EF6 July 19

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

 

Happy Monday!

 

Monday agenda:

·      Paragraph review

·      Test#1 – writing a paragraph

·      Continue noun clauses, your examples from homework

·      How to make friends

·      HW   Read about Viola Desmond. I emailed you two links

yesterday.

Quiz on noun clauses tomorrow

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz#4 – noun clauses

·      Review Test#1 if I get them all marked

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      Start to talk about Viola Desmond

 

 

 

Quick review for paragraphs

 

Format:

-14-16 point font

-one block of writing

-indent, space bar, TAB key (beside the Q key)

 

Structure:

Grabber (optional, but encouraged)

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

(150-200 words)- You can do a word count on your writing software.

 

Sentences:

Every sentence should be simple, compound, or complex.

 

 

 

 

 

Test#1

Cameras on.

Write a paragraph of 150-200 words on one of the following topics.

Email it to me as an attachment by 9:35.

 

Choose one:

1.    What are your concerns about global warming?

2.    What steps can we take to reduce global warming?

 

 

 

Let’s take a quiz break. We will come back at 9:50.

 

 

 

Continuing our noun clause work from Friday

 

Basic noun clauses usually have one of these verbs in A and one of these words in B.

A.   think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember

B.    that, what, why, how

 

There are other words that you can use, such as ‘where’, ‘whatever’, etc. Refer to the link to extra information that I sent you by email.

https://www.k12reader.com/term/noun-clause/

I ‘d be happy to answer any questions you have about that more in-depth work.

 

Choose an A word and put it with a B word.

Mix and match A+B.

 

Put a couple of your homework sentences that use noun clauses in Chat:

1.    I think that Covid will stick around.

2.    You do not know how he jumped from a roof to another roof.

3.    We believe that the Covid vaccine will help us.

4.    I feel very bad that my writing app doesn’t work well.

5.    I know how to use a cellphone.

6.    I believe that we can figure out how to reduce global warming.

7.    I understand how you feel.

8.    I believe that Jack and Jolly were walking near the Skytrain yesterday.

9.    It is amazing how she manages to work and study at the same time.

This one is quite different from what we studied.

10.                       I didn't forget to do my homework that you gave us yesterday. adjective clause- describing ‘homework’

I didn't forget that you gave us homework yesterday. noun clause

 

11.                       I remember how what I should do next.

12.                       I remember that he used to come to my restaurant.

13.                       When the interviewer and interviewee meet for the first time, the interviewee fears that she will not pass the interview.

Long sentence!

14.                       I remember that my daughter used to play with the water in the toilet bowl.

15.                       I like how you love me.

16.                       He doesn’t remember that he is 85 years old.

17.                       I can’t forget what happened on my vacation last year.

18.                       I forgot how to use a typewriter.

19.                       I forget how many flowers you sent me.

20.                       Mary forgot how to do the process of applying online.

 

Excellent work! These are very high quality sentences- good for any school, job, any situation.

 

Do we want to do a quiz on these tomorrow or no? It’s up to you.

Let’s do Quiz#4 tomorrow; it will be on noun clauses.

 

 

 

How to make friends (and learn English from them)

- meeting people in a new country can be very challenging

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learning a language – best way – social interaction

- group of people talking, chatting, laughing, discussing

30 years ago – lived in Japan- studied Japanese in class

- mostly- used Japanese socially- getting out of the house and being around people

- play pool, billairds, same place , see the same people, talk

-ability improved, confidence improved!

 

Ling, partner- played sports, volleyball, talking, chatting, going out for snacks afterward, developed social group

-multicultural – people from Canada and all over the world

the sports united them –

 

-great riches to be found by expanding our social circle

 

- You have to find your tribe. – group of people with similar interests

 

- for me , it’s music and also hiking, biking

 

meetup.com

- find people with shared interests

- opportunity to chat, talk, meet new people, maybe meet some acquiantances, possible make a new friend or two

 

- hiking, cycling, photography, knitting, dogs, children

 

- build up a social group, or several social groups

Faranak’s Instagram page: @artofpaintingbyfar

 

It is possible to build a new social group(s) in Vancouver. You have to get out of the house to do it.

 

Extraverted people have an easier time meeting people.

Introverted people have a harder time often, but you still do it.

Nothing wrong with that!!

 

 

**The #1 best way to learn English.**

Get an English-speaking boyfriend or girlfriend. You will speak English well in one year.

After one year, dump them!

-joke-

 

This is your language now, too. Go out and use it.

Don’t be shy OR force yourself to do it despite your shyness.

We have to push ourselves to get out of our comfort zone.

If not, life is just “Rinse, repeat.”