Good morning,
everyone.
Today’s
agenda
·
Continue
compound sentences
Prepare for quiz on Monday SOBA
·
Review
paragraph form and structure
·
Begin
phrasal verbs, do a few every day
verb
+ preposition
‘look’
·
Test#1-
paragraph (last 60m)
Monday
·
Quiz#3-
compound sentences- SOBA
·
Continue
compound sentences- begin semicolons ;
·
Phrasal
Verbs
·
Go
over some more of the “Top 100 Most Used Verbs in American English”
·
Pronunciation
of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters
Tuesday
·
Continue
with compound sentences, semicolon ;
** FORM FOR
COMPOUND SENTENCES:
SV, SOBA SV.
Quiz- Monday SOBA so or but and
because
The cat is asleep. The dog is awake. 2 simple sentences
The cat is asleep. JOIN The dog is awake.
Join with , SOBA.
The cat is
asleep, and the dog is
awake. COMPOUND
The cat is
asleep, but the dog is
awake. COMPOUND
*NOTE: You need the comma. Remember to use a comma before
SOBA.
These are the details of punctuation.
Using SOBA will change your meaning/intention. so or but and
e.g
He said yes, and she said no.
He said yes, but she said no. -showing difference, contrast
maybe conflict
He said yes, so she said no. -suggest conflict,
disagreement, ongoing issues
, so – cause and effect, one thing causes another to happen
Dogs are social animals, so they like being in groups. –
cause and effect
He argued with his wife yesterday, so she is mad at him.
BIG QUESTION
When do I use a comma?
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLE AND COMPOUND
Mei loves dark
chocolate but hates white
chocolate. SIMPLE SVV no ,
Mei loves dark
chocolate, but she hates
white chocolate. COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV. ,
-same meaning, different styles/structures/types of sentences-
You have choice. You want a nice mix of sentence in your speaking
and writing.
I want to teach the sentence styles. You will have a lot of
choice.
Our model for compound sentences: SV, SOBA SV.
SIMPLE-
Mei loves to dance but doesn’t
like to sing.
SVV Mei loves to dance but doesn’t like
to sing.* SIMPLE
* no comma
Mei loves to
dance, but doesn’t like to sing. XXX
* no comma in simple sentence
VOCAB- practice writing and speaking some compound sentences
1.hiking
2.weekend
3.weather
4.shopping
Clothing/Perfume is on sale at Zara, so let’s go shopping.
Zara is on is having
a sale this weekend/today/tomorrow, so let's go shopping.
5.music
I like music,
but the music is so very/too
loud.
Monday – try Quiz#3 compound sentences SV, SOBA SV.
Let’s choice 10 words of vocabulary to review.
1.
cash
2.
make
3.
practice
4.
learn
5.
support
6.
sport
7.
coffee
8.
effort – out in effort, make an effort, try
9.
bicycle
10.
look
I will choose six for the quiz as usual.
Discuss vocabulary from “Families”
-large extended families- big families,
lots of kids, cousins, relatives
-nuclear family, immediate family-
parents and children
-extended family- grabdparents,
uncles, aunts, cousins
-blended family- two families joined
together to make one
-generation gap- conflict, lack of
understanding between older people and younger people
-emphasize- stress a point, make
somehting very clear and obvious, insist
I emphasize to you that speaking out
loud is critical to learning a language.
Modals /Modal auxiliaries
must- very strong You must brush / have to brush your teeth
before you go to bed, or you won’t have any teeth.
should
I emphasize to my young children that
they must brush their teeth before they
go to bed.
-aspect- one area, one part
She is comfrortable with some aspects
of Canadian culture, but other aspects make her uncomfortable. For example, she
likes having freedom of speech. However, she finds the legalization of marijuana
to be troubling.
-multi-generational – several generations
under one roof, old and young people in a family living together
Test#3
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words
on the following topic.
Paper.
Pen.
Doublespace.
Phones away.
“Write a paragraph describing your
family.”
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