Thursday, 7 September 2017

EF5/6 KME Unit 2

Sentence- 
What is a sentence?
-subject and a verb
-complete thought
-complete idea
-group of words
-statement
-question

SUBJECT + PREDICATE
She is a nurse.
She + is a nurse.
Today + is a warm day.
His name + is Joe.

COMPLETE SUBJECT
MAIN SUBJECT

The white cat with black paws and blue eyes is asleep on the bed. COMPLETE SUBJECT
The white cat with black paws and blue eyes is asleep on the bed. MAIN SUBJECT- one word


The white cat with black paws and blue eyes are asleep on the bed. X
#1 mistake that students make in high school and college.

COMPLETE PREDICATE
MAIN PREDICATE = verb

1. We are sure.
2. Stay a little longer.
(you) Stay a little longer. IMPERATIVE SENTENCE

3. Why did you say that?
4. All (of you) are welcome to the party.
5. Bing and Helen are arranging the flowers.

pp87-89 Explains subjects and predicates 




EF5/6 KME UNIT 1

SENTENCES- good sentences, various styles

SIMPLE SENTENCE KME pp108-9

COMPOUND SENTENCES KME pp110-115

COMPLEX SENTENCES KME pp115-119

COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE KME pp119-122

Feel free to study ahead if you want to.

Simple, compound, complex- important for school writing!! 
High school, college, university, job

Learn these for success.

Proofreading/editing/grammar checking business

person people

There are five person in my family. X
There are five people in my family.

persons VERY UNUSUAL, legal languagem lawyers

legal- A person must be 21 to drink alcohol in the US.

illegal- break the law

quite/ quiet
It is quite warm today. pretty warm, really warm
She is a very quiet person. She doesn't like to talk much.

Opposites attract.

than/ then
Marie is taller than her mother.
Today is cooler than yesterday.
We had a class. Then we went home.

' apostrope

My son's soccer ball is red.
I like Ben's new car.
I like his new car.

The kid's toys are on the floor. 1 child
The kids' toys are on the floor. Many children

I am = I'm
I am driving = I'm driving

She is watching a movie. = She's watching

We are = We're

We're, were, where

David Paul

French German Arabic Cantonese Korean Tagalog

Vancouver Toronto Alberta, Prince Edward Island

Victoria- city Vancouver Island- island

Cape Breton Island



E10/Ef7 Sentence types

Will be on the blog at the end of class.

SENTENCES- academic class, not basic ESL
higher level
college, university, professional, carpenter

IMPORTANT- strong writing skills

customer, teacher, face to face , written

BASIC SENTENCE STYLES

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX


*****SIMPLE SENTENCES- most basic, powerful
declarative statement- shorter is better

subject verb
He ran.
She yelled.
Dogs bark.
Sheep bleat.
Cows moo.
Cats meow.

S V
SS V
The boy and the girl rode their bicycles.

S VV
The little boy ran and played in the park.

The little girl rode her bicycle, the little boy ran beside her. RUN-ON SENTENCE

The little girl rode her bicycle. The little boy ran beside her.

EAT YOUR SUPPER ONE BITE AT A TIME. WRITE YOUR SENTENCES ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.


******COMPOUND SENTENCES

SV SV 2 simples put together

She likes to ski. He likes to snowboard.

She likes to ski. He likes to snowboard.

JOIN SIMPLE SENTENCES- fanboys

7 coordinating conjunctions
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so

coordinate- organize, bring together, like glue

FANBOYS- GREAT!! BIG LIE!!

for
I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold.

and
It is hot, and it is smoky today.

nor
She doesn't speak French, nor does she speak German. VERY FORMAL, NOT COMMON
She doesn't speak French or German.

but
She loves her apartment, but she has to move.

or
He can go to the party, or he can stay home. COMPOUND SV, or SV.

He can go to the party or stay home. SIMPLE

yet
It is cold, yet it is sunny. STIFF, FORMAL
It is cold, but it is sunny.

so
He is tired, so he's going to have a nap.


FANBOYS
ABOS
OBAS
SBOA
SOBA !! so or but and HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS- USED MOST OFTEN- NATURAL SOUNDING- AUTHENTIC ENGLISH- REAL ENGLISH

yet nor for NYF LOW FREQUENCY WORDS- NOT USED OFTEN- UNUSUAL SOUNDING

Your choice. Grammatically, they are all ok.

PRACTICE SENTENCES- SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

pounce
The cat pounced on the mouse. SIMPLE
The cat pounced on the mouse, but the mouse got away. COMPOUND

We want to go online, but the wifi is slow.
The apple are fresh, so they are delicious.

COMPOUND
,and ,but ,so ,or


COMPOUND SENTENCES
; semicolon

She likes cats, but he likes dogs.

She likes cats; he likes dogs.

, but = ;

; TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES

She likes cats, but he likes dogs.

She likes cats; however, he likes dogs.
She likes cats; nevertheless, he likes dogs.
She likes cats; on the other hand, he likes dogs.
She likes cats; conversely, he likes dogs.




as an illustration- illustration "example" "drawing"

Many of our students take two classes; as an illustration, Mark takes Chem 12 and Math 11.
Many of our students take two classes; for example, Mark takes Chem 12 and Math 11.

TRANSITION TERMS ARE ON BLOG- SHARED FILES

many of these , you will know already "however" "therefore" "on the other hand" "nevertheless" "thus"
PICK SOME NEW ONES AND USE THEM!!!!!







Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Eng10/7 First day Tuesday notes

Theme of coarse: Power, abuse of power, how power corrupts LCD goes onto class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com poems, short stories, novel, non-fiction loosely based around that theme 43 X 2.25hr = 96.75hrs = same as regular high school 9 weeks, as opposed to a whole school year Quarter 1 Sept-Nov Q 2 Nov- Jan Q3 Feb- Apr Q4 Apr- Jun SUMMER Animal Farm George Orwell Writing to Communicate– paragraph writing, essay writing Academic Textbook Rentals buy books, $100 deposit, $80 refund = $20 $550 $0 ahaley@vsb.bc.ca haleyshec.blogspot.com Sentences – paragraphs - essays - papers Sentences are everything!! REVIEW simple compound complex Lots of writing in this class. 5-6 Quiz 10-15m 3pts each 4-5 Test paragraphs 40m 7pts each 2-3 Essays, end of the course 2hrs 10pts each 1-2 Presentations 10pts each Classwork/ Spoken 10pts Pen! Pencil- blinding 1. Black ink 2. Blue ink 3. Pencil, green ink, silver ink Double-spaced lsjhflhsflfljhfhjlhjfkw wlkfwelhfweljfhwjfwhjkf weejkhhwkjefhkwehwe wjfwhwhjfwjbkfe khfwhkjwwhjfkjwfwe lwenffkjwekjwef kljrlrlkhflwhlr lwkefjlkwelkhwf wlekflwkelhkwef lwkflkwejlweef w;ekkflkwlkhwf lkweflkwelhwef dhhdiujwekuhwhwihweuhr lwiiefoiwefljwehfwiehflwhef wlefwoefhlweflljwhflljhwefkhwefkhjlwe lweflweflkweflkwehlwhfjwkjhf Single-spaced Double-spaced hghghg jfjfjfjf kfkfkfkfk JFJFJF DHHFHF KKFKFKF fkkfkfkf ddhdhd fkfkdkdk kdkkkd dkdkd

EF5/6 First day Tuesday notes

Welcome to English Foundations 5 (SL20822) & 6 (SL21022) Please take a seat. M-F 1:30-3:45 3 o’clock pickup can be a challenge. Al Haley If you are not registered, please take a seat for now. You will know if you have a space by the end of this first class. MAX 30/29? student PRIORITY 1. Registered students who attend today 2. Wait-list students who attend today 3. Walk-in students who attend today 4. Registered but not attending today Registered students who do not attend today may lose their place. Class minimum 28 Fine balance 28 29 Anything on the LCD goes onto the class BLOG. Blog weblog- online haleyshec.blogspot.com No password, no paywall, check it any time forever EF 5/6 split class Adult education split classes now 7 schools- 1 class 250 teachers- 38 $550 per course 11,12 classes $0 per course Main Street closed- trying to get it reopened I am hopeful. English 12 99.8% Theme of the course, overarching idea FREEDOM RELATIONSHIPS All short stories, poems, novel, non-fiction will be loosely based around this theme: RELATIONSHIPS 43 classes X 2.25hrs = 9 weeks Quarter 1 Sept 5- Nov 3 Q 2 Nov-Jan Q 3 Feb-Apr Q 4 Apr-Jun SUMMER Know More English grammar, sentence Writing to Communicate paragraph, essay In Context short story The Giver science fiction novel Book deposits ACADEMIC TEXTBOOK RENTAL Deposit $100, refund $80 = $20 college- buy books MARKS 6 Quizzes 10-15m 3pts each 5 Tests paragraph 35-40m 7pts each Essay 2 hrs 10pts 2 Presentations 5m 10pts Spoken 10pts Pen, 1. Black ink 2. Blue ink 3. Red, pencil, green, silver ink Lined paper double space klfdljrljrlifljfflkejlkej;lkejflkejflelief elrkjfhlkerhflkerjfhklhfljh SINGLE SPACE ;lksd;lkn;lknb;lknl;kwn;lkwn;lnln;ln Good ;erj;erj;rn;lern;lern;kejrn;kjenk;enekrjre Excellent erl;jner;jer;jkenr;jnqerjknerkjneqkjn;nf; Ready for UBC! ;ekqqel;ker;fknr;lfn;rlfn;elfne;lfnlkrjn q;rlknfel;kfn;lqfnl;qrfnl;klkfn;lknqlqlkf jdhjf kdfkjfdkjf kfkjfkjf kjfkf kljk lkjlkjlj welkfjwlekf w;fjwkf