Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
REMINDER: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s agenda
·
Book deposits
Do your book deposit.
OR
Get a book waiver from me (financial challenge)
·
Return Test#1
·
Continue review of all sentences- complex
sentences
·
Begin simple sentences
·
“Viola Desmond”
Thursday
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Finish simple sentences
·
Begin compound sentences
·
Continue Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks
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OPTIONAL Test#1 replacement
Friday
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NON-INSTRUCTION DAY, NO SCHOOL
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Professional Development Day
Monday
·
NO SCHOOL
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Family Day (BC), February 20th
Tuesday
Test#1
“Correction Codes” -a guide to making corrections
Edit and rewrite the paragraph- fix up the mistakes.
I will come around and help.
Rewrite the test for one bonus point. Pass it in to me by the
beginning of class tomorrow.
Test#1 4/6 5/6
BONUS RW 1//1
First test- getting used to it
SPECIAL OPPOTUNITY- Opportunity to replace the test on Friday.
Because this is the first test, you can do a replacement test on
Friday. This is optional.
Your Friday test mark will replace your current test mark.
Test#1 4/5 REPL 5/6
Test#1 2/6 REPL 3/6
Test# 5/6 REPL 4/6
Your choice- leave your test as it is or replace it.
We will do the REPLACEMENT test Thursday, the last 55m of class.
If you are not going to do the replacement test, you can stay and
do homework or leave.
Paragraph
150-200 ww
Grabber- question, anecdote, etc
Topic sentence - clarity in
the topic sentence
Choose one criteria that you would like to
get better at. How can you get better at this criteria?
some people chose the category “Speaking and Listening”
other people chose one specific criteria
Make sure that you TS is on topic:
1.
use vocab from the question
2.
use synonyms
This will ensure that your
paragraph is going in the right direction.
Supporting sentences – gave details
AREA OF CONCERN – copying from the text, plagiairism
STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH THIS -restate using your own words
-
use quotation marks for copied text
“ “
Balance between these two strategies.
INDENT the first word of a paragraph
Her car got a dent.
INDENT- width of your thumb, five spaces, TAB key
PRO TIP FOR ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL WRITING – Don’t start with
SOBA- so or but and. It’s too casual.
Instead, use transitional terms such as ‘therefore’, ‘however’, ‘also’,
‘nevertheless’. They sound way better.
I want to get better at speaking. But I am very shy. XXX
FIXES
I want to get better at speaking. I am very shy. SIMPLE
I want to get better at speaking, but I am very shy. COMPOUND
I want to get better at speaking. However, I am very shy. SIMPLE
I want to get better at speaking; however, I am very shy. COMPOUND
I want to get better at speaking because I am very shy. COMPLEX
I will teach this in the next few days and weeks.
I improve my spaaking by talking to different people, for
example, I can talk to teachers and students at school. CS- comma splice
The comma is not strong enough. We need something stronger there.
FIXES
I improve my spaaking by talking to different people; for
example, I can talk to teachers and students at school. ; semicolon
I improve my spaaking by talking to different people. For example,
I can talk to teachers and students at school.
CONTINUE REVIEW OF SENTENCE
TYPES
3. COMPLEX SENTENCES
a. adverb clauses –
because if when unless until after before, although, etc
We will do about 30.
You don’t to have to know them all.
“Sarah doesn’t want to
talk to Maria because they had
an argument.”
main clause adverb clause no comma
“Because Sarah and marie had an argument, Sarah doesn’t want to talk to her.”
adverb clause main clause comma
“We won’t go to the
beach if it rains.”
“If it rains, we
won’t go to the beach.”
She is happy, because
she won the lottery. XXX no comma, small error
She is happy because she won the lottery.
** IMPORTANT POINT:
You always need a SV. If you don’t have a SV for each clause, you will likely
run into trouble. Special case: imperative
Sit down. You
sit down. implied subject
Example: My sister
lives in Vancouver, works in a store. XXX
FIX
My sister lives in Vancouver and works in a store.
My sister lives in Vancouver, and she works in a store.
My sister lives in Vancouver; she works in a store.
My sister lives in Vancouver; also, she works in a store.
b. noun clauses –
brain, tongue
brain- think believe
know guess understand
imagine remember, etc.
tongue- say whisper
state yell remind
claim argue, etc.
that why how
“Mohammed thinks
that he should call his brother.”
“The little girl believes
that there is a monster in her closet.”
“Maria said that
we need more printer paper.”
“Junko didn’t tell
us why she quit her job.”
“I don’t know how I can fix my car.”
“I don’t know how to fix my car.”
More common- different pattern
c. adjective clauses –
who that which
“Fatima’s neighbour, who
is 86 years old, still lives on her own.”
“Marta has some nice
boots that she got from a fancy store in Tokyo.”
- commas around adjective clauses – complicated
- other words less
important: ‘whom’ ‘whose’ ‘where’
COMPOUND COMPLEX
e.g. Mei loves to eat
chocolate, but Junko doesn’t like it because she is allergic to it.
I don’t want to go to
the party, but you should go if you want to.
Overview – Over the
next few weeks, I will teach these sentences styles to you in great detail. If
you learn these styles, you will be able to do anything that you want in written
English: school, job, life, writing.
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND COMPLEX
If you are willing to
come with me on this journey through English sentences, let’s do it! We all will
learn a lot.
Four types of sentences-
simple
compound complex compound-complex
simple sentence- most basic form of a
sentence in English, simple but powerful, very useful
A simple sentence is one independent clause
that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
clause – a group of words with a subject and
a verb, S+V
Most teachers says: one simple sentence – a complete
idea
Subject and a Verb
Subject and a Predicate
The old dog was walking slowly around the
park with a stick in his mouth.
main subject – just one word, noun ‘dog’
complete subject- main subject plus andy
modifers, adjectives, articles
‘the old dog’
verb – action word ‘was walking’
verb= simple predicate
complete predicate – verb plus everthing else
‘was walking slowly around the park with a
stick in his mouth.’
SIMPLE SENTENCE- S V, Subject + Predicate
Notice that there are some important
requirements for a simple sentence:
1. Must have a subject and a verb.
2. Must express a complete thought.
3. Must only have one clause.
4. ** Begins with a capital letter and ends
with a period.
** For all sentences.
Examples of Simple Sentences:
1.
Joe went
to the store. SV
2.
BC is experiencing
severe flooding in many areas around the province. SV
3.
Sarah and Jessie are going swimming. SSV
4.
Trudeau and Biden met this week for high level discussions. SSV
5.
The frog jumped
and landed in the pond. SVV
6.
The nurse took
the patient’s blood pressure and checked
his heart rate.
7.
Keep your
eyes open for bargains. NO SUBJECT- implied subject “You”
Imperative- command, tell someone to do
something
(You)
Be careful! don’t say ‘you’,
everybody understand that it is there,
implied subject – imply(v) – suggest
something but not say it out loud
5. The pizza smells delicious. SV
6. There is
a fly in the car with us.
‘Here’ and ‘there’ are not subjects. They
always point to something else.
There is/are
people on the street. subject verb agreement
There is/are
a person on the street.
subject verb agreement Here is your cell phone.
Here
are your keys.
***#1 mistake that everyone makes***
Here are your [AH1] cell
phone. XXX
Here is your keys. XXX
TRICKY subject verb agreement – verbs change
to match the subject
e.g. Mary live lives in Vancouver. agr
NOTE: At a college level, mistakes in subject
verb agreement are a big deal.
7.
Look on top of the refrigerator for the key.
“you” implied subject- imperative
8.
Please close the door. sounds more polite
9.
Close the door, please.
10.
Take the dog for a walk, please.
11.
Please take the dog for a walk.
12.
Will you
help me with the math homework?
Interrogative-
ask a question – flip the verb around
You are
happy today.
Are you
happy today? Interrogative
13.
I will
pick you up today. verb will pick –
simple future
14.
Will you
pick me up today? will ... pick – still one verb, not two verbs SV
will – helping verb, modal, modal auxiliary
will go
We will go
hiking tomorrow.
Will you
go with us?
can see
You can
see the fireworks from my house.
Can you
see the fireworks from my house?
10. The music is too loud. SV
Adapted
from :https://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/simple_sentence_examples/445/
Correction Codes –
We will do them tomorrow?
e.g. agr – subject
verb agreement
Forms of simple
sentences:
-SV subject verb
My dog is asleep.
The ice cream
looks delicious.
Vancouver is a nice city.
-SSV subject subject
verb
The rivers
and trees are beautiful.
Your sister
and mother fight all the time.
Peanut butter
and bananas go well together.
-SVV subject verb
verb
Sara swims and plays
volleyball at the community centre.
Clouds come and go.
Friends come and go.
-Imperative –
command sentence, tell somebody to do something
(You) Come
in. implied subject We don’t say ‘you’,
but that’s what we mean.
Be careful, please. Please be careful.
Watch your step,
please. Please be careful.
Watch out.
Stay safe.
Shut up!
Drop dead! –
strong words for fighting, like with kids
Get out!
Sit down.
Have a cookie.
Sleep well.
Eat healthy.
Stay cool.
Sit! Stay!
Stay tuned.
Get ready.
-Interrogative-
question
What time is it?
Who are you talking
to?
What are you doing
tomorrow?
Is that your dog?
Would you like to
have some tea?
Where is the book?
What’s for dinner
today?
Extra information to
explore:
-I will email you
2 .pdf files on simple sentences
-https://englishgrammarhere.com/example-sentences/50-examples-of-simple-sentences/
-https://examples.yourdictionary.com/simple-sentence-examples.html
HW Write
a few examples of simple sentences of your own, from your own imagination,
using the vocab below.You can send me a few of your examples by email by 7PM: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Styles:
SV SSV
SVV Imperative Interrogative
We
will share these tomorrow in class. We will go over some of them tomorrow.
Let’s choose 10 vocab words from “Viola Desmond”
1.
ticket
2.
segregate
3.
balcony
4.
implicit(adj) imply(v) apology
5.
injustice successful(adj) success(n)
succeed(v)
6.
interracial
7.
cashier
8.
banknote
9.
lawyer
10.
court
[AH1]agr
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