Thursday, 19 February 2026

P2 EF710 Class 12

 

Quotation mar

Ramadan- first day yesterday

religious observance- fast

She is an observant Catholic.

fast- no eating or drinking

We have to fast for 12 hours before we get a blood test.

 

Ramadan -  Muslim- fast for 30 days,

-no food or drink from sunrise to sunset

Kids do it gradually year after year.

first two days- headache, feeling tired

after a few days- clear mind, lose weight?

 

I admire your dedication.

 

Some people fast for health reasons.

He went on a three-day fast.

 

breakfast-  break   fast

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING SENTENCE WORK:

Parallelism

Sentence combining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·         Return Test 2

Go over, talk about

Emphasis C1 & C5

Optional RW for one point. Pass it in today or first thing tomorrow.

·      Teach using quotation marks in academic writing “ 

This will take several classes. We will do lots of practice.

·      IF TIME Continue “I Confess”

“Characteristics of Short Stories”

·      IF TIME Continue sentence work- “Complex Sentences”

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Prepare for Test 3 on “I Confess” probably Monday

 

Monday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Test 2

Dividers

Take out several sheets of paper.

You can have the story out.

You can have “Transitional Terms” out.

All other notes, phones, devices put away.

 

Write a well-organized paragraph of at least 150 words on the following topic:

Why did the boys decide to save the pheasants?

 

PREWRITING (make a plan)

1.    Read the question. Make sure we understand the question.

2.    Brainstorm ideas.

3.    Organize the ideas

*Not a plot summary.*

 

WRITING

4.Write the first draft.

-sentences

Topic sentence- linked to the question

e.g. Why did the boys decide to save the pheasants?

 

TS      The boys decided to save the pheasants for three reasons.

TS      The boys made the decision to not harvest the pheasants for several key reasons.

 

DIFFERENT PARAGRAPH

TS      The boys decided to save the pheasants because they were kind-hearted deep down. There are three examples of this.

 

TS      The rain fell all day. Everything was covered in ice. XXX plot summary

 

Write our supporting sentences.

e.g. Secondly, when the boy saw the pheasants frozen on the ground they realizes that they were all in the same situation. Both the boys and the birds were struggling and suffering the same harsh conditions. They were all covered with ice and cold. Both groups were vulnerable and delicate.

 

5.Proofread and edit. sp, vt, punc, vf

6. Pass it in. I mark it.

NOTES: Do not copy from the story.

 

MARKING: PLOs

*Focus on C5

-generate, develop, and organize ideas

-setting a purpose What are we writing about? based on the question

-limiting the topic  Focusing on the question

 

*Focus on C1-

-using conventions, forms and structures of writing

-organization of ideas

-grammar and usage

-all the details about sentence writing

- sentence structure, verb tense, verb form, punctuation, phrasing

 

 

*Copying words from the story.

Later today-  Using “   “ quotation marks

 

REMEMBER:  You will have an opportunity to replace one test and/or quiz on the second last day of the course.

 

 

 

*verb tense- Choose a verb tense and stick with it. Use all past tenses or use all present tenses. Avoid switching verb tenses.

Using past verb tenses is probable easier. The question was in past tense. The story was in past tense.

 

 

 

Quotation marks   

   

        - single quotation marks

     – double quotation marks – used much much more often

        99% of the time

“didn’t flush”

 

Uses of quotation marks      1.titles e.g. short stories

2.reported speech

3.irony, ironic finger quotes (for talking, casual) CASUAL

4. borrowed words from a text

 

1.    titles – short story, chapter in a book, magazine article, -newspaper article, part of a book, not a whole book

short stories

“I Confess”

“What Happened During the Ice Storm”

 

<< I Confess >> Chinese, not English

 

math 5 > 3

 

 

-name of a book

The Identity Trap  italics   ctrl i

Grammar In Use

The Identity Trap handwriting

Grammar In Use

 

How to Know a Person

How to Know a Person

 

name of a newspaper

Korean Daily

Korean Daily

The Vancouver Sun

The Province

The Vancouver Sun

The Province

 

magazine Fretboard Journal or Fretboard Journal

article “Bluegrass Now”

 

National Geographic or National Geographic “Sumatra”

Vogue Vogue

Elle Elle

Readers Digest Readers Digest

 

movie or TV show Bad Guy   Holes   Titanic

Standup Comedy

 

Title of a novel, book by itself, magazine , something that has its own covers

magazine “Fretboard Journal”

Fretboard Journal or Fretboard Journal

ctrl i- on a keyboard

 

name of a font style- italics

 

Animal Farm   Animal Farm  italics

writing with a pen, underline Impact

writing on computer, use italics Impact

 

In the novel Shanghai Girls, the theme of ….

In the novel Shanghai Girls, the theme of ….

 

In “I Confess” the teacher ….

 

The song “I Believe” is about hope.

The Micheal Jackson song “Beat It” is from Thriller.

 

“The Sniper”   “Charles”       We can tell that these are titles of

short stories.      

 

 

<<What Happened During the Ice Storm>> NOT ENGLISH

<<The Sniper>> NOT ENGLISH 

“The Sniper” THE ENGLISH WAY

Math   5>4 greater than   4<6 lesser than

> alligator’s mouth   The alligator always eats the bigger number.

     usually double quotation marks, not single ‘ 

“ “         normally we use double quoatation marks, 95% of the time

 

e.g.

In the story “What Happened During the Ice Storm”, the boys changed their minds about killing the pheasants.

 

English “  

Farsi (   )  brackets ??

Chinese <<    >>

 

The class really enjoyed reading Animal Farm.

The class really enjoyed reading “Roses Sing on New Snow”.

Luis is reading a book called Two Pieces of Clothes. computer

Luis is reading a book called Two Pieces of Clothes. handwriting

Charlotte’s Web  is a very popular kids’ book.  

 

“Animal Farm”   XXX, not both, just one or the other

either belt or suspenders

IDIOM He is a belt and suspenders kind of person.

 

kids’ book  - ‘  apostrophe, shows possession

 

Joe’s new bicycle is pretty rad/cool.

Joe’s sister’s bike is also really nice. one sister

Joe’s sisters’ bikes are also really nice. two sister, three sisters

 

The student’s writing is improving. 1 person

The students’ writing is improving. all of them

Is the noun singular or plural. Put the apostrophe after the word.

 

The dogs’ leashes got tangled.

 

punctuation – umbrella term – comma, period, apostrophe, semicolon, colon, exclamation point, quotation mark, hyphen, dash

 

Jun read an article in The Vancouver Sun called “What does Putin Want?”.

Jun read an article in The Vancouver Sun called “The Future for Ukraine”.

 

italics  (ctrl+i)

Good Food has an article called “Old-Fashioned Apple Pie”.

Good Food has an article called “Old-Fashioned Apple Pie”.

 

bold- not necessary, used for visual effects

Netflix series The Sinner “Episode 1: The Argument”

All the Light We Cannot See

Black Mirror

 

 

2.    reported speech, direct speech- exact words that someone says, quote, quotation

“ “ quotation marks

reported speech, direct speech- exact words that someone says, quote, quotation

Mary said, “I am going to be late today.”

You said, “I will pick up the kids.”

Barack Obama said, “Yes, we can!”

He said, “Hello.”

 

Her mother said eat something. XXX

Her mother said, “Eat something.”

 

The little boy yelled, “Give me my toy back!”

exclamation point- loud or high energy

She said, “What a surprise!”

 

 

 

indirect speech- not the exact words, just the idea

My sister said, “You should be careful.” direct speech, quotation

My sister said that I should be careful. indirect speech, no quotation

 

Mary said that she will be late today. indirect speech, no quotation

Mary said, “I will be late today.” direct speech, quotation

SCENARIO- situation

You said that you would buy some milk. NOUN CLAUSE

I said, “I might buy some milk.”

 

We all yelled, “Happy birthday!”  exclamation point

high emotion, high energy

 

*Fiction writers like to break the rules.

 

You said that you would pick up the kids. indirect, no quotation

You said, “I will pick up the kids.” direct, quotation

 

My friend said I don’t want to go to the party. I said you should go. XXX

FIX

My friend said, “I don’t want to go to the party.” I said, “You should go.”

My friend said (that) he didn’t want to go to the party. I said (that) he should go.

 

My mother said you have to do your homework. CONFUSING

FIXES

My mother said, “You have to do your homework.”

My mother said that I have to do my homework.

 

Using quotation marks “  “ double quotation marks 99% of the time

    ‘ single quotation marks 1% of your time , university papers

 

 

Barack Obama said that we can do it!

 

DIRECT  She said, “That will be fine.”

INDIRECT        She said that that will be fine.

 

3.     

Mary said that she is going to be late today. indirect speech, noun clause

 

COMMON ERROR

Mary said that I am going to be late today.

CONFUSING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

 

FIXES

Mary said that she is going to be late today. noun clause indirect

Mary said, “I am going to be late today.” direct

 

MIXING VERB TENSES IS OK SOMETIMES

Joe said that he will go to Hawaii for vacation.

 

 

COMMON ERROR My mother said that you should do your homework. Who is ‘you’?

FIXED My mother said to me, “You should do your homework.” direct

FIXED My mother said that I should do my homework. indirect

 

My daughter said, “Let’s go to the pet store.” DIRECT SPEECH

My daughter said that we should go to the pet store. INDIRECT SPEECH

that we should go to the pet store - noun clause

 

let’s – let us

 

**FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON QUOTING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/quotation_marks/index.html

 

 

 

4.    to show irony, finger quotes- informal, casual speaking

three kinds of irony –

 

ironing

 

1. verbal irony – say something but mean the opposite,

not hurtful, gentle humour

“ “  finger quotes

 

sarcasm- meant to hurt someone, rough humour, biting humour

He is a sarcastic person.

 

SPOKEN Joan went to a party last night. She missed work today because she is “sick”.

SLANG She has the “party flu.” She is hungover. She has a hangover.

a hangover- headache, dehydration, and nausea from drinking too much the night before

“exam flu”

“Friday flu”

 

 

2. dramatic irony – you know something that the character in the book or movie doesn’t know

 

3. situational irony- you try to do something to help someone but you wind up hurting them, you get the opposite result from what you intended

 

IDIOM  wind up – what happens in the end

“Dora wanted to move to Chicago, but she wound up going to Toronto.”

“Sue is studying business in college. She will probably wind up being a manager in a company.”

 

 

proposterous (adj) – ridiculous, outrageous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOST IMPORTANT FOR US

5.    quoting from a story- borrowing words from a story , putting them into your paragraph, essay, citation, citing

Borrow words from a text. Incorporate the words into our writing. Include the words in our sentence.

 

-borrowing words without quoting them is plagiarism.

 

“blindfolded with ice”

The boys saw that the birds were “blindfolded with ice”. Therefore, the boys felt empathy for them.

*Incorporate- put words from the story into your sentence.

 

 

 

“helpless pheasants”

The boys were looking at the “helpless pheasants” and felt sorry for them.

 

“icy rain”

Both the boys and the birds were covered with “icy rain.”

Both the boys and the birds were covered with frozen rain.

 

**Choose a few quotations for a paragraph.  You want a balance.

** You have use your best judgement when to quote works.

Why am I using this word? Is it a word that I would normally use? Is it a word from the story?

 

The boys hadn’t brought any “clubs, or sacks” to harvest the birds.

The boys were unprepared. For example, they didn’t bring any “clubs” to harvest the birds.

The boys were unprepared. For example, they didn’t bring any tools to harvest the birds. REWROTE THE IDEA IN YOUR OWN WORDS

 

The boys were unprepared. For example, they didn’t bring any tools, such as “clubs, or sacks” to get the birds.

If it is special word/s from the story, quote it/them.

 

“Tree branches glistened like glass.”

All of the plants and buildings “glistened like glass” when the ice froze on them.

Ready for UBC!

 

 

Read the idea. Rephrase it, restate it in your own word.

 

This is the basic idea of quoting from a text. We will practice it a lot in class.

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