Wednesday, 24 November 2021

EF34- Correction Codes, simple sentences

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

NOTE: Remember, on Friday there will be no school for you. It is a Professional Development Day focussed on First Nations.

 

Wednesday - Hump Day – middle of the week, for some people, hardest day- after hump day, heading for the weekend

like a camel

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Go over “Correction Codes”

·      Go over Quiz #1

Quiz format

Example answers

·      Continue compound sentences, homework examples

·      Dialogues about shopping

 

 

 

Thursday

·      “Malala” unit, with video

 

 

 

 

“Correction Codes”

shortcuts for teachers when marking

 

-art article- a an the

 

              art

We had a lunch together yesterday.

FIX We had lunch together yesterday.

 

-awk – doesn’t sound like natural English, often a translation from another language

*You need more exposure to real everyday English.

Don’t try. Do!

 

-cap             he lives in Vancouver.

                     He lived in Vancouver,

 

 

-prep -preposition- short words show place, direction

no clear rules for when to use ‘in’ or ‘on’

*You need more exposure to real everyday English to learn about which preposition to use.

e.g

I live in Vancouver.

I live on Fraser Street.

I live in Fraser Street. XXX small error

I live at 1234 Jervis Street.

 

-pron  he she we they I you

pronouns are becoming a focal point in our culture- chosen pronouns

Al Haley (he, him)

people’s identity

 

-punc    , comma    . period OR fullstop

It is a nice day today. dot

 

-sp spelling  Will practice help? repetition Maybe for you it will help.

Phonics is an excellent way for children to learn to spell.

phonics- sounding out a word

cat

answer

Wednesday

gaurd guard

 

We share this experience. I feel your pain.

 

Read to your kids. Read to your grandkids.

 

-agr  subject verb agreement  #1 error

        agr

She go to school.

She goes to school.

I go   You go   He goes   She goes   We go

 

- vt verb tense  - past present future

I watch a movie last night. XXX

I watched a movie last night.

 

-vf  verb form

      vf

I was watch a movie last night. XXX

I watched a movie last night.

 

He was go to the mall. XXX

He went to the mall.

 

The cat sleeping on the bed. XXX

The cat is/was sleeping on the bed.

 

-wf  word form – building vocabulary

happiness(n)  happy(a)   happily (adv)

She is a happy person.

She sings happy. XXX

She sings happily.

You sing peacefully.

 

Canada is a freedom country. XXX

freedom(n) free(a)

Canada is a free country.

 

-ww wrong word

 

-# Joy ate two apple.

Joy ate two apples.

 

-?  Meaning? What do you mean?

Try to write it in different words.

Me my mother do same way. XXX

 

My mother and I does the same way. XXX

My mother and I act the same.

My mother and I have very similar personalities.

My mother and I sound the same. (voices)

 

The little boy takes after his father. – looks like, acts like

She is the spit and image of her mother. – looks the same,

Mary’s daughter looks just like her.

He is a chip off the old block.  son is just like the father

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. The child is just like the parent.

My grandson, my son, and my husband are three peas in a pod.

My daughter and I are two peas in a pod.

My son takes after his mother.

 

 

 

 

Keep this! It will be useful.

 

 

Return Qui#1

-full name and class (EF3/EF4/CW34) in top right hand corner of the paper

- write in pen, not pencil

-doublespace

 

Quiz #1

 

Write a simple sentence for each word.

SV subject verb

The goal is to stretch our facility with English.

We want to learn new way to express our ideas.

We started with simple sentences.

 

1.    SV                                stretch

I stretch every night before bed.

I stretch myself my neck every day.

The soccer players stretched before the gam.

The man stretched the truth to his wife.

 

2.    SSV                              sleep

The dog and the cat are sleeping on the floor.

My baby and I sleep together. cosleeping

 

3.    SVV                             sugar

I bought some sugar and made a cake.

Sugar tastes sweet but is not good for you.

Sugar tastes sweet but is unhealthy.

 

4.    SSV                              different

My son and daughter are very different.

 

5.    Imperative                nap

command, tell someone to do something

Take a nap!

Have a short nap.

 

6.    Interrogative            snack

question

Did you have a snack today?

Did you bring some snacks with you?

Did you have some coffee today/this morning?

some sugar – uncountable, noncount

some snacks- countable

 

coffee -countable and uncountable

She grabbed a quick coffee on her way to work.

She grabbed some coffee on her way to work.

grab – eat, drink, buy quickly

Let’s grab a sandwich.

I have to grab some dog food on the way home.

 

Can you grab pick me up on your way?

 

Can you grab some milk on your way home? buy quickly

Are you going to the coffee shop? Can you grab me a coffee?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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