Thursday, 10 June 2021

EF34 7PM June 10

 

 

 

 

Today’s agenda:

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 7:00.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

 

 

Today’s agenda:

1.    Review descriptive paragraph.

2.    Begin sentence fragment work

3.    Discussion topic- What is your favourite food to make?

 

Monday-    begin process writing– teaching, how-to, step by step instruction

 

 

About two full weeks left for instruction in the course. For the next two weeks, we will have classes as usual. We will do two or three more tests in the next two weeks.

We will also do a replacement test maybe in two weeks. It will be just like the replacement quiz. I will let you know when.

 

The last day is Wednesday, June 30

 

Final week

*Monday, June 28- review of what we covered in the course, review of the grammar, sentences, paragraph work

It is important to review work so that we will retain it and not forget it.

*Tuesday, June 29- final writing, final paragraph, Test#5 or 6

*Wednesday, June 30- Marks day- You can email me on June 30 for your final mark. Email me during class time, and I will email you back your final mark (%).

 

 

 

Most of the descriptive paragraphs were fine. None of them were late. All of them arrived by the deadline.

 

Common mistakes to watch out for:

 

1.    font size

 

Her face is a bit oval with a high bone cheek. She has a slight hint of smile on her thin lips. The frizzy and wavy black hair is covered with a delicate scarf. She has large black eyes that outlined with long black lashes. I think that her piercing looks can mesmerize everyone. There is a tall bone nose in the middle of her face. Her white teeth appear among of her thin lips. I guess, you can feel that how this Asian girl is beautiful.

 

I cannot read that. The font is too small to read. I cannot correct.

Use a 14-16 point font for schoolwork.

 

 

 

2.    indent the first word of the paragraph, standard for school writing

Use the TAB key to indent, right beside the Q key. Alternatively, you can tap the SPACE 5-6 times.

 

Her face is a bit oval with a high bone cheek. She has a slight hint of smile on her thin lips. The frizzy and wavy black hair is covered with a delicate scarf. She has large black eyes that outlined with long black lashes. I think that her piercing looks can mesmerize everyone. There is a tall bone nose in the middle of her face. Her white teeth appear among of her thin lips. I guess, you can feel that how this Asian girl is beautiful.

 

3.    one block of writing

 

Her face is a bit oval with a high bone cheek.

She has a slight hint of smile on her thin lips.

The frizzy and wavy black hair is covered with a delicate scarf.

She has large black eyes that outlined with long black lashes.

I think that her piercing looks can mesmerize everyone.

There is a tall bone nose in the middle of her face.

Her white teeth appear among of her thin lips.

I guess, you can feel that how this Asian girl is beautiful.

 

All of these sentences begin on the left margin. For a paragraph, we want to write them into one block.

 

Her face is a bit oval with a high bone cheek. She has a slight hint of smile on her thin lips. The frizzy and wavy black hair is covered with a delicate scarf. She has large black eyes that outlined with long black lashes. I think that her piercing looks can mesmerize everyone. There is a tall bone nose in the middle of her face. Her white teeth appear among of her thin lips. I guess, you can feel that how this Asian girl is beautiful.

 

This is one block of writing.

 

4.    structure of the paragraph

Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

EF6

NO TOPIC SENTENCE

What makes a beautiful face? This is a picture of a lovely young woman. Her face is a bit oval with high bone cheek cheekbones. She has a slight hint of a smile on her thin lips. The frizzy and wavy black hair is covered with a delicate scarf. She has large black eyes that are outlined with long black lashes. I think that her piercing looks can mesmerize everyone. There is a tall nose in the middle of her face. Her white teeth appear between her thin lips. I guess that you can feel that how this Persian girl is beautiful charming/stunning/attractive.

(103 words)

 

Last night, you were allowed to use a dictionary or thesaurus to discover new vocabulary.

 

 

5.    length of paragraph – 100-150 words

A few of the paragraphs were short. 80 words, 90 words. Add something. At least get to the minimum word count. You won’t get full points if your paragraph is short.

 

 

Any sentences from your paragraph yesterday that you want to discuss, put them in Chat:

1.    Have you ever been in a place which was dazzle you? vf

Have you ever been in a place which dazzled you?

Have you ever been in a place which was dazzling to you?

 

dazzle- amaze, surprise

 

2.    It is sunset which is good for tan, and there is some chair under shade to laid down for relaxation.

It is sunny which is good for tanning, and there are some chairs under the shade to lie down for relaxation/ to relax.

verbs!

 

3.    It is a sunny day in April or in the summer.

4.    The ocean is calm, and the color is green. COMPOUND

 

5.    I love the turquoise color in the sea, but the water is sometimes not warm.

6.    She was wearing a rose-red sport coat with a cap and carrying a blue backpack.

7.    I do not why her expresion is sad like with feel uneasy. RW verbs

I do not know why her expression is sad like she is feeling uneasy.

 

8.    The palm tree made a shade on the beach and it was good accent of this photograph.

The palm tree cast/created some shade on the beach, and it was a good accent of this photograph. COMPOUND

accent – contrast

blue dress with a red broach

blue suit with a yellow handkerchief

You are 5 foot 2, and your husband is 6 foot 6.

 

9.    Far away there were trees around, and about 100m I saw a woman, wearing a black swimming costume walking on the sand.

Far away there were trees along the beach, and about 100 meters away there was a woman wearing a black swimming costume walking on the sand.

 

10.                       Her eyes are bigger like almonds and the color is beautiful like cold gray, to me is not usual find this type of color. RO

Her eyes are big like almonds and the color is beautiful like cold gray. It is unusual to find this type of color.

 

11.                       Nice clean calm water with boat in the middle. frag SV

There is nice clean calm water with a boat in the middle.

 

12.                       Look at the girl's sad face. Her brown mid-length and a little curly hair. SV

Look at the girl's sad face. She has brown mid-length and slightly curly hair.

 

13.                       Ilove summer ,because very beautiful RW

I love summer because it is very beautiful. COMPLEX- adv cl

 

14.                       I love to go to lake stev beacuse very nice. RW  because SV

I love to go to Lake Stev because it is very nice.

 

15.                       A couple chairs are sitting under the palm trees which are for someone who wants to relax.

16.                       Slightly dark circles around the eyes looking tired.SV Eyebrows are black. High bridge of the nose. Red lips closed. frags

pieces of sentences

Slightly dark circles around the eyes make her look tired. Her eyebrows are black. She has a high bridge of the nose. Her red lips are closed.

 

I am rewriting these descriptive phrases into sentences.

 

 

Slightly dark circles around the eyes make her look tired.

OPTIONS

There are slightly dark circles around her eyes. This makes her look tired.

She looks tired, because she has slightly dark circles around her eyes.

 

Practice your sentences: simple, compound, complex.

Sentence Fragments

 

A sentence fragment is a piece of a sentence. It is not a complete sentence.

e.g. We will go to the beach because it is a nice day. PERFECT COMPLEX SENTENCE

We will go to the beach. Because it is a nice day. sentence fragment

SOLUTIONS:

We will go to the beach because it is a nice day. COMPLEX

We will go to the beach. It is a nice day. SIMPLE

It is a nice day, so we will go to the beach. COMPOUND

 

In my marking notes, I will write ‘frag’ for a sentence fragment.

 

 

Fix all of the sentence fragments by adding or deleting words.

 

1.   Driving in the city.

2.   During the class.

3.   Because he didn't want to work.

4.   Goes well with her furniture.

5.   Stefanie's new car.

6.   While waiting for her friend.

7.   Since Manuel saw the movie before.

8.   I was cold when I lost my gloves.

9.   When my cousin moved to Richmond.

10.              Has been driving a taxi for five years.

 

Your solutions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adapted from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add1.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small group discussion topic- What is your favourite food to make?

I will put you all into chat rooms. You will be in the chat room with five or six other people. You can discuss the topic freely. This is not a test. This is a chance to relax and talk about food, maybe share some recipes.

I’ll bring you back in about 10 minutes.

 

barbecue

kabab

mishikaki -East Africa

dumpling - Afghanistan

sushi

cous cous

ashak- Chopan Restaurant, North Van

qabili palau

saffron – Iran and Spain, Moroccan?, American saffron is not good

paella – from Spain

Chinese dumplings

pork buns

ramen Japan, Marutama, downtown

pho Vietnam

Chinese hot pot

dimsum restaurant for brunch on the weekend

 

 

Homework:

Think of a good recipe that you like to make. Break down 4-5 steps how to make the recipe. Write down the steps. We can share these on Monday. Any food is ok- even a simple sandwich is ok. Doesn’t have to be fancy.

 

 

Sentence- grammar homework

Sentence Fragments

 

A sentence fragment is a piece of a sentence. It is not a complete sentence.

e.g. We will go to the beach because it is a nice day. PERFECT COMPLEX SENTENCE

We will go to the beach. Because it is a nice day. sentence fragment

SOLUTIONS:

We will go to the beach because it is a nice day. COMPLEX

We will go to the beach. It is a nice day. SIMPLE

It is a nice day, so we will go to the beach. COMPOUND

 

In my marking notes, I will write ‘frag’ for a sentence fragment.

 

 

Fix all of the sentence fragments by adding or deleting words.

 

1.   Driving in the city.

2.   During the class.

3.   Because he didn't want to work.

4.   Goes well with her furniture.

5.   Stefanie's new car.

6.   While waiting for her friend.

7.   Since Manuel saw the movie before.

8.   I was cold when I lost my gloves.

9.   When my cousin moved to Richmond.

10.              Has been driving a taxi for five years.

 

We’ll talk about these on Monday.

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