Friday, 22 July 2022

Eng 10 11 SUMMER 15 class- adjective clauses, career module

 

 

Good morning.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s Agenda:

·      Continue quoting text, your examples from homework

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      “The Ninny” – discussion, power, authority

·      Begin Career module

·      HW   Holland Test homework

Examples of adjective clauses

Bring your guitar if you want (breaktimes)

 

Monday

·      Return Test#3- review, rewriting

·      Continue adjective clauses

·      Career module

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz#5- adjective clauses

·      Career module

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Wednesday

·      Begin noun clause

·      Continue career module

 

Thursday

·      Continue noun clause

·      Continue career module

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Friday

·      Quiz#6- noun clauses

·      Talk about replacement quiz and test

 

 

FINAL WEEK

Tuesday

·      Return quiz- noun clause

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Wednesday

·      Replacement quiz

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Thursday

·      Replacement test

 

Friday

·      Final essay

·      Final marks

 

Write a few sentences that have quoted text in them.

Please email me a few of your examples. Tomorrow, we look at the examples you came up with.

 

Some of your examples:

1.    Mr. Obi did not consider the negative consequences of his “misguided zeal”(3) when he was dealing with the villagers.

2.     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test#3 “I Confess” and/or “Dead Man’s Path” (final 60m)

No need to do quotations. Feel free to try a few if you want.

150-200 word paragraph

Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

“Who is a better role model for his students: Mr. Wei or Mr. Obi?”

 

 

 

 

These are some of your examples of incorporating quoted text into sentences:    

1.    "Severe damage to public property"(1)

“severe damage to public property”

"[S]evere damage to public property"(1) is prohibited and not tolerated at school.

2.    "Admitting one's mistake"(2)

“Admitting one's mistakes

"Admitting one's mistakes"(2)  is being courageous and humble. 

3.    "Sstand up straight"(1)

“stand up straight”

Whenever Mr Wei is angry, he lets his students "stand up straight"(1) and interrogates them.

 

lets- allow    causative verbs help, ask, tell

let -special usage, infinitive  –‘to’    She let her son to go to the park.

She let her son to go to the park.

allow infinitive

She allowed her son to go to the park.

 

He lets his dog sleep on his bed.

He allows his dog to sleep on his bed.

 

Whenever Mr Wei is angry, he lets his students to "stand up straight"(1) and interrogates them.

He makes his students "stand up straight". Makes infinitive –‘to’

He orders his students to "stand up straight". Orders infinitive

He tells his students to "stand up straight". Tells infinitive

He forces his students to "stand up straight". Forces infinitive

 

CAUSATIVE VERBS- worth looking into

 

 

 

FREE ADVICE” Take five seconds and check that the quotation is accurate.

 

4.    Mr. Wei “roared fiercely”(?) at Wang Wei because he wanted to show his "authority".

5.    Mr. Wei felt so happy winning the “red flag of citation”(1) that he was even more convinced that his “strict standards”(1) had worked very well.

Outstanding!

 

6.    While the Mr. Wei was roaring, Wang Wei was “standing awkward”(1) and “trembling”(2). Phrasing

While Mr. Wei was yelling/shouting/hollering/screaming/talking abruptly, Wang Wei was “standing awkwardly”(1) and “trembling”(2).

 

7.    Nancy deeply believed his husband’s plan of changing the school even though she had a “personal misfortune”(1)) for a while. 

Nancy deeply believed in her husband’s plan of changing the school even though she had a “personal misfortune”(1) for a while. 

 

8.    The beliefs of the tribe in Ndume is similar to some tribes in my country. They offer sacrifices to " propitiate ancestors"(3) by butchering animals to their gods.

The beliefs of the tribe in Ndume are similar to some tribes in my country. They offer sacrifices to "propitiate ancestors"(3) by butchering animals to their gods.

 

FREE ADVICE: Check that each subject and verb agree. I do; you should, too.

 

9.    Nancy is so ambitious that she want to be the "queen of the school."(1)

10.                       The path, which runs through the school grounds and connect the village “shrine”and “burial”(8)site.

The path, which runs through the school grounds and connect the village “shrine”and “burial”(8)site. sentence fragment

FIXES

The path runs through the school grounds and connects the village “shrine” and “burial”(8)site.

The path, which runs through the school grounds, connects the village “shrine” and “burial”(8)site.

 

11.                       when the village woman passed away during child birth, a diviner announced to the villager’s be ready for “heavy sacrifices”(13).

When the village woman passed away during child birth, a diviner announced to the villager to be ready for “heavy sacrifices”(13).

 

12.                       It was unbelievable for a schoolmaster to say that his school’s purpose was to “eradicate “(3) the beliefs of the villagers and to teach children to  “laugh at”(3) their culture.

13.                       Mr Obi didn’t want to change his mind even thought the village priest tried to persuade him to "reopen the path”(3).

14.                       Mr. Wei has been very successful in leading his class and has brought the school’s splendid “red flag of citation” (1) since he started teaching in that school.

15.                       Wang Wei was not the one who wrote the ancient character on the desk, but as he was getting yelled at, his “lips trembled” (2).

 

16.                       The way Wang Wei felt was “terror and guilt” (2) because the teacher started yelling at him.

 

Wang Wei felt “terror and guilt” (2) because the teacher started yelling at him.

 

17.                       Mr.Wei was expected he will have this kind of "incident"(1) in his career life.

Mr.Wei expected/was expecting he will have this kind of "incident"(1) in his career.

career – work life

 

18.                       Mr.Wei couldn't solve the problem in a soft way, he had to let the students know who was "in charge"(1).

Mr.Wei couldn't solve the problem in a gentle/calm way;    , so    he had to let the students know who was "in charge"(1).

 

19.                       Michael Obi who has taken over unprogressive the school had many “ wonderful ideas” and wanted to implement  them. WO

Michael Obi who has taken over the unprogressive school had many “ wonderful ideas” and wanted to implement  them.

 

20.                       An old priest from the village spoke to Michael and made his point as he tapped his “stout walking stick“(2) on the floor.

21.                       When the old priest tried to convince Mr. Obi to open their ancestral walkway, he said to “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.” Then he left everything behind.

22.                       Mr.Obi is introduced as a “pivotal teacher”(1).

23.                       When the priest talked to Mr.Obi , he looked at the priest with a “satisfied smile”(3).

24.                       Mr.Obi didn’t consider the consequence of his “misguided zeal”(3) in/while dealing with the villagers/village.

25.                       Mr. Wei felt ”ashamed”(3) in front of his students, and he didn’t want to keep the secret anymore, so he wanted to confess.

26.                       Mr. was the person who has wonderful ideas for the school, but he was rude to other people because he was talking in a rude way “ you people”.

Mr. Obi had wonderful ideas for the school, but he spoke rudely, calling the villagers “you people”(2).

 

27.                       Mr. Obi said “[w]hat nonsense is this?”(p1); afterwards, he paced back and forth while he considered the situation. WRONG STORY

 

28.                       Mr. Wei looked at the desktop and saw the carved “elongated seal characters”(3); as a result, he realized he was the person who had done the carving to the desktop.

 

Very strong first tries. Well done. Still, room for improvement.

We’ll keep working on this for the next two weeks.

 

 

 

Basic guitar chords to learn

G

C

D

 

Next

A minor

E minor

 

 

 

*** Adjective clauses

 

 

REVIEW Sentence types:

 

* SIMPLE- one main clause

          SV   SSV    SVV   SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

 

SVVVVVV- poor writing

 

STYLE ADVICE: If something is important and you want to people to remember it, write it in a simple sentence.

-powerful, clear, direct

 

* COMPOUND – two main clauses joined together

1.       , FANBOYS   , SOBA

2.       ; semicolon

3.       ; TRANS,

Transitional words and terms: e.g. however    therefore   also   nevertheless   to tell the truth    in general   moreover  

 

 

* COMPLEX – one main clause + one subordinate clause

1.       adverb clauses- because   when   if   since   so that   so...that, as, while, whenever, so that, before, after, etc

2.       NEXT WEEK noun clause- verbs- feel think say know believe / pronouns?- that why how     

3.       adjective clauses

 

 

adjective clauses – more in-depth, more detailed

keep it as simple as possible to start- start basic and then go deeper

 

IDIOM  KISS Principle – Keep It Simple, Stupid Silly!  playful poke

 

poke, arm burn, wet willy, pinch an ear, flick an ear

 

adjectives – describes a noun

the red hat adjective

the nice red hat adjective

 

He is wearing a green hat.

 

green- new at a job, don’t know what you’re doing yet

 

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES:

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

 

It is a beautiful diamond ring.

It is a diamond beautiful ring. XXX

 

 

octagonal (adj) eight sides ,  eight-sided

octopus- eight feet

ped- foot, pedestrian, pedal, pedicure, manicure

pediatrist- foot doctor

pediatrician -children doctor

veterinarian – vet

 

 

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

My grandmother broke her gorgeous sky-blue English teapot.

Shari loves to listen to ancient Persian music.

The dog plays with a big round plastic chew toy.

Yuko collects old Japanese tea sets.

 

I got some coffee cups. coffee- noun, acting like an adjective

I love coffee.  Coffee- noun, acting like a noun

neck tie   school book   sports shoes   eyeglasses   water bottle

 

individual adjectives – good for simple ideas

 

e.g black tea, herbal tea, green tea, Orange Pekoe, mint tea, apple tea

cinnamon tea

 

more complicated, in-depth description – use adjective clauses

 

e.g. I love the tea that my sister makes from flower petals.

complicated ideas – my sister made it, made form flower petals

 

More complicated ideas- use an adjective clause

Three most common pronouns for adjective clauses: who that which

*** 95% of the time- who that which ***

 

Other less commonly used pronouns for adjective clauses: whom, where, whose

 

PARTICULAR POINT OF CONFUSION

whom – rarely used, very fancy sounding, sounds like a grammar book

Native English speakers rarely use ‘whom’.  We say ‘who’.

MY FREE ADVICE: Forget about ‘whom’. It is not important.

 

One exception about ‘whom’. writing to someone, don’t know who will be receiving the letter

GREETING: To whom it may concern,

Not an everyday occurrence. Pretty rare.

Get the words right!  To whom it may concern,

 

FORMAL SOUNDING ENGLISH  preposition + whom

to whom   from whom   with whom  

With whom are you speaking? FORMAL STYLE

Who are speaking with? STIFF SERIOUS

Who are talking to? CASUAL

 

Pick your tone. Who are you talking to? What impression are you trying to make?

 

FOCUS ON HIGH FREQUENCY USAGE: who that which – 97% of the time

 

*who – used for people, any people, sounds nice, sounds polite and respectful, you can use it for all people

 

*that- things that are not alive, animals, people (sounds a little disrespectful, sounds like you don’t like that person)

SUBTLETY IN ENGLISH, signal your opinion of a person:

The guy that my sister married is a creep. adjective clause

creep- a person who gives you a weird negative feeling, makes you feel uncomfortable

 

The man who my other sister married is awesome. adjective clause

That people that did not respect me are now out of my life.

The people who are my true friends will always be with me.

 

‘that’ many uses in English

Who is that? Not an adjective clause, sounds polite

Who is that woman you were talking to?

That is a beautiful baby!

Is that your son? -sounds ok

 

*which- special things (special to you), unique things

 

This is a watch that I bought last week. not special

I really like the watch which my dad gave me for my 18th birthday. special

 

wedding ring – which

necklace that your grandmother gave you – which

toothbrush – that

glasses- that

 

*which – special things, unique things

special things- You decide if it is special to you.

I have a silver ring which my son gave me. a special thing to me

Mei is wearing the jade necklace which her grandmother gave to her.

Shirin is wearing the jade necklace that her grandmother gave to her. (sounds like a regular necklace, not special)

Clara put the picture which her son painted for her up on the fridge.

 

unique things- only one in the world

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is hosting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. unique

Edmonton, which has a huge indoor mall, is in north Alberta.

Marta visited the Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris.

Marta visited the Eiffel Tower that is in Paris. XXX

Marta visited the Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris.

The CN Tower, which is in Toronto, has the Edgewalk.

 

 

who- people

My neighbour who is very elderly does not like my son to play in the backyard.

who is very elderly adj cl  SV

 

elderly(adj) – elder, senior, aged (Biblical), older, old (doesn’t sound polite), senior citizen

My dad is getting older. He is older now. He is 79.

 

impolite- one foot in the grave, on his last legs, knocking on Heaven’s door, long in the tooth, ready to give up the ghost

That old dog is long in the tooth. very old

 

long in the tooth (idiom)- horses teeth grow their whole life, also mice, also beavers

 

Sometimes people who are very elderly start to worry about going to heaven. They start going to church and praying and reading Holy books.

“They are cramming for the final.”

‘cramming for the final’ - studying all night before a big test

cram- study hard in a short period of time

‘cram schools’ – Japan, school that promote intense studying for a exam

 

Jun’s sister who lives in Spain is a nurse.

Jun’s sister that lives in Spain is a nurse. SOUNDS STRANGE, Don’t use ‘that’ for a person.

 

 

COMMON ERROR:

Jun’s sister who lives in Spain.  sentence fragment, not a complete sentence, half a sentence

*In a sentence with an adjective clause, you have to say two things, two SV.

Jun’s sister who lives in Spain is a nurse. 1 2

The phone that she bought was not expensive. 1 2

 

 

that – animals, things, people we don’t like or don’t respect

Marta has a dog who that has cute floppy ears. ‘who’ sounds strange for animals

Shirin got a new phone that has a seven-inch screen.

I met the guy that Joanne is seeing now. -sounds like don’t like him

The guy that my sister married is a bit of a clown.

The guy that my sister married is a clown.

a bit of a – a little bit

My friend is a bit of a drama queen.

drama queen- big emotions all the time, like an actor, dramatic, big show, like a soap opera

 

The guy that my sister married is coming over for a visit. -secret message- don’t like him much-

The guy who my sister married is coming over for a visit. – secret message- like him-

The guy who my sister married is really good fellow.

 

SOURCE OF CONFUSION ‘that’ is used in noun clauses and adjective clauses, also a pronon

multi-use word, confusing

Examples

That sandwich was delicious.

The sandwich that she made was very tasty.

I think that that sandwich was scrumptious. noun clause, pronoun

She thinks that that sandwich that you made was so good that she wants to have another one. confusing, not good writing, grammar is fine

 

REVIEW:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX  – adverb clauses

-         Adjective clauses

-         Noun clauses

 

Example from my EF56 students:

1.       His house, which is located in North Vancouver, is very expensive.

2.       I came to Vancouver, which is the best city to live in the world.

3.       I would like to visit my grandmother, who will turn 100 years old next month.

4.       Mei’s son who is 12 loves to play with Lego. two or three sons

Mei’s son, who is 12, loves to play with Lego. one son

TRICKY        - essential and non-essential clauses

-         restrictive and non-restrictive clauses

REMEMBER: Basic adjective clauses are not difficult, but they get more complex the deeper you go.

 

5.       My friend who is very beautiful is a fashion icon.

6.       I do not like the crafts that/which I have to do at work.

7.       Her dog that has a long tail is brown.

8.       I visit my mother who lives in Ottawa.

9.       I went to the aquarium which is in Stanley Park.

10.     I have to visit my best friend who played with me since I was a seven-year-old. awk

She is seven years old.

She is a seven-year-old. (noun)

11.     The girl who is wearing the red shirt is my little sister.

12.     My daughter who is playing the violin decided to study more music.

13.     I love the ring which my husband gave me on my birthday.

14.     Joe bought a new laptop that cost $2000.

15.     The girl who is standing in the corner is my classmate.

16.     My friend visited the park which is close to my home.

17.     I have a lot of apples that my mother gave me yesterday.

18.     My boss who is very polite resigned yesterday.

19.     James wore a fine black tux which his dad gave him.

 

combover

 

 

HOMEWORK: Email me a few of your examples of sentence that have adjective clauses: who that which. We can share them together on Monday. Deadline Sunday 3pm.

 

 

 

CAREER  MODULE

1.       Do the Holland Code Quiz

Rogue Community College

 

https://www.roguecc.edu/Counseling/HollandCodes/test.asp

 

Take the time to reflect, think deeply about the questions.

Choose five suggested careers that might interest you.

Email me a list of those careers by Monday at 3.

 

 

FUN LISTENING QUESTIONS

1.    Are most people under two meters (six feet) tall or over two meters (six feet) tall?

2.    Does the moon revolve around the earth?

3.    What do you mix with black to produce the colour grey?

4.    Which continent lies directly west of Asia?

5.    How many grams are in a kilogram?

6.    When you estimate, is your answer exact or approximate?

7.    How many holes do golfers play in a regular game?

8.    Name two kinds of precipitation.

9.    What living things absorb carbon dioxide from the air and replace it with oxygen?

10.                       What is 2/5 of 25?

 

11.                       What is one tenth of $40?

1/10  one tenth

 

12.                       What object is hidden for a short time during a lunar

eclipse?  solar

13.                       Why can’t plants grow at night?   No photosynthesis

14.                       Which produces light: a star or a planet?

15.                       How much is 14 + 15 +16?

 

 

 

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