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Midterm Review
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Scanning Capitalize proper nouns Simple present tense ◦ He she it gets ◦ He she it does not get Contractions Final punctuation Assignments: What is a good name? wk1=‘C’ p21 hand in, wk2=rewrite ‘C’ in notebook Vocabulary ◦ AttentionRelativeChoosePopular ◦ GenerationSoundConnectSimilar ◦ ProductCompanyCreate ◦ TraditionDescribe
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Nouns (objects or ideas) and verbs (action or existence) Complete sentences (subject and verb) Verbs + infinitives (like, want, need + to verb) Assignment: Write about a good job (C p39) ◦ Sentences begin with a capital letter ◦ Final punctuation ◦ Sentences have subject and verb ◦ Subject and verb agree (‘s’ verb form with he, she, or it) ◦ Like, want, need are used correctly Vocabulary CareerSkillPayCreative DecisionSuccessPlanFlexible DutyTourSolveRegular ResultOutside
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Reading skill: skimming. Notice paragraph structure, TS CS. Word roots: nat, pop, fac, migra Connecting sentences ◦ Use ‘and’ to give more information, precede with comma and space ◦ Use ‘but’ to give opposite or different information, precede with comma and space ‘There’ plus ‘is’, ‘are’, ‘was’ or ‘were’ plus noun phrase Assignment: Write about a place that changes Vocabulary CommunityMixForeign MarketSupportInternational MillionLonely NeighborhoodOwn OpportunitySeveral PopulationWorldwide
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Making inferences Phrasal verbs ◦ Verb plus adverb or preposition ◦ Different meaning from verb alone Simple past tense ◦ Regular verbs (verb plus ed or d) ◦ Irregular verbs ◦ Negative = did not + base verb Time order words Assignment: Write about positive thinking. Use time order. Vocabulary AttitudeExpectLikely EventFind outWild FarmGive upWise GovernmentRun away KnowledgeSend NationWork out War
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Charts and graphs Compound nouns ◦ First noun acts like adjective ◦ Adjective (first noun) can not be plural Paragraph structure ◦ Pay careful attention to the example paragraph on p 94 ◦ Topic sentence (indent first sentence) ◦ Supporting sentences ◦ Concluding sentences Sentences with because (introduces the reason) ◦ No comma when because is in mid-sentence ◦ Use pronoun in second part of sentence Assignment: Write about how many vacation days you need Vocabulary EmployeeCompeteAverage ExperienceDiscoverBored PolicyImprove ScheduleProduce StressReduce Relax Review
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