Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
REMINDER: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s agenda - Valentine’s Day
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Grabbers from homework
·
Test#1
Just paper and pen on desk. Phones away, etc.
pass-in writing- paragraph about criteria
(150-200ww, 50m)
·
Begin sentence work- review of all sentence types
·
Romantic idioms
https://learningenglishwithoxford.com/2020/02/10/romantic-idioms-valentines-day/
·
HW Read
“Viola Desmond” for tomorrow
THEME: Strong women fighting for their rights.
Wednesday
·
Continue review of all sentences- complex
sentences
·
Begin simple sentences
·
“Viola Desmond”
Thursday
·
Finish simple sentences
·
Begin compound sentences
·
Continue Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks
Friday
·
NON-INSTRUCTION DAY, NO SCHOOL
·
Professional Development Day
Monday
·
NO SCHOOL
·
Family Day (BC), February 20th
Grabber from
homework
Seven kinds
of grabber/hooks
These are
your examples of grabbers which could be used for the
Valentine’s
Day paragraphs.
1.
Can we celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 15?
Gifts, flowers, and a romantic dinner often cost a lot of money on Feb. 14th.
Grabber Topic sentence
2.
Is Valentine’s Day important to you?
3.
Even though Valentine's Day is not a statutory
holiday in Canada, it is popular among the young generations. Grabber?
TS?
4.
Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?
5.
Which holiday do you think is costly in your
life? In my experience, Valentine’s Day is a very expensive holiday. phrasing?
meaning
6.
“ I love you more than I have ever found a way
to say to you.” Ben Folds
7.
"Valentine's Day is just another day to
truly love like there is no tomorrow." (Roy A. Ngansop)
8.
“Sometimes you have to stand alone just to make
sure you still can.” Anonymous
9.
Stana Katice said: “Don't wait until it's
too late to say I love you”.
10.
Valentine's Day makes me feel bad if I am alone.
11.
Did you know on Valentine’s day we have
so many broken hearts? we have Meaning?
12.
Even when in my family we don't celebrate
or commemorate Valentine's Day, several years ago I used to be part of this
holiday as a peddler. RW
13.
Have you ever gone to an expensive event for
Valentine's day in your life? translation?
14.
Valentine’s Day createds a lot of waste .
grabber? TS?
15.
According to a recent survey by the American
Shoppers Association, 90% percent of Americans spent over a hundred million
dollars from purchasing presents for Valentine’s Day.
16.
Every year people spend money on
Valentine's Day for someone they love. That is increasing. In recording, per
person's average from $167.76 in 2021 to $175.41 in 2022. RW
17.
h How much should you spend on vValentine’s
dDay? CAP
18.
Do you know how much does that it cost to
buy a gift for Valentine's Day?
These are some interesting and effective grabbers.
REMINDERS
Format
-8 ½ X 11”lined paper with margins
-paper orientation
-name and class
-pen
-doublespace
-margins
Content
-grabber
-topic sentence
-supporting sentences
-concluding sentence
**Always**
Phones away.
Just paper and pen.
You can have your “Criteria” sheet out
Test#1
Write a paragraph of 150-200 ww on the following topic:
Submit it to me by 10:25.
Choose one criteria that you would like to get better at. How can
you get better at this criteria?
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10-MINUTE BREAK
Back at 10:35
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You are probably
already experienced with English. These are the fundamental sentences styles
that we use everyday. Even if you already know about them, I still have some
new things to teach you.
Full review of the
three sentence types: very important, very useful, very practical, everyday usage
We study sentences so
that we can use them in your life- school, work, social life, business.
Quick overview of
sentence types
1.SIMPLE
2.COMPOUND
3.COMPLEX
4. COMPOUND-COMPLEX
(mix of 2 and 3)
99.998% of the time,
these three sentence types will allow to write anything you want.
**
Side Note: I have a
small business where I do editing for university students, mostly nurses and nursing
students. What I do is read their essays and papers and then edit their writing.
I use almost exclusively simple, compound, and complex sentences.
REMINDER: Every year Tuesday
nights (5-6) from November-January, I do an Advanced Sentence Structure Tutorial
on Zoom. This is aimed at upper-level students who want to polish their
sentence writing.
1.
SIMPLE SENTENCE – one
main clause, one independent clause
Clause – group of
words with a subject and a verb (SV)
one main clause,
one independent clause = SV, a complete idea, one idea, a sentence by
itself
independent-
self-contained
subject and a verb
Subject+Verb, S+V
SIMPLE SENTENCE
S+V “It is raining.” It
is raining.
SV “It is rainy.” It
is rainy.
rainy- adjective
SV “Today is cold.” Today
is cold.
SV “The dog likes
apples.”
IMPORTANT: Don’t forget a capital letter at the
beginning. Don’t forget a period at the end.
Different styles of
simple sentence:
-SV
The sky is blue.
-SSV subject subject
verb
You and I are talking on
the phone.
-SVV “The dog is sleeping and is snoring.”
-SVVV (probably the
maximum)
-SSSV (probably the
maximum)
-SSVV
The old man and
his granddaughter go to the park
and play.
Basic structures:
SV SSV
SVV SSVV
Another style of
simple sentence:
-Imperative, command
sentence – tell somebody to do something
“Come in.” “Watch out.” “Sit down.” “Open the window, please.”
no subject “You
come in.” implied subject, don’t day ‘you’
“(You) Come in,
please.” Everybody understands that ‘you’ is the subject.
make it sound polite –
please
The magic word. What’s
the magic word?
My way of using commas
with ‘please’ (fairly common):
Come in,
please.
Please come in.
Another style of
simple sentence:
-interrogative
sentence – question, interrogate(ask questions)
“What are you doing?”
“What time is it?”
“Where did you park
the car?” SV?
REVIEW: SV SSV
SVV SSVV Imperative Interrogative
SV SV – two simple sentences
in a row, connected together
with coordinating
conjunctions
7 coordinating
conjunctions- FANBOYS
mnemonic (memory aid) for
and nor but or yet so
pronunciation (new mon
ic) Greek word?
English is a primarly
a mix of Latinate languages, Greek, and Germanic languages
Latinate – Spanish,
French, Italian
Latin – ancient
language from Italy
any word one syllable
– Anglo Saxon word
plumber – Gr
pneumonia – Gr
mnemonic
lagubrious -latin –
sad
MY OPINION: FANBOYS –
not that helpful, several are not used often in compound
FANBOYS
*for – used very rarely in
compound sentences
Sarah is wearing a hat
today, for it is cold. not common usage
Sarah is wearing a hat
today because it is cold. complex – more authentic
Forget about ‘for’.
People don’t talk that way.
‘for’ is used in other
ways
Here is a gift for
you. simple, not compound
*and – very often used
Michelle bought a new coat, and
it is very nice. compound
*nor – not
commonly used in compound sentences, nobody says ‘nor’
Dave does not speak
Farsi, nor does he speak Arabic. very unusual, formal
Dave does not speak
Farsi or Arabic. simple sentence, authentic English
*but – used all the
time
It is sunny today, but it
is supposed to rain tomorrow.
*or – very commonly
used
You can go to the
party, or you can stay home.
*yet – not
commonly used in compound sentences
It is cold, yet we are
going for a walk. weirdly formal
It is cold, but we are
going for a walk. more authentic- real sounding English
*so – used all the
time in compound sentences
Maria is tired, so she
will take a nap.
My suggestion:
FANBOYS – useful ones ABOS
SOBA so or but and
mnemonic- SOBA
most useful,
high-frequency usage: SOBA so or but and
‘for’ ‘nor’ ‘yet’ not
used very often in compound sentences, low-frequency usage, ignore them for the
most part
EXAMPLES OF ‘SOBA” IN
COMPOUND SENTENCES
“It is raining, so we
can’t play soccer.”
“You can come to
school, or you can go to work.”
“I like chocolate, but
I don’t eat it everyday.”
“Joan likes hiking,
and she likes skiing.”
Next level of compound
sentences:
; semicolon – looks professional, high-status, smart
; substitute for , so ,
or , but , and
“It is raining, so we can’t play soccer.”
“It is raining; we can’t play soccer.”
“You can come to school, or you can go to work.”
“You can come to school; you can also go to work.”
“I like chocolate, but I don’t eat it everyday.”
“I like chocolate; I don’t eat it everyday.”
“Joan likes hiking, and she likes skiing.”
“Joan likes hiking; she likes skiing.
Looks great! Your choice- casual, fancier
Next next level of compound sentences:
This way, with transitional terms, sounds better.
therefore however also
nevertheless moreover furthermore
- Hundreds of them- I will give you about 50.
OPTIONS FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES
“It is raining, so we can’t play soccer.”
“It is raining; we can’t play soccer.”
“It is raining; therefore, we can’t play soccer.” VERY
NICE!
“You can come to school, or you can go to work.”
“You can come to school; you can also go to work.”
“You can come to school; alternatively, you can go to work.”
“I like chocolate, but I don’t eat it everyday.”
“I like chocolate; I don’t eat it everyday.”
“I like chocolate; however, I don’t eat it everyday.”
“Joan likes hiking, and she likes skiing.”
“Joan likes hiking; she likes skiing.”
“Joan likes hiking; also, she likes skiing.”
COMMON ERROR
“Joan likes hiking, also, she likes skiing.” XXX comma
doesn’t go there- not strong enough, has to be ;
Make up your sentences according to the situation.
This is all about your choice. I want you to have choices.
Today is Valentine’s Day
Romantic idioms
https://learningenglishwithoxford.com/2020/02/10/romantic-idioms-valentines-day/
get hitched- hitch- attach a trailer to a truck
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