EF34 7PM June 21

 

Good evening, everybody.

We will get started at 7:00.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

 

 

Last week and a half of the class.

This week:

Monday-    parallelism, persuasive writing

Tuesday-    continue with persuasive writing

Wednesday- Test#5 paragraph - persuasive writing

Thursday-  Review of grammar, sentences, paragraphs

 

Next week (final week):

Monday-              Continue review of grammar, sentences, paragraphs

Tuesday-              Final Test#6 – paragraph (100-150w), general topic

Wednesday, June 30, FINAL DAY

–                  no instruction day, marks day, email me during classtime, I will email your final mark to you

 

July 1-4 break

Summer term begins July 5 and ends August 4.

 

REMINDER: I will be teaching EF6 in the summer.

I am scheduled to teach EF3/4 and EF6 in September, Period 1 and Period 2.

The best information that I have is that September term will be in class, in person, in the school. The school board will make an announcement soon, in the next few weeks.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Parallelism

·      Persuasive writing

·      Breakout group chatting

Suggested topic to get the conversation going:

Talk about the importance of family in your life.

 

REPLACEMENT TEST- for the people who signed up for it.

 

 

 

Parellelism- parallel – geometry- two lines going in the same directions

parallelism/parallel in English – words in a series have to be the same type of word

I like dogs, cats, and fish. PARALLEL

dogs cats fish -all nouns, same kind of word

I like dogs, cats, and keeping a fish. NOT PARALLEL

dogs (n) cats(n) keeping a fish (v)

 

The dog is small, furry and has big eyes. NOT PARALLEL

small, furry and has big eyes

small – adjective

furry- adjective

big eyes – noun

adjective, adjective, and noun. XXX

We want : adjective, adjecive, and adjective.

The dog is small, furry, and cute.

 

Sarah likes to go skiing, hiking, and she likes her bike. XXX NOT PARALLEL

skiing- noun, gerund

hiking – noun, gerund

and she likes her bike – clause SV

 

Sarah likes to go skiing, hiking, and biking. PARALLEL all nouns, all gerunds

 

A real friend should be loyal, trustworthy, and kind. PARALLEL- all adjectives

A real friend should demonstrate/show loyalty, trustworthiness, and kindness. PARALLEL- all nouns

 

NIOUNS                                    ADJECTIVES

loyalty                                       loyal

trustworthiness                     trustworthy

kindness                                   kind

 

wf word forms- building vocabulary by learning word forms

 

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HARDER PARALLELISM EXERCISES TO TRY ON YOUR OWN:

1.    https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-parallelism.php

2.    https://chompchomp.com/structure01/

I would be happy to talk about these in class tomorrow if you like.

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Write a sentence that has parallelism. Share it in Chat:

1.    I like walking, running and exercising.

I like walking, running, and exercising. , and Oxford comma- option, your choice, a little old-fashioned looking

 

2.    My favorite sports are soccer, volleyball, and table tennis.

3.    I love ocean rivers ,and mountains.

I love oceans, rivers, and mountains.

 

4.    I like sweeping, mopping and dusting the building.

5.    He likes orange, apple, and strawberry. #

He likes oranges, apples, and strawberries.

 

6.    I feel happy, sad and excting when I meet my old friend at street.

I feel happy, sad and excited when I meet my old friend on the street.

exciting-describes the thing  Meeting my friend was exciting.

excited-emotion I was excited.

 

boring- describing the thing   The class was boring.

bored-your emotion   The young student was bored.

 

interesting  The chemistry experiment was very interesting.

interested  The scientists were interested.

 

7.    I like dancing, playing guitar and writing songs.

8.    He is very good at swimming , jogging, and biking.

9.    He is a tall and handsome man in our school.

10.                       My sister likes pizza, spaghetti and sandwiches.

11.                       I like robson street burrard street , and pacific street.

I like Robson Street, Burrard Street, and Pacific Street.

caps punc

 

12.                       Yesterday we were eating, drinking and dancing.

13.                       my favourite hobby is walking on the park, watching You tube and reading articles. cap

My favourite hobby is walking in the park, watching Youtube and reading articles.

14.                       My friend  is nice, kind and beautiful.

15.                       Taya is small, tall and white.   ? confusing

16.                       My dad likes to read books, write music and go to historic sites.

17.                       I will go to the park and beach.

18.                       Mary is a kind, warm and upright girl.

upright – honest, good character

 

19.                       She felt cold and hungry in the street.

20.                       I bought eggs, cheese, and bread from Costco yesterday.

21.                       He likes to eat apples and bananas in the morning.

 

Good job!

Try some more on your own if you like.

I’d be happy to talk about them in class if you want.

 

 

 

Breakout group chatting. Relaxed talking with our colleagues/ colearners.

Suggested topic to get the conversation going:

Talk about the importance of family in your life.

 

-kids

-marriage

-reason you came to Canada

-emotional feelings

-support- family members help when bad things happen

-discussion, understanding, financial

-love each other

-take care of each other

-communication between family members

-responsibility to each other

-financial support, housework

-love, taking care, respect

-stability, family is stable, predictable

-safe, predicatable, reliable for kids

-living together

-multigenerational home – kids, parents, grandparents

-helpful family support, especially for raising small kids

-healthy, happy

The topic I was going to give you was not “Talk about the importance of family in your life.”

The topic was going to be “Talk about the importance of money in your life.”

I changed it at the late night. I wonder which is the more interesting topic.

 

Saying in English: Money cannot buy happiness.

 

 

Types of paragraphs:

narrative paragraph- tell a story

descriptive paragraph – dersribe something

process paragraph – teach how to do something

persuasive writing – give an opinion, convince somebody

 

persuasive (adj)  persuade (v) – convince, argue, make somebody understand your point of view, give your opinion

 

Grabber

Topic sentence -gives your opinion on the topic

3-4 Supporting sentences that support your opinion

Concluding sentence

 

HOMEWORK: Think about this topic. Come up with 3-4 reasons why you agree or disagree.

Marijuana should be legal. Do you agree or disagree?

 

You do not have to write the paragraph. Just come up with ideas.

 

 

 

MORE SENTENCE EXERCISES- A LITTLE BIT HARDER MORE CHALLENGING.

 

MOVING DAY

1.     We had not been looking forward to the move.

It was the smoothest in memory.

2.     We picked up the truck.

The truck was rented.

It was eight o'clock.

We drove to the apartment.

3.     Our timing was perfect.

No one else was moving.

This meant something.  *’something’ is a placeholder word. Don’t use it.

The elevator was free. *noun clause

4.     Four of us carried the furniture.

Four of us positioned the furniture.

Four of us tied the furniture into the truck.

We did this in less than an hour.

5.     Even the plants did well.

The move was fast enough.

They didn't go into shock.

6.     We were at the house.

It was ten o'clock.

People really flew into action.

LONGER, TRICKY CHALLENGING

7.     The truck was empty.

We were sitting on the deck.

We were eating lunch.

We were turning moving day into a party.

It was a housewarming.

We did this within two hours.