We will get started
at 12:00
Today’s agenda
·
Collect
“Ice Storm Thought Questions”
· “Correction Codes”
· Return Test1
Option to RW for bonus point
· Begin “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Tuesday
· Continue
“What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Potluck-
every brings some food to the party
We
had a potluck in the party room of our building.
Everybody
was stoked.
IDIOM
stoked- very happy, full of energy, looking forward to something
level
below quarterfinals - lost
quarterfinals-won
semifinals-
won- finished 5 out of 30 teams
finals
“Correction
Codes”
-awk
Meaning?
-CS
comma splice
I
want to get better at speaking, one thing I can do is force myself to talk to
people. comma is not strong enough to go between two sentences
FIXES
I
want to get better at speaking. One thing I can do is force myself to talk to
people. 2 simple sentences
I
want to get better at speaking, and/so one thing I can do is force myself to
talk to people. compound sentence
I
want to get better at speaking; one thing I can do is force myself to talk to
people. compound sentence
I
want to get better at speaking; therefore, one thing I can do is force myself to
talk to people. compound sentence
-frag
– sentence fragment
I
like sports. For example, soccer, baseball, and tennis. frag
FIXES
I
like sports. For example, I play soccer, baseball, and tennis.
I
like sports, such as soccer, baseball, and tennis.
NOTE:
You will find that comma usage is very personal. Some writers use many commas;
some hardly any.
-prep
– preposition usage is all idiomatic
She
lives in Canada. She lives in Vancouver. She lives on Douglas Street.
She
lives at 1234 Douglas Street.
-RO
run-on sentence
I
want to get better at speaking one thing I can do is force myself to talk to
people. no punc between sentences
USE
THE SAME FIXES AS FOR CS COMMA SPLICES
I
want to get better at speaking. One thing I can do is force myself to talk to
people.
-agr
subject verb agreement
She
is We are He likes
I like I am
-vt
– verb tense – past, present, future tenses
-vf
– verb form
I am
be living in Vancouver. vf
FIX
I am
living in Vancouver.
I living
in Vancouver. vf
FIXES
I am
living in Vancouver.
I live
in Vancouver.
Present
Past Participle
go went gone
write wrote written
-wf
word form – happy(adj) happiness(n) happily(adv)
happy happier
happiest- adjective forms
education(n)
educational(adj) educate(v)
Learning
vocabulary is an exciting opportunity. Be
positive!
Learning
difficult material in middle age can help keep off dementia/cognitive decline.
cognition
– understanding
cog-
know- recognize
You
will be sharp 90-year-olds.
IDIOM
sharp- able to think clearly, bright
IDIOM
dull, dim
Alzheimers
Disease- severe cognitive decline, usually in older people
Diabetes
runs in the family. My family is genetically predisposed to diabetes.
Twins
run in the family.
genetics(noun)
genetic(adj) gene(noun)
genetically(adv)
Triplets-
three babies at the same time
I
have two brothers who are twins. Twins run in the family.
Left-handedness
runs in my family.
predisposed
pre-
before- previous, prefix, pregame
disposed-
likely to do something
Her
sister is predisposed to depression.
-wo
-ww
We very really enjoyed the movie.
We
enjoyed the movie very much.
We
talked this very problem yesterday. emphasis
My
mother used to make these very cookies.
I
have those very shoes at home.
COMMON
USAGE
The
math is very easy for her.
It
is very cold today.
**Return
Test1
Option
to RW for bonus point
Correct
your paragraph as well as you can. Rewrite it on new paper. Pass it in to me today
or first thing tomorrow at the beginning of class.
I
will skim it, give a bit of feedback, and give you a bonus point.
There
might be confusing about the train schedule. wf
confusing
(adj)
confusion
(n)
There
might be confusion about the train schedule.
The train schedule might be confusing.
I am confused about the train schedule.
different forms of adjectives
confused- your emotion, your feeling
I am confused.
confusing- describes the thing outside of
yourself
The math is confusing.
bored/boring She is bored. Her date is boring.
IDIOMS She was bored to tears. He was
boring, talking about himself.
-interested/interesting The little boy is intersted in trains. Trains
are interesting to him.
-amazed/amazing
-fascinated/fascinating He is fascinated by the human mind. The
brain is fascinating to him.
I am more confident in my speaking due to
my in-laws and friends
encouraging me.
due to NOUN
because S V
The parade was cancelled due to the weather.
The parade was cancelled because the
weather was bad/inclement.
The parade was cancelled because of the
weather.
I set goals for me. pronoun pron
I set goals for myself.
I practice to speak speaking
in front of the mirror.
This causes my writing to be unbalanced.
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