Wednesday, 9 February 2022

EF56 3 class- paragraph format, Correction Codes, Black History Month

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Today’s agenda

·      Parking passes

·      Return paras

Discuss format, punc, sentence examples

·      “Correction Codes”

·      Preview of sentence types: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

·      Begin sentence types- simple

Practice simple

·      “Black History Month”

Read aloud, vocab

 

Thursday

·      Continue simple

·      Finish “Black History Month”

Choose vocab

·      Explain format of quizzes

·      HW  Read “Viola Desmond”

 

Friday

·      Quiz#1- simple sentences

·      “Viola Desmond”

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

 

 

Yesterday’s paragraph – intro partner

 

-paragraph – 150-200 words

- doublespace

-write in pen

- write between margins

- name, class top right hand corner

- one block of writing

-indent the first word (width of thumb, TAB key

 

common errors

- vf verb form

“He has been live in Canada for two years.” vf

FIX     “He has been living in Canada for two years.” present perfect progressive

“He has lived in Canada for two years.” present perfect

- agr subject verb agreement

“She have a big family.” agr

FIX “She has a big family.”

“He enjoy cooking.” agr

FIX “He enjoys cooking.”

ADVICE: Focus on subject verb agreement.

- CS comma splice

Majid comes from Egypt, he lives in Vancouver with his family. CS

FIX Majid comes from Egypt, and he lives in Vancouver with his family.

Majid comes from Egypt. He lives in Vancouver with his family.

Majid comes from Egypt; he lives in Vancouver with his family.

Majid comes from Egypt; presently, he lives in Vancouver with his family.

 

 

“Correction Codes”

-art – article a/an/the

-awk- awkward phrasing – translation

-cap- capital- proper nouns, “I”

-cs

-frag- In her home country, not every can go to school. Only rich people. SV

-prep – all idiomatic-

 

** phrasal verbs – one of the best things that you can learn

verb + prep

talk to

talk with

talk about

talk up

talk down to

 

look at

look to

look after

We’ll talk about these later. Look them up. Start to review them. Phrasal verbs are the heart of English.

**

 

-pron

-punc

-rep

-ro run-on -two sentences stuck together “Mohamed is from Iran he lives in Canada now.

*Divide. Divide your writing into sentences.

-sp

-agr

-trans “It is cloudy; however, we are going to the beach.”

“It is cloudy; nevertheless, we are going to the beach.”

-vt verb tense – “I play at my grandparent’s farm when I am a kid.”

 “I played at my grandparent’s farm when I was a kid.”

“Nasrin played with her dolls when she was little.”

“Mei didn’t play with her sister today.”

“Joe plays piano in his home for his family.”

-vf verb form

-wf word form “She is a work hard person.”
“She is a hardworking person.”
“She is a hardworker.”

-wo - word order “This is a pen blue.”

“This is a blue pen.”

-ww- “I very like learning English.”

“I really like learning English.”

“I like learning English very much.”

-# number “She eats two apple a day.”

“She eats two apples a day.”

“She eats one/an apple a day.”

-? Meaning? Not sure what you mean. Try it a different way.

 

 

She was very lucky for having a chance to move to Canada. RW

FIX She was very lucky to have a chance to move to Canada.

FIX She was very lucky because/that she had a chance to move to Canada. adverb clause

 

He is easy to learn English. vf

FIX It is easy for him to learn English.

He can learn English easily. UNUSUAL SOUNDING

It is not easy for me.

Driving in the snow is not easy for me.

 

English is easy for him.

Talking to people is uncomfortable for Mei because she is shy/anxious/introverted.

 

shy – afraid of social judgement

introverted- interacting with people drains your battery

extraverted – interacting with peopl charges your battery

ambiverted- mix of both

social phobia- strong fear of being around people, agoraphobia

phobia – irrational fear

claustophobia – fear of enclosed spaces

musophibia- fear of mice

arachnophobia – fear of spiders

germophobia – fear of germs, bacteria

https://www.verywellmind.com/list-of-phobias-2795453

 

crazy – good mental health, personality disorders- need help

 

 

“Black History Month”

Small group(4-5) talking:

A.   Warm-Up Questions

B.    Vocabulary Preview

 

 

Continue tomorrow

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