WI567 Class 14

 

We have finished 1/3 of the course already.

three weeks finished

 

The screen is a little bit crooked.

Now it is straight.

 

Good afternoon

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test1

Go over paragraph structure

Review sentence writing

Optional RW for bonus pt

·      Review some compound sentences

Continue learning transitional terms

Try the six exercises for homework

 

Tuesday

·      Business letters- apply to emails- very practical

·      Quotation Marks

·      Keep working on verb tenses

 

LATER

·      Phrasal verbs

 

LATER

·      Begin types of paragraphs

 

 

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“What Is a Paragraph”

-         one block of wriiting, one paragraph

several paragraphs, 4-5 paragraphs- essay, multiparagraph writing

-         at least 150 words EF5,6,7, Eng 11, Eng 12 “In paragraph form and in at least 150 words...”

-         double-space

Parts of a paragraph

- Grabber- LEARN LATER

- Topic sentence- connects to the writing prompt (question)

topic(main idea), controlling idea(your take on the topic)

The TS narrows down the scope of th paragraph.

We write about only one thing.

e.g.         Write about something that is unique or special to your country or culture.

one thing- holiday, food, ceremony, place

 

Compare Canada with your home country. off-topic

Focus on the topic. Make sure you are answering the question.

It’s easy to get off-topic- trouble

 

-Supporting sentences – examples, details, explanations

the meat of the paragraph, the substance

 

Concluding sentence- wrap-up, bring it to a close

 

Test1

Write a paragraph of at least 150.

Doublespace.

Phones away.

Write about something that is unique or special to your country or culture.

 

 

 

-         Quality of the sentences

Every sentence has to be simple, compound, or complex.

Area for improvement.

This will continue to be a focus of our class learning.

 

Optional rewrite for a bonus point. Give that back today or first thing tomorrow.

FOCUS: Every sentences has to be a real sentence.

SIMPLE       SV   SSV   SVV

COMPOUND       SV, SOBA SV.   SV; TRANS, SV.

 

 

 

EXAMPLES:

We love sticky rice; However, we don’t make it often. XXX

FIXES

We love sticky rice; however, we don’t make it often.

We love sticky rice. However, we don’t make it often.

 

We have dinner together also we joke and laugh. XXX punc

We have dinner together; also, we joke and laugh.

HIGHER LEVEL We have dinner together; also, we also joke and laugh also. Choose one.

 

We put different stuffs stuff / ingredients into the soup.

ingredients- food

materials- building, making, necessary supplies

 

My mother cleans the bamboo leaves and washes/rinses the rice.

 

Kiz Kulesi is a tiny fortress tower on a small island.

People use a boat to go there.

 

boat- small watercraft

ship- larger watercraft with a boat on it

 

small emergency boat on a ferry – lifeboat

 

small passenger boat

 

powerboat

 

yacht- huge millionaire ship

 

Maintainence is very expensive for a yacht.

 

kayak-

stand-up paddleboard-

canoe-

rowboat-

They use a wetsuit in cold water.

You must wear a life jacket.

 

They must ask their parents before they get married.

They must ask their parents before they want to get married.

 

correction fluid, white-out, liquid paper, a correction pen

 

 

When mother finished making them, we would put them in the pot to boil.

Mother took the lid off the pot, and the good smell went all through the house.

The boiling sticky rice smelled good.

We could smell the deliscious food, and our mouths watered.

The yummy food was mouth-watering.

 

The candy had a bad aftertaste. aftertaste- a negative taste that stays in your mouth

 

IDIOM leave a bad taste in my mouth- bad feeling, discomfort

Talking to the sales representatie left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

The taste of the rice lingered.

 

Your eyes are hungry.

 

Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.

 

 

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quotation marks

Joe said, “I want to buy a new phone.”

quote(v)  ‘kwote’

quotation(n)

Mei quoted Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

One famous quotation from Martin Luther King is, “I have a dream.”

 

My grandmother always said, “Eat less. Learn more.”

 

My son says, “Talk less. Listen more. You have two ears and one mouth.”

 

 

Rember to label your rewritten quiz or test:

Test 1 RW

 

Boring but important. Daily practice is the key.

10 minutes a day is better than nothing.

 

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Continue compound sentences

SV, SOBA SV.

SV; SV.

SV; TRANS, SV.

 

Let’s practice for quiz on compound sentences on Wednesday.

 

 

 

Practice for the quiz on Wednesday.

Write a compound sentence for each.

1.but           special

2.or             today

3.however           plane

4.therefore          machine

5.also                    detail

6.instead              breakfast

 

; instead, SV

She didn’t want to have cereal for breakfast; instead, she had a tomato, mushroom and cilantro omelet.  COMPOUND

instead of NOUN

She had noodles instead of cereal for breakfast. SIMPLE

She had cereal instead of noodles for breakfast, and Matt had coffee and a bagel. COMPOUND

She had cereal instead of noodles for breakfast, but Matt had coffee and a bagel. COMPOUND

She had cereal instead of noodles for breakfast; on the other hand, Matt had coffee and a bagel. COMPOUND

The ‘and’s are different.

 

by the way- change topics

I was talking to Sheila and Mary about the project. By the way, Sheila is getting married. Anyway, they will be ready with the project next week,

Anyway- changing back to the original topic

 

 

despite NOUN

in spite of NOUN

I passed the test despite not studying at all.

We went to to the beach despite the rain. SIMPLE

I passed the test in spite of not studying at all.

We went to to the beach in spite of the rain.

 

We went to to the beach even though it was raining. COMPLEX SENTENCE- ADVERB CLAUSE- later this week

It was raining; nevertheless, we went to to the beach. COMPOUND SENTENCE