Good morning.
We will get started at
8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
· Begin sentence combining, homework exercises
· Appositives
· Begin – compare and contrast essay
· Optional
replacement test (Final 50m)
Final week
Monday
· Continue – compare and contrast essay
Sentence
combining, Student examples from homework
·
Tuesday
· Final
Essay, Essay #2- Compare Contrast Essay
On Tuesday night, I will do all the marking
and get your final marks and reports finished.
I will not mark your essay the same way as the
other tests. I will read it and put a mark on it. If you want a marked essay
with comments like usual, please find me in the summer. I will mark your essay
in detail and give it to you. Deadline:
July 18th.
Wednesday, June 29
· No
instruction
· Marks
day, final reports
If you are here, we talk about the term and
how things went. If not, send me an email and I will email you back your final
grade.
SENTENCES:
simple compound complex
Next level of work for
sentence writing
Sentence combining
-very effective way to get
better at sentence writing
-practical, useful
IMO (in my opinion)- the best
way to get better at sentence writing
-at all levels – absolute beginner,
beginner, intermediate, developing, advanced, expert
start basic level----- very
high university-level exercises
Based on the sentence styles-
simple, compound, complex
foundation of all writing and
speaking in English
sentence combining – puts all
of this knowledge into use
William Strong – university
professor – taught university students how to be better writers, not ESL EAL
o
more prestigious
English
o
beautiful,
elegant, stylish writing
o
sound good, read
well, smooth to read
**Keep your eyes open for this
kind of sentence combining exercise books.
GOALS
-sentences that are dense
with information, but not too much (tricky balance)
-sentences that are as
compact as possible (short, few words as possible)
*** balancing competing interests/impulses-
lots of information, short sentences
*PERSONAL ANECDOTE*
My first year in university-
-learned how to write well by
working with Style books.
CONSIDER WORKING THROUGH A
GOOD STYLE BOOK:
The Elements of Style Strunk and White
Style: Ten Levels in Clarity and Grace Williams
*These changed my writing world
Beginner level sentence
combining – good for a little kid
Kai has a hat.
The hat is red.
The hat is for baseball.
1.
Start with the KERNEL
2.
Choose the
important new elements in each sentence
3.
Combine all of
the element together into on sentence- simple, compound, complex
Joe has a hat. KERNEL – centre, hub Usually the first sentence in
an exercise
FIND NEW INFORMATION IN THE
OTHER SENTENCES
The hat is red.
The hat is for baseball.
ELEMENTS to be combined
Kai has a hat
red
baseball
Choose what kind of sentence
do you want to write to include all of these elements? simple compound complex?
-gut reaction, trust your
instinct, feeling
*SIMPLE
Joe has a red baseball hat.
MY CHOICE
Joe has a red hat for
baseball.
*COMPOUND
Joe has a red hat, and it is
for baseball. SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH FOR SUCH A BASIC IDEA
Joe has a red hat; in fact,
it is for baseball. SEEMS OVERWRITTEN
We don’t need that elaborate structure.
*COMPLEX
Joe has a baseball hat that
is red. ADJ CL Overwritten?
because since
SEEMS LIKE A LOT
Joe has a red hat which is
for baseball. Maybe he has several special hats.
NOTE: prefix is the beginning
part of a word ‘un’ unkind ‘im’ impossible
suffix is the end part of a
word ‘tion’ education ‘ment’ employment
DETAILS OF THE STRUCTURE
**
Two approaches to putting
sentences together:
1.
COORDINATION – prefix ‘co’ together
coworker,
cooperate, combine, colearners, colleagues, collaboration “co + labour”,
coparent, coordinate, coordinator–
co- two
things , same level
sentence –
two clauses at the same level of importance
compound sentence–
coordinated clauses
, SOBA , FANBOYS
; ; TRANS,
Like a
seesaw, teeter-totter
2.
SUBORDINATION- ‘sub’ under
submarine,
subway,
GOOD LUNCH: Vietnamese
submarine sandwiches – Banh Mi Saigon,
North - South
5397 Victoria Drive- have one
for homework
5397 -16 = 53-16= 37 37th Ave
6010 Fraser 60
-16 44th Ave
1300 Commercial -16
-3 Three blocks north of First Avenue
Each major block is .5m (.8km) apart
Each major East/West Avenue
is a square
1 squared = 1 Ave
2 squared= 4th Ave
3 squared= Broadway (9thAve)
4 squared= 16th Ave
5 squared= King Edward Ave (25th
Ave)
subconscious, subtract,
substitute, submission, submissive, subcontract
one thing more important than
the other
sentence – two clauses not at
the same level of importance
complex- adverb clauses, noun
clauses, adjective clauses
e.g. Mae likes dogs because
they are loyal. main clause subordinate clause
main clause -more important
information
subordinate clause / dependent
clause- less important information
-
adjectvice
clause
-
adverb clause
-
noun clause
Dogs are loyal, so I like
them. COMPOUND- coordination
Dogs are loyal since they always stay with their family. COMPLEX-subordination
This is my visualization of
sentences:
1.
_______ SIMPLE
2.
___ ___
COMPOUND
3.
___
___ COMPLEX
* It’s all about main and
subordinate clauses
We want a good mix of those
types.
-looking under the hood of a
car
-looking behind the curtain
at Cirque de Soleil
-looking in the kitchen of a
restaurant
-watch a magician in slow
motion
How it’s done! How it’s made!
Tetris – video game with blocks
-different shapes
-all the pieces fit together
Russian Blocks
- nice mix of sentence styles
in our writing
-mix of SIMPLE, COMPOUND and
COMPLEX sentences
We should aim for a nice mix
of simple, compound and complex sentences. We should aim for a mix of short,
medium, and long sentences.
SIDE NOTE
In my editing business for
university students, I write a mix of SIMPLE, COMPOUND and COMPLEX sentences,
with a few fancy details.
Therefore, if you can master
SIMPLE, COMPOUND and COMPLEX sentences, you’ll be set for any class, college,
university, job, etc.
“Bungee Jumping”
Try a few. Email
a few to me. We can share them on Monday.
Focus on simple,
compound, and complex sentences.
Replacement Test
for people who signed up for it.
Write a paragraph
of 150-200 words on the following topic.
Lately, many
Canadians have been asking the government to take down statues and rename
schools, streets, and public places associated with racist events and
individuals from Canada’s past.
Should Canada
removes statues and renaming streets and buildings that refer to racist events
and people in our past?
OR
What advice would
you give to a newcomer who just immigrated to Vancouver?
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