think that
will/ that’ll be nice.
How am I doing in the class? I think that
you doing pretty ok.
* wonder + why
I was wondering why you are always so
happy.
I wonder why my dog stares at me.
IDIOM no wonder – obvious, very clear, no
doubt
He spends a lot of money on clothes and jewelry.
It is no wonder why he’s always broke. No wonder he’s broke. No wonder. It’s
not a surprise.
* wonder + how – to do something
I wonder how I can fix this computer.
I wonder how the mouse got into my
apartment.
*know + why
Jim doesn’t know why Keiko is angry at/with him.
Jim didn’t know why Keiko was angry at/with him.
Jacob
knows why Sarah quit her job.
Jacob doesn’t know why Sarah quit her job.
I
don’t know why she is not feeling
well.
Sarah knows why her sister is
smiling, but she doesn’t want to tell me. COMPOUND COMPLEX
Do
you know why the bus is late?
Do
you know why Sarah has missed a week of school?
Why is Mei late today? question
I don’t know why Mei is late today.
answer, with a noun clause
I don’t know. SIMPLE
I don’t know why I can’t remember the
words that I learned yesterday. noun clause adjective
clause
I
don’t know why my car engine light is on. natural-sounding
I
don’t know why my car’s engine light is on. also ok
I don’t know why my son was working so
hard yesterday.
I don’t know why you like to climb
mountains in the rain.
I don’t know why the class is so quiet
today.
Nasrin doesn’t know why her friend failed
her English exam.
* like + how (less common) how –
situation, scenario
I like how you always listen to me.
pays attention to your words
Sarah doesn’t like how her husband loses
his temper easily.
Sarah doesn’t know why her husband loses
his temper easily.
lose your temper- get very angry
Sarah doesn’t like how it rains so much in
Vancouver.
Sarah doesn’t like that it rains so much
in Vancouver.
I like how you sang that song.
She likes how he tells funny stories.
I like how you treated me when I was sick.
Sarah likes how her mother cooks chicken.
* say + that
Michelle said that she would come early today.
The teacher said that we will do a quiz on
Friday.
The little boy said that there was a
monster under his bed.
Sahara said that there will be a party on
Saturday.
I said that I would pick up some milk on
the way home.
My mother said that the recipe is easy to
make.
I didn’t say that I would do that.
My son said that he will treat me to lunch/ to dimsum next Sunday.
treat someone to lunch- you invite someone
and pay
My treat! It’s on me! I will treat you. I
insist.
We’ll split the bill. Seperate checks.
* forget + why
Sharin forgot why she came into the kitchen.
I forget why I called you.
Mike forgot why he was mad at his brother.
REMINDER:
A.
think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget,
remember, realize, say, whisper, etc.
B.
that, what, why, how
Knowing which A goes with which B is the tricky
part. That will take a lot of listening to English speakers, reading, etc.
* believe how
Mr. Hassim couldn’t believe how hard it
was to immigrate to Canada.
She can’t believe how much she misses her
dog.
IDIOM don’t believe – am very surprised
May doesn’t believe how much it rains in
Vancouver.
I can’t believe how expensive a purebred
puppy is.
shed(v)- a dog loses hair
Her dogs sheds a lot.
non-shedding
hypo-allergenic – will not bother people with
allergies
* understand + why
I understand why you want to stay in English
Foundation 5.
Jun’s mother understood why she wanted to
marry Taka.
I don’t understand why my brother won’t
forgive me.
Mary didn’t understand why her son could
not make it to school on time.
* understand how
I understand how hard it is to learn a new
language.
I understand how challenging it is to ...
I don’t understand how you could say that to me.
Susan doesn’t understand how to do this math problem.
New style: how SV // how
infinitive – both ways are common
John does not know how to play piano.
Mr. Wong knows how to speak French,
English, and Mandarin.
Mei doesn’t understand how to make her
daughter happy.
Mohamed didn’t understand how the teaching
method could be so different in Canada
than it was back in his home country. adv cl
* understand why
Clara doesn’t understand why my tomatoes
are not growing.
The little boy could not understand why he
was not allowed to stay up late.
I don’t understand why people came up with
segregation laws/rules.
Joan
understands why she did not pass.
You
probably know a lot of these already. To get comfortable with these, you really
need to use them in your daily life. It’s really important for you to engage
with authentic English daily.
COMPLEX
SENTENCE – two clauses
Michelle
said that she would come early today.
Michelle
said – main clause, independent clause
that
she would come early today –
subordinate clause, dependent clause, noun clause
I
think that you are a very kind person. complex sentence
For homework, try a few of your own sentences with noun
clauses. Email them to me by tomorrow morning 6am. We can share them tomorrow.
“Roses Sing on New Snow”
Small group discussion – talking over the questions
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