Good morning, everyone.
Today’s Agenda
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Continue Simple sentences
“Simple Sentence Exercises” from homework
Quiz#1 soon- Tuesday
Choose vocab for the quiz
Explain how the quizzes work
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Return “Practice Paragraph”
Distribute “Correction Codes” HANDOUT
“Paragraph Structure and Format” HANDOUT
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Begin verb tenses
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Small group discussion about the PLOs.
Tuesday
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Quiz1 simple sentences
Friday
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“Self Assessment Reflection” 1
Simple Sentence
Exercises
Write a simple sentence for each.
Write your sentences on your own
paper.
e.g.
SVV drive kids
Marin drives the kids to school
and picks them up afterward.
Interrogative use chopsticks
Can you show us how to use chopsticks
properly?
SSVV look buy
Michelle and Carmen looked at several
formal dresses but didn’t buy anything.
1.
SV run morning
2.
SSV enjoy playing
My father and I enjoy playing football.
3.
SVV do clean
weekend
He does his homework and cleans his room on the weekend.
4.
SV cat sleep
Ed’s cat always sleeps on his couch.
*subject verb agreement
I sleep
You sleep
He sleeps
She sleeps
Maria sleeps
We sleep
They sleep
talk
I talk
He talks
She talks
Maria talks
We sleep
They sleep
5.
SSV study together
6.
SVV watch sunset
7.
SSSV Ebrahim concert
Alex, Ebrahim, and Mike went to the Shakira concert last night.
VOCAB concert- musical performance
orchestra- a group of musicians playing Classical music
She will go to a concert tomorrow.
He will go to a lecture/movie tomorrow.
8.
SSVV Sarah paint
Sarah and her friends are painting and playing.
Sarah and her friends were painting and playing.
Sarah and her friends paint and play.
Verb tenses:
-Sarah and her friends paint and play. SIMPLE PRESENT
-Sarah and her friends painted and played. SIMPLE PAST
-Sarah and her friends will paint and play. SIMPLE FUTURE
-Sarah and her friends are going to paint and play.
SIMPLE FUTURE
-Sarah and her friends are painting and playing. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS
-Sarah and her friends were painting and playing. PAST
PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS
9.
SVVV children run
park
The children run, jump(,) and play in the park. commas
Oxford comma- your choice
The children run, jump and play in the park.
The children run, jump, and play in the park.
-same meaning Does
the sentence need the Oxford comma for clarity?
Oxford comma- a little bit old-fashioned, still useful
The children is are running, jumping and playing
in the park now.
subject-verb agreement
The children run and jump as well as play in the park.
OVERWRITTEN, GRAMMAR BOOKY
10.
Imperative read bed
(You) Go to bed and read
your book.
Read in book now. XXX
Reading book now. XXX
She is reading her book now. Not
imperative
Reading a book is a nice way to spend time. gerund-noun
Read a book before you go to
bed. Imperative
Read a book before going to bed.
Imperative
COMPLEX
Wash your hands before you eat.
Wash your hands before eating.
Wash before eating.
Let me know when/after you arrive.
11.
SSVV students class
12.
Imperative walk dog
13.
Interrogative practice piano
Do you practice the piano
daily? question mark
Do you practice the piano
every day?
Do you -behaviour
Can you – ability
Can you pick your sister up at the airport? ability, Are you
able to?
Do you go to the gym? behaviour
Could you do your homework?
Did you do your homework?
14.
SVV fix car
15.
SV bird chirp
16.
SSV visit grandparents
17.
SVV friends watch
movie
18.
SSVV swims week
19.
Interrogative aunt flower
What is a kind of flower was/flowers
were planted by aunt? XXX
What kind of flower did your aunt
plant?
Do you want to buy some flowers
for your aunt?
Does your aunt like flowers?
What kind of flowers does your
aunt like?
Active and passive voice:- verbs
ACTIVE VOICE
Your aunt planted
some flowers. active voice- the subject does/did the verb
He ate the
cookies.
PASSIVE VOICE- not used as much, less common
The flowers were planted
by your aunt. the subject does nothing, inactive,
passive
The cookies were
eaten by him.
passive voice- verbs more complicated, at least two words
The mechanic fixed
the car. active voice
The car was fixed
by the mechanic. passive voice
The basketball hit
me.
I was hit by the
basketball.
Carney was sworn
in as Prime Minister. passive voice
swear in(v) – ritual, enter a high office/position, become a
citizen, go to court
The judge swore in the new citizens. active voice
marriage – take vows, say your vows
20.
SVVV student test
The student studies,
practices and takes the test. verb tense- simple present
The student studied,
practiced and took the test. verb tense- simple past
The students study,
practice and take the test.
Talk about Quiz1- tomorrow, first thing
All of the quizzes will have six sentences:
Write a simple
sentence for each.
1.SV school
The little kids go
to school every day.
2.Imperative window
Close the window,
please.
Don’t close the window.
Open the window for
ten minutes.
3.SSV park
4.SVV store
5.Interrogative phone
6. SSSV place
Let’s choose ten
vocabulary words to review for th quiz. I will choose six of the them.
1.
break(v,n)
2.
enjoy(v)
3.
fix(v)
4.
phone(v,n)
5.
forget(v)
6.
visitor(n)
7.
place(v,n)
8.
rubbish(n)
9.
beautiful(adj)
10.
successful(adj)
Let’s take a few minutes and practice writing some simple sentence
using this vocab. Work together if you like.
EXAMPLE OF CONFUSION ABOUT SIMPLE VERBS
The ball hit me. SIMPLE PAST
The ball hits me. SIMPLE PRESENT
The tennis balls hit me. SIMPLE PAST
The tennis balls hit me all the time. SIMPLE PRESENT
Quizzes and tests,
paragraphs, essays
Please use lined ruled
8 1/2 X 11 inch paper.
You can get it at a
dollar store. $1.25
ORIENTATION of the
paper
right side up, not
upside down
three holes to the
left
NAME CLASS DATE
Put your full name,
class, and date in the top/upper righthand corner above the line.
*no name or class-
no mark
TITLE
Title line -Name of
test, quiz
Quiz 1, Test 1,
Essay 1
FORMAT
-Write in pen-
black or blue ink
NOTE: Black ink
gets higher marks on provincial exams.
Please! No pencil.
-Double space.
Write on a line; then skip a line.
-Write between the
margins.
-Indent the first
word of each paragraph- 2cm ¾” 1”
TAB key or a few spaces
“ inch e.g. 2”
‘ foot 6’
6’2” 5’10”
5’9”
6’1”
5’4” “Doris is five four.”
Canada is a metric
country; however, we still use Imperial measurements for a lot of things. feet, inches, gallons, miles, pounds
Metric- cm, m , litres,
km, kg
The US uses
imperial.
She is 104 pounds.
She is 104 lb.
lb- comes from Latin
If you are writing
on a computer, how do you indent? What key do you press to indent?
Use the TAB key.
Press SPACE five
times- amateur hour
Imperial –
measurement – mile, foot, inch, gallon, pound
The US uses the
Imperial system.
It’s easy to forget
these details when you are focussed on writing.
I will keep
reminding you.
When the formatting
is right, it looks better.
Paragraph Format
format- layut
-
how a paragaph is presented on a page
-
Practice Test- not for marks
I want to see what your writing looks like.
paragraph
-at least 150 words
-one block of writing
-doublespace
-write in pen
-full name and class in top right corner
-title- Practice paragraph
-write between the margins
Phones away
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following
topic:
Write a personal introduction for yourself.
**I read over your paragraphs. I was looking for paragraph
format and the quality of the sentences.
Quality of the sentences
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
Every sentence has to be simple, compound, or complex.
** “Correction Codes” **
-art- articles- a, an, the
-awk- phrasing- needs to learn more authentic English
-cap-
-prep- preposition -short words, show place, direction
all idiomatic, no clear grammar rules
familiar with authentic English – daily use of English
-pron he/she
-punc period/fullstop
. comma , semicolons ; colon :
dot nike.com dot com
dot ca
-RW rewrite Write it
again. Try saying it a different way.
-sp spelling,
Arabic- language
How can I improve my spelling?
Ideas? practice writing, reading with a loud voice?, watching
a movie with subtitles?
online practice websites?
testenglish.com
-agr
v- verbs
-vt
-vf
-wf
-wo
-ww
-#
-Meaning? I don’t
know what you mean.
VOCAB so & very
It is so nice out today. CASUAL TALKING
It is so very nice out today. WRITING
Thank you so much. CASUAL TALKING
Thank you very much. WRITING- more formal
The baby is so cute! CASUAL TALKING
The baby is very cute. WRITING
The new iphone is very expensive.
The new iphone is so expensive that I can’t afford
it.
so ADJ that- COMPLEX SENTENCE- ADVERB CLAUSE- next week
The coffee is very hot.
The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.
I am so tired that I have to take a nap.
I am very tired.
IDIOM cat nap- a short nap, 10m
dog-tired- very tired.
He is dog-tired, so he is going to take a cat nap.
**
PLOs- Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Small group (4-5 people) discussion, chatting, casual
talking
Share your ideas on the PLOS- your strengths and weaknesses
As a small group, discussion, asking questions- clarify
points. Figure out meaning.
clarify(v) – clear(adj) – make an idea clear in your mind or
to someone else
-
building vocabulary
-
finding synonyms-
e.g. impromptu- without planning,
off-the-cuff
This will be an opportunity to talk in English about big
ideas, concepts, challenging material.
Impromptu discussion is a challenge, and one that we all are
called upon to meet daily.
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