Wednesday, 6 April 2022

EF34 33 class- adj cl, persuasion

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Return Quiz5 – adjective clauses

·      Talk about replacement quiz

·      Continue persuasive writing- Homework persuasion

·      “Sentence Fragments”

 

Thursday

·      “Run-On Sentences”

·      Continue persuasive writing- usefull phrases

 

Friday

·      Test#4 – persuasive writing-

·      Begin Presentation #1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz#5 Adjective Clauses

 

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

who- people

that- things, animals

which -special things, unique things

 

1.          business            that

My sister’s business that she opened two years ago is very successful.

sentence with adj cl- two things

1.My sister’s business is very successful.

2.that she opened two years ago

 

2.          English               which

Mei studies English which is a very useful language for her.

Mei studies English which will be a very useful language for her future employment opportunities.

 

3.          neighbours       who

I get along well with my neighbours who live next door.

 

4.          friend                 who

A person who cares about your successes and failures is a true friend.

succeed(v)   fail(v)

success(n)   failure(n)

successful(a) failing unsuccessful(a)

successfully(adv) unsuccessfully(adv)

He successfully landed a job with Microsoft.

She tried to swim across the Atlantic Ocean, unsuccessfully.

 

5.          country              which

Canada, which is a beautiful country, is my new home.

 

6.          mask                   that

I have a cloth mask that folds up and fits into my pocket.

 

 

adjective clauses- who that which

need two clauses

John who works with me is a good employee.

1.    John is a good employee.

2.    who works with me

 

John who works with me. sentence fragment

John who works with me V.

 

China which is a beautiful country. sentence fragment -half a sentence

 

China which is a beautiful country. V missing, need more information

China which is a beautiful country has a population of 1.4 billion.

China which is a beautiful country has a 5000-year written history.

 

China A which is a beautiful country has B a 5000-year written history.

China which has B a 5000-year written history A is a beautiful country.

China which has a 5000-year written history is a beautiful country.

 

95% the same meaning:

My sister who is a nurse lives in Spain.

My sister who lives in Spain is a nurse.

Three ways to write the same information:

A person who cares about your successes and failures is a true friend.

A true friend is a person who cares about your successes and failures.

A person who is a true friend cares about your successes and failures.

 

My dog who is cute is white.

My dog who is white is cute.

 

My white dog is cute. SIMPLE

My cute dog is white. SIMPLE

 

My dog is cute, and he is white. COMPOUND

My dog has white fur, and he is very cute. COMPOUND

 

I think that my white dog is cute. COMPLEX – noun clause

My dog is cute because he has floppy ears and a black nose. COMPLEX- adv cl

 

My whole thing about teaching Englsih at this level is to help people get ready for academic classes: Eng10, Eng11, Eng12, college, university, job

 

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You have the power to change that. Only you have the power to change that.

-writing

-talking

 

 

 

** Optional replacement quiz **

 

A few people have asked me about rewriting quizzes. Maybe they had a bad quiz or missed a quiz.

 

In my classes, I offer an optional replacement quiz for anyone who would like to do that.

 

Next week, you will have an opportunity to replace one of the quizzes that you wrote.

This is optional. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.

 

As of today, we will have done five quizzes:

 

Quiz#1- simple sentences              x/6

Quiz#2 – compound sentences    x/6

Quiz#3- adverb clauses                   x/6

Quiz#4- noun clauses                      x/6

Quiz#5- adjective clauses               x/6

 

You have the marks for those.

 

You may have one quiz that you were not satisfied with.

You choose which one and let me know by email.

One is one. Not two, not three. 1=1

 

You will do the replacement quiz during regular class time, as usual. It will Tuesday, April 12. We will do it the last 25 minutes of class.

 

The replacement quiz will be a new quiz. The replacement quiz will be a mix of all sentence styles.

e.g. If you want to replace your adverb clause quiz, the replacement quiz will not just be on adverb clauses; it will be on all of the sentence styles: simple, compound, complex.

 

The replacement quiz will be six sentences, as usual- mix of simple, compound, complex. e.g. 2 simple, 2 compound, 2 complex

 

Your old mark will be replaced with the new mark. It will not be the higher of the two marks.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #1

Q1 4/6

Q2 0/6 4/6 *

Q3 6/6

Q4 5.5/6

Q5 5/6

 

Replace Q2.

Replacement quiz 4/6

*Great outcome.* The average from your quizzes goes from 68% to 82%.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #2

Q1 4/6 3/6 *

Q2 4.5/6

Q3 4.5/6

Q4 5/6

Q5 4.5/6

 

Replace Q1.

Replacement quiz 3/6

*Less-than-ideal outcome* The average for your quizzes goes from 76% down to 72%.

 

Think about if you would like to replace one of your quiz marks.

If you have pretty good marks, just leave them. Don’t bother with the replacement quiz.

If you have a really low mark somewhere, it would be worth doing the replacement quiz.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #3

Q1 2/6

Q2 1.5/6

Q3 0/6 3.5/6

Q4 0/6

Q5 2/6

 

Q3 or Q4- you decide Q3

Replacement quiz 3.5/6   The average for your quizzes will go from 18% to 30%. You’re getting closer to pass. You will feel better.

 

REMINDER: Quizzes are worth about 30% of your final mark.

 

What you can do:

Email me by Friday at 2 PM which quiz you would like to replace, if you want to replace one.

Send me an email.

Make sure you use a proper Subject line in your email:

“Name, Class, Replacement quiz.”

 

“Hi Al,

I want to replace Quiz#2.

Thanks,

Betty”

 

I will respond.

“Ok. Thanks.

Al”

 

I will not accept late emails. Friday at 2pm is the deadline to let me know if you want to replace a quiz. You have 49 1/2 hours.

 

We will also do a replacement test (paragraph) as well. I will talk about this next week. It will be the same structure as the replacement quiz. We will do the replacement test in the final week.

 

 

 

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