Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
Today’s agenda
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Tomorrow Quiz3 compound sentences
Choose vocab from “Ice Storm”
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Finish “Testing Your Prepositions”
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HW Prepare
for Quiz3
Read “What
Happened During the Ice Storm” Makes notes
on setting,
character, plot, conflict, theme
Tuesday
·
Quiz3 compound sentences
·
Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses
·
Begin What Happened During the Ice Storm”
·
Paragraph writing- Grabbers
Wednesday
·
Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses
REVIEW
Compound sentences:
Three ways:
1.
SV, SOBA SV.
, so , or , but
, and
2.
SV; SV.
3.
SV; TRANS SV.
“Introduction to Transitional Terms”
The transitonla terms might not fit perfectly into one
categrory. Language is complex and subtle.
Addition
also
Mary likes to go hiking; also, she sometimes likes
swimming. COMPOUND
Mary likes to go hiking. Also, she sometimes likes
swimming. 2 SIMPLES
COMMON ERROR
Mary likes to go hiking; and, she sometimes likes
swimming.
FIX
Mary likes to go hiking, and she sometimes likes
swimming.
COMMON ERROR
Mary likes to go hiking. And, she sometimes likes
swimming.
FIX
Mary likes to go hiking, and she sometimes likes
swimming.
Mary likes to go hiking. Furthermore, she sometimes
likes swimming.
Mary likes to go hiking; furthermore, she sometimes
likes swimming.
Consequence
therefore
May wants to buy a new iphone; therefore, she is
saving up her pennies.
COMMON ERROR
May is saving up her pennies; therefore, she
wants to buy a new iphone. Logic is backwards
FIX
May is saving up her pennies because she
wants to buy a new iphone. COMPLEX SENT- adverb cl
accordingly
Sarah wants to get into great shape; accordingly, she
is eating clean and working out.
Sarah wants to get into great shape. Accordingly, she
is eating clean and working out.
eating clean – eating only healthy natural food
ERROR
Sarah wants to get into great shape; so, she is
eating clean and working out.
FIX
Sarah wants to get into great shape, so she is eating
clean and working out.
Generalizing
specific statement; general statement based on that
Mary ran 10 km yesterday; as a rule, she runs almost
every day.
Sales tax in BC is 12%; generally, Canadians pay a
lot of tax.
Exemplifying
for example - overused
for instance
There are many nice parks in Vancouver; for instance, you
can go to QE Park or Central Park.
in particular- focussed, detailed
There are many nice parks in Vancouver; in particular, QE
Park has wonderful views of downtown and the Northshore Mountains.
Emphasis- stressing one thing over another
moreover – most important thing
Dogs are wonderful animals because they can protect your
house and family; moreover, they provide companionship.
Contrast- shows difference
The Phillippines is a very hot country; on the contrary,
Iceland is frezing cold all year round.
ERROR
The Phillippines is a very hot country; but Iceland
is frezing cold all year round.
FIX
The Phillippines is a very hot country, but Iceland
is frezing cold all year round.
Sequence- order of events
First, Firstly, First of all, To begin with,
Second,
Next,
Finally,
Simultaneously, - two things happening at the same time
I was driving to pick up my daughter at work; simultaneously,
she was walking to the Skytrain.
I was driving to pick up my daughter at work; at the same
time, she was walking to the Skytrain.
I was driving to pick up my daughter at work; meanwhile, she
was walking to the Skytrain.
I was driving to pick up my daughter at work while she
was walking to the Skytrain. COMPLEX SENT- adverb clause
Summarizing
In conclusion – incredibly overused
Fresh options: all in all
in brief in short in a nutshell
DIFFERENT
-meanwhile- two things happening at the same time
Jess is watching a movie; meanwhile, her boyfriend is making
supper.
-in the meantime- something happening while you are waiting
for another event to happen
Our plane leaves in one hour. We have to be at the departure
gate in about 20 minutes; in the meantime, let’s check out some kiosks.
kiosk- small store like in an airport, or a booth in a mall
apparently- seems like, appears to be
The lights are out and noone is inside; apparently, the store
closed early today.
Ling has waiting to buy an Ionic5 for one year. The
dealerships are completely sold out. Apparently, it is a very popular model.
Let’s choose 10 transitional terms. I will use six for the
quiz.
1.
SOBA
2.
SOBA
3.
therefore / however
4.
moreover
5.
meanwhile
6.
likewise
7.
for instance
8.
as a rule
9.
accordingly
10.
on the contrary
Let’s choose 10 vocab words from “What Happened During the
Ice Storm”. I will choose six for the quiz.
1.
branch
2.
pheasant
3.
beautiful
4.
livestock
5.
freezing
6.
breathe
7.
gravel
8.
yell
9.
huddle
10.
slippery
Prepositions- idiomatic, not really rules, usage, exposure
to authentic English
“Testing Your Prepositions”
1.
in debt to somebody
2.
insist on
3.
opposed to
agree with a person Joe agrees with Sarah.
agree on an idea Joe and Sarah agree on how to raise their
children.
phrasal verbs -the heart of English
If you want to be a real Englo\ish
speaker, you have to know a lot of phrasal verbs.
verb +
preposition
look at
look for
look after
look up
look up to- admire,
respect
look down on
4.
responsible for
5.
impression of – feeling about, response to
6.
faced with
face- face to face –
IDIOM We talked face to face.
7.
familiar with
8.
far on/ far with
9.
distinguish one from another/ tell one from another
10.
combine with
11.
named after
12.
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