Friday, 24 June 2022

EF6 - 39 class- sentence combining

 

Good morning, everyone.

We’ll get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s agenda- end 12:45

·      Sentence combining- student examples from homework

·      IF TIME Continue essay work

·      Optional replacement test, last hour of class

 

Monday

·      finish essay prep

 

Tuesday

·      Final essay, whole class

I will mark all the essay and finish all of your final grades/reports. I won’t be able to give feedback or put comments on the essay. I will read them and put a mark on them. If you want feedback on the essay, I’d be happy to do that. Hit me up in the summer. Find me and ask for your essay. I will give it to you the day in school.

Deadline: July 18th.

 

Wednesday – June 29th- final day

·      NO TEACHING, NO INSTRUCTION

·      Marks day, final reports

If you are here, we can talk about how the term for you. If not, send me an email and I will send you your final mark back. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Deadline: Wednesday, 1PM.

I will be teaching Eng10/EF7/Eng 11 at 8:30-12.

 

 

 

Sentence Combining Sheet #1

1.    The object looks long and thin; also, it measures about eight inches in length.

The object which looks long and thin measures about eight inches in length.

The object, which measures about eight inches in length, looks long and thin.

YOU ARE LIMITED ONLY BY YOUR IMAGINATION AND YOUR SKILLS

 

2.    The object, which has a diameter that measures about 1/8 inch, has many flat sides but appears rounded.

 

The object has many flat sides but appears rounded. SIMPLE

The object has many flat sides, but it appears rounded. COMPOUND

When ‘but’. When ‘,  but’.

 

The object has a diameter that measures about 1/8 inch and has many flat sides; however, it appears rounded. COMPOUND COMPLEX

 

3.    It often comes in many colours; the outside is usually yellow while the inside is usually greyish black.

It often comes in many colours outside and inside inside and out: greyish black and yellow, respectively.

 

I cleaned my car inside and out.

 

salt and pepper

peanut butter and jam

 

respectively- in order

 

She has a son and a daughter: six and nine, respectively.

She two sons and a daughter: six, nine, and eleven, respectively.

 

with respect to= regarding

I want to talk to you with respect to your work in the office.

I want to meet with my boss with respect to my salary.

With respect to my salary, I want to meet with my boss.

prepositional phrases ‘to the store’ ‘ with my boss’ ‘about our order’

 

I am writing with respect to the order we placed with you.

with respect to = regarding, about

 

DIFFERENT MEANING respectful- polite

Closing of a letter:

With deep respect, TOO STRONG

Respectfully,

 

: colon  - give further information

Donna is taking two classes: Math 12 and Chem 11.

Mei has lived in many countries: China, Japan, Italy, Iran, Mongolia, India, Jordan, Brazil, Pakistan, Vietnam, Lithuania, The Philippines, Canada, Palestine, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Denmark, United Arab Emirates, etc.

 

Filipino – nationality

Chinese, Indian, Mongolian, Iranian, Persian, Jordanian, Italian, Pakistani, Afghani, Ukranian, Canadian, French, German, Spanish, American, Greek, Palestinian, Brazilian, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Scottish, Irish, English, Russian, Lithuanian, Thai, Burmese, Danish, Egyptian, New Zealander and so on.

 

Nicknames: Kiwi, Canuck, Yankee, Aussie, Limey

 

city people: New Yorker, Vancouverite, Haligonian, Calgarian, Edmontonian, Torontonian, Seattleite, Portlander

 

5.       The top of the object is made of rubber with an aluminum band around it, and the bottom comes to a sharp point.

 

 

4.    There is writing and a number that is often a 2 or a 3 along the outside of the object.

 

7.  The longer you use the object, the shorter and duller it gets.

8.  The object is often used by students, artists, and office workers.

 

We want a nice mix of sentence styles.

 

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