EF34 narrative writing, compound sentences

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz#1 – simple sentences

·      Begin paragraph work- narrative writing

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Phrasal Verbs

·      HW   Read “Family” I emailed it to you already.

Bring a piece of string or rope if you want to learn a new know tomorrow.

 

 

 

Friday

·      Review Quiz#1

·      Continue with compound sentences

·      Continue narrative writing

·      Start reading the article(?)

·      New knot Friday

 

 

Monday

·      Quiz#2 on compound sentences OR

 

Tuesday

·      Test#1- narrative paragraph

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz#1

(20m)

Choice – paper or computer

1.    Use dividers

2.    Right paper

3.    Write in pen

 

 

 

 

Paragraph Writing

 

Types of paragraphs: narrative, descriptive, process, persuasive

 

narrative writing – telling a story

narrative paragraph – tells a short story (100-150 words)

- In EF34, a paragraph is about 100-150 words.

- In EF56, a paragraph is about 150-200 words.

 

narrate (v) – to tell a story

narrator (noun) – a person who tells a story

 

narrative writing- often first-person narration “I” “my” “me”

usually a personal story, writing about your life and your experiences

 

“What is your dream for the future?”

“What was a scary moment that happened to you?”

“Why/How did you come to Canada?”

“What did you do on your first day in Canada?”

 

 

narration tells a story and can illustrate a point

 

 

Point of View in Narrative Essays

-you tell your own story - first-person “I” “me” “my”

-you tell somebody else’s story- third-person “she” “her”

 

In this class, you choose either one, but first person is usually easier.

 

Do you like to read or listen to stories?

Talk about sources of great narrative stories

Books - “Chicken Soup for the Soul” – People telling interesting stories from their lives. mostly happy stories, feel-good stories

This would a good book to do some reading in English.

library VPL Vancouver Public Library, http://www.vpl.ca/

 

 

-podcast – radio show, over the internet, download podcasts to your phone, for example

-You have to get an app to listen to podcasts. FREE APPS – e.g Overcast

The Moth Podcast – people telling big stories from their lives – funny, serious, sad, powerful  HIGHER LEVEL ENGLISH!

 

There are podcasts for any interest. You can find some great stuff to listen to.

e.g. TED podcast, News, sports, music

 

Reading in English: intermediate English learners- Read children’s books!

For EF56 – Read Young Adult novels. Books for teenagers

Read magazines. VPL – magazies on science, food, cooking, travel, sports, fashion, music, current events

No sometimes! Go today and grab a magazine or a book. Go to a coffee shop and relax and read for half an hour.

 

 

We will keep working on Narrative writing tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

Sentence types:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

 

Simple- one clause

Hamad likes ice cream. Shirin likes cake. 2 simple sentences

 

Compound sentence- join them together

Hamad likes ice cream. Shirin likes cake.

FANBOYS – for and nor but or yet so

 

Shirin is wearing a hat, for it is cold today. unusual for

Shirin is wearing a hat because it is cold today. – teach next week

 

neither nor English speakers don’t talk like that.

May does not speak French, nor does she speak German. unusual

May does not French or German. real English

 

yet It is sunny today, yet it is cold. unusual

It is sunny today, but it is cold. much more common

Different meaning of ‘yet’

Are you ready yet? SIMPLE

Is it raining yet?

 

FANBOYS

ABOS- SOBA These are the ones that we use everyday, all day long.

so or but and

 

soba – Japanese buckwheat noodles, tasty and healthy

 

Learn how to use chopsticks!

 

You need a comma

, so    , or   , but   , and

Hamad likes ice cream. Shirin likes cake.

Hamad likes ice cream, but Shirin likes cake.

Hamad likes ice cream, and Shirin likes cake.

 

 

, so

It is a nice day, so Maria is going to the park with her kids.

 

, or

You can go to the party, or you can stay home. COMPOUND

Do you like dogs or cats. SIMPLE  no comma

 

,but

I want to go to the party, but I am busy that night. COMPOUND

I want to go to the party but am busy that night. SIMPLE SVV

 

The kids walk and run in the park. SVV SIMPLE

She wants to go to the party, but she is busy that night. COMPOUND

She wants to go to the party but is busy that night. SIMPLE

 

, and

Maria likes to go hiking, and her husband likes to stay home.

 

We’ll continue with this compound sentence work tomorrow.

 

 

 

Phrasal Verbs
https://7esl.com/phrasal-verbs/#Common_Phrasal_Verbs_List_from_A_to_Z

 

take after – act like one of your relatives

She takes after her mother. She acts the same way.

I told off my husband about the mess he made in the kitchen.

She settled down in Vancouver. She put her roots down.

Jun split up/ broke up with her boyfriend.

My grandmother passed away in 1991.