Chapter 6, page 158, Practise 3 Answers

2. His mother, who neglected him and his brothers, wants to keep him.
3. He wants to be adopted by the Russes, who are his foster parents.
4. Foster parents are people who take care of abused or neglected children.
5. A box that contained marijuana was in the living room.
6. Mrs. Kingsley smoked marijuana, which is an illegal drug.
7. The boys' father, who did not live with their mother, did not want the children to live with him.
8. This case, which was the first child-parent divorce in the United States, received a lot of attention.
9. The lawyer who represented Mrs. Kingsley was a woman.
10. The judge made a decision that most people agree with.

Transition Signals with Reasons

Pattern 1 First of all, ……….(reason)…………

Second, ……….(reason)………..

Examples: First of all, Jordan has a lot of ancient landmarks.

Second, Jordan has the Dead Sea.

Pattern 2 The first reason is ………..(reason)………

The second reason is……..(reason)………..

Examples: The first reason is Jordan has a lot of ancient landmarks.

The second reason is Jordan has the Dead Sea.

Pattern 3 The first reason _____(thesis)_______ is that ………..(reason)………

The second reason ____(thesis)_____ is that ………..(reason)………

Using pattern 3 brings cohesion to your writing. Cohesion means your writing sticks together. Good paragraphs and essays should have only one thesis – one main topic. Repetition of the thesis helps the reader remember the main point of your writing.

Examples: The third reason Jordan is a wonderful country to spend a vacation is that tourists can try to eat a lot of different delicious Arabic foods and desserts.

*** Don’t use a comma when the transition signal is included in the subject!

Conclusion Signals with Reasons

For these __(number)___ reasons, …..(conclusion)

Examples: For these three reasons, Jordan is a wonderful country to spend a vacation.

Transition Signals with Examples

Pattern 1 For example, ……….(sentence)…………

For instance, ……….(sentence)………..

Examples: For example, Petra is one of Jordan’s ancient landmarks.

For instance, Petra is one of Jordan’s ancient landmarks.

Pattern 2 ……….., such as …… (+ nouns in a list)…

……….., for example, …… (+ nouns in a list)…

…………, for instance, …… (+ nouns in a list)…

Examples: Jordan has a lot of ancient landmarks, such as Petra.

Jordan has a lot of ancient landmarks, for example, Petra and Jerash.

Jordan has a lot of ancient landmarks, for instance, Petra and Jerash.

Homework: Weekend of March 6th

Please complete Practise 5, Editing Sentence and Punctuation Errors, p.136 in your text.

Also, please complete the TRY IT OUT exercise on page 137.

Upload both compositions to your blog by Monday evening, please.

Have a great weekend. Remember, you can also feel free to add personal writing, photos, links, slide shows, music or any other gadgets to make your blog sites more attractive to other readers.

Jason

Shared Refrigerator Sample Paragraph

The Shared Refrigerator

My half of our refrigerator is messy and disorganized. A box of broken eggs sits on the top shelf. Old carrots and brown salami share the second shelf with hard green bread and soft lettuce. On the third shelf, leftover pizza lies under a bowl of three-week-old spaghetti. On the bottom shelf is a disgusting, smelly puddle. The bottom drawer holds an interesting combination of paper bags with McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Chinese Kitchen food. In conclusion, though my roommate and I are different, we get along very well.

Answer Sheet. Feb. 24th homework

2. Big black clouds announced an approaching rainstorm.
Appearance/Colour

3. Colourful rectangular flags hung from every window.
Opinion/Appearance

4. Children played on the thick green grass.
Appearance/Colour
5. I dream about relaxing on a beautiful white sand beach.
Opinion/Colour/Material
6. They got married in a small Italian stone church.
Appearance/Nationality/Material
7. The parents left their two young children with the grandparents while they worked.
Possessive/Quantity/Age

8. Mr. Thompson's advanced English class has thirty students.
Possessive/Condition/Nationality

9. The real estate agent pointed out several minor problems with the house.
Quantity/Condition
10. Four large bedroom windows were broken.

Quantity/Appearance/Noun


Practice 7

1. The people want a smart, experienced, honest, leader.
2. Most students like friendly, enthusiastic, imaginative teachers.
3. I am tired of the cold, rainy weather.
4. I am looking forward to the warm, sunny, relaxing days of summer.
5. The prince in a fairy tale is either tall, dark and handsome or tall, blond and handsome.
6. A fairy-tale prince is never short, bald and ugly.


Practice 8

2. Four shiny black limousines were parked outside the hotel.
3. The small red apple looked sweet, crisp, juicy, and delicious.
4. Hundreds of happy cheering football fans ran onto the field.
5. The pretty new French teacher is from Quebec.
6. My father bought a beautiful, antique Persian rug as a twentieth anniversary gift for my mother.

Feb. 26th Homework

Homework for the weekend.

1) P. 128, exercise C. Organize the scrambled sentences into complete paragraphs and write the paragraphs on your blog.

2) Write an original paragraph. Follow the same organization as the sample paragraph about Costa Rica on page 124. Give reasons why a specific country/city/place is great for spending a vacation. Use appropriate transition signals for supporting sentences. Use appropriate transition signals for introducing several examples for each supporting sentence. Make your paragraph as interesting and fun as possible so that many people will want to read it.

Feb. 24th homework

Read pages 104-111. Complete exercises Practise 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Add the answers to your blogs.