EF 1 2 Class 38 Descriptive writing

 

English Foundations 1&2

Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Descriptive writing - practice describing a picture OR a person’s face

Finish for homework

IF TIME

·      Continue Listening work Word List 1.6

·      Vocab exercises Exercise 23

 

Wednesday

·      Read descriptive writing aloud

·      Begin adverbs

·      Review sentence types

·      Review verb tenses

 

Thursday

·      Test#8- descriptive paragraph

·      Adverbs

·      Review sentence types

·      Review verb tenses

·       

 

Friday

·      Test#7 verb tenses

 

 

Our final day is Wednesday, June 28^th.

 

 

 

Descriptive writing-

descriptive(adjective) description(noun) describe(verb)

-adjectives to describe a picture, scene, face, etc.

 

adjectives

Remember “Descriptive Adjectives”

adjective forms:

 

adjective              comparative                  superlative

big                         bigger                              biggest

heavy                    heavier                           heaviest

beautiful              more beautiful             most beautiful

That is a beautiful painting. It is more beautiful than that one. In fact, it is the most beautiful painting in the gallery.

 

Build vocabulary! Expand our knowledge of vocabulary in English.

Learn new words! it is very challenging to learn new vocabulary.

challenging = not easy

Scientific studies show that people who say the new words out loud remember them better and for longer.

Say it out loud over and over again. Use the new word in a sentence.

 

Vancouver is the most beautiful city. XXX

Vancouver is the most beautiful city in the Lower Mainland.

 

 

A great way to meet new people.

https://www.meetup.com/

 

 

Job interview I can’t speak English.

My English is developing. It’s getting better and better.

 

My experience:

If you are all closed off, it is very hard to learn a new language.

If you are open to new experiences and connections and are willing to seek them out, it is much easier to learn a new language.

 

When will we finish the class?

We will finish the class next Wednesday. Next Wednesday will be our final class. We will finish the class on June 28^th.

Next Wednesday will be Final Marks day. I will give you your final mark.

I won’t be teaching.

I will teach English Foundations 5/6 in the summer.

 

 

Descriptive writing

photograph of the coast of Cape Breton Island

-clear water

-cloudy sky

-coast, shore

-big forest

-green mountains

-blue ocean, blue water

-forest near the ocean

-beautiful scene

-good location for hiking, relaxing, fishing, swimming

-good location to write a poem or write a song

-beautiful road going up the mountain

-road goes into the distance

-two small houses down near the beach

-imagine many animals living in the forest

-rocky shore

-small white sandy beach, good for walking or sunbathing

 

Take these ideas. Write them into a nice little paragraph.

 

HW   Choose a beautiful place from your home country. Write some descriptive sentences about that place. I will ask you to read out your sentences tomorrow in class. I will put the picture on the screen.