Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 11:00.
Today’s Agenda
·
“Sentence Fragments”
·
“Run-On Sentences”
·
Continue persuasive writing- useful phrases
Friday
·
Test#4 – persuasive writing-
·
Begin Presentation #1
Monday
·
Talk about updating midterm recs- tomorrow
·
Continue Presentation #1
·
Begin sentence combining
Tuesday
·
Sentence combining
·
Replacement quiz (last 25m of class)
Wednesday
·
Sentence combining
·
Presentation #1
Thursday
·
Quiz#6 sentence combining
Friday and Monday are holidays
Tuesday
·
First Nations module
Wednesday
·
First Nations module
Thursday
Friday (final day)
·
Marks day
·
Final reports
Sentence Fragments
A
sentence fragment is a piece of a sentence. It is not a complete sentence.
e.g.
We will go to the beach today because it is a nice day. PERFECT COMPLEX
SENTENCE
We
will go to the beach today because it is a nice day.
MAIN
CLAUSE ADVERB CLAUSE
We
will go to the beach. Because it is a nice day. sentence fragment
Because
it is a nice day. NOT A COMPLETE SENTENCE, FRAG
Because
it is a nice day. PART A SENTENCE ADVERB CLAUSE
SOLUTIONS:
We
will go to the beach because it is a nice day. COMPLEX
We
will go to the beach. It is a nice day. 2 SIMPLES
It
is a nice day, so we will go to the beach. COMPOUND
All
of our sentences have to be in these styles: SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX.
In
my marking notes, I will write ‘frag’ for a sentence fragment.
frag
FRAG – sentence fragment
A
column – sentence fragments
B
column- simple sentences
Join
A with B to make complete sentences.
1.
While I was cooking, the doorbell
rang.
3.When
the song is over, we stopped dancing. vt
When
the song is over, we stop dancing.
When
the song was over, we stopped dancing.
8.
If the phone rings, take a message.
Take
a message. Simple sentence - Imperative
9.
Because the children are young, they need a lot of help.
They
need a lot of help because the children are young.
Begin
with a noun, not a pronoun
The
children need a lot of help because they are young.
3.
Use Your Skills
if you aren’t busy
If you aren’t busy, let’s get
together.
Let’s get together if you aren’t
busy,.
1.
whenever you time
Whenever you time, we can go to
the movies.
Whenever you time, we can go see a movie.
Whenever you time, we can go for a
walk.
2.
6.
Although the weather doesn’t look good, but we can go swimming.
choose although
but
Although
the weather doesn’t look good, we can go swimming. COMPLEX
The
weather doesn’t look good, but we can go swimming. COMPOUND
although=
even though
Although
the weather doesn’t look good, we can go swimming.
Even
though the weather doesn’t look good, we can go swimming.
10.
Because it’s dark out, you shouldn’t go into the jungle forest.
It
is very important to start to iron out details like punctuation, capitals, SV, verb
tense, etc.
iron
out (idiom) – figure out, sort out, solve small problems
I
am ironing out my plan for tomorrow.
Proverbs-
a saying, an expression
Don’t
throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Don’t
count your chickens before they hatch.
Don’t
put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t
wash your dirty linen in public.
Don’t
throw pearls before swine.
Chinese
“Playing a violin to a cow.”
Tomorrow
Test#4
Write a persuasive paragraph. I will give you the topic tomorrow.
page
2 “Persuasive Language”
Use
Reasoning
as
you know - As you know, dogs can protect
people.
Without
a doubt, most children love pets.
Use
Examples
for
example- For example, dogs and cats make good famaily pets.
for
instance- Lots of kinds of animals make good pets. For instance, you can choose
a dog, a cat, , a ferret, or a bird.
Use
Emotions
Imagine
if we had a cute little kitten in the house. (noun cl)
Just
think how nice it would be to have a ferret running around the house.
Use
Organization
There
are several reason why we should get a cat. To begin with, they are very cute.
Next, they can catch mice. Moreover, cats are great to sleep with.
purr
– the sound that a happy cat makes
first firstly
second secondly
Use
Authority
from
experience From experience, I know
that a dog makes a great family member.
Twenty
years as a parent has taught me that most children really love to be around
dogs.
Tomorrow-
Test #4
100-150
words- persuasive writing – give your opinion on a topic
Reminder:
Replacement quiz. Tomorrow at 2pm is the deadline to email me if you want to do
the replacement quiz. Check the blog from yesterday.
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