assembly, activists, activism- change the policy of a government
tonight, tomorrow night
mourning- sadness over a death
She is in mourning over her grandmother.
morning- a.m
wine-tasting-
You get used to it.
You are not used to it. unaccustomed to something
picky(adj)- choosy, fussy
Culture plays a role in speaking out in class.
deeply-engrained school culture
-really hurt your English development
Online video learning https://www.khanacademy.org
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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“Self-Assessment Reflection”
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Quiz#1 - simple sentences
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Verbs- active/passive voice
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Begin overview of verb tenses
Monday
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Return Quiz1
Optional RW for bonus point
·
Begin compound sentences
·
Contnue overview of verb tenses
·
Talk about paragraph writing
“Self-Assessment Reflection”
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weekly
-students do their own self-assessment reflection
-assess(v) assessment(n)- check, evaluation, mark,
-reflection- looking at yourself, internal process
- giving yourself feedback
-setting new goals, things you want to achieve, dreams with plans
Pass it back in by the end of class today.
Quiz 1
Lined ruled paper
Doublespace
Full name and class top right corner
Devices away.
Write a simple sentence for each.
Pass it in by 1:00
1. SV exercise
2. SSV break
3. SVV mountains
4. Imperative try
5. Interrogative successful
6. SSVV work
On your lined, ruled paper, you will write out the
sentences.
The white gap is the top.
Holes on the left
Full name and class in top right corner
Quiz1, Test1 on the title line
Write within the margins. red lines
Doublespace.
Phones and devices put away.
Active and passive voice- verb style, verb type
Two types of voices of English
Active voice: Subject is doing the verb
Most sentences in English are based on the subject doing the verb. For example, in the sentence
Michelle ate the cookie,
Michelle is the
subject, and she is doing the verb ate. When the subject does the verb, this is
called active voice
I read a book.
You wrote a paragraph.
Mei rode a horse.
EXAMPLES:
I exercise every
morning.
I abandoned/left/ my
country.
She immigrated to
Canada. She emigrated from Iran.
He sought asylum in
Canada. seek-look for
He is an asylum-seeker.
abandon- emotional word
Active voice- This is the simplest, most direct pattern
for English sentences.
Passive voice:
It is also possible to write in passive voice. This happens when the subject of a sentence does
not do the verb. For example, in the
sentence
The cookie was eaten by Michelle.
passive
the cookie did nothing. Michelle
did the eating.
Look at
the difference:
Michelle ate the cookie. ACTIVE VOICE
The cookie was eaten by Michelle. PASSIVE VOICE
Here are some more sentences, expressed first in active
voice, then in passive:
I read a book. The book was
read by me.
You wrote a
paragraph. The paragraph was written by you.
He rode a horse.
The horse was ridden by him.
Active: We read the books.
Passive: The books
were read by us.
Active: The mother
carried her child.
Passive: The child
was carried by his mother.
-same meanings, different ways
to say it
Passive voice verbs use an auxiliary verb plus the past participle,
as we discussed earlier today. The
structure of passive voice forces us to think backwards because is places the
action in a sentence (the verb) ahead of the actor. Passive voice is therefore indirect and
sounds weak. Passive voice also needs
more words, so it is more complicated than active voice.
Stick with active voice whenever possible. Your sentences will be stronger and clearer.
UNUSUAL She is reading a book. The book is being read by
her.
past participles – verb form
present past past participle
fix fixed fixed
go went gone
put put put
cut cut cut
wear wore worn
read read read
teach taught taught
speak spoke spoken
swim swam swum
throw threw thrown
buy bought bought
cook cooked cooked
sink sank sunk
watch watched watched
think thought thought
live lived lived
We go to school Monday to Friday. simple present- habitual
action
We went to school today. simple past- once in the past
We AUX+gone to school.
We have gone to this
class since November 12th. present perfect-
She has lived in
Vancouver for two months. present perfect
The mother teaches her son to be polite.
The mother taught
her son to tie his shoes. ACTIVE VOICE SV
The boy was taught
to tie his shoes. PASSIVE VOICE SV
The boy was taught
to tie his shoes by his mom. PASSIVE VOICE SV
My car door was dented.
PASSIVE VOICE
Someone dented my car door. ACTIVE VOICE
My phone was stolen! PASSIVE VOICE
Someone stole my phone! ACTIVE VOICE
Passive voice sounds weaker than active voice.
Whenever possible, use active voice.
They worked together and
resolved the problem. SIMPLE SENTENCE SVV
They worked together,
and the problem was resolved.
COMPOUND SENTENCE SVSV
Now you have choice. Choice is power.
The book that changed my school life:
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace
by Joseph M. Williams and Joseph Bizup
Exercise #1
Change active voice to passive voice in the following
sentences.
1. May drank a glass of milk.
2. Junko cleaned the kitchen.
3. Mark baked these cookies.
4. I am teaching you about English.
5. He is riding a horse.
Write some passive and active sentences from your
imagination.
6. throw
7. buy
8. wear
9. bring
10.
put
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