WI567 Class 40

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz5

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Essay work- essay types-      persuasive- opinion

narrative- tell a story

compare/contrast

·      Sentence combining

 

Tuesday

·      Essay

 

Wednesday

·      Sentence combining

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Friday- last day

·      One-on-one meets

·      Final marks and comments

*You will be able to see you final marks. You will be able to get a report card from the office the following week.

 

 

 

** Optional replacement quiz/test **

 

A few people have asked me about rewriting quizzes/tests. Maybe you had a bad quiz or missed a quiz/test.

 

In my classes, I offer an optional replacement quiz/test for anyone who would like to do one.

 

This Thursday, you will have an opportunity to replace one of the quizzes/tests that you wrote.

 

Again, this is optional. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.

 

So far we have done some 5 quizzes:

 

Quiz#1        X/6

Quiz#2        X/6

Quiz#3        X/6

Quiz#4        X/6

Quiz#5        X/6

You have your marks for those.

You may have one quiz that you were not satisfied with.

 

One is one. Not two, not three. 1=1

You choose which one you want to replace.

 

You will do the replacement quiz during regular class time, as usual. We will do it at the end class.

 

 

 

 

 

The replacement quiz will be a new quiz. The replacement quiz will be a mix of all sentence styles.

e.g. If you want to replace your Quiz #2, the compound sentence quiz, the replacement quiz will not just be on compound sentence; it will be on all of the sentence styles.The replacement quiz will be six sentences, as usual- mix of simple, compound, complex. e.g. 1 simple, 2 compound, 3 complex OR 2 simple, 2 compound,  2 complex.

 

Your old mark will be replaced with the new mark. It will not be the higher of the two marks.

 

Exactly the same situation with the replacement test. It will be a paragraph on a new topic.

 

**No replacement opportunity for the essay

 

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #1

Q1 4/6

Q2 0/6 4/6

Q3 6/6

Q4 5.5/6

Q5 5/6

 

You can choose to replace Q2.

Replacement quiz- 4/6

*Great outcome.* The average from your quizzes goes up.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #2

Q1 4/6 3/6

Q2 4.5/6

Q3 4.5/6

Q4 5/6

Q5 5/6

 

You choose to replace Q1.

Replacement quiz 3/6

*Less-than-ideal outcome* The average for your quizzes goes down.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #3

Q1 2/6

Q2 1.5/6

Q3 0/6 3.5/6

Q4 0/6

Q5 2/5

 

Q3 or Q4- you decide Q3

Replacement quiz 3.5/6   The average for your quizzes will go up. You’re getting closer to pass. You will feel better.

 

 

Think carefully about if you would like to replace one of your quiz/test marks.

 

ADVICE:

If you have pretty good marks, just leave them. Don’t bother with the replacement quiz/test.

On the other hand, if you have a really low mark somewhere, it would be worth doing the replacement quiz/test.

 

 

Huberman podcast- getting better sleep, becoming a more effective learner

 

IDIOM hassle  A pain in the neck.

This is a pain in the neck. It’s bothersome. It’s annoying.

 

 

 

**

 

RETURN MONDAY

Quiz5

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

1.    prepare                which

I prepared a special dish called ‘big mess’, which my family loves.

Matt is preparing for his US travel visa interview, which is taking a lot of time. adj cl

Matt is doing preparation for his US travel visa interview, which is taking a lot of time. adj cl

 

I have a dog with a black nose that is very friendly.

 

2.    presentation       who

My classmate who did the presentation on rabbits loves rabbits.

 

3.    pension                that

The pension that the old man gets from the government is enough for his expenses.

 

4.    patient                 who

The patient who is waiting in the lobby emerge waiting area of the hospital needs immediate attention.

 

5.    scary                     that

The scary movie that she watched kept her awake all night.

 

6.    confuse                who

He is a person who is easily confused by technology.

 

ROUGH NOTES- not grammatical

-most challenging type of clause

-area for ongoing development- study, test, test, test

 

The scary movie makes me hard to fall asleep. vf

The scary movie makes it hard for me to fall asleep.

It’s hard for me to V.

It’s hard for me to get up in the morning.

It’s hard for her to handle all of her responsibilities.

 

The crow that was hide in the trees cawed at me. vf

The crow that was hiding in the trees cawed at me.

The crow that was hidden in the trees cawed at me. passive voice

 

A cat meows. A dog barks. A lion roars. An elephant trumpets/bellows.

 

We stay in a hotel. We stay in a hospital. live

They are staying in Room 315.

 

My uncle who lives in Busan cannot distinguish between me and my sister.

 

My uncle who lives in Busan is confused about where Vancouver is.

distinguish- recognize the difference between

 

commas with ‘which’ – unique

Beijing, which is the capital of China, has a population of 22M.

non-essential clause, non-restrictive clause

 

The gold ring which her father gave her is really nice.

 

The Taylor Swift concert was held at Rogers’ Arena, which is in downtown Vancouver.

 

 

chores- household tasks, housework

errands- ‘run errand’ leave house to do them, go somewhere else

capital punishment- death

corporal punishment- beating, spanking