Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15
Allan Haley
Today’s agenda
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Collect Rewrites and Questionnaires
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Return RWs
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Paragraph format
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Continue sentence work
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Begin simple sentences
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Back and Forth 1.1
Tuesday
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Continue simple sentences
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Paragraph content
Paragraph format
1.
Use lined ruled paper
ruled- with red margins
2.
Write in pen
3.
Doublespace
4.
Write between the margins
5.
Name and class in top right corner
6.
Indent the first word of a paragraph – ~2 cm,
five spaces, TAB key
We will write our first paragraph later this week. This will
be Test#1.
All of our tests will be paragraphs. I will give you a
straightforward topic.
* COMPOUND SENTENCE – two independent clauses together, two simple
sentences put together
Mei likes ice cream. Joe likes cake. 2 simple sentences
Join them together: FANBOYS
7 words (GRAMMAR TERM- coordinating conjunctions) that we use for
compound sentences:
, for , and , nor , but , or , yet
, so
FANBOYS – easy to remember
MY OPINION: FANBOYS is not very useful.
Some of the FANBOYS word are not used very much for compound
sentences.
We seldom use for nor
yet Very unusual to use
these words
GRAMMAR BOOK TYPE OF EXAMPLE
We are going for a hike tomorrow, for it will be a nice day.
UNUSUAL
We are going for a hike tomorrow because it will be a nice day. COMMON, AUTHENTIC ENGLISH, REAL,
NATURAL-SOUNDING
‘for’ not often used in compound sentences
‘for’ in simple sentences are commonly used- I have a gift for you.
The most useful words for compound sentences are these:
, so , or , but
, and (98% of the time)
SOBA , so , or
, but , and
SOBA – more useful than FANBOYS, more authentic
, SOBA , so , or , but , and
How to make a compound sentence
Mei likes ice cream. Joe
likes cake. 2 SIMPLES
Mei likes ice cream,
but Joe likes cake. COMPOUND shows
difference
Mei likes ice cream, and Joe
likes cake. COMPOUND shows extra information
Canada offers many human rights,
but my country does not.
Other ways to make compound sentences: EF56 (maybe in this
class, too)
; semicolon
; TRANSITIONAL TERMS
however therefore also
otherwise
We’ll do a few of them.
e.g. Canada offers
many human rights; however, my country does not.
It’s raining today; therefore, the picnic has been postponed.
VOCAB postpone(v) – rescheduled
* COMPLEX SENTENCE
1.adverb clauses –
because when if since (I will teach you
10-15.)
Shirin is drinking coffee because she is tired.
Because she is tired, Shirin is drinking coffee.
*Some teachers will tell you to not start a sentence with
‘because’. You can smile and say ‘Thank you.’ It is ok to begin a sentence with
‘because’.
Your choice.
Joan isn’t going to play volleyball tonight because it is
going to rain.
Because it is going to rain, Joan isn’t going to play volleyball
tonight.
2.noun clauses –
brain- think, feel, know, believe, remember, forget, learn
tongue- say, yell, whisper, remind
that why how
e.g
Junko said that she would be late today.
You said that this is our classroom.
Mel thinks that she can make some food for the party.
We don’t know why our boss is in a bad mood today.
Shirin forgot that she had a doctor’s appointment today. It
slipped her mind.
IDIOM slip your mind – you
forget
Sorry, I forgot to pick up my son at school. It slipped my mind. I
was 30 minutes late.
IDIOM empty your mind, let your mind go blank- meditate
IDIOM get into the zone, get your head into the game- clear your
mind of all of your thoughts, focus on the task you want to achieve
Nasrin is learning how to drive.
We just learned how to make noun clauses.
3. adjective clauses – who that which
Jen’s neighbours who are very noisy often have
arguments late at night.
Mariam has a puppy that has white paws and black
ears. complex
Mariam’s puppy has white paws and black ears. simple
I have a pen that has red ink.
I have a pen which my grandmother gave me.
He is a runner who has prosthetic legs.
prosthetic- artificial leg or arm or body part
Terry Fox- famous Canadian, ran partially across Canada on one leg
statues at BC Place
who- people
that- things and animals
which- special things, unique things
whom - very formal, not often used
FOCUS OF THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THIS COURSE:
I want to teach you how to write sentences in these three styles.
It is really important to learn these sentence styles.
These styles are the foundation of all writing in English.
These are the sentences styles what you will need for school,
university, college, work, business, life in Canada.
If When you learn them, your writing will be really good.
MY ADVICE: Learn the sentence styles now. Don’t wait until English
10, 11 ,12 to learn how to write sentences. The time is now!
You can do it!
It’s hard, but you can do it.
Review, review, review!
Practice, practice, practice!
Do you have something you practice everyday?
Mastery comes from steady daily practice.
Do you have a goal?
It will take steady daily work.
Write clear goals and do steady work.
You will be amazed at what you can accomplish in six months or a
year if you work at it every day.
For me, it’s music.
mandolin -25 years
pedal steel guitar -nine years
electric guitar- three years
persistence, perseverance – keep working, don’t quit
Pursue your goals. Chase after your goals.
Three kinds of sentences:
1.
SIMPLE
2.
COMPOUND
3.
COMPLEX
Simple Sentence
A simple sentence -a subject and a verb
-expresses a
complete thought.
Different types of simple sentences:
SV – 1 subject + 1 verb
SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb
SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs
Imperative (command)- tell someone to do something
Interrogative (question)- ask someone a question
* SV – 1 subject + 1 verb
Your friend is
beautiful/handsome/funny.
Sarah does her
homework at night.
Your brother works
in construction.
REMEMBER:
Begin with a capital letter.
End with a period.
Don’t write in all capital letters. The only capital letters
should be the first letter of the first word in a sentence and the first letter
of proper nouns.
YOUR BROTHER WORKS IN CONTRUCTION. XXX
Your brother works in construction.
We go on vacation. SV
‘we’ plural- more than one, two or a thousand
proper nouns- caps
names of cities, days, months, countries, languages,
people’s names, first person pronoun “I”, companies, landmarks
Vancouver, Tehran, Beijing, Friday, Monday, Christmas, Hallowe’en,
April, June, China, Iran, Canada, Canadian, Mexican, Persian, Yemen, Yemini,
India, Indian, English, French,
Mandarin, Turkish, Sarah, Ken, Dave, Mohamed, I, Nike, Starbucks, Under Armor,
the Steamclock, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the CN Tower, the
Taj Mahal.
seasons No
I love spring.
We have Spring Break in March.
We have Winter Break in winter.
* SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb
My sister and I go
on vacation.
Your book and your pen are on the desk.
The dog and the cat are playing with each other.
The old man and the old woman are talking with each other.
The parks and the trees in Vancouver are nice.
*SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs
My husband cooks
and washes the dishes everyday.
I clean the
bathroom and do the laundry.
Mei drives her
car to school and studies English five
days a week.
Sarah likes
swimming but hates biking.
SO FAR
Simple sentences:
SV SSV SVV
Examples of simple sentences:
You are a
teacher and a mother. SV
Mohammad likes
dogs but does not have a dog right now.
SVV
Shira bought a
new phone and sold her old one. SVV
Manuel is from
Mexico but lives in Canada. SVV
** Thinking about SV helps to structure your sentence.
When I write for school or work, I always have SV in my
mind.
SV = Subject Verb
PRACTICE:
Take put a piece of paper. Write some SV, SSV, and SVV
simple sentences from your own imagination. Please work together if you wish.
YOUR EXAMPLES:
My son likes to swim / swimming.
likes + infinitive / gerund
She likes to hike / hiking.
She likes to hiking. XXX
She likes hike. XXX
SSV I and my
daughters had fun yesterday in the park. wo
My daughters and I had fun yesterday in the park.
SSVV The car and the
truck hit and were broken. ww
The car and the truck crashed into each other and
were damaged.
The car and the truck collided and were damaged.
IDIOM fender bender- small car accident, just dents, nobody
hurt
Joe got into a fender bender last night.
IDIOM car is totalled - major accident, car cannot be fixed
Mary’s car was totalled when she went off the highway. She
was ok.
car vocab- fender/bumper
cracked windshield steering
wheel rearview mirror side mirror
gearshift hand brake hood (UK bonnet) trunk (UK boot) seatbelts
turn signals headlights brake lights
glove box
clutch dashboard
I have 3 three kids. SV
GUIDELINE FOR WRITING NUMBERS
1-9 write it out “one two three four”
10+ use numerals 12 47 135
SV My friend learning English. vf
My friend is learning English.
My neighbour goes to Burnaby.
My neighbour goes to school.
go to ABC
My neighbour goes to the park.
EXCEPTIONS- home downtown
My neighbour goes to home. -your own home
My neighbour goes to downtown.
My neighbour goes to her mother’s home on Sundays.
My friend goes GERUND.
gerund – noun ‘ing’
My friend goes to shopping.
My friend goes swimming every day.
My friend goes walking.
My friend goes paddling / canoeing / kayaking / sailing.
He goes surfing at Long Beach / Tofino.
SV Lucas likes
dogs and cats.
SV I like singing
and dancing. gerunds(nouns)
LITTLE BIT TRICKY
‘ing’ word - verb or
a noun
two different usages
-‘walking’(verb)
Monica is walking
down the street. verb
Ahmed is walking on the
beach/in the forest.
-‘walking’(noun)
Walking is
good exercise. noun gerund
Walking is beneficial
to elderly people.
I like walking
my dog in the woods. noun gerund
I like ice cream.
She likes talking to her sister.
For homework, if you want to email me two to three simple sentences,
I will share them with the class tomorrow. Please email me by 7PM.
HW pt
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