Good evening, everybody.
We will get started at 700.
Cameras on. Mics muted.
Everyday, I will put all of out work on our blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s agenda:
• “Corrections Codes” I emailed this to you last night. Check your email.
Did anybody not get it?
• Quiz#1- simple sentences
period/full stop/dot .
It is a nice day.
-art
We visited United States. art
We visited the United States.
The little boy ate apple. art
The little boy an apple.
-awk awkward, phrasing, translation
Writing is causing me struggles.
Writing is difficult for me.
Writing is a struggle for me.
Finding a job is a struggle for Jun.
-cap capitalization
i speak english and spanish.
I speak English and Spanish.
capitalize all proper nouns – days of the week, months of the year, countries, people’s names, company names, titles- Mister, Mrs, Doctor
Her name is Doctor Smith. She is a doctor.
Jun is a professor at UBC. Her name is Professor Chen.
teacher – not a title Teacher Al, Teacher Haley- sounds cute, not English
Mr. Aadel
Mr. Wong, Mrs. Makay
-prep- in on to for about
I live in Vancouver.
I live on Main Street.
I live at 1234 Main Street.
We listen to the radio. We watch TV.
tricky- no hard rules for prepositions, become accustomed to the usage
phrasal verbs – verb+prep
verb+prep
look at
look after
look up
look up to -respect somebody Maria looks up to her mother. She is a role model for Maria.
-pron he she they it
Pronoun usage is changing. You will have to decide how open you are to calling people by their chosen pronouns.
-punc – periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks !
FREE ADVICE#2: Use exclamation points sparingly. Do not use them very often. People tend to overuse exclamation points.
Thanks!!!!!!! I would like to go to your party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks. I would love to go to your party. – adult, grown up
especially in school writing
I like cats punc
I like cats.
-sp spelling
I have trouble with spelling, too. e.g. Wednesday, counsellor, because
-agr- subject verb agreement
Jun live in Vancouver. agr
Jun lives in Vancouver.
#1 error that students make is agr.
I is a student. agr
I am a student.
-vt verb tense – past present future
I go to school when I am a kid. vt
I went to school when I was a kid.
-vf verb form
I was buy a new pair of shoes. vf
I bought a new pair of shoes.
I am go to school.
I go to school.
I going to work.
I am going to work.
-wf word form – building vocabulary
health (noun), healthy (adjective), healthily (adverb)
I have good health. I am healthy. I eat healthily.
Building vocabulary is very important of you at a 3/4 level. You should be adding new words to your vocabulary every day.
-wo word order – translation
I have a white sweater.
Spanish – I have a sweater white.
I have a bottle water.
-also for Arabic
Difficult to unlearn.
In Canada, there are people from many countries.
Chinese – There are many countries people.
One of my students said that she has to have two brains: English brain and Mandarin brain.
Spanish brain, Arabic brain, Farsi brain
You have to keep them separate.
Very challenging!!
euphemism – Teachers don’t like to say ‘difficult’ – negative emotion, struggle, difficult
challenging – opportunity, positive word
This is very challenging.
euphemism- when we don’t want to say the real word, we say a gentler word
euphemism – a more polite, gentler word
die- passed away, passed on
bathroom, restroom, powderroom,washroom, peeroom
Teacher says “Interesting.” No. Wrong.
Boss says “You have an exciting new opportunity.” You’re fired.
Wife says “We should take separate vacations this year.”
unemployed, without a job -euphemism “between jobs”
problems – issues, challenges
global warming – euphemism ‘climate change’
things – stuff (casual)
Tomorrow, we will begin on compound sentences. These compound sentences will be more challenging than simple sentences.
Quiz#1 (43m)
Cameras on.
Email it to me as an attachment by 8:38. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Use 14-16 point font.
Write a complete sentence for each.
e.g. SSV school
Maria and Sarah go to music school every summer.
1. SVV find
2. interrogative lake
3. imperative chair
4. SV sell
5. SSV run
6. SSV coffee shop
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