Writing C

Warm Up Two Truths and A Lie Write three sentences about yourself. Two statements should be true and one false, for example: I used to be an air steward I can ride a unicycle My favourite food is sushi When you are finished, go around the table and guess which is a lie.

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What is a sentence? A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, exclamation mark, or question mark. Example: He is a college student. It is hot today. He looks mad.

Common Errors There is no verb. The thought is not complete. There is no subject. Example: Is very trustworthy. There is no verb. The teacher strict. The thought is not complete. When I finish my education.

Practice Work with a partner to decide if a group of words is a sentence or not a sentence: My new classmate from Brazil. He speaks three languages fluently. Is very competitive. He isn’t married. The books expensive. Go to the course website.

Subject – Verb - Object The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. It can be: a noun (Diego, college, students) a noun phrase (the cat) a subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) others (gerunds)

Subject – Verb - Object Verbs(two types): Action verbs Linking verbs name an action lose, chase, speak, live, go Linking verbs connect the subject of the sentence to information about the subject. She is a doctor. I feel lucky today. The air smells fresh and clean.

Subject – Verb - Object Object: receives the action of certain action verbs. can be a noun, noun phrase, object pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) Trick to finding the object: Make a question by putting who(m) or what after an action verb. Mark lost his keys. (Lost what? – his keys!)

Independent Clause An Independent clause has at least one subject and one verb.

Dependent Clause Cannot stand alone because it is not a complete thought. It needs to be connected to a independent clause to become a sentence. Subordinator

Practice 9 p. 89 Look at each sentence: Decide whether it is a independent clause or a dependent clause.

Capitalization There are six important rules for capitalization. the first word in a sentence: My neighbor is a mechanic. the pronoun I My friends and I often study together. names of people and their titles President Lincoln Professor Patrick Jones King James

Capitalization nationalities, languages, religions, and ethnic groups English Spanish Native American Farsi names of languages or nationalities that are the name or part of the name of a school subject, and names of schools courses with numbers Russian Physics 101 specific places you can find on a map New York City the Amazon River

Simple - Types of sentences A simple sentence has one subject-verb pair. A simple sentence may have a compound subject or verb: Compound subject: My brother and I are completely different. Compound verb: They laughed and cried at the same time.

Connecting Words: And and Or also called “conjunctions” These connect words or groups of words in a sentence

And joins two or more similar things in affirmative sentences: I like Chinese and Italian food.

Or Or connects two or more similar things in negative sentences I don’t like warm milk or cold coffee. Or also connects two or more choices or alternatives I would like to go to London, Rome, or Paris on my next vacation.

Practice – Let’s do these together. Example: I can speak and understand English. I can’t speak Tagalog _______ Vietnamese. My mother is proud of my sister ________ me. My uncle, a talented artist, paints _______ makes sculptures.

Compound FANBOYS Two ICs joined with a Coordinating conjunction

Sentence Combining You can use conjunctions to combine short sentences into longer ones. Here are four general principles to follow for combining sentences: Whenever possible, don’t repeat words. Add a connecting word like and when necessary. Change words when necessary. When you omit words, don’t leave out words that provide important information.

Complex Sentences At least one IC and one DC. Even though I like pizza, it makes me fat. Practice 10 p 90-91

Connectors [Beginning of Static Chart Presentation: Screens 1-4] P/u chart “Connectors: Placement and Punctuation” from SB page XX. Also p/u blue label “Connectors” and set above the chart.

Connectors P/u chart “Connectors: Functions” from SB page XX. Also p/u blue label “Connectors” and set above the chart.

Connectors P/u chart “Transitions: Connecting Sentences” from SB page XX. Also p/u blue label “Connectors” and set above the chart.

Connectors P/u chart “Transitions: Connecting Blocks of Text” from SB page XX. Also p/u blue label “Connectors” and set above the chart.

Break At 8:30, please go to the computer lab (228)

Teacher Conferences While I call up each student, please work on reading your book, your essays, or peer reviewing.