EF67
Good morning, everyone.
We have four weeks left in our term.
Today’s agenda
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Registration to begin Wednesday, January 4
What time?
Most of you have received your midterm recommendations
either face-to-face or via email.
If you have not received your midterm recommendations,
you can get it from me today.
·
February classes- I have not yet been told what
I am teaching in the February-April term
(Quarter 3). I should know this week. I will let you know when I know.
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New URL (web address) for AE
https://www.vsb.bc.ca/page/5240/adult-education
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Continue adjective clauses
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HW Read
“Dead Man’s Path” for Thursday. Make notes as usual. Be prepared.
Finish adjective clause exercises, email a few to me
Wednesday
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Continue with adjective clauses
Thursday
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Quiz on adj cl
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Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
Friday
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Begin noun clauses
·
Continue “I Confess”
Sentence work to come
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Sentence combining
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Parallelism
Other work to come
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Presentation- individual spoken work
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Essay writing
Continue with Adjective clauses – begun before Winter Break
* 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, RARER-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 things- Great Wall of China, Tokyo, Dehli, the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal
REVIEW: who that
which
EXAMPLES
who- people
My neighbour who is very elderly
does not like my son to play in the backyard.
who is very elderly adj
cl SV
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain is a nurse.
Jun’s sister that lives in Spain is a nurse. SOUNDS
STRANGE, Don’t use ‘that’ for a person.
COMMON ERROR:
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain. sentence fragment, not a complete
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain V. verb for ‘sister’
missing
FIX
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain loves dogs. COMPLEX
OR SIMPLIFY
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain
Jun’s sister lives in Spain. SIMPLE
*In a sentence with an adjective clause,
you have to say two things, two SV, 2 clauses- one independent and one
dependent
Jun’s sister
who lives in Spain is a
nurse. 1 2
The phone that
she bought was not expensive. 1 2
ANOTHER COMMON ERROR
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain she loves dogs. XXX
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain she loves dogs. ‘she’ is redundant, unnecessary
FIX
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain she loves dogs. OMIT ‘she’
Jun’s sister who lives in Spain loves dogs.
Know More English Ex.13 and 14
2. whom you met last night- EXTREMELY FORMAL,
MOSTLY NOT USED
who you met last night- MUCH MORE
AUTHENTIC-SOUNDING
4. , who was a great Iroquois leader, COMMAS- non-restrictive clause,
non-essential clause
6. Send a card that is humorous. IMPERATIVE
7. This is the book which John recommended.
‘which’ special or unique
This is the book that John recommended.
10. IDIOM ‘can see the writing on the wall’
Joanne could see the writing on the wall,
so she left her company.
‘can see the writing on the wall’ – make a
prediction about the future, negative
After two months in the English class,
Naoko could see the writing on the wall.
After ten years of marriage, they could see
the writing on the wall.
Ex. 14
1.
who you hired first ‘whom’ is excessively formal
2.
EXPRESSION My dog ate my homework.
a funny excuse for not having
work done
3.
after-shave- Home Alone scene
cologne –
perfume for men
Many public places are ‘scent-free’ areas
due to allergies or for health reasons.
4.
Joachim- Spanish name “J’ pronounced like “hw”
Jose Juanita jojoba
Joanne – English
Juan- Spanish
Tiajuana-
marijuana
chihuahua
5.
loaned lent
6.
GOOD PICKUP LINE The colour
that I like best is in your eyes.
7.
Massey-Harris Massey-Ferguson – Canadian tractor company
9.
wedding – the first dance- the
bride and groom
Exercise 5
1.
I would never marry a person who
smokes and drinks
too much.
smokes and drinks simple
present- habitual action, normal activity, daily
2.
My brother bought a dog that
is black and white colour.
My brother bought a dog whose
colour is black and white. possible, but sounds overwritten
My brother bought a dog that
was black and white. sounds like dog is dead
My brother bought a dog that
is black and white. dog still kicking
IDIOM still kicking- alive
How are you? I’m still kicking.
What’re you doing? asking for information
How are you doing? greeting
How’s it going? What’s up? What’s going on?
How has your day been? close daily contact
TRY THE REST ON YOUR OWN.
Email a few to me by 5pm. We will share
them tomorrow.
3.
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