We like to spend QT
with the family. quality time
biceps
triceps
quads
calves
abs
kabobs- skewers
My condolences. I
am very sorry for your loss.
rally- group of people
getting together to protest, demonstration, or to mark an anniversary
Monday - I hate
Mondays.
Tuesday – cheap movie
night
Wednesday – Hump Day
– middle of the week
Friday- TGIF!
Sunday-
old-fashioned - The Lord’s Day
This is our fourth
week.
Today’s agenda-
focus of the week
· Start teaching compound
sentences-semicolons- transitional terms
·
Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
· “Literary Terms”
·
Begin work of quoting text “ “
· Daily
pronunciation
· HW
Tuesday
·
Continue with transitional terms with compound
sentences
·
Continue “I Confess” and “Dead Man’s Path
·
Discuss compare/contrast writing
Wednesday
·
Test#3 – paragraph about both stories, comparing
· Causative verbs-
Thursday
Review
of sentences:
*SIMPLE
SENTENCES
*COMPOUND
SENTENCES
*COMPLEX
SENTENCES
NOTE-
Every Quarter 2 (November to January), I do a sentence structure tutorial on
Zoom. It is Tuesdays from 5-5:30.
Topics:
Simple, compound, and complec sentences.
punctuation
Anyone can join. It is aimed at EF6-Eng 12
level.
I will post the link on my blog in late
October.
You can join as much as you want.
If you can learn simple, compound, and
complex sentences, you can do anything.
SIMPLE SENTENCES
-one independent clause, one main clause
S+V.
Styles of simple sentences: SV SSV
SVV SSVV SSSV
SVVV Imperative(command) Interrogative(question)
COMPOUND SENTENCES- 2 simple sentences
connected together
-
coordinating
conjunctions , FANBOYS for and not but or yet so
I like dogs,
but she likes cats. SV, SOBA SV.
EXAMPLES: I
like dogs, but she likes cats. COMPOUND – two main clauses
I
like dogs but don’t like cats. SIMPLE – one main clause
FANBOYS
*TRUTH We rarely use ‘for’, ‘nor’ and ‘yet’.
e.g. She is happy today, for her son is
visiting her. UNUSUAL
She is happy today because her son is
visiting her. USUAL- COMPLEX SENTENCE- ADVERB CLAUSE
‘nor’ neither nor, either or
e.g. She does not speak French, nor does
she speak German. UNUSUAL
She does not speak French or German. USUAL
SIMPLE SENTENCE
She does not speak French and or German.
She speaks French and German.
I have been to China and Japan.
I have never been to China nor or Japan.
‘nor’ is unusual, low frequency
COMPOUND SENTENCES – FANBOYS SOBA
SOBA , so , or , but , and HIGH FREQUENCY
It is late, so she is going to go to bed.
We can do a test, or we can keep practicing.
He’d like to visit his parents, but he has
no vacation time left.
She likes to go hiking, and he likes to go
swimming.
She is going to go to bed. three-word
modal + ‘to go’
She is going to bed. present
progressive verb tense
IDIOMS
She is going to turn in.
She is going to hit the hay.
She is going to hit the sack.
She is going to pack it in for tonight.
Bedtime.
Beddie byes! for kids
Time to go to bed.
STEP 1 , SOBA
STEP 2 ; semicolon
For example: I like dogs,
but she likes cats.
I
like dogs; she likes cats.
We like to go hiking, and we like to take
our kids to the park.
We like to go hiking; we like to take our
kids to the park.
I am hungry, so I want to have my
breakfast.
I am hungry; I want to have my breakfast.
; = , SOBA
STEP 3 semicolons and transitional terms
I like dogs, but she likes cats.
I like dogs; she likes cats.
I like dogs; however, she likes cats.
I am hungry, so I want to have my
breakfast.
I am hungry; I want to have my breakfast.
I am hungry; therefore, I want to have my
breakfast.
We like to go hiking, and we like to take
our kids to the park.
We like to go hiking; we like to take our
kids to the park.
We like to go hiking; also, we like
to take our kids to the park.
We like to go hiking; so, we like
to take our kids to the park. XXX
, SOBA
We like to go hiking and take our kids to the park. SIMPLE
SVV
We can do a test, or we can keep practicing the math.
We can do a test; we can keep practicing the math.
We can do a test; on the contrary, we can keep practicing
the math.
We can do a test; alternatively, we can keep practicing the
math.
We can continue tomorrow with this.
“Dead Man’s Path”
The themes of the stories have been about power and how
people use their power.
Let’s get discussion cohorts, 4-5 people.
We can discuss the “Thought Questions”.
Brackendale -see hundreds of eagle during the salmon run
eagles / hawks / owl – birds of prey, hunting bird
prey- hunt
pray- church
The priest suggests a solution that is win/win.
Unfortunately, Mr Obi sees this situation as zero sum.
Mr. Obi is not interested in a compromise.
He is not interested in negotiating/negotiation.
He is stubborn/arrogant/hard-nosed/headstrong/pig-headed/intransigent/willful.
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