EF6WI567 Class 7

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz 1 - simple sentences

·      “Jon Meets Amy” idiomatic English

·      Begin paragraph types-

·      Begin narrative writing- telling a story

“What is a Narrative Paragraph” HANDOUT

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week2

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Continue narrative writing

·      Write a narrative paragraph. We will share these tomorrow.

·      Listening fun- song lyrics

 

Monday

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over.

Optional rewrite for one point.

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Prepare for Test1- narrative paragraph

 

Tuesday

·      Test 1- narrative paragraph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividers

Tables clear

Only pen and pieces of paper out

 

Full name, class, and date in top right corner

Middle top line  Quiz 1

Double-space

 

 

Quiz 1

Write a simple sentence for each.

Pass in by 12:33.

1.    SSV              try               week

2.    SV                friend         visit

3.    SVV             study          tomorrow

4.    SSVV           hike             weekend

5.    Imperative           lock   door

6.    Interrogative       drive car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Jon Meets Amy”

idiomatic expressions- natural, casual, cool English talking

Get into small chat groups (4-5 people).

Talk about Warm-Up

A.   Discussion

1.    stream movies on the internet

Netflix, Prime Video, Apple, Youtube, VPL, pirate movies (steal)

2.      

3. genres (types, styles, category)- romantic comedy, science-fiction, religious, comedy, horror, adventure, family, action, biographical- biopic, nature, documentary, mocumentary, experimental, sports,

live-stream, cartoon- animation- 2D and 3D, etc., silent movies

 

   4. Emily in Paris, The Devil Wears Prada, Hachiko,

Share your recommendations with classmates.

Friends TV comedy- sitcom- situation comedy

Mr. Bean – absurd humour

 

B.    Vocabulary Preview

1.    be choosy- to be picky, selective, have high standards

picky(adj) – negative meaning  The little kid is picky about food.

choose carefully

2.    have a sec

Do you have a sec?  sec-second

Give me a second. Wait a second, please. I need a couple minutes.

One moment please. FORMAL

3.    blockbuster- a very successful movie or album, made lots of $$$

Titanic was a blockbuster. Thriller was a blockbuster.

I am a superfan.

4.    winner-

5.    check out- look at, admire

She checked out the new iphone 17.

I want to check out this new restaurant.

We checked out of the hotel.

They checked into the hotel.

The teenagers were checking each other out.

6.    start from check- start from 0

He made the cookies from scratch.

I made tomato sauce, but not from scratch.

7.    knows her stuff- very knowledgeable, very familiar with

She is very knowledgeable about computers. She knows her stuff. She is an expert.

OPPOSITE He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

8.    keep up with- stay up to date, stay current

IDIOM Keeping up with the Jones’.  envious, jealous

She likes to keep up on the local news.

9.    be into- enjoy, have an interest in

Joe is really into photography.

Jun is into Chinese dance.

What are you into?

I am into sports, especially table tennis.

He is not into sports.

I am into sports a little bit.

I am not into cooking.

10.                       give someone a ring- telephone

He gave his sister a ring.

IDIOM Hit me up. Text me. Give me a call.

Hit me up if you’re ever in Vancouver.

 

He gave her a diamond ring. He proposed. He asked her to marry him. He asked for her hand in marriage.

 

 

 

 

“Listening”

He asked for her number.

He will ask her out.

He might ask for a date.

 

 

Comprehension

He asked her for movie recommendations. Also, he asked for her number.

 

Vocab Review

What kind of music do you like? What kind of music are you into?
I’m not choosy. I’m not fussy. I’m not picky.

Let’s go check out the new Brad Pitt movie.

I heard that movie is a winner.

That movie was a flop.  terrible, unsuccessful

People love summer blockbusters.

I’ll give you a ring tonight.

I’ll text you. I’ll DM you.

 

 

 

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next few weeks

Begin paragraph types-

writing for different purposes

-         narrative writing- narrative(adj) narrate(v) – tell a story

 

-         descriptive writing- descriptive(adj) describe(v)- write about what something or a person looks like

 

-         process writing- step by step teaching how to do something OR explain how something works

 

 

-         persuasive writing- persuasive(adj) persuade(v)- give your opinion and reasons, try to convince somebody, try to make them agree with you, explain your position

 

HOMEWORK Review “What is a Narrative Paragraph”