Wednesday, 21 February 2024

EF 4 5 Class 11

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today 1pm – Lockdown Drill

P2- period 2

 

Today’s agenda

·      Finish “Family Relationships”

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Begin phrasal verbs, do a few every day

verb + preposition

‘look’

·      Go over some more of the “Top 100 Most Used Verbs in American English”

·      Pronunciation of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters

 

Thursday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Talk about paragrph for Friday

·      Review paragraph form and structure

 

Friday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Test#1- paragraph

 

Quiz#3 – compound sentences, next week

 

 

Finish “Family Relationships”

-         be named after- give a baby a name from somebody else in the family , e.g. a grandmother, grandfather

-a sign of respect

I am named after my grandfather.

 

-         take after- a child who looks/acts like another older family member

She takes after her mother.- looks like

She is the spit and image of her mother. – looks like

He is a chip off the old block. He acts like his father.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES

 

Sentence styles:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

COMPOUND-COMPLEX

 

*SIMPLE    SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative (command)   Interrogative (question)

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES

It is overcast today. We will go for a walk on the beach. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

VOCAB overcast(adj)- cloudy

 

*COMPOUND – two simple sentences, join then together into one

 

It is sunny today. JOIN We will go for a walk on the beach.

 

How do you join them together?

 

FANBOYS – 7 coordinating conjunctions used for compound sentences

FANBOYS – for and nor but or yet so

FANBOYS  for and nor but or yet so   mnemonic, memory device

 

TRUTH   , FANBOYS not realistic, not that useful, not authentic English

 

In compound sentences: for nor yet rarely used in compound sentences by English speakers

They are taught in grammar books but are not often used by native English speakers.

 

Examples of for, not, and yet.

 

-for  

Maria is going to carry her umbrella, for it is going to rain today.

VERY UNUSUAL, sounds like a grammar book, doesn’t sound like a real English speaker

MORE LIKELY: Maria is going to carry her umbrella because it is going to rain. COMPLEX SENT, ADVERB CLAUSE- will learn next week

because/since/as

 

-nor   Joan does not like dogs, nor does she like cats.  VERY UNUSUAL, NOT AUTHENTIC ENGLISH, like a grammar book

MORE LIKELY: Joan does not like dogs or cats. SIMPLE

 

You probably studied ‘neither...nor’. We don’t talk like that.

“either … or” – occasionally , not often

 

You can either get a new video game or a new pair of sneakers for your birthday.

 

-yet   It is cloudy today, yet it is still warm. NOT AUTHENTIC, SOUNDS WEIRDLY FORMAL

MORE LIKELY: It is overcast today, but it is still warm. AUTHENTIC

 

VOCAB authentic – real, natural-sounding

 

We use ‘yet’ in simple sentences.

Are you finished yet? Have you had your supper yet?

I didn’t do it yet.

NOT COMPOUND SENTENCES, THEY ARE SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

SV , yet SV. XXX

 

 

MY ADVICE: Forget about ‘for’, ‘nor’, and ‘yet’ for compound sentences.

 

FANBOYS

SOBA

Forget about FANBOYS. Use SOBA. so or but and    New mnemonic

***These are the ones we use authentically: so or but and ***

 

soba noodles- Japanese buckwheat noodles

 

When you think about compound sentences, think about a delicious plate of yakisoba.**

 

Let’s focus on SOBA.

 

REPEAT: Some teachers teach , FANBOYS. for and nor but or yet so

for nor yet Not commonly used

Why learn them if we don’t use them?

 

Focus on the four coordinating conjunctions that we use all the time:

, SOBA   , so   , or   , but   , and

 

 

EXAMPLE OF A COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH SOBA:

It is overcast today. We will go for a walk on the beach.

 

-Join them together using SOBA

 

It is overcast today, SOBA we will go for a walk on the beach.

 

LOGICAL CHOICE

It is overcast today, but we will go for a walk on the beach.

 

It is overcast today, so we will go for a walk on the beach. Strange meaning-  maybe you don’t like the sun

 

It is overcast today, or we will go for a walk on the beach. XXX

NOT A GOOD OPTION- NO CLEAR MEANING, NO CHOICE

We will go shopping today, or we will go for a walk on the beach.

 

It is overcast today, and we will go for a walk on the beach.

FINE- NEUTRAL MEANING, ADDING INFORMATION

 

In these choices of SOBA, we can convey a range of meaning.

There are different meaningd behind so, or, but, and.

 

It is overcast today, SOBA we will go for a walk on the beach.

 

It is overcast today, but we will go for a walk on the beach.

still- adverb

It is overcast today, but we will still go for a walk on the beach.

It is overcast today, but still we will go for a walk on the beach.

It is overcast today, but we still will go for a walk on the beach.

 

Choose one place: English is challenging, but still I still want to still keep learning it.

Still, she still lives at her old houses still.

 

**Adverbs can usually be placed in different spots.

 

It is overcast today, and we will go for a walk on the beach.

‘but’ seems to be the best choice

 

YOUR CHOICE: SOBA

 

**      FORM FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES:

SV, SOBA SV.

 

The cat is asleep. The dog is awake. 2 simple sentences

The cat is asleep. JOIN The dog is awake.

Join with , SOBA.

The cat is asleep, and the dog is awake. COMPOUND

The cat is asleep, but the dog is awake. COMPOUND

*NOTE: You need the comma.

These are the details of punctuation.

 

Using SOBA will change your meaning/intention. so or but and

He said yes, and she said no.

He said yes, but she said no. -showing difference, contrast maybe conflict

He said yes, so she said no. -suggest conflict, disagreement, ongoing issues

 

, so – cause and effect, one thing causes another to happen

Dogs are social animals, so they like being in groups. – cause and effect

He argued with his wife yesterday, so she is mad at him.

 

BIG QUESTION

When do I use a comma?

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

Mei loves dark chocolate but hates white chocolate. SIMPLE SVV

Mei loves dark chocolate, but she hates white chocolate. COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s practice.

Use the vocab from Quiz 2 to write compound sentences. Use , SOBA.

1.shopping

My daughter and I went shopping, but we didn’t buy anything.

 

2.experience

3.exercise

He likes to exercise, and go swimming. XXX

He likes to exercise and go swimming. SIMPLE SV

He likes to exercise, and SV go swimming.

He likes to exercise, and he prefers to go swimming. COMPOUND

SV, and SV.

 

Emily is caring cares for about her health, so she exercises every day.

Emily cares about her health, so she exercises every day.

 

Our model for compound sentences: SV, SOBA SV.

 

We will continue with this tomorrow.

 

 

Listening Exercises- These are easy questions, but listening can be a challenge?

1.    How many legs does a dog have?

2.    Does the sun come out in the day or at night?

3.    Is a wheel round or square?

4.    What is the word for the yellow part of an egg? egg yolk, egg white

5.    Counting by tens, what number comes next: 10, 20, 30, ...?

6.    Sick people stay here. Doctors and nurses work here. What place is it?

7.    If a unicorn lost its horn, what animal would it look like?

8.    Uncle Ed repaired four pairs of boots. How many boots did he fix in all?

9.    Is Vancouver next to the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean?

10.                      It’s 2 o’clock. What time will it be in one hour?

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