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Today’s agenda
1. Adjective clauses
2. “Literary Terms”
3. HW Read “I Confess”. Make notes (key words) on questions:
Personal response:
1. What is the status of a teacher in your culture?
2. How much power does a teacher have over a student in your culture?
3. What are five words that describe a good teacher?
4. What are five words to describe a bad teacher?
Focused on the story:
5. Do you think the students will respect Mr. Wei afterward his confession? Why or why not?
questions about stories, novel, text – thought questions- help you stay on track, help with comprehension
Good practice for students - make notes about what you are reading, keep the notes
- memory aid, notes jog memory
questions – makes notes, key words, not sentences
expectation – you will read the texts
- easy to fake it – read summary online of a story, novel
- anyone can fake it
challenge yourself – do the reading, do the work, sometimes hard work
-*** hold yourself to a high standard
- your work, tests, marks will be better
- you’ll be proud of your effort and results, head held high
- You know in your heart if you’ve done your best. If you are a thoughtful feeling person, that will have value to you.
- most people want to do well, feel proud of their work
ADVICE: Reading a story.
Read the story twice.
1. first time – comfortable chair, cup of tea, read story – basic elements – setting, characters, conflicts, plot. Surface level reading
2. second time – desk, pencil and paper- make notes -deeper reading- symbols, metaphors, language (words and terms), theme
a good story will reveal new things with each reading
depth in a good story – a good student/reader will swim and dive into those depths to
learn new things
- a poor student will look at the story briefly, understand the
surface of the story and not go deeper
vocabulary – new vocab - - read OR look up words in a dictionary, can’t do both
Don’t look up words while you are reading a story. That ruins the reading experience.
You should be able to understand the story well even if you don’t know every word.
If there are a lot of words that you don’t know, and you cannot understand the story because of your limited vocabulary, that means your English isn’t good enough yet.
for me- find a word I don’t know – make a note and look it up afterward
If you want to be a good musician- Listen carefully to great musicians!! Practice!!
If you want to be a writer- Read great writers!! Study their styles. Eventually you will find your own style.
- genre - autobiography of immigrant women in Canada/US
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Sentence types:
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
- adverb clauses
- noun clauses
- adjective clauses –
Adjective- describe a noun
colour – emerald green, sky blue, baby blue, fire engine red
size – huge, tiny, humungous, three-pound
shape – round, square, ovoid, six-sided
age – young, elderly, ancient, ten-years-old
adjective clause – SV
that – things, animals
Dora’s sister has eyes that are dark brown like chocolate. describes ‘eyes’
I have a dog that likes to sleep on my son’s bed. describes ‘dog’
I like the headphones that wrap around your head.
who- people
Maria’ s sister is the girl who saved the people when their house caught on fire. adj cl adv cl
Jun was talking to Hiroko who lives in Tokyo now.
which – special things, unique things
- special things
The water bottle that I bought at Costco is pretty good.
The ring which my grandfather left for me is very special to me.
You decide if it is special.
I put the picture that/which my three-year-old son drew on the fridge.
- unique things – only one
The Great Wall of China, which is over 21 000 km long, is a wonder of the world.
British Columbia, which is the westernmost province in Canada, is a beautiful place.
Tomorrow – ‘whom’- not used often, not important
who, that, which
Try some examples of your own to share for tomorrow.
sky/skies
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