Sentence work coming up: sentence
combining- after Spring Break
Today’s Agenda- final day before Spring Break
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Attendance
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6
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Quoting section- Animal Farm
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Animal Farm Chapter 3
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Quiz 1- sentence quiz (25m at the end of the
class)
Two-week Spring Break
Monday, March 30th
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First day of reg for Q4
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Continue with Animal Farm Chapter 3
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Tuesday
·
Animal Farm Chapter 4
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Animal
Farm quoting section
“
“ quotation marks
l Talk
about quoting, instead of copying
l Plagiarism
is copying with showing where the text came from.
l Uses
of quotation marks 1.reported speech
2.titles
3.quoting
from text
direct
quotation- My sister said, “Feed the dog.”
indirect
quotation- My sister told me to feed the dog.
title
of an article, poem, short story, not a book “I Confess” “Dead Men’s Path”
title
of a book Animal Farm or Animal Farm italics ctrl i
quoting
material in answers
Using
“ ” quotation marks in our answers
INCORPORATE
quoted material
MIX
in quoted material
EXAMPLES OF REPLACING YOUR VOCAB WITH
QUOTED MATERIAL FROM TEXT
Old
Major was the oldest pig on the farm. All of the other animals respected him.
INCORPORATE
“wise and benevolent”(1) brackets
brackets-
page number (1) (p1) (page 1)
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig. The other animals respected him. 2
SIMPLES SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig who the other animals respected. COMPLEX
SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig, and the other animals respected him.
COMPOUND SENT
Old
Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig; the other animals respected him.
COMPOUND SENT
Old
Major was the oldest pig on the farm, and all of the other animals respected
him because he was “wise and benevolent(1). COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENT
VERY
HIGH-QUALITY WRITING
Quote
just a few words. 2-3-4 words
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer but who was serious
around the other animals. COMPLEX SENT
INCORPORATE
QUOTED MATERIAL FROM THE BOOK INTO OUR WRITING “cynical” “devoted” “never
laughed”
Benjamin
was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was loyal to Boxer but who was serious around the
other animals.
Benjamin
was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was “devoted” to Boxer but who “never laughed”
around the other animals.
ALL
THREE TOO MUCH, PICK ONE
Benjamin
was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) to Boxer but who was unsmiling
around the other animals.
“never
laughed” SYNONYMS– unsmiling, serious, long face, joyless
This
kind of writing with a couple of quoted words or short phrases gets top marks.
Teachers
love it. Most students in English 11 and English 12 can’t do it.
Students
practice one about Boxer.
Try
a sentence of your own about Boxer. Include a few quoted words.
Choose
a word or two from the book about Boxer. Put it into a sentence with a quotation.
Students
practice one about Boxer.
Try
a sentence of your own about Boxer. Include a few quoted words.
Choose
a word or two from the book about Boxer. Put it into a sentence with a quotation.
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Boxer was strong
and hardworking. No “”?
Boxer is one of
the "cart-horses"(2) on the farm.
Boxer who has a
"white stripe"(2) on his nose was a horse.
Boxer is an
“enormous”(2) and honest horse.
Boxer was an "enormous
beast"(2) of a horse.
Boxer was very
strong but had a “stupid appearance”(2).
The animals
“universally respected”(2) Boxer because he was honest and hardworking.
All
future tests, you will be expected to use quotations. You’ll get it with
practice.
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Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Interesting quotations that point to important themes in the
novel:
“How
they toiled and sweated...” (17)
“toiled
and sweated”(17)
The
animals “toiled and sweated”(17) to get the harvest in.
“Gee
up, comrade” (17)
gee-haw- cowboy
“not
an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful” (17)
“Boxer
with his tremendous muscles always pulled them though”(18)
“tremendous
muscles”(18)
naïve- will
believe anything that someone tells you
“Nobody
shirked- or almost nobody” (18)
“Donkeys
live a long time” (19)
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