EF56 Class 32- parallelism, speaking and listening

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Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

 

November schedule:

Period 1     9:15-11:30           EF7 / Eng 10 / Lit Stud 11 / Comp 11

 

EF6 PASS

*English 10 courses (Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10)

People who have not graduated from high school anywhere in the world. Non-graduated adult

 

*English Foundations 7

People who have graduated from high school anywhere in the world. Graduated adult

 

Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10 & English Foundations 7 are usually taught the same in the school.

 

My Nov class is Eng 10 / Lit Stud 11 / Comp 11.

No EF7.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Parallelism

·      Finish pronunciation work- 1.1-1.2

·      HW   Read “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”. Think about setting,

character, plotline, conflict.

Try some parallelism exercises. Email them to me by 5. We

can share them tomorrow.

Deadline to send me the email for the replacement quiz is today at 5.

 

Thursday

·      Go over parallelism exercises from homework

·      Begin sentence combining

·      Conflict

·      “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

 

Friday

·      “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

·      Sentence combining

·      Last 30 minutes of class- Optional replacement quiz

 

Monday

·      Test #5 “Wise Woman” with “”

 

 

 

 

Parallelism – higher level writing

style- making our writing more beautiful

-         more elegant, smoother

-         nice sounding

 

parallel- two lines that never cross, geometry

 

two things going in the same direction

 

sentences – similar word forms in a series

 

AAA, BBB, and CCC.

 

e.g. Mei likes walking, swimming, and running. PARALLEL- same word form  GERUND, GERUND, and GERUND

 

Mei likes walking, to swim, and running. NOT PARALLEL- different word forms GERUND, INFINITIVE, and GERUND

 

We want words in a series to match.

 

Sarah likes dogs, cats, and to go shopping. NOT PARALLEL

dogs cats – animals

to go shopping – verb structure

 

Sarah likes dogs and cats. She also likes (to go) shopping and hiking.

shopping and hiking – parallel

 

 

go V- I am going to go take the kids to school.

go take – leave this place

 

Anne will take her test today.    at SHEC

Anne will go take her test today.    somewhere else

 

We should go get groceries.

 

I have to go buy some paint.

I went to buy some paint.

 

 

parallelism

Few examples:

1.    quickly decisively - adverbs

You need to work quick and decisively. NOT PARALLEL

2.    Like father, like son. MIRROR  Like mother, like daughter. IDIOM

3.    just what I wanted    just what I needed  MIRROR PARALLEL

This is what I wanted and what was necessary. NOT PARALLEL

what I wanted  what SV      what was necessary what V adj

 

4.    reduce spending costs   raise taxes   VN

5.    sneaky   manipulative adjectives

manipulate(v) – mani – hand – manual, manicure

manipulative(a)- someone who controls another person

He is a very manipulative man. He tries to control his girlfriend.

 

6.    SV SV SV the Boy Scouts presented   the band marched   the mayor rode

7.    GERUND the NOUN   gathering the laundry   dusting the furniture   washing the dishes

8.    NOUN, NOUN, and NOUN   water, food, and shelter

 

Work forms are important, especially for school and business writing.

 

 

 

EASIER EXERCISES for Eng 11/12

1.       The understudy had bright green eyes, a great mass of blonde hair, and her face was red a red face.   adj n

2.       When winter comes, the Joneses will have to find either a warmer house or they will have to find a wood stove.

3.       When Moe was in high school, his parents spent a good deal of time not only helping him with his homework assignments but also they participated participating with him in school activities.

4.       It is better to be happy than being sad.

It is better to be happy than to be sad.

It is better to be happy than sad.

It is better being happy than being sad.

 

5.       The word for left means "deceitful" in Italian, "awkward " in German, "malicious" in Spanish, and Russians define its meaning as "sneaky."

The word for left means "deceitful" in Italian, "awkward " in German,

"malicious" in Spanish, and "sneaky" in Russian.

 

6.       The contract was illegible, lengthy, and it is awkward.

 

can write with both hands – ambidextrous   ambi-both   dext-hand

 

 

7.       To think that you can do anything is deceiving yourself.

8.       Aspiring actors go to Hollywood to become stars and because they want to make money.

9.       The tourists amused themselves by playing shuffleboard, watching plays, and they went to trendy restaurants in the center of the city.

10.     Before you order anything, you should not only check with the purchasing agent but also the comptroller.

11.     The radiologist examined the MRI both carefully and with competence.

12.     Please return the medical records either to Dr. Jones or Dr. MacIntyre.

13.     This sofa is better for beauty, for appearance, and it is comfortable.

14.     Succeeding at something is not necessarily the same as to get what you need.

15.     The process seemed to Beth both a bore and annoying.

 

Taken from https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/modulePARALLELposttestPrintable.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking and Listening

1.1, 1.2

Groups of two or three.

From each group of words, choose one. Put it in a sentence. Say it out loud. Your partners will listen and figure out which word you are using.

1.1           1 cent sends sense   “My dog has an amazing sense of smell.”

 

Find a group. Get at it!

 

 

 

 

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