EF5 Class 6

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

weather- rainy, humid, muggy

He comes a humid country.

Vancouver is muggy today. It is a little bit humid.

She grew up in Arizona, which is very dry.

Las Vegas- bone dry, desert

desert – hot and dry, freezing cold at night

dessert- sweet dish after your dinner, supper

What’s your favourite dessert?

 

lunch- noon

teatime- mid-afternoon, high-class, rich English(England) society, traditional

The Empress Hotel(Victoria), Butchard Gardens(Vancouver Island)

English from the UK has many different accents.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Return Quiz1

Go over

Optional rewrite (RW) for one bonus point

·      Teach simple verb tenses- simple past

·      Continue dialogue “Making Plans”

·      Talk about Test1 - paragraph

 

Thursday

·      Teach simple verb tenses- finish simple past, begin simple future

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Test1- paragraph, last 50m

Quiz- 6 points

Test- 12 points

 

Friday

·      “Self Assessment Reflection” 1

Link to PLOs

·      Continue compound sentences

 

COMING UP

·      Hyphenated modifiers

·      Modals/modal auxiliaries

 

 

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Rewrites

You can fix up your quiz/test and rewrite it. Pass it in to me today or first thing tomorrow. I will review it briefly and give it a bonus point. This is optional.

Title: Quiz1 RW

Title: Quiz1

Phones and devices away.

Full name, class and date top right

Doublespace

Pass in by 9am- no lates

Write a simple sentence for each.

1.                SV                     break

I broke the screen on my phone last week.

I have break time every day.

I have a break every day.

 

2.                SSV                   enjoy

Me and Joan Joan and I enjoy hiking.

 

3.                Imperative      visitor

(You) Greet the visitors. implied subject

Help the visitors.

Welcome the visitors.

 

4.                Interrogative  place

Is this the right place?

Could you place an order for ten jigsaw puzzles, please?

 

5.                SVVV                beautiful

My sister is funny, smart and beautiful. XXX adj

My sister is beautiful, works hard, and has a good sense of humour.

 

VOCAB sense of humour- enjoys funny things, is a funny person

He has no sense of humour. He is dour. He is humourless.

She has a great sense of humour. She is fun-loving. She is laugh-a-minute.

Bankers are humourless.

 

6.                SSVV                successful

Juan and Mohamed work hard and are successful.

Juan and Mohamed worked hard and made a successful business.

 

Optional RW for bonus point.

 

EXAMPLE:

5.                SVVV                beautiful

I decided to pick up my daughter, go to the park, and see the beautiful lake.

 

Oxford comma – optional comma

I decided to pick up my daughter, go to the park, and see the beautiful lake.

I decided to pick up my daughter, go to the park and see the beautiful lake.

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE

Bobbi is a successful businesswoman and is rich. SVV

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Bobbi is a successful businesswoman, and she is rich. SV, SOBA SV

 

She is a rich person.

She is rich.

 

She works hard. She is successful.

 

I break the glass.  vt? SIMPLE PRESENT- every day

I broke the glass yesterday. SIMPLE PAST- once in the past, finished

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SVVV

Maria enjoys walking, swimming, and biking. gerunds-nouns

GERUND- kind of noun, looks like a verb, confusing

I like ice cream. noun

I like dancing. noun-gerund

She is dancing right now. verb – vt present progressive- learn next week

 

I like dancing. noun-gerund

I like to dance. verb-infinitive

 

I like dance. noun meaning- You watch watching dance. ballet

I like movies.

I like making movies.

 

 

 

Next verb tense:

SIMPLE PAST

 

REVIEW

*SIMPLE PRESENT       – habitual action

                                         -state of being

                                         -truth, fact

The little girl plays with her friends everyday at school.

She is very happy at school.

Her school is on Main and 33^rd.

 

WORDS THAT SHOW FREQUENCY, HOW OFTEN

-everyday

-always

-frequently

He goes to the gym sometimes.

I have some time to relax.

-usually

-often

-occasionally

-sometimes

-rarely

IDIOM once in a blue moon- rarely

-never

 

NEW VERB TENSE

*SIMPLE PAST – one event in the past, finished

-one minute ago, yesterday, five years ago, a million years ago

We just took a break.

Sarah watched the football game yesterday morning.

My daughter just texted me. ‘just’- close to now, very recent

My daughter texted me last week.

My daughter texted me ten seconds ago.

She became a doctor last year.

Canada became a country 158 years ago.

Oxygen formed on the earth about 2.2 billion years ago.

 

regular verbs       past tense  ‘ed’

talk                        talked

walk                      walked

try                          tried tryed

carry                      carried

learn                     learned

wash                     washed

dry                         dried

stop                       stopped

travel                    travelled

learn                     learned/learnt(less common)

 

“100 Most Used Verbs”
Look over these verbs. Do you know the simple past tense for all of them?

 

MODALS/MODAL AUXILIARIES- another day

6.can- no past tense

8. would- no past tense

11.will- no past tense

16.could- no past tense

24.may- no past tense

25.should- no past tense

43.might- no past tense

55.must- no past tense

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE PRESENT                    SIMPLE PAST

call                                             called

ask                                             asked

expect                                       expected

need                                          needed

reach                                         reached

PRONUNCIATION  rich   reach

die                                              died

dye                                             dyed

 

IRREGULAR PAST TENSE

mean                                         meaned meant

buy                                             buyed bought

go                                               goed went

see                                             seed saw

think                                          thinked thought

send                                          sended sent

keep                                          keeped kept

grow                                          growed grew

 

 

VERB FORMS- later

BASIC                              PAST                      PARTICIPLE

grow                                grew                      grown

PRESENT PERFECT She has grown very tall.

PASSIVE VOICE The tomatoes were grown in a hothouse.

 

TODAY – SIMPLE PAST

 

EF1,2,3 COMMON ERROR I goed went to school.

 

irregular verbs – past tense not ‘ed’

“Irregular Verb List”

begin – began  beginned

break – broke  breaked

wake -woke

eat-ate  little kids- I eated the cookie. I drinked the milk. I runned in the park.

spend- spent

speak-spoke

swing- swung

go-went

 

-see/saw

I see my son every day. I saw your sister in the mall yesterday.

-forget/forgot

I always forget to lock my door.

I forgot your birthday. I forgot to set my alarm.

-do/did

I always do my homework.

He did his homework yesterday.

-teach/taught ‘tot’

I taught Butter how to sit.

-catch/caught ‘cot’

He caught a cold. I caught Covid last year.

She took/caught a bus to school.

-wake/woke

He wakes up at 6 usually. Today he woke up at 9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple present and simple past- same

-cut/cut – same pronunciation

I cut my apples before I eat them.

I cut my finger yesterday.

-put/put – same pronunciation

-hit/hit – same pronunciation

-let/let– same pronunciation

-shut/shut- – same pronunciation

-cost/cost-– same pronunciation

The apples cost $2. I will buy them. SIMPLE PRESENT/SIMPLE FUTURE

The apples cost $2, I bought them. SIMPLE PAST

-read/read- different pronunciation

She reads cooking magazines.

She read a good book about Prince Harry.

 

IMPORTANT   This is a lot to remember. One of the reasons people forget them is that they are not using very much English in their daily life. You can’t just study them. IMO (In my opinion), you have to use them talking with people.

 

Let’s practice writing a few sentences using simple past verb tense.

EXAMPLES:

Sarah tried writing/to write an email to her friend last night.

He tried fixing/to fix the toaster.

I got it! I understand.

Did you get the milk? I got it.

I did. I didn’t.

She considered/thought about going to the US.

VOCAB analyze, weigh your options, ponder, compare/contrast

VOCAB weigh(v) weight(n)

She weighed going to the US as opposed to Canada.

She weighed going to the US as opposed to Canada.

 

I hoped to continue to learn English,

She hoped to get a new phone last month, but she didn’t.

I hope INFINITIVE     I hope to finish soon.

 

You had to start learning English when you moved here.

 

I broke my fingernail.

She broke his heart.

My car broke down.

Her car/phone/computer died.

 

His car was a write-off

VOCAB write-off – cannot be fixed

 

Adults know the value of education.

We teach our children to value education.

Education is a golden ticket to success.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

IDIOM My phone is blowing up.

My sister is blowing up my phone.

getting a lot of text messages

 

 

Talk about Test1 - paragraphs

“Paragraph Structure and Format”

 

Topic sentence- usually the first sentence, gives the main idea

Supporting sentences-examples, evidence, helps readers get the point, explains

Concluding sentence

 

“Golden Week” Paragraph Work

Topic sentence- topic ‘golden week’

controlling idea ‘four holidays’

 

*Paragraph that explains the meaning of something: definition writing

Supporting sentences:

 

1.    POINT April 29- birthday Emperor Showa

SUBPOINT (DETAIL) remember period history

2.    POINT Constit. Memorial Day

SUBPOINT (DETAIL) May 3 estab. constitution

3.    POINT May 4 Midorino-hi

SUBPOINT enjoy outdoors

4.    POINT May 5 Children’s Day

SUBPOINT 1 health, happiness children

SUBPOINT 2 used to be Boys’ Day

SUBPOINT 3 carp flags

Why so much more detail in #4?

 

Concluding sentence- restate, summary

In short,   In conclusion,   In summary,   All in all,   To conclude,   To sum up,  

 

A topic sentence gives the topic and then opens a door that you will take us though.

 

Paragraph structure

-         topic sentence

-         supporting sentences (POINT and SUBPOINTS)

-         concluding sentence

 

Great little paragraph. Really well organized. Really good sentences.

 

Tomorrow, I will give you an easy question. You will write a paragraph of at least 150 words. That will be Test1, worth 12 points.

 

 

***“Making Plans”

 

Warm-Up Questions

1.sleep, nap, work, chill, go shopping, listen to music, QT with family,

chores- laundry, housework, clean the bathroom, mop, get groceries, etc.

2.basketball, archery, horse-riding, volleyball, chess, play cards, board games

IDIOM chill- relax   She chilled with her friends.

 

 

Vocabulary Preview

1.    We have plans for the weekend. I have no plans for tonight. I’m free.

2.    weekend and weekdays, M-F, business day

It will take 10 business days.

3.    She always has her kids in mind.

IDIOM in the back of your mind-

My kids are always in the back of my mind.

Her mother’s health is always in the back of her mind.

4.    hockey – Canada’s national sport-lacrosse

5.    prefer   I would rather go to McDonalds than Subway.

She would rather watch a movie than read a book.

6.    movie theatre

Tickets are discounted on Tuesday at the movie theatres.

US and Canadian spelling- theater   theatre

7.    pick up   He has to pick up some milk. We pick up our kids at school.

She picked up French very quickly.

IDIOM pick up - learn

He is picking up piano.

She never picked up driving.

8.    arrange- She arranged a doctor’s appointment.

He bought a flower arrangement for his wife.

prearranged-already arranged

pre- before   prepare, preview, previous, prescreen

pretest

Do a pretest. Then learn the material. Then do a posttest.

 

9.    golf-

You drive the ball. You put the ball.

You use a driver. You use a putter.

golf club

hockey stick

baseball bat

tennis racquet/badminton racquet/squash racquet

pingpong paddle/pickleball paddle

Football/Soccer is the #1 sport in the world.

 

10.                       concert

11.                       bar –

disco- dance club