Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 11:00.
Today’s Agenda
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Test#3 process paragraph
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Review verb tenses
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Begin noun clauses
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Small-group talking/listening
Friday
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Return paragraphs
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Midterm reports
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HW I will email you some
story to read for when we come back.
SPRING BREAK
Test#3 process paragraph
process paragraph – teach, explain how to do something
Topic sentence
3,4,5 supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
(100-125 words)
-doublespace
-write in pen
-indent the first word
Submit it to me by 12:15
Choose one:
“How to Learn English Really Well”
“How to Choose a Career/Job”
Break until 12:25
Midterm recommendation tomorrow
Midterm average based on your marks so far.
Quiz1- simple 6pts
Quiz2- compound 6pts
Quiz3- adverb clauses 6pts
Test1- narrative paragraph 12pts
Test2- descriptibe paragraph 12pts
Test3- process paragraph 12pts
Spoken mark 10pts
AVERAGE: % percentage
Midterm average 65% and higher- recommendation to register early
for the next level
Midterm average 64% and lower- recommendation to stay in your
current level
The 65% cutoff just refers to early recommendation.
Final passmark is 50%.
If you are a good speaker and a good writer, you’ll probably be
ok.
If you are a very very quiet person, you had better be a great
writer to make up for those lost spoken marks.
We will have short one-on-one meetings tomorrow.
Grammar Test 1
Verb tenses
subject verb agreement- #1 error
She have has two dogs. agr
The bus doesn’t come until five o’clock. 5:00
until – preposition
til- casual, good for speaking
because
cause- very casual, good for casual speaking, not for writing
GOOD RULE: like, want, have, know – can not be used with ‘ing’
possible exception ‘have’ She is having a party. We are having a
test today. -different meaning of ‘have’
child / children childs
He has two childs children.
person / people persons
very seldomly used people
Exercise 4
John I - “I’ goes last – politeness
Me and John are going to the game tomorrow. COMMONLY USED-
John and I are going to the game. NICER SOUNDING, HIGHER LEVEL
You can choose which way you want to say it.
I can’t understand him.
him – object
me- object
he- subject
He can’t understand me.
I can understand him.
She can talk to her.
He can talk to them.
They can hear us.
We can hear them.
*subject and object forms of pronouns
Sarah and me like to go ballroom dancing.
XXX
Sarah and I like to go ballroom dancing.
The coach called Sarah and me last night.
subjects and verbs S+V
objects
She is the best friend that I have ever had.
have ever- present perfect
That is the cutest dog that I have ever seen.
This is the worst coffee that I have ever drunk.
You are the tallest person that I have ever danced with.
Articles a an the
Do you want an ice cream cone from the store? Why ‘an’ ‘a’
an vowel sound
an orange
the- you know and I know what it is
Do you want an ice cream from the store?
Do you want some ice cream from the store?
They picked up the puppy / a puppy from the pet store.
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