Monday, 9 January 2023

EF67 Class 29- adjective clauses, Dead Man's Path

 

EF67

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return adjective clause quiz

Correct, rewrite

Go deeper on the skills

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

Read aloud

Thought Questions

“” prepare for paragraph

 

Later this week:

Test- paragraph on “Dead Man’s Path”

Quiz on noun clauses

 

Tuesday

·      Go over adj cl from homework– subject and object pronouns

·      Continue noun clauses

 

Wednesday

·      Continue noun clauses

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Thursday

 

Friday

 

 

Next week

-sentence combining

-First Nations

 

Final weeks

-parallelism

-presentation- individual spoken work

-essay writing

-optional replacement quiz / test

 

 

 

Quiz#3 Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

1.    who            promotion

2.    who            outspoken

3.    that             delightful

4.    who            admire

5.    that             surprise

6.    which         personal

 

MAIN WORDS

who

that

which

 

OTHER WORDS

whose

where

whom

 

adj cl SV

Two styles

1.    She bought a table that is made of wood. subject pronoun- no options, leave it

2.    The table that she bought is made of wood. object pronoun- options

a. The table that she bought is made of wood.

b. The table she bought is made of wood. omit object pronoun- that, who, which

 

The old man who always is friendly is her friend’s father. subject pronoun

The old man who she always chats with is her friend’s father. object pronoun- options

a. The old man who she always chats with is her friend’s father.

b. The old man she always chats with is her friend’s father.

c. The old man whom she always chats with is her friend’s father. ‘whom’ is extremely formal and unusual

 

Good start. Room for improvement.

We will refine and deepen our skills.

Correct. Rewrite. I will come around and assist.

 

Exercise A

1.    Louis knows the woman. The woman is meeting us at the airport.

Louis knows the woman who is meeting us at the airport. subject pronoun

The woman who Louis knows is meeting us at the airport. object pronoun- options

The woman Louis knows is meeting us at the airport. most natural-sounding

The woman whom Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.

2.    The chair that/which Sally inherited from her grandmother is an antique.

OPTION The chair Sally inherited from her grandmother is an antique.

Learning a few option will enrich your writing.

          Sally inherited a chair from her grandmother that is an antique. misplaced modifier

Sally inherited a chair that is an antique from her grandmother.

3.    I sat on the bench that was wet. subject pronoun

I sat on the wet bench. SIMPLE

The bench that I sat on was set. object pronoun

The donuts that she got were a little stale.

Her vacation which she was dreaming about turned out wonderful.

The story that you told me is a little unbelievable.

The priest, who Mr Obi argued with, was very wise.

 

Try a few for homework. Email them to me by 5pm. We can share them tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz#3 Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

1.    who            interview

2.    who            proud

3.    that             enjoyable

4.    who            appreciate

5.    that             mistake

6.    which         community

 

 ·      “Dead Man’s Path” module

 

·      Big question:

Does a teacher from away have to respect the culture of the local students, even if the teacher isn’t part of that culture?

 

Bigger question

Does a person in a position of authority who comes from a different culture have to show respect for the local culture?

 

-story about a headmaster

BIGGER- metaphor for colonialism, one country colonizing another- taking over

 

Chinua Achebe- African writer, Nigeria

novel Things Fall Apart, Eng12

 

 

Read aloud.

 

unprogressive (negative-sounding)

conservative, traditional (positive-sounding)

 

“young” “energetic”- positive words to descrive Micheal Obi (ironic)

 

Mission –  church, Christian church establishment

missionary – someone who shares informaiton about their religion, often travel to other countries

 

“wonderful ideas”

 

 

sound-strong(adj)

 

pivot- change direction

 

“narrow views” – limited, judgemental vocab

Nancy’s fantasy about her role and position p1

“Nancy was downcast.”

 

physical description on Micheal – not impressive

“he was not unhandsome”

 

IDIOM “A penny for you thoughts.” say to someone who is lost in thought

 

backward – undeveloped, not modern- negative meaning

 

comparison between beautiful garden and “rank” ugly local plants

 

“you people” insulting way to address somebody

 

big row- big fight, big problem

 

 

 

 

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