EF67
Good morning, everyone.
Today’s agenda
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Test4 paragraph
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Begin adjective clauses
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HW
Thursday
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Continue adjective clause
Quiz later
Friday
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Midterm recs
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Xmas class
Two-week Winter Break
January
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Finish adjective clauses
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Noun clauses
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Parallelism
Paragraph Review
*Structure
Grabber- choose one of seven ways
Topic sentence- on topic, topic and controlling idea
Supporting sentences- with quoted text “ ”
Concluding sentence
(at least 150 words)
*Format
Lined paper
Doublespace
Pen
Margins
Indent
*Process
Prewriting- planning stage
1.
Read the question.
2.
Brainstorm ideas, vocab, make notes
3.
Put the ideas in order- TIME, SPACE, IMPORTANCE
Writing- sentences
4.
Write sentences. Grabber TS SS CS
5.
Proofread, edit
6.
Good copy Submit your legible rough
copy
Test4
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words. Include quoted text.
You will need your story.
Submit it to me by 10:40
Choose one:
Did Mr. Wei set a good example for his students?
OR
Why did Mr. Wei confess to his students?
IDIOM out of the blue – from nowhere, completely unexpected
I hadn’t talked to Keiko for ten years; then she phoned me
out of the blue.
MY GOAL FOR YOU: Paragraph writing becomes routine and boring
almost effortless easy.
REVIEW Sentence types:
* SIMPLE- one main clause
SV SSV
SVV SSVV Imperative
Interrogative
SVVVVVV- poor writing
Use your best judgement
PRO ADVICE: If something is important and you want to people
to remember it, write it in a simple sentence.
-powerful, clear, direct
* COMPOUND – two main clauses joined together
1. , FANBOYS , SOBA
2. ; semicolon
3. ; TRANS,
Transitional words and terms: e.g however therefore
also nevertheless to tell the truth in general
SV, SOBA SV.
SV; SV.
SV; TRANS, SV.
* COMPLEX – one main clause + one subordinate clause
1. adverb clauses-
because when if
since so that so...that, etc
2. adjective clauses
3. noun clauses
Adjective clauses –
adjective clauses – more in-depth, more detailed
keep it as simple as possible to start- start basic and then
go deeper
adjectives – describes a noun
the red hat adjective
the nice red hat adjectives
* SIDE NOTE
opinion, size, age,
shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN
The beautiful small new round lime-green aluminum Martian
flying machine is right there. TOO MANY ADJECTIVES – PICK 2-3
*opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin,
purpose NOUN
My grandmother broke her gorgeous sky-blue English teapot.
Shari loves to listen to ancient Persian music.
The dog plays with a big round plastic chew toy.
Yuko collects old Japanese tea sets.
That is a green nice sweater. XXX sounds weird
That is a nice green sweater.
two adjectives in the same category, separate them with a
comma
That is a cute fat baby.
That is a cute, beautiful baby. The comma shows that the adjectives can be switched.
individual adjectives – good for simple ideas
more complicated, subtler, more in-depth description – use
adjective clauses
Three most common pronouns for adjective clauses: who
that which
95% of the time: who that which
Other less commonly used pronouns for adjective clauses:
whom, where, whose – NOT USED OFTEN
whom – rarely used, very fancy sounding, like a grammar book
Native English speakers rarely use ‘whom’. We say ‘who’.
MY ADVICE: Forget about ‘whom’. It is not important. You
don’t need it.
One exception about ‘whom’- writing to someone, don’t know
who will be receiving the letter
GREETING: To whom it may concern,
e.g. business letter, legal letter, reference letter
Not an everyday occurrence. Pretty rare.
FOCUS ON HIGH-FREQUENCY USAGE: who that which – 95% of the
time
who – used for people, any people, sounds nice,
sounds polite and respectful
that- things that are not alive, animals, people
(sounds a little disrespectful, you don’t that person)
SUBTLETY IN ENGLISH, signal your opinion of a person:
The guy that my sister married is odd. adjective
clause
The man who my other sister married is awesome. adjective
clause
‘that’ is a multiuse word in English
Who is that? Not an adjective clause, sounds polite
Who is that woman you were talking to?
That is a beautiful baby!
Is that your son? -sounds ok
FOCUS –‘that’ in adjective clauses
which- special things (special to you), unique things
This is a watch that I bought last week. not special
I really like the watch which my dad gave me for my 18th
birthday. special
witch – a magical woman
wedding ring – which
necklace that your grandmother gave you – which
toothbrush – that
glasses- that
which- unique thing- Great Wall of China, Tokyo, Dehli, the
Eiffel Tower
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