Good morning.
We will get started at 8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
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Return optional replacement quiz
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Return optional business letter –
completion mark: 2 pts
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Sentence combining, your examples from
homework
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Reminder using quotations, quoting text
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Final essay on First Nations- quoting
from “Totem”
General topic on First Nations –
opinion writing
opinion – a few reasons to support that
opinion
e.g. Should First Nations history be
taught in schools?
Essay
format- five-paragraph format good choice, IKEA essay
You can choose the format that makes
most sense to you.
Introductory paragraph
Body paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
I will not have time to give feedback
on your essay for tomorrow. I will read your essay and give it a a mark. If you
want feedback as normal, I can do that in September. Find me around the school
in September, and I will return to you your marked essay with feedback. I will
keep your essay until September 15th.
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OPTIONAL REPLACEMENT TEST FRIDAY- “The
Ninny”
Read. Make notes. Paragraph with “ “
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HW Deadline for email re optional
replacement test is 3 pm today
Friday
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAY
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Optional replacement test (first 60m)
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Marking and assembling final marks
OPTION
One-on-one chats if you want
OR
Final marks by email- Email me by
11:30, I will email you your final mark back.
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Final reports due in by 12 noon
These are some of your more advanced sentence combning
solutions from the homework.
1.
The sailor who stands behind the wheel
sails the ship.
The sailor stands
behind the wheel sailing the ship.
2.
The years that were spent at sea have
toughened his thick, chapped, and rough lips.
The years that were spent at sea have
toughened his thick, chapped, rough lips.
3.
Toni took down the large sails which were
used to catch light winds and hoisted other smaller sails for
heavier weather.
Toni took down
the large sails for light winds and hoisted other smaller sails for
heavier weather. parallelism
Toni took down the large sails which were used
to catch light winds and hoisted other smaller sails which were for
heavier weather. parallelism
4.
The weather-bleached sloop sat in the
sun for hours in the afternoon when while the crew searched the horizon
for clouds and wind.
5.
Wallachen is a summer camp that
teaches arts and crafts for six to twelve children.
Wallachen is a summer camp that
teaches arts and crafts to six to twelve-year-old children.
Wallachen is a summer camp that
teaches arts and crafts to children who are six to twelve years old.
6.
The children stay and sleep in log
cabins or outdoors for a week without parents.
7.
The grimy train covered with graffiti
pulled out of the station.
8.
The roller coaster that made its
appearance in 1884 is still the most existing rides in an amusement park.
9.
The roller coaster, that which made
its appearance in 1884, is still the most exciting ride in an amusement
park.
The roller coaster, that which made
its appearance in 1884, is still one of the most exciting rides in an
amusement park.
10.
Wallacheen is a children’s camp for six
to twelve years old six to twelve-year-olds which operates in summer and
teaches arts and crafts.
11.
The children stay for a week without
parents in log cabins which are made of logs, or sometimes they sleep
outside.
12.
The third car held five people, who
were an old woman, her grandaughter, a middle aged man, and two young men.
13.
The coaster starts slowly like a train
pulling away from a station while the passengers who have waited in line for
over an hour ready themselves for the first hill. complex – adv cl, adj cl
14.
The train pulled out of the grimy
station that was covered with graffiti.
15.
The train hissed and screamed as it
entered the darkness of the tunnel that headed downtown.
16.
The train that headed downtown
hissed and screamed as it entered the darkness of the tunnel.
17.
The third car held five people: an old
woman, her granddaughter, and a man. How many people? confusion
18.
The people were strangers who were suddenly
thrown into a suddenly intimate situation.
19.
The people were strangers thrown into
a situation that was suddenly intimate.
20.
The roller coaster, which made
its appearance in 1884, is still one of the most exciting rides in an amusement
park. non-essential adjective clause
21.
The crowds line up to ride the
roller coaster, even the newer and fancier rides that are like log flumes or
screaming demons fail to draw them. RW
The crowds line up to ride the
roller coaster; even the newer and fancier rides like log flumes or screaming
demons fail to draw crowds like the rollercoaster. REP
Even the newer and fancier rides
like log flumes and screaming demons fail to draw the crowds that line up to
ride the roller coaster.
22.
The young and old seem to enjoy
the traditional favorite.
Good work. These were tougher exercises.
Essay, multi-paragraph writing (300-350 words)
Should newcomers to Canada learn about the history
of First Nations Peoples?
Due by end of class
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