Category Archives: English 9

Grammar Video Project – “Run-on Sentences”

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Our topic for English is “run-on sentences”. First, we asked, “what is a run-on sentence”? A run-on sentence is two complete sentences or ideas that are incorrectly joined. An easier way to think about it is to imagine that you go diving underwater. You use sentences to dive further down, and you occasionally need to stop for air. Otherwise, you’ll drown. As you get deeper and deeper into your sentence, you must take a breath, or what’s called “adding punctuation.” So how do you fix your punctuation so you won’t drown? It’s pretty simple once you get the hang of it. You can fix your breathing intervals where punctuations should be located by knowing where an idea stops, or when you feel lightheaded. It can be called a “run-on sentence” or just a plain mess of writing, a sentence without any proper punctuation is just confusing. If the reader can’t understand your writing, then your meaning is lost. In our video, we made up a lot of examples to practice just to make sure you understand the concept. I hope this is a good explanation so you know what a run-on sentence is. Here is an example: “I have to go to the store I need to buy bread.” Here there are two independent clauses with no punctuation. Clause One: I have to go to the store. Clause Two: I have to buy bread. So the correct version would be “I have to go to the store. I need to buy bread.” Now the two sentences function as separate sentences.

 

Which one is the run-on sentence?

1. Mark got a brand-new phone for his birthday however he can’t figure out how to set it up.

 

Mark got a brand-new phone for his birthday however, he can’t figure out how to set it up.

OR

Mark got a brand-new phone for his birthday, however, he can’t figure out how to set it up.

2. My brother just graduated from high school he will attend university.

My brother just graduated from high school, so he will attend university.

OR

My brother just graduated from high school so, he will attend university.

3. It was a cold day snow was forecasted by the meteorologists.

It was a cold day. Snow was forecasted by the meteorologists.

OR

It was a cold day, snow was forecasted by the meteorologists.

4. Which of these sentences is a run-on sentence?

Participants could leave the study at any time, but they needed to indicate their preference.

OR

Bobby likes to eat ice cream he went broke after buying it a lot.

OR

Jack went to the dentist. But he had a recording scheduled at school the same day

 

5. Which of these sentences is a run-on sentence?

Owen wanted tickets for the Spiderman No Way Home movie unfortunately the servers were down.

OR

Jimmy wanted a new pair of shoes. Sadly, they were all sold out.

OR

Karen wanted her milkshakes right away. But the milkshake machine is broken

Indigenous Exploration – “Living Conditions”

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Reflection

Option 2: Communication

 

We used Word to document all of our notes. We put the links under each point. We used Audacity to record and edit our podcast. For communicating outside of school, we used Snapchat as we all had it, and was very efficient. It worked very nicely and everything was organized properly. It all turned out great!

A Mountain Journey

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  1. Dave was out in the wilderness because he had 50 pounds of fur and was going to the market to sell it.
  2. He falls in ice-cold water and his hands get extremely cold. He talks about how much his shoulders hurt and he can’t feel his fingers and toes.
  3. He didn’t trust his instincts. He should have stayed under a tree for the night with fire to warm up but he didn’t and regrets it. He wasn’t prepared enough and did not bring enough food and water.

4.a. Dave is traveling through the mountain to return back so he can sell fur.

b.Dave fell into the river, making his clothes and matchsticks wet, so he can’t use them.

c.When Dave arrives at the cabin he was going to, he discovers it was burned down.

d.Dave decided to keep on traveling to a further cabin, even though he could have stopped to rest.

e.Dave sits in the snow to rest.

f.Dave starts to hallucinate.

g.Dave finally dies from hypothermia

 

5. Dave is on a mountain covered in snow which makes it extremely cold.

6. The cabin symbolizes warmth and comfort.

“That tree, like a strong and’ lonely woman, called to his weary body to stop. 92

“When he came out of the timber, the moon threw his shadow on the snow. 97

“Snow like a blanket covered his body and the wind blew snow against his face. 98

“Small dry twigs under a spruce tree would flame-like paper.” 96

 

 

 

Gender Equality Issues

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The article I read is about gender inequality against the non-binary and transgender community. In America, the EEOC includes only male and female as gender options. This means that the EEOC cannot identify who is transgender and are not acknowledged and counted.

This affects anyone part of the non-binary community as they don’t fit into the male and female categories. It can be harmful to their mental health because, for some people, it could cause dysmorphia.

I choose this article because I feel that the LGBTQ community has been getting hate for a very long time and not a lot of people are educated on the topic. I don’t think it’s fair that we grew up being told “we can be anything we want to be” or “you can do anything” and when someone comes out as trans or non-binary, they get hate. They get told that they are doing it for attention when most of the time, they just don’t feel comfortable being called other pronouns or their feminine or masculine name.