Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
Today’s agenda
·
begin noun clauses
·
continue with “English Globalization”
Reading
Vocab
“Useful Expressions and Transitions”
·
review paragraph
Test#2 next class – paragraph about “English Globalization”
·
something fun
·
HW Read “The
Hockey Sweater”
We will begin work
on this on Monday
Monday
·
Test #2 – paragraph
·
Conti ue withe noun clauses
Go over your examples
ESL LIbrary noun clause sheets
·
Begin “The Hockey Sweater”
Tuesday
·
Review Test #2 paragraph
PREVIEW of “The Hockey Sweater”
young boy, growing up in a village in Quebec, 1940/50s
loves hockey, Montreal Canadiens, hero Maurice Richard
wants new jersey- sports sweater
mother orders wrong jersey, mail order
- Toronto Maple Leafs- enemy team
Simple SV SSV
SVV SSVV Imperative Interrogative
Compound SV,
SOBA SV. SV; SV. SV; TRANS, SV.
Complex -adverb
clauses
-noun
clauses
-adjective
clauses
Absolute basic skills that you must have down
cold.
The only way to get better is to practice-
steady, everyday, consistent
The hard work will pay off.
Grammerly – checks grammar and spelling
-gives suggestions about grammar
-gives
suggests about phrasing, word choice
grammery.com – free option
*The best best #1 way to improve sentence
writing is to practice the sentence styles and, very importantly, read in
English.
Does not have to difficult book.
Read the news- cbc.ca
Read books for teenagers. Young Adult books.
Read magazines. -food, cooking, sports,
computers, gaming, travel, music, science, psychology
Fiction for adults. Pick a genre that you
like. genre: romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, action
Read something! Set a goal.
My goal is to read about 50 pages a day. One
book a week.
50 books a year.
Go to the library. Find something.
VPL Book Club- https://www.vpl.ca/program/book-clubs-adults
My personal rule: I give a book 50 pages. If
I like it, I finish it. Don’t give up too early.
Noun
clauses are used with verbs that have to do with the brain, thinking or
cognition: think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember
Also
verbs about speaking: say, yell, whisper, shout,
Noun
clauses most often begin with these words: that, what, why, how
A. think,
feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize. etc.
B. that,
what, why, how
Choose
an A word and put it with a B word.
Mix
and match A+B.
Examples
of complex sentences with noun clauses:
*think
+ that
Joanne
thinks that her son is very tall
for his age. noun clause
I
think that it will rain today.
Jun
doesn’t think that Marta is telling
the truth.
I
think that you forgot your key.
I
don’t think that I should stay put too late tonight.
I
don’t think that you should go
to the party.
DIFFERENT
STYLE: I think that studying English will
give me new opportunities. gerund
*realize
+ that
I
realize that I gave you the wrong answer.
I
realized that he cheated me.
I got
to school and realized that I forgot my phone at home.
*find
out
I found
out that my daughter lied to me.
I found
out from my classmate that we have a test today.
*NOTES
‘that’ is a tricky word in English
that
– many uses
noun
clauses and adjective clauses, confusing
‘that book’
I
think that would be nice. – possibly will happen
I
think that will be nice. – definitely will happen
We
could go for a hike tomorrow. I think that would be nice.
We
are going for a hike tomorrow. I think that will be nice.
How am
I doing in the class? I think that you doing pretty ok.
*
wonder + why
I was
wondering why you are always late.
* wonder
+ how – to do something
I
wonder how I can fix this computer.
*know
+ why
Jun
doesn’t know why Keiko is angry
at/with him.
Jun
didn’t know why Keiko was angry
at/with him.
Jacob knows why Sarah quit her job.
Jacob
doesn’t know why Sarah quit her
job.
I don’t know why she is not feeling good.
Sarah
knows why her sister is smiling, but she doesn’t want to tell me. COMPOUND
COMPLEX
Why
is Mei late today? question
I
don’t know why Mei is late today. answer, with a noun clause
I
don’t know. SIMPLE
I
don’t know why I can’t remember the words that I learned yesterday.
adjective clause
I don’t know why my car engine
light is on. natural-sounding
I don’t know why my car’s engine
light is on. also ok
I
don’t know why my son was working so hard yesterday.
I
don’t know why you like to climb mountains in the rain.
* like
how (less common)
I
like how you always listen to me. pays attention to your words
Sarah
doesn’t like how her husband loses his temper easily.
Sarah
doesn’t know why her husband loses his temper easily.
lose
your temper- get very angry
Sarah
doesn’t like how it rains so much in Vancouver.
Sarah
doesn’t like it rains so much in Vancouver. XXX
Sarah
doesn’t like that is rains so much in Vancouver.
I
like how you sang that song.
She
likes how he tells funny stories.
I
like how you treated me when I was sick.
Sarah
likes how her mother cooks chicken.
* A
bit trickier/challenging
* say
that
Michelle
said that she would come early
today.
The
teacher said that we will do a quiz on Friday.
The
little boy said that there was a monster under his bed.
Sahara
said that there will be a party on Saturday.
I
said that I would pick up some milk on the way home.
My
mother said that the recipe is easy to make.
I
didn’t say that I would do that.
My
son said that he will treat me to
lunch/ to dimsum next Sunday.
treat
someone to lunch- you invite someone and pay
My
treat! It’s on me! I will treat you.
I
insist.
We’ll
split the bill.
* forget
why
Sharin
forgot why she came into the
kitchen.
I
forget why I called you.
Knowing
which A goes with which B is the tricky part. That will take a lot of listening
to English speakers, reading, etc.
* believe
how
I
couldn’t believe how hard it was to immigrate to Canada.
I
don’t believe how much I miss my dog.
IDIOM
don’t believe – very surprised
May
doesn’t believe how much it rains in Vancouver.
I
can’t believe how expensive a purebred puppy is.
shed(v)-
a dog loses hair
Her
dogs sheds a lot.
non-shedding
hypo-allergenic
– will not bother people with allergies
* understand
+ why
I
understand why you want to stay in EF5.
Jun’s
mother understood why she wanted to marry Taka.
I don’t
understand why my brother won’t forgive me.
Mary
didn’t understand why her son could not make it to school on time.
* understand
how
I
understand how hard it is to learn a new language.
I
understand how challenging it is to ...
I
don’t understand how you could say that to me.
I
don’t understand how to do this math problem.
I
don’t understand how to make you happy.
Mohamed
didn’t understand how the teaching method could be so different in Canada
than it was back in his home country.
* understand
why
I
don’t understand why my tomatoes are not growing.
The
little boy could not understand why he was not allowed to stay up late.
I
don’t understand why people came up with segregation laws/rules.
Joan understands why she did not pass.
To get confortable with these, you really
need to use them in your dialy life. It’s really important for you to engage
with authentic English daily.
COMPLEX SENTENCE – two clauses
Michelle said that she would come
early today.
Michelle said – main clause, independent
clause
that she would come early today – subordinate clause, dependent clause,
noun clause
I think that you are a very kind
person. complex sentence
HOMEWORK: Write
a few sentences of your own that have noun
clauses. Email some to me. We can go over
them together Monday in class.
“English Globalization”
estimate(v) estimate(n)
She estimates how many cookies she needed to make.
The garage gave him an estimate on the car repair.
guesstimate(v) – your best guess how much, probably not very
accurate
skill(n) skilled/skillful(adj)
She is very skilled at volleyball.
expert(n-person) (adj)
She is an expert dancer.
predict(v) prediction(n)
He made a prediction about the election.
compete(v) competition(n)
encourage – to give ‘courage’
discourage – to take away ‘courage’
She encourages herself to keep going even when she feels
discouraged.
Version 2
adapt(v)
Marin had to adapt when she moved to Canada.
lucrative(a)
Joe’s online business was very lucrative. He made some
serious money.
Jeff’ business is not lucrative. He is barely in the black.
in the black – making a profit
in the red - losing money
non-profit – type of organizaton that is not set up to make
money, setup to provide a service
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