Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Class work

 Announcement:  There will be a short quiz on Thursday on adjective clauses.  

 

 

Please share one of the sentences that has an adjective clause from WA #2. 

 

One day one of our colleagues who has a manager position posted that he wanted to quit his job and find something new.

 

I have a friend whose daughter got cancer.

 

It’s normal that people prefer using social networking to share their experiences and opinions with their friends, especially “online friends” whom they had never seen before.

 

 

It’s an amazing feeling knowing that there are so many people who share the same interest as me.

 

 

Our group, who had subscriptions in other tango schools, enabled us to stay aware of tango life in our city.

 

For instance, Angelina Jolie, who is an activist human rights, recently joined to instagram to fight for Afghanistan woman rights.

 

Parents who have teenagers need to think about how teenagers can be independent.

 

This kind of service can help people develop interesting information and find others who share the same favorite passion.

 

that, which

 

 

Paraphrase the following:

 

It is likely that parents first notice signs of exceptionality, and then respond by devoting themselves to the development of their child’s extraordinary ability.       (lines 64-66)

 

Author: Ellen Winner

Article: Child Prodigies and Adult Genius

 

 

 

It seems (probably) 

 

see/observe 

 

Very talented/gifted

 

They give all their time to help their child grow their amazing gift.  

 

 

In “Child Prodigies and Adult Genius”, Ellen Winner stated that parents of children with exceptional talents tend to discover special traits about them first then react by dedicating themselves to their development.

 

Parents first identify the talent and try to use their abilities to help their children grow up better.

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