EF56 CW567
Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
Today’s agenda:
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Run-on sentences
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Revisit ‘because’
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Test#4 - Last hour of class- 10:30-11:30
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HW Read
“The Wise Woman of Cordoba” for Monday. Prepare.
Read it twice-
follow the process to deepen your
engagement with
the text.
Friday
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Professional Development for Adult Education
Non-Instruction Day
Monday
Back to it!
Two weeks left in the course.
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Continue present perfect verb tense
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Begin sentence combining
HW Read “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
My advise on reading a text for school.
Read the text at least twice. One is not enough to absorb
the information.
1.
First reading. Armchair reading.
Relaxed. Cup of tea/glass of wine.
Looking for basic elements of the text-
short story: setting, characters- minor and
major, plotline
2.
Second reading. Desk reading
Pencil and paper taking notes
Deeper reading of the story
symbols, repeated words and phrases, theme
-deeper meanings in the story
Choose some words and phrases to quote
My process, very effective
Armchair reading
Desk reading
After two readings, with two different intentions, your
understanding will be deepened.
Sentence Fragments
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Revisit ‘because’
‘because’ ADVERB CLAUSE
Mei is very happy because she got a new job.
Because Mei got a new job, she is very happy.
ANOTHER USAGE OF ‘because’
because of NOUN
Mei is very happy because she got a new job.
Mei is very happy because of her new job. SIMPLE
I am wearing a sweater because it is chilly and damp today.
I am wearing a sweater because of NOUN and NOUN.
I am wearing a sweater because of the chill and damp.
I am wearing a sweater because of the cold weather.
CHOICE
because SV
because of NOUN
ANOTHER CHOICE
due to = because of
due to NOUN //OR// because of NOUN
I am wearing a sweater due to NOUN.
I am wearing a sweater due to the cold.
cold (adj)(n) It is a cold
day. (adj)
The cold bothers her grandmother. (n)
since SV = because SV
Ling is busy because she got a new client.
Ling is busy since she got a new client. REASON
Ling has been busy since she got a new client. TIME
PRESENT PERFECT VERB TENSE
Ling has been busy since she got a new client. TIME – from the
past until now
Verb tense – present perfect
present perfect – started in the past, continues up to now
perfect – doesn’t mean ‘Perfect!’, just a word
VERY COMMON USAGE of present perfect
Mei has lived in
Vancouver since 1998.
has lived – present perfect
time indicator –‘since 1998’
since- from a certain time
Janet has studied piano
since she was a child.
time indicator - since she was a child adverb clause
Janet has studied piano since she was a child. complex sentence- adv cl
Janet has studied piano since she was a child.
Janet studied piano when she was a child.
Janet has studied piano since 2006. simple sentence
Janet has studied piano for two years. simple sentence
CONTINUE ON MONDAY
Run-on sentences
-two sentences without punctuation between them
She brought her umbrella it is raining. RO
She brought her umbrella it is raining.
She brought her umbrella ABC it is raining.
FIXES
She brought her umbrella. It is raining.
She brought her umbrella; it is raining.
She brought her umbrella because it is raining.
She brought her umbrella since it is raining.
She brought her umbrella when it was raining.
because / because of/ due to
She brought her umbrella because it is raining.
She brought her umbrella because of the rain.
She brought her umbrella due to the rain.
Many ways to fix Run-0n sentences
You have many tools in your toolbox.
The fun part is deciding which kind of sentence you like best.
Test #4
Pass it in by 11:30.
Choose one:
Why did Maylin work so hard in the restaurant?
OR
Why did Malyin argue with the governor?
150-250 ww paragraph with some quoted text
Grabber
Topic sentence- focus on the question
Supporting sentence with “
“
Concluding sentence
You can see your story to check for quotations.
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