LESSON #9: Sentence Forms
Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson you will be able to
(1) UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF POLISHED SENTENCES
(2) IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY TO WRITE EFFECTIVE HEADLINES
These words and idiom are in the song "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen
Breeze
Bruise (ver and noun)
"a one trick pony" (IDIOM)
Scarecrow
THE WRESTLER
Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field, so happy and free?
If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me
Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street?
If you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me
Then you've seen me
I come and stand at every door
Then you've seen me
I always leave with less than I had before
Then you've seen me
Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor
Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?
Tell me can you ask for anything more?
Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and weeds?
If you've ever seen that scarecrow then you've seen me
Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze?
If you've ever seen a one-armed man then you've seen me.
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Then you've seen me
I come and stand at every door
Then you've seen me
I always leave with less than I had before
Then you've seen me
Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor
Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?
Tell me can you ask for anything more?
These things that have comforted me, I drive away
This place that is my home, I cannot stay
My only faith's in the broken bones and bruises I display
Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free?
If you've ever seen a one-legged man then you've seen meRemember that HEADLINES are HOOKS and TITLES:
1. Write the verbs in the present tense. This makes the article seem like today's news even if something happens earlier.
2. Use Key Words only. Don't write complete sentences. Include one or two W5 facts like WHERE? WHO? WHAT? For example: Man Robs Bank (that is who + what + where)
3. Place the subject before the object. [Active Voice versus Passive Voice]
Good example: Dog Bites Man Bad example: Man Was Bitten by Dog
Download the attached document and write effective HEADLINES based on the topics
In a Breakout Room, share your 5 photos and discuss. What does your partner think about your theme and your photographic choices?
After some discussion time, the teacher will ask you to work alone to elaborate by writing 2-3 three sentences about each photograph, and how it supports your theme in content, mood etc.
This is an amusing 11-minute long video about the history of transportation in Canada.
After we watch the film, open the Vocabulary Document. There are 13 vocabulary words introduced in the film that the teacher would like you to define, as well as write an example of its use in an original sentence.
File this in your Portfolio - DON'T UPLOAD TO MOODLE!!!!!
Open the document and answer the multiple-choice questions.
You can open a save your answers a separate document
FOR YOUR HOMEWORK, WRITE A 200+ WORD REFLECTION AND SELF-ANALYSIS DESCRIBING WHAT YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE YOUR READING AND WRITING SKILLS.
PROMPT QUESTIONS: ARE YOU ADEPT AT SCANNING TEXTS? ARE VOCABULARY WORDS HOLDING YOU BACK? WHAT PARTS OF GRAMMATICAL WRITING DO YOU STILL STRUGGLE WITH? IS IT SPELLING, SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT, VERB TENSES ETC?
Should you be reading more to improve your speed? Do you, and if not, why not?
BE AS DETAILED AND HONEST AS POSSIBLE IN YOUR RESPONSE
Please fill in the Exit Card before you sign-out of today's class
