Checkpoint lesson 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

Collective nouns

Punctuation

Letter structure

Letter writing

Assignment - let's check!

Write 5 sentences using:

verb, proper noun, pronoun, fronted adverb, prepositional phrase

example:

1 Carefully, Tomas walked over the ice in fear of falling like he did last time.

So what is a collective noun:

A word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things

e.g. team, crowd , flock, choir, group

People:

a band of musicians

a team of players 

a crowd of people

a gang of thieves

a pack of thieves

a class of students

a board of directors

Animals:

an army of ants, 

a flock of birds, 

a flock of sheep, 

a herd of deer, 

a hive of bees, 

a litter of puppies, 

a pack of wolves, 

a murder of crows.

things:

a bouquet of flowers

a bunch of flowers

a fleet of ships

a forest of tress

a galaxy of stars

a pack of cards

a pack of lies

a pair of shoes

a range of mountains

Sometimes the collective nouns can be shared across the categories,

e.g. a pack of thieves, a pack of wolves, a pack of lies, a pack of cards, a pack of hounds

Collective nouns

 1 Players

2 Drinks

3 Lions

4 Dancers

5 Stairs

6 Books

Answers!

1.  Team of players
2.  Round of drinks
3.  Pride of lions
4. Troup of dancers
5. Flight of stairs
6. Pile of books

When do you use captial letters?

• First word of a sentence.
• Names (and titles), places. (these are proper nouns).
• Adjectives derived from proper nouns (American flag).
• Abbreviations (FBI, CIA, AIVD).
• The pronoun 'I'

Punctuation

- Periods (or full stops).

- Question marks?

- Exlamation points!

- 'quotation marks'.

- semicolons ( ; ).

- colons ( : ).

- Apostrophes.

- Commas

Commas

Between items in dates and addreses. Michael arrived at Ellis Island, New York, On February 14, 1924.

Between words in a list. I bought apples, bread, candy, meat, and vegetables.

Between adjectives. He bought a very beautiful, big, red car.

Before and after quotes with tags. She said, 'I am hungry.'  'I am hungry,' she said..

After introductory words. Hoping for the best, we checked our luggage.

Before conjuntions. I went grocery shopping, while my mother did the laundry.

Conjunction? Words that glue words to other words e.g for, nor, but, yet so, as etc

Colons

Between two ideas when the second explains the first.

Kerry didn't eat: she was already full.

Before a list. Grandma brought Chloe's favourite three sweets: Chocolate kisses, Tootsie Rolls, and a snickers bar.

Between titles and subtitles.

Studying for tests: a guide.

Between hours and minutes.

It's 2:00 a.am. 

Semicolons.

Between two independent clauses. (A clause is an independant thought. Edward joined the basketball team; remarkably, the young man excelled at the sport.

Between elements that use commas.

The possible dates are Thursday, June 5; Saturday, June 7; or Monday, June 9.

Exclamation point!

At the end of a word, phrase, or sentence filled with emotion.

Hurry up! We are late for class!

Inside a quotation mark when the quote is an exlamation.

"Hurry up! We are late for class!"

Apostrophes

Contractions

It's (It is) okay to cry sometimes.

You all would have. Y'all'd've.

At the end of a name to indicate ownership. That is James' book.

That is Mark's book.

'Quotation marks'

When directly quoting diologue.

Hamlet says, "To be, or not to be. That is the question."

For titles of chapters, articles, stories, etc.

My favourite book is 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief'.

Full stops (or periods).

At the end of a sentence.

At the end of a command or request. Please do your homework.

Before a decimal number. I write 2.5 pages a day.

Between dollars and cents. The newspaper costs $1.50.

In a person's intials. My name is J.O. Witberg.

Question marks?

At the end of a question. 

Why do you look so sad?

Inside quotation marks if the quote is a question.

She asked, "Why do you look so sad?"

Dashes -

He is afraid of two things: spiders and senior prom.

He is afraid of two things—spiders and senior prom.

Dashes -

Why use them? When you want to generate strong emotion in your writing or create a more casual tone, use dashes!

Example: He is afraid of two things: spiders and senior prom.

Example: He is afraid of two things -  spiders and senior prom.

Or for dates:

June 2007 - June 2022

what should a letter comprise of?

Letter structure

Letter

structure

Tips

Formal or informal language?

Introduction  - who are you and why are you writing?  

Conclusion - what are you trying to achieve?

Ideas split into paragraphs

Check and double check spelling and punctuation

Audience and purpose

Sentences: short and long sentences - why?

Homework

Write the letter assignment on the test

Due tomorrow 12th of October!!!

What would you like to recap next lesson?

Expanding points - group assignment

Look at the letter assignment

Come up with one reason

In pairs/threes

How many more related points? Stupid one are also ok!!!

Let's write - neatly please!

Read the question carefully

Have a mini brainstorm about how you might want to answer it

Write a plan using bulletpoints - or your own preferred way

Expand your topic - per paragraph 3 supporting points

Check the rubric  - have you thought about everything in it?

Hand your letter in at the end of the lesson