EF34
Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s
agenda:
·
Quiz#2- compound sentence
·
Discuss ‘Family’ questions?
·
Continue with narrative writing-
·
Phrasal verbs
Friday
·
Review Quiz#2
·
Continue with narrative writing Begin
complex sentences- adverb clauses
·
HW Test#1 Monday
Read article
that I will send you
alone lonely- not the same
meaning
in-law suite – a small separate apartment in a house for your
parents or in-laws
Some people stay together for the children.
custody – having responbility to live with and raise the children
joint – join
joint custody – share custody of children
homemaker(n, person) –
maid- paid help
“I am not maid. This is not a restaurant.”
breadwinner (n, person) – someone who earns money for the family
“Taka is the sole breadwinner for his family.”
sole breadwinner – the only person in a family with a paid job
baby boomers – boomers
sandwich generation – taking caring of your children and family,
also
taking care of elderly parents
Types of
paragraphs: narrative, descriptive, process, persuasive
narrative
writing – telling a story
narrative
paragraph – tells a short personal story (100-150 words)
personal story
– a story from your life
- In EF34, a
paragraph is about 100-150 words.
- In EF56, a paragraph
is about 150-200 words.
narrate (v) –
to tell a story
narrator (noun)
– a person who tells a story
narrative
writing- often first-person narration “I” “my” “me”
usually a
personal story, writing about your life and your experiences
“What is your
dream for the future?”
“What was a
scary moment that happened to you?”
“What did you
do on your first day in Canada?”
narration tells
a story and can illustrate a point
Point of View
in Narrative Essays
-you tell
your own story - first-person “I” “me” “my”
-you tell
somebody else’s story- third-person “she” “her”
In this
class, you choose either one, but first person “I” is usually easier.
Do you like
to read or listen to stories?
Talk about
sources of great narrative stories
Books - “Chicken
Soup for the Soul” – People telling interesting stories from their lives.
mostly happy stories, feel-good stories
This would a
good book to do some reading in English.
library VPL
Vancouver Public Library, http://www.vpl.ca/
-podcast –
radio show, over the internet, download podcasts to your phone, for example
-You have to
get an app to listen to podcasts. FREE APPS – e.g Overcast
The Moth
Podcast – people telling big stories from their lives – funny, serious, sad,
powerful HIGHER LEVEL ENGLISH!
There are
podcasts for any interest. You can find some great stuff to listen to.
e.g. TED
podcast, News, sports, music
Reading in
English: intermediate English learners- Read children’s books!
For EF56 –
Read Young Adult novels. Books for teenagers
Read
magazines. VPL – magazies on science, food, cooking, travel, sports, fashion,
music, current events
No sometimes!
Go today and grab a magazine or a book. Go to a coffee shop and relax and read
for half an hour.
Structure of a
narrative paragraph
Topic sentence- usually the first sentence , addresses the questiom,
responds to the question, shows the reader what the paragraph is about
Supporting sentences- tell the story, step by step, chronological-
time order
Concluding sentence- wraps up the paragraph, ends the paragraph
Question:
Write about a scary experience when you were a kid.
Topic
Sentence
The time I got lost when I was a kid
was very scary.
Supporting
sentences- tell the story in 5-7 sentences
I
remember that I was out shopping with my mother. She was looking at clothes,
and I wandered away. I saw her across the store and walked over to her. When I
got next to her, I realized that this person was not my mother. It was a
stranger. KEEP TELLING THE STORY TO THE
END
Concluding
sentence
That was a scary moment for me.
ROUGH COPY
The
time I got lost when I was a kid was very scary. I remember that I was out
shopping with my mother. She was looking at clothes, and I wandered away. I saw
her across the store and walked over to her. When I got next to her, I realized
that this person was not my mother. It was a stranger. I ran around the store
yelling for her. She heard me and came right over. She had been looking for me,
too. When my mother finally found me, she looked very relieved. My fear left me
as she took my hand and we left the store together. That was a scary moment for
me.
Homework.
Choose one:
“What
is your dream for the future?”
“What
was a scary moment that happened to you?”
“What
did you do on your first day in Canada?”
-
topic sentence
-
supporting sentences- 4-7 sentences tell the story
-concluding
sentence
(100-150
ww)
Email
it to me an attachment if possible today as soon as you can. We can look at
some of them together tomorrow in class. The stories will be anonymous.
“In
Iran, I lived in a small town.”
I
will change it, or you change it: “In ABC Land, I lived in a small town.”
Format
of a paragraph:
1. Doublespace
2. 14-16 pt font
3. Indent the
first word, TAB key
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