Good morning, everyone.
Today’s agenda:
·
Sentence work- review of complex sentence
·
Continue Animal Farm Ch4
·
Verb tense work
·
HW Prepare
Animal Farm Chapter 5
Friday
I have a teacher’s meeting all day Friday and Saturday.
BCTF- Adult Education Committee for BC
I would guess that it ‘s 50/50 me being here tomorrow. If they can
find a sub, I’ll go to the meeting. If not, I’ll be here.
·
Animal Farm Chapter 5
Monday
·
Animal Farm Chapter 5
Tuesday
·
Animal Farm Chapter 6
Wednesday
·
Animal Farm Chapter 6
Thursday
·
Test AF Ch 4-6
·
Animal Farm Chapter 7
·
Friday
·
Animal Farm Chapter 7
Sentence Types-
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
We will keep hammering away at these for the final three
weeks.
We will keep making progress.
COMPLEX SENTENCE
-adverb clause
-adjective clause
-noun clause
Practice 3
1.
We could see very clearly last night that
, so because / since the moon was so bright.
The moon was so bright that we could see very clearly last night.
The moon was bright last night, so we could see very clearly.
COMPOUND
2.
while / as / when
while- two things happening at the same time
while – progressive verbs go well with ‘while’
She was cooking while he was doing the laundry.
She cooks while he does the laundry.
when – one thing happens to interrupt another
3.
Although / Even though / Though
(casual-sounding)
When / Whenever
4.
when / because / after / since
buzz(v) – talk excitedly
5.
“stay on the bench” – sports, on the team but not
playing
a benchwarmer – a player who rarely gets to play
She is on the Level A basketball team as a bench-warmer.
Until / Unless
Mei was still stay in EF6 until her verb tense usage
improves.
Mei was still stay in EF6 unless her verb tense usage
improves.
Practice 4
ADV CL, MAIN CL.
MAIN CL ADV CL. She
is happy because it is her birthday.
Jose J ‘h’ ‘ho-zay’
Juan- ‘hwan’
Juanita – ‘hwanita’
Chihuahua-
Jojoba- shampoo, skin cream- ‘hohoba’
Joe-
Jose
Josie
Spanish speakers confuse ‘j’ and ‘y’
yellow jello
yes jes
Canada- Canadians
China- Chinese
Korea- Koreans
Venezuala- Venezuelans
India- Indians
Pakistan- Pakistanis
Afghanistan- Afghans
Brazil- Brazilians
The Gambia- Gambians
The Philippines- Filipinos
VietNam- Vietnamese
Thailand- Thais
Senegal- Senegalese
Practice 5
1.
The cactus has flourished.
2.
I talk to it every day.
The cactus has flourished because/since I talk to it every
day.
Ralph, who takes the train to Philadelphia, likes to sit by
the window.
Ralph likes to sit by the window when he takes the train to
Philadelphia.
When Ralph takes the train to Philadelphia, likes to sit by
the window.
Sentence combining – very effective way to improne sentence
writing.
Next week – begin intermediate and then challenging sentence
combining work
Animal Farm Chapter 4
Small groups
·
Chapter 4 notes
Snowball
and Napoleon spread news of rebellion via pigeons
Foxwood-
Mr. Pilkington, “easy-going”
Pinchfield-
Mr. Frederick, “tough” “shrewd”
■
enemies
■
Frederick
and Pilkington spread propaganda about Manor/Animal Farm
“Wave
of rebelliousness ran through the countryside” (25)
“Beasts
of
Battle of the Cowshed
Jones
and others attempt recapture of farm
Snowball,
defensive strategist, leader
ambush,
deception, trap
Where
is Napoleon?
Men
“ignomious” retreat
Boxer
shaken, no desire to kill
Snowball
is ruthless(28)
Mollie
coward
medals
awarded
Mr.
Jones gun to be fired ceremoniously on anniversary of
animals
increasing use of symbolism, ritual
KEY
POINT
-Snowball is the leader, the main organiser
of the defense of the farm, and a brave hero
-Napoleon
is nowhere to be found during this important battle
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