Tuesday, 13 September 2022

EF56 6 class- Quiz#2, career module, compound sentences

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

 ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

Daily class notes posted here: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Quiz#1 simple sentences (20m)

·      Discuss Choosing a Career module

·      Begin compound sentences

·      HW   Choosing a Career- email me by Wednesday at 5pm

 

Wednesday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Choosing a Career module

·      Sign up for Career module presentation.

·      Microphone

·      HW   Choosing a Career- email me by Wednesday at 5pm

 

Thursday

·      Choosing a Career module

·      Sign up for Career module presentation.

 

Friday

·      Choosing a Career module

·      Sign up for Career module presentation.

 

 

 

 

Quiz #2 (20m)

Write a simple sentence for each.

1.    SV                          vacation

2.    SVV                        downtown

3.    SSVV                     important

4.    Interrogative       rescue

5.    SSV                        prefer

6.    Imperative           earn

 

Submit it to me by 9:40. That’s the deadline.

Self-paced course provide incredible flexibility with test times, etc.

 

Our choice: Should we have our quizzes and test at the beginning of clas or at the end of class? Think about it. We can talk about tomorrow and maybe take a vote.

 

 

CHOOSING A CAREER  MODULE

job, position, occupation, career, profession, vocation

job- wage earner, hourly income , temporary on the way to something else

career – longterm employment, salary, annual income

 

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE

- Canada- annual salary

-Japan, China- montly salary

 

Choosing a career – one of biggest decisions for any body

-         young people- What do you want to do when you grow up?

-         teenagers, high school – lot of pressure to decide- How do you decide?

-         adults- changing your career midlife

Where can you get some guidance for that?

 

Midlife career change- What Color is Your Parachute

-purchase or borrow from VPL

colour(Can) color(US)

 

Online questionaire to help us decide what directions you might want to go in term of your career.

 

Career prep – in high school, questionaire, personality, interest, strengths, weaknesses

List of potential careers that might suit each individual.

 

HOMEWORK

Try one of these tests. You will need access to the internet.

VPL, community centre, SHEC.

You will use this information, your results, to put together a short presentation to the class.

 

STEP 1

1.    Choose one of the tests:

a.     The Holland Code Quiz

Rogue Community College

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

 

b.    TRUITY

https://www.truity.com/test/career-personality-profiler-test

 

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

Choose five suggested careers that might interest you.

Email me a list of those five suggested careers by Wednesday at 5.

(2pts)

 

 

Mid Nov- end of Jan Tuesday nights- Advanced Writing Tutorial

Nine tutorials

5-6 PM

Zoom, video and audio

focus on sentence types-

You can join- not part of a class

I will post the Zoom lnk on my blog in early November.

Anyone can join. It is drop-in. No registration required.

 

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES

 

Sentence styles:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

COMPOUND-COMPLEX

 

*SIMPLE    SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative (command)   Question (interrogative)

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES

It is overcast today. We will go for a walk on the beach. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

*COMPOUND – two simple sentences, join then together into one

It is overcast today. JOIN We will go for a walk on the beach.

 

How do you join them together?

 

FANBOYS – 7 coordinating conjunctions used for compound sentences

FANBOYS – for and nor but or yet so

FANBOYS  for and nor but or yet so   mnemonic, memory device

 

TRUTH   , FANBOYS not realistic, not that useful, not authentic English

 

In compound sentences: for nor yet rarely used in compound sentences by English speakers

-taught in grammar books, but not often used

 

 

-for  

Maria is going to carry her umbrella, for it is going to rain. VERY UNUSUAL, sounds like a grammar book, doesn’t sound like a real English speaker

MORE LIKELY: Maria is going to carry her umbrella because it is going to rain. COMPLEX SENT, ADVERB CLAUSE- will learn next week

because/since/as

 

-nor   Joan does not like dogs, nor does she like cats.  VERY UNUSUAL, NOT AUTHENTIC ENGLISH, like a grammar book

MORE LIKELY: Joan does not like dogs or cats. SIMPLE

 

You probably studied ‘neither...nor’. We don’t talk like that.

“either … or” – occasionally , not often

 

You can either get a new video game or a new pair of sneakers for your birthday.

 

-yet   It is cloudy today, yet it is still warm. NOT AUTHENTIC, SOUNDS WEIRDLY FORMAL

MORE LIKELY: It is overcast today, but it is still warm. AUTHENTIC

 

‘yet’ Are you finished yet? Have you had your supper, yet?

NOT A COMPOUND SENTENCE, SIMPLE SENTENCE

 

 

MY ADVICE: Forget about ‘for’, ‘nor’, and ‘yet’ for compound sentences.

 

FANBOYS

SOBA

Forget about FANBOYS. Use SOBA. so or but and    New mnemonic

***These are the ones we use: so or but and ***

 

** When you think about compound sentences, think about a delicious plate of yakisoba.**

 

Let’s focus on SOBA.

 

Some teachers teach , FANBOYS. for and nor but or yet so

for nor yet Not commonly used

Why learn them if we don’t use them?

 

Focus on the four coordinating conjunctions that we use all the time:

, SOBA

 

Easier to remember: soba noodles- buckwheat noodles

yakisoba- Japanese noodles

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

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