Wednesday, 14 September 2022

EF56 Class 7 simple sent, compound sent, Career module

 

Monday - September 19th

National Day of Mourning -feel grief and loss over a death

Queen Elizabeth II- Head of State in Canada, figurehead, symbolic power

-         Canada’s history of being a colony of Great Britain

-         Commonwealth countries- Australia, India, New Zealand, Canada, Rwanda, etc.

Schools will be closed. K-12, colleges, universities?

No school that day.



 

 

**      FORM FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES:

SV, SOBA SV.

 

The cat is asleep. The dog is awake. 2 simple sentences

The cat is asleep. JOIN The dog is awake.

Join with , SOBA.

 

The cat is asleep, and the dog is awake. COMPOUND

The cat is asleep, but the dog is awake. COMPOUND

*NOTE: You need the comma.

I will teach you the details of punctuation.

 

Mei loves dark chocolate but hates white chocolate. SIMPLE SVV

Mei loves dark chocolate, but she hates white chocolate. COMPOUND

 

COMPOUND:   SV , SOBA SV.

 

COMPARISON OF SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

 

SIMPLE-

Mei loves to dance but doesn’t like to sing.
SVV   Mei loves to dance but doesn’t like to sing.*

* no comma

 

Mei loves to dance, but doesn’t like to sing. XXX

* no comma in simple sentence

 

COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

Mei loves to dance, but she doesn’t like to sing.

Mei loves to dance, but she doesn’t like to sing.*

*need a comma

 

Can you see the difference?

 

Mei loves to dance but doesn’t like to sing. SIMPLE

Mei loves to dance, but she doesn’t like to sing. COMPOUND

Mei loves to dance but doesn’t like to sing. SIMPLE

Mei loves to dance, but she doesn’t like to sing. COMPOUND

 

 

STEP 1 for compound sentences:

SIMPLE SVV

I like dark chocolate but hate white chocolate.

 

COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV

I love like dark chocolate, but I hate white chocolate.

 

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES

Example of , SOBA.

REMINDER: SOBA is an alternative to FANBOYS

 

SOBA  , so   , or   , but   , and

 

*  , so = give a reason

SV, so SV.

Misha’s son lives in Boston,  so he is eager to visit him.

Janet really wants a new violin, so she is saving up her money to buy one.

 

*  , or = have a choice

SV, or SV.

You can work late tonight, or you can stay late tomorrow.

Sarah will go dancing tomorrow night, or she will stay home with her cat.

You can work hard when you’re young, or you can work hard when you’re old.

 

* , but = shows difference

Ling loves to go hiking, but she doesn’t like cycling. SV, but SV.

I like to visit the US, but I would not want to live there.

 

‘the states’

Her uncle lives in the states.

 

* , and = add something

I can get the cake, and you get the plates.

Sarah plays volleyball, and Maria plays soccer.

 

 

Examples of compound sentences:

1.    Joe went to the store, and he bought some milk/groceries.

Joe went to the store, but the store was closed.

Joe went to the store, but he found it closed.

Joe went to the store, so he got the chocolate.

 

IDIOM: give your opinion ‘find’   I find it warm in here. In my opinion, the room is too warm.

I found it spicy. Ni finds the people in Vancouver very nice.

Try a few.

SV, SOBA SV.

5. The pizza smells delicious, so I buy some.  WEIRD

The pizza smells delicious, so I bought some. Vt OK

The pizza smells delicious, so I will buy some/a slice/a piece.

The pizza smells delicious, so I will buy a large.

The pizza smells delicious, but I won’t buy any.

The pizza smells delicious, and it looks appetizing.

appetite- your desire to eat

appetizer- a small snack to get your appetite going

She has a big appetite.

He lost his appetite after watching your brother eat.

He lost his appetite when he got Covid.

She has a huge appetite for music.

Canadians have a big appetite for hockey.

 

HOMEWORK:

Please send me a few compound sentences from your own imagination.

Email them to me by 5pm. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

We can share them tomorrow.

MODEL: SV, SOBA SV.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW



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)

 

STEP 2

2.Choose one of the careers that interests you (presumably from the quiz, but not necessarily).

Investigate aspects of that career-

Ideas that will form the basis of your presentation (or multi-paragraph writing):

1.    Overview of the scope of the job, what the job entails

2.    Why you are interested in the job

3.    What training is required

4.    What are some job opportunities

5.    What are potential challenges (EUPHEMISM problems, difficulties)- personal, professional

 

STEP 3

Spoken component (8 points)

Prepare a 5-minute spoken presentation on your chosen career for the class.

*Do not read just the writing out loud. That is not what this is about.*

 

Sign up your name on the sign up sheet. We will probably do this next Tuesday.

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