{"id":72061,"date":"2020-05-14T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=72061"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:47:13","slug":"a-marker-of-canadian-speech-eh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-7-8\/writing-2\/writing\/a-marker-of-canadian-speech-eh\/","title":{"rendered":"A Marker of Canadian Speech, eh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Writing<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>review the function of an interjection<\/li>\n<li>read a piece of non-fiction writing and determine important information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Learning Task<\/h2>\n<p>An interjection is a part of speech that is usually an abrupt remark, or exclamation especially as a part of speech (ah!, dear me!)<\/p>\n<p>The interjection eh-as in \u201cI know, eh?\u201d is popularly considered to be a marker of Canadian speech. Eh in Canadian usage is a request for repetition or to mark a question.<\/p>\n<p>Your turn! Read about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/eh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 popular functions of eh in Canada that make it a true Canadianism<\/a>. Try to work this special interjection into conversations with people in your home today.<\/p>\n<h3>Daily task! Don\u2019t forget to engage with your Writer\u2019s Notebook: Creating a Place for Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>Note: <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-7-8\/creating-a-place-for-reflection-day-one\/\">please see the information in this lesson for guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interjection eh-as in \u201cI know, eh?\u201d is popularly considered to be a marker of Canadian speech. Eh in Canadian usage is a request for repetition or to mark a question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72722,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72061\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}