Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 11:00.
I have a committee meeting at 1
today, so we will end class at 12:55.
Today’s Agenda
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Test#4 – persuasive writing-
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Begin Presentation #1
We will take some time in class for the next few days to work on
this.
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Talk about updating midterm recs
·
“Run-On Sentences”
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HW Begin to get ideas
together for your presentation.
Monday
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Continue Presentation #1
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Begin sentence combining
Tuesday
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Sentence combining
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Replacement quiz (last 25m of class)
Wednesday
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Sentence combining
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Presentation #1
Thursday
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Quiz#6 sentence combining
Friday and Monday are holidays
Tuesday
·
First Nations module
Wednesday
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First Nations module
Thursday
Friday (final day)
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Marks day
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Final reports
Test #4 – Persuasive writing
Submit it to me by 12:15.
Write a persuasive paragraph of 100-150 words on one of the
following topics:
1.
Why we should get a pet.
2.
Why I should get the bigger room.
3.
Why students should or should have cell phones in
class.
Updating midterm recommendations
Midterm recs – before Spring Break
65% cutoff for rec for early registration for April
-allow the strongest students oppotunity to register first
Now- two weeks left
time to give the oppotunity to students average 50-65%
- some students want to register for the next level, have been waiting
Today, Monday, Tuesday – relook at your average as of now and possibly
give a new recommendation for next term
Scenarios
1.
look at your average today
2.
wait until replacement quiz on Tuesday, then check your average
You can register for the next class- same level, higher level
“Run-On Sentences”
kind of sentence error, based in punctuation
two sentences joined with a comma, a comma not strong enough to
put between sentences
e.g. It is cloudy today the sky is grey. RO run-on sentence
It is cloudy today PUNC the sky is grey.
FIX
It is cloudy today. The sky is grey. 2 SIMPLES
It is cloudy today, and the sky is grey. COMPOUND
It is cloudy today, the sky is grey. CS comma splice
comma is not strong enough to separate the sentences
FIX
It is cloudy today, and the sky is grey. , SOBA
It is cloudy today. The sky is grey.
Exercise 1
e.g. Turn off the light, it’s much too bright. CS comma splice
FIX
Turn off the light. It’s much too bright.
Turn off the light because it’s much too bright. COMPLEX- ADV CL
Turn off the light, it’s much too bright. RW rewrite for a
few other options
RW The light is too bright, so turn it off. COMPOUND imperative
Turn off the light that is too bright. COMPLEX ADJ CL
The light is too bright. Can you please turn it off?
COMBINE:
The light is too bright, so can you please turn it off?
I can’t pick up the kids, but can you?
1.
Our tires are old, we need new ones, we might get into an accident
with these. CS
FIX – simple compound
complex
Our tires are old, so we need new ones. We might get into an
accident with these.
Our tires are old. We need new ones because we might get into an
accident with these.
Our tires are old. We need new ones. We might get into an accident
with these.
CREATIVE: We need new tires since/because we might get into an
accident with these ones.
YOUR EXAMPLE:
Since our tires are old, so we need new ones because
we might get into an accident with these. ADV CL MAIN CL (simple
sentence)
Since our tires are old, we need new ones because we might
get into an accident with these. CC
We might get into an accident with these tires that are old,
so we need new ones. CC ADJ CL
We might get into an accident with these old tires, so we need new
ones. COMPOUND
The free gift of sentences: COMPOUND COMPLEX (CC)
I like ice cream. She likes cheesecake. It is not as sweet.
I like ice cream, but she likes cheesecake. It is not as sweet.
I like ice cream, but she likes cheesecake because it is not as
sweet. CC
NEXT LEVEL OF WRITING: sentence combining.
We will be using all of the skills that we have learned so far to
take our writing to the next level: EF56.
Try a few of the exercises. Email some to me if you like. We can
share them and look at them on Monday.
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