Friday, 23 September 2022

EF56 Class 13 compound sentences, paragraph format and structure, listening exercise

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Daily class notes: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

The end of our third week! 1/3 finished the course.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Next week – first spoken mark x/10

Based on how much spoken contribution you make in class.

·      Return Quiz#3- compound sentences, go over

·      Continue review structure and format of paragraphs

 

Monday

·      Test#1 Paragraph

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clause

 

Tuesday

·      Continue adverb clauses

 

 


Quiz#3

Write a compound sentence for each.

1.    so                                     popular

Justin Beiber is a popular singer, so he is world-famous.

 

2.    but                                   lunch

I forgot me lunch, but I do have an apple.

 

3.    for example                   vegetarian

Maria is a vegetarian; for example, she never eats, beef, pork, or chicken

ERROR Maria is a vegetarian, for example, she never eats, beef, pork, or chicken.

 

4.    therefore                       decision

Moving to Cananad was a tough decision; therefore, my husband and I talked about it for a long time.

 

5.    as a result                      sick

John worked seven day a week for a year; as a result, he got sick.

John got caught in the rain; as a result, he got sick.

 

6.    however                         exhausted

I was exhausted; however, I still went to work.

 

IDIOM tired of – not interested anymore, bored, not patient with anymore

The young mother is tired of her husband not helping around the house.

 

exhausted – physically or mentally tired

I can’t talk to you right now; I’m exhausted.

IDIOMS- worn out, dog-tired, bone-tired, gas tank is empty

She is worn out after a long week.

 

IDIOM burn out – long term tiredness,

Mei got burned out after working as a nurse for ten years; she changed professions.

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES:

, SOBA

;

; TRANS.

 

Biggest problem   - punctuation    ;  ,

 

Let’s do some corrections and rewriting.

 

IDIOM in charge of – you’re the boss

Jun is in charge of hiring and firing at the company.

 

Stanley Park is popular with many people, so it is big and beautiful. LOGIC

Stanley Park is big and beautiful, so it is popular with many people.

 

She made a decision about her work.

do a decision

make a decision

She made a decision about working at the factory.

 

exhausted (adj) – very tired

exhausting (adj) – tiring

Sina is exhausted; he went to school and then worked 12 hours yesterday.

Talking to my mother can be exhausting.

Sarah’s job is exhausting, but she likes the money.

John forgot to bring his phone. He left it at home.

I forgot to turn off my stove today.

 

My son needs me to babysit; therfore, I will help them.

 

STRONG IMPERATIVE, NOT REALLY ASK     need PERSON to V

I need you to drive me to the airport.

Your sister needs you to made some lunch for her kids.

I need you to clean up your pigsty.

 

VOCAB – funny   pigsty

This place is a pigsty!

This place looks like a bomb hit it.

 

 

 

 

 

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Paragraph format

-         150-250 words, Goldilocks Zone

-         one block of writing

-         doublespace

-         pen

-         indent the first word (SPACE KEY OR TAB KEY, width of little finger)

 

Paragraph structure

-         topic sentence

-         supporting sentences (POINT and SUBPOINTS)

-         concluding sentence

 

 

 

Dia – day

Buenos dias!  Good day!

muerto – dead

 

similar to Hallowe’en

 

Great little paragraph. Really well organized. Really good sentences.

 

 

 

Monday – paragraph on the articles from The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

I will ask you a straightforward question. It will be an opinion question. You can give your opinion. Bring your articles on Monday.

 

 

 

sentence fragments -a piece of a sentence, not a full sentence

She likes to play sports. For example, soccer, basketball and volleyball.

FRAG

 

FIX

For example, SV soccer, basketball and volleyball.

For example, she enjoys soccer, basketball and volleyball.

 

Because of the rain. FRAG

FIX

We cancelled the picnic because of the rain.

 

 

flowery words – too many adjective, too much description, rep, too much

She was beautiful.

She was as beautiful as field of rose in the morning dew.

 

 

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