Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
Today’s Agenda
·
“Questionnaire” (finish for homework)
·
Overview of sentence types
·
Begin simple sentences
·
Continue “Canada Day”
·
Talk about PLOs
“Prescribed Learning Outcomes module”
·
TODAY OR TOMORROW (last 40m)
Writing to pass-in – short paragraph, not
for marks
I want to see what your writing looks like.
That will direct me as to what I will teach this summer.
·
HW Finish
“Questionnaire. Pass in first thing tomorrow.
Read over PLOs
(Prescribed Learning Outcomes) Core Skills
document. Pick a few (2,3) PLOs that are pretty good at. Pick a few PLOs
that want to get better at.
Friday
·
Collect “Questionaire” from HW
·
continue simple sentences
Handout
Practice
Choose vocabulary for the quiz
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection”
Monday
·
Quiz#1 – simple sentences
SENTENCE TYPES THAT WE WILL BE LEARNING IN DETAIL IN THIS
COURSE: over the next number of weeks
- sentence types,
really important for people developing their English writing and skills, EF4 level
Quick overview
today, start to go into detail with simple
Three main
sentence types: simple, compound, complex
*SIMPLE SENTENCES
– most basic sentence, one clause = subject + verb
clause- group of
words with a subject and a verb
subject- noun or
pronoun
verb- action
word, state of being
Kinds of simple
sentences:
-SV subject +
verb
The snake was very beautiful. SV
Covid-19 is a big worry for all of
us. SV
This pen was a gift from my sister.
SV
Dora drank some water. SV
Covid-19 with a
hyphen -
-SSV
subject+subject+verb
Vancouver and Victoria are nice
cities.
The dog
and the cat are friends.
North Vancouver and Chiba, Japan are
sister cities.
-SVV
subject+verb+verb
The dog was shaking and was hiding.
The little girl
is playing and is laughing.
I went to my son’s house and played with my grandchildren.
We were laughing and having a good time.
SSVV
The husband
and wife are arguing and fighting.
The husband
and wife are holding hands and smiling.
SV SSV
SVV SSVV
-Imperatives-
command, tell someone to do something, order
polite- please- “The
magic word.”
‘You
Close the door, please.’
‘You
Come in.’
‘Be quiet.’
‘Turn on the light.’
‘Make your bed.’
‘Watch out.’
You watch out. Watch out.
You come in. Come in.
IDIOM Head’s up!
Be careful. Watch out. Something is falling.
Take a shower.
Look up.
Sit down.
Turn around.
Watch your head!
Wash your hands.
Wear your mask.
Be quiet.
Shut up!
Keep your voice
down.
IDIOM Speak up.
Help me.
Go away.
IDIOM Go ahead.
Please come in.
Come in, please.
IDIOM- a very
natural authentic expression that is hard to translate
Return your toys to their place. Put
your toys away.
Take a seat, please.
Please take a
seat.
Please don’t be
late.
Be on time, please.
Please do the
homework.
IDIOM Help yourself. Take
what you want. – food, anything
Feel free.
Please, pay attention.
Be patient.
Put your phone away.
-Interrogative-
question
What time is it?
What day is it
today?
How are you?
Can I borrow your
car?
How much does that cost?
Where is Room 202?
Where were you born?
Where are you from?
What is your address?
Are you serious?
How are you?
What are you doing?
How old are you?
Who is she?
What do you wanna want to do? wanna XXX
Exclamation points ! – high emotion, high energy, excitement
Watch out!
I found your phone!
exclamatory !
How is it going?
How is your ABC going?
How is your new job going? How is your yoga class going?
SIMPLE SENTENCES- SV SSV SVV SSVV Imperative
Interrogative
NEXT WEEK-
* COMPOUND
SENTENCE – two independent clauses together, two simple sentences put together
Mei likes ice
cream. Joe likes cake. 2 simple sentences
Join them
together: FANBOYS
7 words (GRAMMAR
TERM- coordinating conjunctions) that we use for compound sentences:
, for , and
, nor , but , or , yet , so
FANBOYS – easy to
remember
MY OPINION:
FANBOYS is not very useful.
Some of the
FANBOYS word are not used very much for compound sentences.
We seldom use for
nor yet Very unusual to use these words
GRAMMAR BOOK TYPES
OF EXAMPLES- not authentic, real English
We are going for
a hike tomorrow, for it will be a nice day. UNUSUAL
We are going for
a hike tomorrow because it will be a nice day. COMMON, AUTHENTIC ENGLISH, REAL,
NATURAL-SOUNDING
*‘for’ not often
used in compound sentences
*‘for’ in simple
sentences are commonly used- I have a gift for you.
It is sunny,
yet it is chilly today. UNUSUAL
It is sunny, but
it is chilly today. MORE COMMON, MORE
AUTHENTIC
Doris speaks
neither German nor French. UNUSUAL
Doris doesn’t
speak German or French. MORE COMMON, MORE AUTHENTIC
FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so
The most useful
words for compound sentences are these:
, so , or
, but , and (98% of the time)
, SOBA , so , or
, but , and
SOBA – more
useful than FANBOYS, more authentic
soba- Japanese
buckwheat noodles
HW- Buy some
buckwheat noodles. Boil them. Put some veg and meat on them. Eat.
How to make a
compound sentence
Mei likes ice cream. Joe likes
cake. 2 SIMPLES
Mei likes ice cream, but Joe likes
cake. COMPOUND shows difference
Mei likes ice cream, and Joe
likes cake. COMPOUND shows extra
information
Canada offers many human rights,
but my home country does not.
I go to school, and my husband
goes to work.
*so-reason
I am very hungry, so I need to eat something.
*or-
We can
write notes, or we can read the
class blog. COMPOUND
We can write notes or read the class blog. SIMPLE SVV
IMPORTANT-
difference between simple and compound
We like hiking,
but we don’t like swimming. COMPOUND
We like hiking
but don’t like swimming. SIMPLE
She likes dancing and singing.
SIMPLE SV
She likes dancing, and she
loves singing. 1 COMPOUND SENTENCE
or- choice
You can go to the
party, or you can stay home.
Do you want the black or
the white bag? SIMPLE
Do you want the black bag,
or do you want the white bag? COMPOUND
Which bag do you want:
white or black? SIMPLE
Are there fresh tomatoes,
or are there canned tomatoes? COMPOUND
She likes canned
peaches, but she doesn’t like fresh peaches. COMPOUND
Other ways to
make compound sentences: EF56 (maybe in this class, too)
; semicolon
; TRANSITIONAL
TERMS
however therefore
also otherwise
We’ll do a few of
them.
e.g. Canada
offers many human rights; however, my
country does not.
It’s raining
today; therefore, the picnic has been postponed.
VOCAB postpone(v)
– rescheduled
* COMPLEX
SENTENCE -in two weeks
1.adverb clauses
– because when if since (I will teach you
10-15.)
Shirin is
drinking coffee because she is tired.
Because Shirin is
tired, she is drinking
coffee.
*Some teachers
will tell you to not start a sentence with ‘because’. You can smile and say
‘Thank you.’ It is ok to begin a sentence with ‘because’.
Your choice.
SAME MEANING IF
YOU FLIP THE CLAUSES
Joan isn’t going
to play volleyball tonight because it is going to rain.
Because it is
going to rain, Joan isn’t
going to play volleyball tonight.
2.noun clauses –
brain- think,
feel, know, believe, remember, forget, learn
tongue- say,
yell, whisper, remind
that why how
e.g.
Junko said that
she would be late today.
You said that
this is our classroom.
Mel thinks that
she can make some food for the party.
We don’t
know why our boss is in a bad mood today.
Shirin
forgot that she had a doctor’s appointment today. It slipped
her mind.
IDIOM slip your
mind – you forget
Sorry, I forgot
to pick up my son at school. It slipped my mind. I was 30 minutes late.
IDIOM empty your
mind, let your mind go blank- meditate
IDIOM get into
the zone, get your head into the game- clear your mind of all of your thoughts,
focus on the task you want to achieve
DIFFERENT STYLE
OF NOUN CLAUSE
Nasrin is
learning how to drive.
We just learned how
to make noun clauses.
I think that driving
in Vancouver is different than in my home
city.
Do we think that
we should take our 10-minute break
now?
**Break. Back at
9:50**
3. adjective
clauses – who that which
Jen’s
neighbours who are very noisy often have arguments late at
night.
Mariam has a
puppy that has white paws and black ears.
Mariam’s puppy
has white paws and black ears. simple
I have a pen that
has red ink.
Dor has a pen which
her grandmother gave her.
He is a
runner who has prosthetic legs.
prosthetic-
artificial leg or arm or body part
Terry Fox- famous
Canadian, ran partially across Canada on one leg
statues at BC
Place
who- people
that- things and
animals
which- special
things, unique things
whom - very
formal, not often used
whose- possession
FOCUS OF THE SENTENCE
WORK OF THIS COURSE:
I want to teach
you how to write sentences in these three styles.
It is really
important to learn these sentence styles.
These styles are
the foundation of all writing in English.
These are the
sentences styles what you will need for school, university, college, work,
business, life in Canada.
If When you learn them, your writing will be really good.
MY ADVICE: Learn the
sentence styles now. Don’t wait until English 10, 11 ,12 to learn how to write
sentences. The time is now!
You can do it!
It’s hard, but
you can do it.
Review, review,
review!
Practice,
practice, practice!
Mastery comes
from steady daily practice. That is the secret of mastery.
Constant usage
will make you feel more confident.
Do you have
something you practice everyday?
Do you have a
goal?
It will take
steady daily work.
Write clear goals
and do steady work.
You will be
amazed at what you can accomplish in six months or a year if you work at it
every day.
persistence,
perseverance – keep working, don’t quit
Pursue your
goals. Chase after your goals.
“Canada Day”
Group chatting- 4-5 peope together
questions page 8
from
www.bced.gov.bc.ca
PLOs “Prescribed
Learning Outcomes”
Every Foundations
course has PLOs.
-guidelines for
what I should teach
-broad areas of
focus
-areas to explore
in the course
Explore vocabulary
Prescribed Learning
Outcomes
-prescribed(adj)-
like an order, mandatory, not an option
-prescription(noun)
A doctor
prescribes(v) some medicine. – recommend, need to take, tells you
Some teachers teach
prescriptive grammar. –hard grammar rules
who/whom
past perfect verb
tense
Some teachers teach
descriptive grammar. –soft grammar guidelines
-learning(verb,adj,noun)
– synonyms- knowledge(n), study(v), understanding(n), discover(v), research,
educating, developing, growing, getting better, explore, improve, increase,
comprehension
Nice rich vocab!
NEW BEST FRIEND:
thesaurus.com
Wonderful for
getting new vocabulary.
A thesaurus gives
synonyms and antonyms.
-outcome(n)-
result, find, discover, as a result, finish, end, conclude, completed,
complete, therefore, final, sum up, at the end, what you got, aftermath,
summation, summative
PLOs (Prescribed
Learning Outcomes) – the things that we should be able to do by the end of the
course.
Setting goals-
plan, target, aim, trajectory, vision, purpose, dream?, destination, ambition,
project, aspiration
“I aspire to be an
immigration lawyer.”
“My aspiration is
to run my own business.”
“My
aspiration/ambition is to be an interior designer.”
Stretch your
comfort zone.
IDIOM your comfort
zone – just doing what does not challenge you
Our goals for the course.
Read the document
over for homework.
A.ORAL LANGUAGE
B.READING AND
VIEWING
C.WRITING AND
REPRESENTING
D.EVIDENCE OF
THINKING
BIG QUESTIONS to
think about while I teach and explain
1.
Which PLOs feel most important to you? Which
ones resonate with you? Which ones stand out to you as being relevant to your
life?
resonate- vibrate,
shake, has deep meaning
relevant- related,
connected to
2.
Which of the PLOs do you already do well? Which
ones are your strengths. Which one are you already good at?
3.
Which of the PLOs do you want to improve upon?
Which ones reveal some weakness that could strenghtened? Which ones do feel
would be worthwhile working on?
***
Pass-in writing- not for marks
Phones and devices put away.
Use 8½X11 lined ruled paper.
Write in pen.
Doublespace
Full name and class top right corner
Write between the margins.
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following
topic:
Why did you move to Canada?
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