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Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 11:00.
Seating for class are ‘first come-first served’.
SAD- seasonal affective disorder
rainy, cloudy, no sun- sad, depressed, down in the dumps
Does the weather bother you?
cold, chilly, frosty
grey, overcast
Some people get used to the weather in Vancouver.
fall – days get shorter, nights get longer
therapy light- Therapy Lamp For Seasonal Affective Disorder
(SAD)
Today’s agenda:
·
Review 8 parts of speech
·
Begin “Sleep”
Thursday
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Finish “Sleep” if necessary
Morningness/Eveningness Questionaire
https://chronotype-self-test.info/index.php?sid=61524&newtest=Y
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Begin sentence types- simple, compound, complex
“Intro to Sentence Types”
·
Begin simple sentences
·
“Nice Short Paragraphs Using Simple Sentence”
p.c.
Parts of
Speech
1. Nouns-
person , place, thing, idea(abstract, not physical)
person-
scientist, barber, princess, composer, adult, mother, boy, girl, doctor,
husband
place-
Vancouver, China, Iran, home
proper
nouns , capitalized- Vancouver, China, Iran, Joanne, South Hill Education,
Starbucks, Friday, July, Tuesday, QE Park, I, Ahmed, Toyota, Sony, iPhone
thing-
pen, computer, glasses, car, desk, food, paper, finger, dog, coyote
idea(abstract
thought, not physical)- happiness, imagination, mathematics, plans, virtual reality,
cybermoney, Bitcoin, virtual meeting (Zoom)
compound
nouns- two words together
school book
grocery
store
shoestore
volleyball
cupcake
birthday
ice
cream
leftover
landlord
breakfast
– break-stop, fast-no eating
She has
to fast for one day because she is having an operation.
lipstick
apple
pie
2. verbs
-action words
VERB
TENSES- Can be big trouble!
3. adjective-
descriptive word
Opinion
Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose
-opinion
– beautiful, ugly, attractice, handsome, expensive, cheap
-size-
huge, tiny, medium, large, short, gigantic, miniscule
-age-
young, ancient, two-year-old, senior, brand new
She has
a two-year-old daughter. like an adjective
shape-
round, triangular, rectangular, six-sided, eight-sided
A stop
sign is eight-sided.
A stop
sign is octagonal.
five-sided
ten-sided
oval,
egg-shaped
circular
She
bought a circular/round table.
**NOTE**
In English,
adjectives come before nouns.
a blue
sky
Spanish
– a sky blue
Arabic-
a sky blue
4. adverbs
– modidy verbs
‘ly’
quickly, slowly, happily, healthily
She
tries to eat as healthily as possible.
suddenly,
absolutely
goodly well
He speaks German very well. He speaks German very poorly.
I did
poorly on my driving test.
fortunately,
unfartunately, amazingly, surprisingly, incredibly, fantastically, seriously,
definitely, sincerely, exactly
Sincerely,
NAME
5. Pronouns
– These days, some people choose their pronouns.
Inclusive
language
6. Conjunctions
–
7. Prepositions
– short wods that show place, direction
at in
on by for to below above between under over
I will
teach these later.
** VERY
IMPORTANT phrasal verbs- get up, get on, get over
8. Interjections
Wow! Huh?
Oh. Uh. Doh!
·
“Sleep”
Small groups (4-5 people)
Talking, discussion.
A. Warm-Up Questions
B. Vocab preview
Opportunity for some discussion in English. Free-ranging conversation.
MY ADVICE: Engage! Participate. Force yourself to talk. Take
some chances.
Nice to hear people chatting. Good to hear groups laughing a
little bit.
Bedtime routine (things that you do everyday before bed) ritual:
-check phone
-brush your teeth
-shower
-pray
-read
-listen to music
-listen to the news
-stretch
-listen to scary stories
-say goodnight to kids and family
-study
-meditate
-eat a big meal?
-drink a big cup of coffee?
insomnia- can’t sleep, sleepless, can’t get to sleep
Hours of sleep
7
9
10
6-7-8
A cat gets 20 hours.
4
Put your phone in airplane mode.
What prevents you from having a good sleep?
What are the resons why you can’t get to sleep?
-stress
-caffeine, tea or coffee
-busy with work
-thinking about future, past
-worrying
-excited
-ate too much
-baby crying
-hungry, no bedtime snack
-not a safe place
-scared
-temperature
-snoring
gadget - device
She tries to unplug around 9PM.
assume – believe somthings, guess something
She is late today. I assume traffic is bad.
I made an assumption that traffic was bad.
nap- cat nap (short nap)
He tossed and turned all
night. He could not get to sleep.
He had insomnia. (noun)
That’s a no-no.
She does yoga because she wants to be more flexible. She is
getting better at stretching.
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