EF34 11am June 29

 

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

 

Registration for September is now open!

https://moodle.vsb.bc.ca/fall.php

 

REMINDER: I will be teaching EF6 in P1 and EF34 in P2.

 

There are cooling stations around Vancouver:

https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/hot-weather.aspx

If you are struggling with the heat, you can go there to cool off.

 

 

 

Today’s agenda

 

·      This is our final class together.

·      Start reviewing grammar, sentences, paragraphs

 

Wednesday, June 30, FINAL DAY

·      no instruction day, marks day, no computer meeting

·      Email me during classtime, I will email your mark to you.

 

 

Summer term begins Monday, July 5. Final day if Friday, August 6.

 

 

REVIEW OF SENTENCE WRITING

This is really critical to be able to write good sentences.

*Check the blog to review our class notes.

 

**SIMPLE – one clause, one idea

-SV It is very hot today.

ERROR

Is hot today. XXX

 

-SSV Joan and Maria are going to the beach.

-SVV The beach is crowded and has lots of places to swim.

-Imperative – command sentence, tell someone to do something

Come in. Sit down. Be careful.  You Come in. implied subject

-Interrogative -question, flip the verb

It is hot today. Is it hot today?

Are you working today?

 

*NOTE: Sentence must begin with capital letters and end with periods or questions marks, etc.

 

**COMPOUND – two clauses put together, two ideas put together

SV + SV join them together

It is hot today. We are going to stay inside. 2 simple sentences

It is hot today. + We are going to stay inside.

, FANBOYS   for and nor but or yet so These are rarely used in compound sentences.

 

, SOBA , so   , or   , but   , and

It is hot today. + We are going to stay inside.

It is hot today, so we are going to stay inside.

 

NEXT STEP (EF56)

; semicolons

It is hot today, so we are going to stay inside.

It is hot today; we are going to stay inside.

It is hot today; therefore, we are going to stay inside.

 

 

**COMPLEX

-adverb clauses- because   if   when   since  

We will go to the beach today. It is hot.

We will go to the beach today because it is hot.

ERROR

We will go to the beach today, because it is hot. XXX

 

Because it is hot, we will go to the beach today.

 

NOTE: You should review comma usage. If you don’t know how and when to use commas, it will be diffucult to write well in other classes.

 

We will go for a walk later if it cools down.

If it cools down, we will go for a walk later.

 

-noun clauses

A. think feel know believe say

B. that how why

A+B

think + that

Marie thinks that Sarah should not marry Dave.

 

- adjective clause who that

OTHER WORDS (EF56): which  where  whose  whom(rare)

whose – example  The boy whose bike was stolen feels very sad.

 

who- people

Joan’s sister who is a nurse lives in France.

 

that- things, animals

Jun has a sunshade that he set up on the beach.

 

Review sentence types: simple, compound, complex

 

Try a few in Chat:

1.    SIMPLE The cat is asleep on the floor.

2.    COMPOUND The ice cream is melting, so let’s eat it quickly.

3.    COMPOUND -Because it is too hot, many people want to buying a fan. XXX

COMPLEX -Because it is too hot, many people want to buy a fan.

 

4.    Compound Because it is so hot and sunny, I can't running outside. XXX

COMPLEX Because it is so hot and sunny, I can't run outside.

 

5.    SIMPLE I'm going to work after class.

6.    COMPLEX  I was watching the TV while I was cooking. ADV CL

7.    COMPLEX  I like the people who are kindly and righteous. ADJ CL

8.    COMPOUND I drink cup of coffee this morning, and two piece of pizza. XXX

I drank a cup of coffee this morning, and I ate two pieces of pizza.

 

9.    COMPOUND We bought a car, and went on a summer trip. XXX

SIMPLE We bought a car and went on a summer trip. SVV

COMPOUND We bought a car, and we went on a summer trip.

 

10.                       COMPOUND John just started a new job, but he is not happy.

11.                       COMPLEX the sun is very hot, I can't go to outside. XXX

Fix this!

 

12.                       COMPLEX I don't like eating beef even though it has good protein.

Repeated example from a few weeks ago.

 

13.                       COMPLEX I went to English Bay yesterday, but it was so hot. XXX

COMPOUND I went to English Bay yesterday, but it was so hot.

 

14.                       COMPLEX  the people are very hot, so SV need to drink ice  water and electric fan so cold  ??. CAP

NOT ENGLISH. You have to learn basic sentence structure in English

 

15.                       COMPLEX  Tom says that the foods of this restaurant have high quality.

Tom says that the food in this restaurant is high quality.

 

16.                       COMPLEX because it is hot out side, my children can't go to school. CAP  Fix that.

 

17.                       COMPLEX  John believes that his teacher can help him. NOUN CL

18.                       COMPOUND It was too hot last night,  so I just slept three hours.

19.                       SIMPLE My friend and I will going to Central Park. vf

You have to learn your verbs.

My friend and I will go to Central Park.

My friend and I will be going to Central Park.

My friend and I are going to Central Park.

 

20.                       COMPLEX  The BC hot wave which was started since last three days  was unpridicable.

The BC heat wave which started three days ago was unpredictable.

 

21.                       COMPLEX I believe that earth is more that round you think. ??

I believe that the Earth is round.

 

22.                       COMPLEX  My husband was opening the door when I studied was studying English. match verb tenses- sounds good

23.                       COMPLEX  Bryce was a great man who stood for children rights was a famouse doctor.

Bryce was a great man who stood for children’s rights and was a famous doctor.

24.                       COMPLEX When we buy a new car, because I want to need a practice driving. XXX

We need to buy a new car because I want to practice driving.

25.                       COMPLEX I think that Russian is a hard language. N CL

26.                       COMPLEX I believe that maybe humans are created by aliens.

27.                       SIMPLE We want to buy an ice cream.

I want to go to the party.

I want to buy an ice cream.

28.                       COMPLEX Our English class which is began three mounth ago will finish today.

Our English class which began three months ago will finish today.

29.                       SIMPLE My mother go to the grocery store to buy a food.

My mother goes to the grocery store to buy some food.

30.                       COMPLEX    I understand what you mean. N CL

31.                       COMPLEX Butter that was a cute dog was our special guest yesterday.

 

Lots of work to keep doing!

This was a good review of sentences.

 

PARAGRAPHS

Grabber

Topic sentences

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Different types of paragraphs: narrative, descriptive, process, persuasive

 

 

This was a fun class. Thank you for making fun and interesting for me to teach. I hope you learned something about English, and I hope you had a good time.

Time flies. Time to say goodbye.