Transcript Day 6 - I Know I Can

Day 6
Identifying Sentence Errors –
Day 1
Seating Chart: Team Glen
 Roll
Call: Just Because I am _________ does not
mean I am _________
Door
Amanda
Fatina
Ustaz
Glen
Grace
Mohammad
Ghamin
Yara
Laith
Omar
Qamar
Ahmad
Yasmin
Raghd
Shahd
Seating Chart: Team Rachel
 Roll Call: Just Because I am _________ does not
mean I am _________
Door
Ustaz Glen
Leena
Sara O
Reem
Mazen
Saba
Ibrahim
Aseel
Sara A
Rita
Abdelrahman
Kosty
Nadine
Seating Chart: Team Radha
 Roll
Call: Just Because I am _________ does
not mean I am _________
Door
Ustaz
Glen
Sara
Adam
Elyaa
Bana
Nada
Saja
Dana
Nicole
Leen
Khaled
Dina
Zeina
Seating Chart: Team
Robin/Alison
 Roll
Call: Just Because I am _________ does not
mean I am _________
Door
Serry
Zain
Nour
Ustaz
Glen
Shaima
Bashar
Tala
Sewar
Ghaith
Nadeen
Agenda: Identifying Sentence
Errors
 Roll
Call
 Overview of Identifying Sentence Errors
 Subject-Verb Agreement
 Trashketball
 Exit Slip
Homework
 Pg 409-410
 Questions 12-29
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Explain your answers
Come with Questions for Monday
Example
General Advice
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Treat each Error as a True/False. Work Systematically
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Only one answer can be false – Or none at all
Read it quietly to yourself
Move Quickly – Other types take more time.
Only 20% should be E.
When Reading Always Identify the Subject and the Verb
Skip Directions:
“The following sentences test your ability to recognize
grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either a
single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than
one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If
the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part
that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the
sentence is correct, select choice E. In choosing answers,
follow the requirements of standard written English.”
Seven Deadly Screw-Ups
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Tenses
Parallelism
Adverbs and Adjectives
Gerunds
Idioms, Wrong Words, and Double
Negatives
4 Step Attack-Process
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4*
Read the sentence and try to hear the
screw-up.
Eliminate underlined choices that you
know are correct.
Check for screw-ups among the
remaining choices.
If all else fails, go with E.
*Never skip to Step 4 By assuming that there is no error after first read
Example
Subject/Verb Agreement
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the subject is singular the verb must be singular,
if the subject is plural the verb must be plural.
 Verbs with s on the end are singular.
 Have + verb = plural.
 Has + verb = singular.
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Teams other than Ustaz Glen’s have taken a lot of
criticism for being fafee.
Ustaz Glen’s team has started from the bottom and
is now on top.
Four Common Situations
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When the subject comes after the
verb
When the subject and verb are
separated
When you have
an either/or or neither/nor construction
When the subject seems plural but isn’t
Situation 1: Subject after Verb
High above the Hudson river rises
the gleaming skyscrapers of
Manhattan.
Situation 2: Split Subject/Verb
The local congressman, a reliable
representative of both community
and statewide interests, are among
the most respected persons in the
public sector.
Common Constructions
 _____,along
with _________,
 _____ ,as well as _________,
 _____, in addition to _______,
Example 2
Poor pitching, along with injuries and
defensive lapses, are among the
problems that plagued the team last
year.
Situation 3:
 Each,
 Each
Every, Which, and Either are singular.
of the cars needs to be washed.
 Every person I know smells bad.
 Which of these monkeys throws poo the
farthest?
 Either he or she is the criminal
 Neither the band nor the director was any
good.
 Neither the bands nor the teams were any
good.
Situation 4: Subject
plural/singular?
The collection of paintings entitled
“Clammy Clan Clams” are one of the
most widely travelled exhibits in
recent years.
All of These Are Singular Nouns
anybody
either
audience
nobody
anyone
group
each
none
America
number
everybody
no one
amount
neither
everyone
Trashketball
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Class Divided into Teams
A problem is put on the board
Everybody Answers the Question
I will call on one person randomly from each
team to see if they got the correct answer.
If your team got the right answer they get to
shoot the ball. If they didn’t they don’t shoot.
You can shoot the 2 or 3 point shot. If you
make it. You get points. If you don’t. Shame.
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10
Question 11
Question 12
Homework
 Pg
409-410
 Questions 12-29
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Explain your answers
Come with Questions for Monday
Exit Slip
 Everyone
who like to be mean to 7meer
should be taken out to the courtyard and
beaten up.
 Although
often used, the term panther is
not a distinct creature and instead refer
to a number of different types of cats
including the jaguar and the leopard.