Wednesday, 18 January 2023

EF45 Class 37- sentence combining

 

EF45

 

Return books tomorrow and Monday

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Final Quiz focussed on sentence styles- noun clauses

·      Begin sentence combining – next level of sentence writing

·      Continue work on spoken presentation

·      Idioms

·      Word List 1.5

·      HW   Try a few of the “Shopping” sentence combining exercises.

Email them to me.

 

Thursday

·      Continue sentence combining

·      Continue work on spoken presentation

·      Idioms

·      First Nations

·      Word List 1.6

·       

 

Friday

I will be absent Friday. Another teacher will be here.

 

Monday

·       

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Thursday

·      Test- paragraph- final work for marks

 

Friday

·      final day

·      marks and reports

·      non-instruction day

 

 

Quiz

Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

Submit it to me by 12:30.

1.feel          rest

2.think        speak

3.realize     practice

4.say           restaurant

5.know       study

6.believe    travel

 

 

 

IDIOMS- everyday expressions, very useful

https://www.learnenglishteam.com/commonly-used-english-idioms/

 

 

 

We have finished going over all of the sentence styles.

 SIMPLE


We have finished going over all of the sentence styles.

*SIMPLE

SV   SSV   SVV   Imperative   Interrogative

 

*COMPOUND

SV, SOBA SV.

SV; TRANS, SV.

 

*COMPLEX

ADVERB CLAUSE

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

NOUN CLAUSES

 

These are all of the building blocks for written English.

The key for you now is to practice- consistent, daily, routine practice

I encourage you.

encourage-  courage- inner strength, backbone, heart, strong will

 

 

Sentence combining – next level of writing

-tajke all of the skills that we have been learning, all the sentence types that we have been leanring- put it all into practice

 

take several short sentences- combine them together into one sentence

-aim for a variety of sentence styles

 

“Shopping”

1.    Our trip filled the weekend.

The trip was for shopping.

I was tired on Sunday night.

 

 

Our trip filled the weekend. KERNEL

Find new information in the following sentences

The trip was for shopping.

I was tired on Sunday night.

 

These are elements that we need to combine

Our trip filled the weekend

shopping

I was tired on Sunday night

 

Decide what kind of sentence do you want?

SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX

Feeling- gut reaction

You can decide what you like, but you have to decide. You have to choose one.

 

COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

Our trip filled the weekend

shopping

I was tired on Sunday night

 

Our trip filled the weekend, and it was for shopping, so I was tired on Sunday night. Not a great style SV, SOBA, SV, SOBA SV.

 

Our shopping trip filled the weekend, so I was tired on Sunday night.

 

SIMPLE SV? SVV? not the best choice

Our trip filled the weekend

shopping

I was tired on Sunday night

 

 

 

COMPLEX

Our trip filled the weekend

shopping

I was tired on Sunday night

 

I was tired on Sunday night because our shopping

trip filled the weekend. COMPLEX-ADV CL

On Sunday night, I was tired because our

trip for shopping filled the weekend.

I was tired on Sunday night from our shopping

trip which filled the weekend. COMPLEX-ADJ CL

 

Our shopping trip filled the weekend; that’s why I was tired on Sunday night. NOUN CLAUSE COMPOUND COMPLEX

 

I love dogs; that is why I have six dogs.

My car wouldn’t start. That’s why I was late. 2 SIMPLES

My car wouldn’t start; that’s why I was late. COMPOUND

My car wouldn’t start, and that’s why I was late. COMPOUND

I was late because my car wouldn’t start. COMPLEX- ADV CL

 

HW   Try a few of the exercises from “Shopping”. Email a few to me.

We can share them tomorrow.

 

 

Presentation #1: A Person in My Life Who I Admire

 

Who is a person in your life who you admire? Choose one person. It can be anyone: older, younger, a sibling, parent, relative, friend, community member, etc.

This week, you will put together a short presentation around the person. There will be two parts to this project:

 

WRITTEN (2 paragraphs) (6 points)

Paragraph 1

-A paragraph describing who they are. What is their name, age, etc? Give their background. Explain who they are.

Paragraph 2

-A paragraph explaining why you admire them. What characteristics do they have that you admire? What do they do that you admire?

          You will give me the two paragraphs on the day you do your presentation.

 

SPOKEN (3-5 minutes) (4 points)

On next Tuesday and Wednesday, you will tell the class about this person and why you admire them. You can come to the front of the class and talk to us. You can take a few written notes in case you forget something. However, no reading.

 

Here are some possible topics to focus on:

Their personality traits

Their life story

Their actions

Things they have said

Their greatest achievements

Their effect on other people

How they compare to other people

When you met this person

Why you chose this person to talk about

Why you admire them

If you’d like to be like them or not

If you think you could be like them or not

 

We will start getting ideas together starting today. We will take some time in the next few classes to organize, write, and polish.

Also, I will teach people how to use a microphone.

You can use a mic for your presentation.

 

 

Word List 1.5 & 1.6

Groups of two.

Read one of the words. The other person will listen and determine which word you are using.

 

f- lips and teeth, unvoiced

v- voiced

 

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