Today’s agenda
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Attendance
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Continue compound sentences
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Test 1- narrative paragraph (last 50m)
Wednesday
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Continue compound sentences
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Idiom story “Amy Has a Crush”
Thursday
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Return Test 1
Go over
Optional RW for one point
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Continue compound sentences
Prepare for quiz Monday
Choose vocabulary
Friday
I have a meeting. Another teacher will be here.
Monday
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Quiz 2- compound sentences
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Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses
Tuesday
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Continue adverb clauses
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Continue with
COMPOUND SENTENCES
REVIEW OF COMPOUND
SENTENCES
COMPOUND SENT=
SIMPLE SENT + , SOBA + SIMPLE SENTENCE
SOBA so or but and
High-frequency words
high-frequency- use
them all the time, all day long
low-frequency- not
used as much
FANBOYS- not great
for nor yet -
low-frequency words in compound sentences
She speaks neither
French nor German. GRAMMAR BOOK ENGLISH
Stick to SOBA.
SV, SOBA SV.
Two simple
sentences:
You like dogs.
Shira likes cats.
JOIN THEM TOGETHER
You like dogs, and/but
Shira likes cats.
, or – two different
options
You can have an
apple, or you can have some candy.
, so- give a reason, explain why
You drove too fast, so you got a ticket.
LEVEL 1 of compound sentences: SV, SOBA SV.
Let’s try some practice sentences. Write a few compound
sentences using SOBA from our imagination.
YOUR EXAMPLES:
You can have coffee, or you have tea.
You can have coffee or tea. SIMPLE SENT no ,
I can buy an SUV or a sedan. SIMPLE SENT
I can buy an SUV,
or I can choose a sedan.
SUV- sport-utility vehicle
sedan- four-door car with a trunk
hatchback- the back open into the body of the car
pickup truck- open bed on the back
convertible- the roof comes off
You have to slow down, or you will get a ticket.
She is late today because her bus didn’t come. COMPOUND
COMPLEX- because her bus didn’t come ADVERB CLAUSE
NEXT WEEK
RW- FIX
Her bus didn’t come, so she is late today.
Verb tenses don’t to be same within a sentence.
You can change verb tenses within a sentence if it is appropriate.
Maria cancelled the trip, so we will stay home.
Maria cancelled the trip, so we stayed home.
IDIOM What she says, goes.
What he says, goes.
She wears the pants in the family.
Who has the last word?
IDIOM breadwinner- a person who earns money for the family
Both of them are breadwinners.
bread- staple- main food in the west
potato- staple
Rice is a staple in Asia.
IDIOM bread- money
SLANG- used by a small group in society, e.g. teenagers
Your drip is on point.
SV, SOBA SV.
She studied hard last week, but she still got a lower
mark.
VOCAB hard / hardly
hard- with great effort
hardly- almost nothing
You work hard. -lots of effort, industrious, hardworking
He hardly works. – little effort, lazy
Flaggers are the sign people.
TCP- traffic control personnel
VOCAB personnel(noun)- the people who work in a
company
personal(adjective)- private,
secret, just for you
Don’t give out your personal information.
The company is hiring new personnel.
personnel, staff – non-count noun, uncountable nouns
Title: Test 1
Write a narrative paragraph of 125-150 words on one of the
following topics.
Pass in by the end of the class.
2.
A difficult decision
3.
A memorable high school event
4.
A time I helped someone
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