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We will get started at 11:45.
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Today’s Agenda
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Collect books Facts and Figures
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Begin descriptive writing
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HW Write
a paragraph describing a person’s face. You choose
the person.
Wednesday
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Collect books Facts and Figures
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Continue descriptive writing
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Speaking listening work
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“The Ainu of Japan”, photocopied
Thursday
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Test#2- descriptive paragraph
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Review
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Return the text book Facts and Figures
Friday- LAST
DAY
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Return Test#2
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Non-instructional day
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Return the text book Facts and Figures
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Finals marks- Your final mark will be based on
the quizzes, the tests, and a spoken mark. I will drop your one lowest mark.
This will help bring your mark up a bit.
Descriptive
writing – describe something
describe(verb)
description(noun)
descriptive(adjective)
paragraph –
describing something
-picture,
photograph – person, scenery, animal, landscape, tree, etc
appeal to the
five senses- means of connection between our brains and the world
five senses –
1.sense of sight
– seeing with our eyes
2.sense of touch
– nerves in our skin – pressure and heat
3.sense of taste
– tongue (organ of taste) – sweet, sour, salt, bitter, umami (Japanese- meaty
taste)
4.sense of smell-
olfactory smell- nose- very evocative (easy to remember) of memory
5.sense of hearing
– ears, eardrums, three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup)
the 6th
sense – ESP, extra-sensory perception- communicate through your minds-
connection between twins (magic)
physical disabilities
with our senses, barrier:
*can’t see –
blind, partially blind, visually impaired- seeing-eye dog,
read braille
*can’t hear-
deaf, partially deaf, hearing impaired – hearing aid,
read lips, sign
language
*can’t talk – dumb,
mute (old-fashioned word, not used anymore), non-verbal
“Sarah’s son is
non-verbal. He is autistic.”
Focus on our
sense of sight- adjectives – descriptive words
-opinion-
beautiful, ugly, nice, pretty, handsome, gorgeous, adorable, cute, attractive,
etc.
-colour- blue, dark
blue, navy blue, sky blue, robin’s egg blue, light green, forest green, seafoam
green, lime green, neon green, hunters’ orange, fire engine red, burgandy,
maroon, dark brown, chocolate brown, light brown, black, green
-shape- triangular,
round, square, pear-shaped, fat, skinny, full-figured, slim, rectangular, five-sided, six-sided, eight-sided (stop sign)
-size – small,
big, giant, huge, tiny, miniscule, skinny, immense, gigantic
-material-
wood, wooden, metal, metallic, leather, plastic, cotton, nylon, silk, wool,
down (small feathers of a goose), Gore-Tex, fleece, velvet, lace, denim (jeans)
You need vocabulary
to write good descriptions. You can use your dictionary or thesaurus to find
vocab.
Thesaurus-
useful tool for building and discoverng new vocabulary
- gives
synonyms for words
-antonym – word
with opposite meaning
WEBSITE: thesaurus.com
You can use a
thesaurus when you writing descriptive paragraphs in this class.
Structure of
descriptive paragraph. Same as narrative paragraph
Topic sentence
– introductory sentence
Supporting
sentences (5-6)- describe the topic
Concluding
sentence
e.g.
Describe your
grandmother’s/mother’s/son’s face.
1.
Make notes, get some vocab
my grandmother’s
face
-hair- dyed
light blue, short, permed tightly-curled
-eyes- big blue
eyes, plucked eyebrows, arched, short eyelashes, wrinkles, laugh lines, crows’
feet
-nose- medium-sized,
flat
-cheeks-
dimples, rosy, pale, tanned, rough, chubby, sunken, high cheekbones
-mouth-full lips,
thin lips, pouty lips, teeth- white, yellow, dentures, gold teeth, silver
teeth, braces (teenager-metal mouth)
-chin- cleft
chin, round, pointy, square jaw, strong chin, weak chin, double chin
For homework,
write a short paragraph describing your grandmother’s face. You can choose
another person if you wish: child, spouse, parent, relative, friend, yourself.
Choose one person.
Email it to me
tonight. We’ll share them tomorrow.
80-100 words
Topic sentence
Supporting
sentences
Concluding
sentence
Use your vocabulary.
Use a thesaurus. thesaurus.com
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