Friday, 2 December 2022

EF67 Class 15- "Ice Storm"

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Finish adverb clause doc- end section

·      Quiz2- adverb clauses

·      Continue “What Happened During the Ice Storm”

·      Grabbers

 

Monday

·      Continue “What Happened During the Ice Storm”

·      Grabbers

 

Tuesday

·      Test2 paragraph on “Ice Storm”

 

 

 

**Source of confusion- difference between compound and complex sentences, specifically transitional terms and adverbial conjunctions (adverb clause words)

e.g.  however/although - similar meanings, different usage, different grammar, different different types of sentences

Your challenge is to figure them out.

*however   COMPOUND It is very cold today; however, we have to go to school.

*although  COMPLEX- ADV CL We have to go to school although it is very cold today.

 

* Compound sentence – transitional term

It snowed last night; therefore, the roads were slick this morning.

* Complex sentence – adverbial conjunction (adverb clause words)

The roads were slick this morning because it snowed last night.

Because it snowed last night, the roads were slick this morning.

 

 

These are different kinds of sentences. They may look similar, but they are not. Definitely you will get them confused sometimes.

 

Very simple advice to you and to me:

If you want to learn piano, play piano a little bit every day. In a year, you’ll be good.

If you want to learn piano to write sentence styles in English, play

piano practice the sentence styles a little bit every day. In a year, you’ll be good.

 

Put it in your phone calendar as a gentle reminder.

 

When your English is getting better, you will feel great! However, you have to do the work.

 

If you learn these, you will be able to express 99.9% of your ideas.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz2

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

Submit to me by 10:10

1.    before                  steam

2.    since                     safe

3.    until                      broken

4.    if                            layer

5.    unless                   same

6.    even though       expect

 

 

 

 

The Group of Seven – Canadian painters, 1920s-1940s

“What Happened During the Ice Storm” Thought Questions

** Make notes in preparation for small-group discussion **

1.    What is the setting of the story?

setting- time, place, culture, psycholology, religion, economics

 

urban- city

rural, farm- farmland

 

culture- farming culture

 

2.    The word ‘But’ in the third sentence causes the mood of the story to change. How is this a pivot point in the story?

 

3.    Why do the boys go out in the storm?

 

4.    What does “harvest the pheasants” (paragraph 2) mean?

 

5.    What are three four comparisons the writer creates between the birds and the kids in the third paragraph?

 

6.    What is the simile comparing the grass seeds, the pheasants, and the boys?

 

7.    What is the climax of the story?

 

8.    Why do the boys act in the manner they do?

 

9.    What is the resolution (denouement) of the story?

 

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