Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
Today’s agenda:
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adjective clauses
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work on writing process: prewriting / writing
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Women and Rights module- Viola Desmond, Rosa Parks
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HW Complete Adjective clauses Ex. 3 and 5. No
need to email
them. We will go over them
tomorrow.
Choose either Viola Desmond
or Rosa Parks. Consider her situation. I will ask you to write a paragraph
based on your own opinion.
Wednesday
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Test#2-
Paragraph on Women and Rights module, just about Rosa Parks or Viola
Desmond
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Women and Rights module- Malala Yousafzai
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Review
of adj cl homework
Email
some for homework
Quiz
Friday
Thursday
Substitute
teacher- I will be at a conference.
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Begin
short story, fiction – “
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Literary
Terms
Friday
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Quiz#6
– adjective clauses
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with short story, fiction
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Literary
Terms
Sentence types:
You must become familiar with and be able to use when
writing and talking. These are aimed on more academic, professional level of
English. This is for more formal, structured communication.
SIMPLE SV
SSV SVV SSVV
Question Command
COMPOUND SV, SOBA
SV. SV; SV. SV; TRANS, SV.
COMPLEX ADVERB
CLAUSES
ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES
NOUN
CLAUSES
Adjective clauses
*Basic level of knowledge
95% of the time
who- people
that- things, animals, people (impolite, not respectful
sounding)
which- special things, unique things
Far less common, quite uncommon
whom
MY ADVICE – forget about ‘whom’
EXCEPTION “To whom it may concern,”
*Deeper level – not critical
commas or no commas around adjective clauses
-Use commas around an adjective clause – special, unique,
only one- a good time to use commas
‘which’ is a good candidate for commas
Manila, which is the capital of The Philippines, is a
huge city.
Grammar-
non-essential, non-restrictive
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEANINGS / MESSAGES
A.
Dave’s dog, that has white fur, loves to
swim.
B.
Dave’s dog that has white fur loves to
swim.
A.
How many dogs does Dave have? One or more than one
B.
How many dogs does Dave have? One or more than
one
A.
Dave’s dog, that has white fur, loves to
swim. Suggests that Dave has one dog. non-restrictive clause, non-essential
clause (grammar books) – extra information, not essential
, that has white fur, commas around it, means it can be omitted
Dave’s
dog , that has white fur, loves to swim.
Dave’s dog , that has white fur,
loves to swim.
Dave’s dog loves to swim.
The meaning doesn’t change.
B.
Dave’s dog that has white fur loves to
swim. Suggests that Dave has more than one dog.
restrictive clause, essential clause
(grammar books) – not extra information, essential, cannot be omitted
that has white fur no commas around it, means it cannot be
omitted
Dave’s dog that has white fur loves to
swim.
* important punctuation, detailed and subtle, not a major problem
if you get it wrong
A.
My car that I bought at Richmond Auto Mall
is a 2018 Toyota.
B.
My car, that I bought at Richmond Auto
Mall, is a 2018 Toyota.
Complete subject
A.
How many cars do I own?
B.
How many cars do I own?
A.
Micheal’s son who is 10 loves to play football.
B.
Micheal’s son, who is 10, loves to play
football.
Our class, which goes Monday to Friday, is
useful but challenging.
Commas or no commas?
How to distinguish the difference- written- straightforward
-spoken
– subtle
commas – spoken- breath marks – take a breath, small beat,
pause
A.
Our class, which goes Monday to Friday,
is useful but challenging.
B.
Our class which goes Monday to Friday is
useful but challenging.
Rhythm in speech is very important.
Often students complain that their pronunciation is poor.
Sometimes, the problem is speaking rhythm more than pronuncaition.
Adjective Clauses, Ex13 from homework
‘whose’ ownership
The little boy whose puppy ran away was very sad. The
puppy came back.
You can lease a car. You can sign a lease.
These are the shoes that I like the most.
IDIOM the writing on the wall Mei could see the writing on the wall. She
could guess/predict what was about to happen.
SCENARIO: Mei’s sister and her husband are arguing all the
time. Thye have separate bedrooms. They don’t even look at each other anymore.
Mei can see the writing on the wall.
What is going to happen probably? Divorce
OLD JOKE student to a teacher “My dog ate my homework.”
aftershave – slap on your face after shaving
cologne – perfume for men
scent-free areas – Please, do not wear perfume.
Joachim – Spanish ‘j’
pron like ‘h’
Jose –
Juanita-
loaned = lent
fascinate(v) fascinating(adj)= amazing
GRAMMAR: difference between main subject and complete
subject
main subject – just one noun, subject of the sentence
complete subject
- main noun plus all the modifiers, subject of the sentence
A.
My car that I bought at Richmond Auto
Mall is a 2018.
B.
My car, that I bought at Richmond
Auto Mall, is a 2018.
complete subject
My car that I bought at Richmond Auto Mall is
a 2018. suggests 2+ cars
My car, that I bought at Richmond Auto Mall,
is a 2018. suggests 1 car
commas around an adjective clause means just extra
information
Southern US – after emancipation of slaves- segregation laws
segregation – separation between white and Black people
Tomorrow – paragraph
I will ask to focus on either Rosa Parks or Viola Desmond. I
will ask you to write a paragraph about a specific question. I do not want you to
retell the story.
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