Friday, 13 March 2026

P2 EF710 Class 28

 

Sentence work coming up:  sentence combining- after Spring Break

 

 

Today’s Agenda- final day before Spring Break

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

·      Quoting section- Animal Farm

·      Animal Farm Chapter 3

·      Quiz 1- sentence quiz (25m at the end of the class)

 

Two-week Spring Break

 

Monday, March 30th

·      First day of reg for Q4

·      Finish Animal Farm Chapter 3

·      Animal Farm Chapter 4

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Tuesday, March 31

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Wednesday, April 1

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Thursday, April 2

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 3

·      No school

Good Friday

 

Monday, April 6

·      No school

Easter Monday

 

Tuesday, April 7

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Wednesday, April 8

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Thursday, April 9

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 10

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Final week

Monday, April 13

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 15

 

Thursday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday, April 17- final day

·      Meetings, final marks and comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

1.direct quotation- My sister said, “Feed the dog.”

indirect quotation- My sister told me to feed the dog.

 

2.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

 

3.quoting material in answers

 

Using “ ” quotation marks in our answers

INCORPORATE quoted material

borrow quoted material and put it into our own sentences

 

 

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)

 

short story- only a few pages- 2-12pp

novel- hundred pages, 300 pages

 

“wise and benevolent”(1)  

Old Major was the oldest a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig.

 

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

The other animals respected Old Major who was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig. COMPLEX SENT

Old Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig who was respected by the other animals. COMPLEX SENT passive voice

 

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 a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig; for this reason, 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

Good for E10, E11, E12, college or university, job

 

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

 

Benjamin was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer but serious around the other animals. COMPLEX SENT- more concise

 

Benjamin was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer; however, he was serious around the other animals. COMPOUND SENT

 

INCORPORATE QUOTED MATERIAL FROM THE BOOK INTO OUR WRITING “cynical”(2) “devoted”(2) “never laughed”(2)

 

Benjamin was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was loyal to Boxer but serious around the other animals.

Benjamin was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was loyal to Boxer but serious around the other animals.

 

Benjamin was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) 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

 

Benjamin was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) to Boxer but who always had a long face around the other animals.

 

IDIOM Turn that frown upside down.

 

IDIOM poker face=- blank face, showing no emotion

 

 

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.

You will be the star of the class. Belle of the ball. Teacher’s pet.

 

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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“cart-horse”(2)

“enormous beast”(2)

“somewhat stupid appearance”(2)

“universally respected”(2)

“steadiness of character”(2)

“tremendous powers of work”(2)

“not of first-rate intelligence”(2)

 

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.

 

 

Quotations show that your points are based on the novel.

-evidence

 

All future tests, you will be expected to use quotations. You’ll get it with practice.

 

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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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