Wednesday
IDIOM hump day – middle of the week, feels like a long day,
hard day,
Happy hump day!
We were supposed to have a fire drill today. It was
cancelled due to rain.
drill -practice
school - annual
or twice-a-year fire drills
-
Earthquake drills
-
active-shooter drill
US
school shootings
The gun laws in Canada are very different then the gun laws
in the US.
Canada- own a firearm- PAL Purchase and Acquisition License-
take a course, pass an exam , RCMP background check
Canada- hunting rifle, shotgun
- hand guns-
restricted in Canada
self-defence- proportional
- automatic firearms- banned
US- state to state
-some states are open-carry states
- the second amendment of the Contitution “the right to bear
arms”
bear- carry arms
-guns
Hunting- species- whitetail deer, blacktail deer, mountain
sheep, moose, etc. , snow hare (wild rabbit), pheasant, quail
big game- every year, different regulations for different
regions
small game-
Conservation Officers-
Hunting is mostly walking in the woods quietly.
bow-hunting-
You can not use hand guns to hunt. You can only use long guns.
fishing licence- $40 a year?
plus salmon stamp
BC is a great place for fishing, hunting, hiking, birdwatching,
whalewatching, etc.
High school diploma-
Adult diploma program- have not finished high school
anywhere
Graduated adult- do your Eng11, Eng12, Math 12, Chemistry 12
-not
get a high school diploma
GA- take your transcript (record of your courses and marks)
to a college or university, apply
Today’s agenda
·
Attendance
·
Return Quiz3- adverb clauses
Go over
Optional RW for a point
·
Begin noun clauses
Quiz4 early next week
Thursday
·
Continue noun clauses
·
Prepare for Test2 (opinion paragraph) tomorrow
Friday
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5
·
Vocabulary exercise
·
Test2 (last 60m)
·
Quiz4 early next week
Final week before Winter Break, Christmas Break, Xmas Break
Monday/Tuesday
·
Quiz4
·
Midterm “Self-Reflection”
Wednesday
·
Midterm recs
Thursday
·
Midterm recs
Friday
**
Quiz3
Write a sentences with an adverb clause for each.
1. until business
Mei can’t open/start/launch her business until she has
enough money.
2. while carefully
Walk carefully while when the floor is wet.
She drove carefully while her son was sleeping in the car.
3. after proud
I was proud after my daughter won a prize.
4. even
though slippery
The floor is slippery even though it is dry.
The floor is slippery because it is wet.
5. because furious
The man was furious because someone damaged his car.
broke into a car, a smash and grab
6. so
that vacation
so that- for a purpose, do
something for a reason
Mei goes to yoga so that she can be healthy.
Jun is saving money so that he can pay his tuition.
VOCAB tuition- school fees
Mr. Fong worked very hard kept losing money until his
business went bankrupt.
bankrupt(adj)- run out of money
Mei went bankrupt. She declared bankruptcy.
John can support his life support himself.
support yourself- make enough money to be independent
The dog tracked dirt/mud
into the house.
The business turned around after one year. It started making
a profit.
tired/tiring(adj)
She is tired. Her job is tiring.
bored/boring
I am bored. The movie is boring.
interested/ interesting
excited/exciting
REVIEW OF FUNDAMENTAL SENTENCE TYPES:
*SIMPLE
*COMPOUND
*COMPLEX
adverb clauses, noun clauses, adjective clauses
Every
sentence that you write should be one of these types.
Daily
practice is the best/most effective to learn a new skill.
Hopefully
you are doing a few minutes of practice every day on your sentences.
If
you are doing the regular practice, I’m sure you are seeing incremental
improvements.
incremental-
little bit better all the time
If
you are doing daily practice, then there will be change.
**
You can start any day.**
anecdote-
a short personal story
***
NOUN
CLAUSES- a type of clause for a complex sentence
Noun Clauses
noun
– person, place, thing, idea
noun
clause - a group of words that has a Subject
and a Verb and that acts as a noun
Noun
clauses are used with verbs that have to do with the brain and cognition
(thinking): think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, recall,
realize, recognize, worry, wonder, etc.
cog-
recognize
re-
again
ize-
verb
Noun
clauses also go with verbs about speaking: say, yell, whisper, shout, suggest, speak,
advise, holler, murmur, stutter, call out, cry out, mention, etc.
noun
clause- think/talk = brain and mouth
We
most often connect these verbs with these words: that, what, why, how
Two
pools of words to choose from for noun clauses:
A.
VERBS
think,
feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize,
worry, say, yell, whisper, shout, suggest, find, predict, regret, speak,
advise, holler, murmur, stutter, call out, cry out, mention, wonder, see,
hear- understand
B.
that, what, why, how
Choose
an A word and put it with a B word.
Mix
and match A+B.
Examples
of complex sentences with noun clauses:
*A think
+ B that
I
think that she is right.
Joanne
thinks that her son is very tall
for his age. noun clause
I don’t
think (that) it will rain today.
Jun
doesn’t think (that) Marta is
telling the truth.
Mei
thinks that she forgot her key.
Mei thinks she forgot her key.
Your
mom doesn’t think that you should stay out too late tonight.
I
don’t think that you should go
to the party.
Mei’s
sister thinks that Mei should get a Covid test.
I
think (that) I messed up my test.
He
thinks (that) she is very smart.
I
think (that) horror movies are not approriate for children.
I
think (that) every emotional person loves art.
I
think (that) all emotional people love art.
The
little kid thinks that there is a monster under the bed.
COMPLEX
SENT- adverb clauses, noun clauses, adjective clauses
VARIATION
Mei’s
sister thinks that she should get a Covid test. unclear
I
think that studying English will
give me new opportunities. gerund
We all know that eating well
is good for our health.
OPTION:
You can OMIT ‘that’
Joanne
thinks that her son is
very tall for his age. noun clause
Joanne
thinks her son is very tall for
his age. noun clause
I
think that it will rain
today.
I
think it will rain today.
Probably
native English speakers would leave out the ‘that’. You don’t have to. Either
way sounds great.
think
+ that will/would
I
think that would be nice. – possibly will happen, might happen
I
think that will be nice. – definitely will happen, certain
possibility-
We could go for a hike tomorrow. I think that would be nice.
definite-
We are going for a hike tomorrow. I think that will be nice.
We
will have a two-week break after next week. He thinks that will be relaxing.
OPTIONS:
I
think that will be nice.
I
think that that will be nice.
FUN
Matt thinks that that cat is fat. –
almost like a tongue twister
S think
that SV.
Mira
thinks (that) Vancouver is pretty.
Mira
thinks Vancouver is pretty. SOUNDS AUTHENTIC
*realize
+ that - quickness
I
realize that I gave you the wrong answer.
I
realized that he cheated me.
I
got to school and realized that I forgot my phone at home.
I
realize that you don’t like
school, but you still have to do your best. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
She
just realized that she left her stove on and her door unlocked.
OCD-
obsessive thoughts, compulsive action
Mei
just realized that she made a mistake.
I
realize that the work is hard.
**You
can omit ‘that’ if you wish. It’s pefectly ok to leave it in.
Joe
realized that he was wrong.
Joe
realized he was wrong.
She
realized that she had won the lottery.
She
realized she had won the lottery.
DIFFERENT
MEANINGS
Joe
realized how he was wrong.
Joe
realized why he was wrong.
e.g.
I know that I got the job, but I don’t know how I got the job.
I
am glad that you married me, but I am confused why you married me.
Don’t
ask why?
*find
out + that
I
just found out that Joe got married yesterday.
He
found out that his friend lied to him.
She
found out that that girl likes her.
future
tense
She
doesn’t know what time the shipment will arrives. She will find out.
I
found out from my classmate that we have a test today.
She
found out from her sister that there is going to be a big sale on handbags
tomorrow.
I
found out from my mother that my uncle won the lottery.
marriage-high
frequency word matrimony-less commonly used
*figure
out-
She
figured out how she could get a new
phone for $200.
I
figured out how to play electric guitar. infinitive
I
figured out how I could get better
at electric guitar.
You
can figure out how to V.
I
figured out how to get out of the escape room. VERY AUTHENTIC
She
figured out how to use her new laptop.
*
find + that find-opinion
Do
you find it cold?
She
finds that Vancouver is very expensive.
Do
you find Vancouver expensive?
Do
you find him funny?
Do
you find the ice cream too sweet?
She
finds that the ice cream is too sweet.
May
finds that the room is warm.
COMPLEX- N CL
May
finds the room warm. SIMPLE
I
found the movie boring. I found that the movie was exciting.
Doris
finds him strange.
Doris
thinks that he is strange. Doris thinks he is strange.
She
finds that English is tricky sometimes.
find
out- discover
figure
out– find a solution, solve a problem
find-
opinion
He
finds that the food is too salty. COMPLEX- N CL
He
finds the food is too salty. COMPLEX- N CL
He
finds the food salty. SIMPLE
I
find him to be too loud. SIMPLE
I
find that he can get loud. COMPLEX- N CL
In
my opinion, it is ok for kids to make lego guns. I find that teachers are
too sensitive about that sort of thing.
*NOTES ‘that’ is a tricky word in English
that
– many uses
noun
clauses and adjective clauses, confusing
‘that book’
*
wonder + why
I
was wondering why you are always late.
I
wonder why my dog stares at me.
She
wonders why her son is not doing well in math.
The
little kid wondered why he couldn’t make a lego gun.
wonder=ponder
*
wonder + how – to do something, how something happens
I
wonder how I can fix this computer.
I
wonder how the mouse got into my apartment.
We
all wonder how she does it.
She
is wondering how she will be able to pay for college.
CASUAL
AUTHENTIC I wonder where I’ll find the money for tuition.
I don’t have money for expensive clothes.
SIMPLE
IDIOM I’m not made of money. Money doesn’t
grow on trees.
I’m not Rockerfeller.
EXAMPLES:
I wonder how to get
a US visa. SIMPLE?
I wonder how I can
get a US visa. COMPLEX- NOUN CL
I wonder how to be
a better mother.
I wonder how I can
be a better friend.
I wonder why the
screen keeps blanking out.
I wonder why she always picks the wrong guy.
She wonders how
she can make dumplings the same as her mother did. noun clause adverb
clause
I wonder how he passed
the test. He didn’t study.
*know + why
Jun
doesn’t know why Keiko is angry
at/with him.
Jun
didn’t know why Keiko was angry
at/with him.
Do you know why
the teacher is late?
Do you know why
Mei is upset?
Do you know why
the bus is late?
I don’t know why
it’s late. I guess that it is because it is snowing.
COMMON ERROR
Do you know why
Mei is upset? NOUN CLAUSE
Do you know why is
Mei upset? XXX
Why is Mei upset?
QUESTION
Why are you tired
today?
I wonder why you
are tired today.
I guess-less
certain
I think- more
certain
I know- certain
Rose knows why
the sky is blue. Sunlight is refracted in the atmosphere.
Jacob knows why Sarah
quit her job.
Jacob doesn’t know why
Sarah quit her job.
I don’t know why
she is not feeling well.
Sarah knows why her sister is smiling,
but she doesn’t want to tell me.
COMPOUND COMPLEX
Mei doesn’t know why her husband is
always forgetting his keys in the
door.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
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