Good morning.
We will get started at 8:30.
Al Haley
ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
haleyshec.blogspot.com
Yan’s advice:
Reading is powerful.
Have patience.
Do your best.
Put the phone away.
30m-1 hour reading every day.
Today’s Agenda:
• “Correction Codes”
• Finish simple sentences, student examples from homework
• Prepare for the Quiz tomorrow- simple sentences
• “Goalsetting” module
• Process writing
• Finish similes from yesterday
Friday
• Quiz#1 simple sentences
• Begin compound sentences
• Continue “Goalsetting”
• Process writing
Monday
• Test#1 paragraph
• Continue compound sentences
•
Tuesday
• Quiz#2 compound sentences
Wednesday
“Correction Code”
-punc- punctuation comma , semicolon ; apostrophe ‘
apostrophe – two uses:
1. shows possession, shows that you own something “The dog has a white tail.” “The dog’s tail is white.”
“John’s car is very dirty.”
pronoun – no apostrophe “His car is very dirty.”
possessive pronouns- my your his her our their its
“Her new sunhat has a high UV protection factor.”
UV- ultraviolet – higher frequency than violet
visible spectrum of light Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Roy G. Biv- mnemonic – colours of the rainbow
ultraviolet- above violet in frequency- UV rays- burns your skin
infrared- below red- heat
“The cat chased it’s tail.” XXX
“The cat chased its tail.”
“Your lost your watch.”
2. apostrophes – contractions – shortening two words into one word using an apostrophe
She is = she’s
he is = he’s
they are = they’re they’re there their
it is = it’s
we have = we’ve
let us = let’s
“I found Dave’s phone. It’s broken. Let’s leave it at the school’s lost and found.”
NEXT STEP
‘s s’
Dave’s dog is cute.
Chris’ dog is cute.
Chri’s dog is cute. XXX
CHOICE
Chris’ dog is cute. MY CHOICE
Chris’s dog is cute.
(pron) kris dog krisis dog
EXAMPLE:
I like to drink Starbucks’ coffee when I am on vacation.
Mei visited her relatives’ cottage. many relatives, plural
Mei visited her relative’s cottage. one relative, singular
loghouse-
Some of your examples of simple sentences from homework:
1. My home and car have to be cleaned out this weekend. PASSIVE VOICE
2. Karen is my neighbor, she is excited because she’s moving at the end of this month. CS
Karen is my neighbor; she is excited because she’s moving at the end of this month.
BASIC
3. The dog is barking.
4. The cat is hissing.
5. My phone is white.
6. In fact, putting a ball into the hole is not easier than pitching it on the green or teeing off on the fairway.
GOLF TERMS
teeing off- your first golf hit of the hole
IDIOM tee off – make someone angry
Mei is teed off at her son.
putt- final short hits of the golf hole, the short game
Pitch and Putt in QE Park
7. From the beginning of April to the end of September, most carpenters work hard day and night to meet the high demands of residential construction.
8. My friend and I call and text each other every day.
every day
every other day- every second day
Mei goes for a walk every day. Walking is her everyday activity.
everyday(a)
9. Tom and Mary got married and returned to their country.
10. The day before yesterday, my mom flew from Vancouver to Toronto and reached there safely.
11. Don’t dump garbage here!
12. The James Webb telescope’s first image is going to be taken and delivered to Earth at the middle of this month. AWK
The James Webb telescope will send its first image to Earth in the middle of this month.
13. Worrying, anxiety and fear don’t change outcome in the war with alien in the future.
Worry, anxiety and fear won’t change the outcome of a future war with the aliens.
14. The wet and cold spring causes the delayed harvest of fruit and brings the price up.
15. Parasite was the first Korean movie to win the best international film in the Academy Awards.
16. I train every day to utilize my nice and covetous body.
17. I can sense my friends coming around that corner.
18. My siblings and I missed playing and singing with our cousins on Christmas Eve.
19. Finish your food!
20. They ordered pizza and chicken wings for dinner.
21. I encouraged her to register in adult school.
22. Students who study in South Hill Education Centre study hard and want to switch their career.
23. Last spring my spouse and I adopted a little puppy dog.
Last spring my spouse and I adopted a little dog that looks like a pig.
COMPLEX- adjective clause
24. The real question here is how could a cat ever be as busy as a bee? COMPLEX- noun clause
25. The teacher thinks that learning, understanding, and writing complex and compound sentences is pretty simple. COMPLEX- noun clause
26. I’m in Edmonton to shop.
27. We’re going to White Spot for dinner.
28. Me and my father are trying to harass a giraffe but we don't succeed.
My father and I are trying to harass a giraffe. However, we are not succeeding.
29. Mary and her spouses have married in 2021 during summer time.
Mary and her spouse got married in 2021 during the summer time.
30. Paul has a stubborn personality, so his friends don't want to argue with him. COMPOUND
31. Joe sings and plays guitar in front of the class for the Christmas party.
32. Braden and Sui walk and talk in the park near their home everyday after dinner. SSVV
33. My house has a lot of work to be done inside and out. SV PASSIVE VOICE
There is a lot of work to be done.
34. Karen’s job is stressing her out because her boss has doubled her work-load for the next two weeks. COMPLEX- adverb clause
35. The classroom ceiling patterns and the woodwork really attract my eyes.
36. Most of the school administers and teachers live in Vancouver and commute by driving.
37. Keeley and Kathleen both instruct English Foundations 6 and 7.
38. My classmates and I love learning and meeting a lot of good
friends here.
The real question here is how could a cat ever be as busy as a bee?
How could a cat ever be as busy as a bee? SIMPLE
SV SSV SVV SSVV Imperative Interrogative
Quiz tomorrow- simple sentences
six sentences
Quiz- simple sentences
Write an appropriate simple sentence for each.
Submit to me by 9:00 (15m)
1. SV special
2. SSV celebrate
3. SVV symbol
4. SSVV client
5. Imperative holiday
6. Interrogative sport
1. You are a very special person.
The lunch special was pretty good.
I got a special gift on your birthday.
2. My whole family and I celebrated Canada Day last week.
Joe and Sarah celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
Roy G. Biv – colours of the rainbow
Goal setting: goalsetting
personal goals-
professional goals-
educational goals-
https://www.thesaurus.com/
synonyms- words that have the same meaning
antonyms- words that opposite meanings
SMART
*Specific – focused, not broad, not general
“I want to get better at English.”- broad, not specific enough
FOCUS IT TO ONE THING- “I want to learn how to use semicolons.”
FOCUS “ I want to learn verb forms.”
*Measurable- How can you tell if you are getting better? How can you evaluate it?
*Attainable- Realistic, doable, possible.
*Relevant – Engaging, important to you
*Time-bound – deadlines, time-frame
SMART
Lose weight- personal story
Similes from yesterday
comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Cultural - As smart as a monkey. As thin as bamboo.
ENGLISH As smart as a whip.
whip-
pun – a joke based on a word that has two meaning
smart- (a) intelligent (v) hurt
That dog is as smart as a whip.
As thin as a dime. As skinny as toothpick.
as slippery as an eel – slippery- can’t be trusted
That car salesman is very slippery.
as blind as a bat
as light as a feather
as old as the hills His grandfather is as old as the hills.
as hard/tough as nails-
personal resiliency- resilient- how you handle a serious problem
Mel has had some serious mental health issues; however, she never gives up. She is resilient. In fact, she is as tough as nails.
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