Wednesday, 9 February 2022

EF34 3 class- paragraphs, parts of speech, famous Canadians

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Parking passes

·      Return paragraphs

format, structure, sentences

·      “Correction Codes”

·      8 Parts of Speech – order of adjectives

·      Begin simple sentences – stories “Indigenous People Simple Present”

·      Listening exercise- 6 questions and answers

 

Thursday

·      Continue work on simple sentences

·      Begin work on simple tenses-

 

 

Yesterday’s paragraphs:

Based on small group talking Monday

Personal introductions

1.    Name

2.    Home

3.    Family

4.    Travel

5.    Job

6.    Hobbies

7.    Future plans

 

Who would like to volunteer to introduce themself to us?

 

B.       Pass in a short paragraph introducing yourself.

 

Good job!

POINTS TO REMEMBER:

-write in black or blue pen

-doublespace

-one block of writing

 

Grammar points:

-verbs “I want to job.” XXX

FIX “I want to V job.”

“I want to get a job.”

“I want to find a job.”

“I want a job.”

 

- CS comma splice

“My name is Shira, I come from Iran, I live in Burnaby.” XXX

“My name is Shira. I come from Iran. I live in Burnaby.”

“My name is Shira, and I come from Iran. I live in Burnaby.”

“My name is Shira, and I come from Iran, and I live in Burnaby.” XXX

AAA, and BBB, and CCC. Not a good style.

Divide your ideas into sentences.

 

- numbers 1-9 write them out

10- ~ use a numeral

“I have 2 sisters.” XXX

“I have two sisters.”

“I have 28 cousins.”

 

-like, love, hate

“I like ski.” XXX

“I like to ski.” OR “I like skiing.”

“She loves to listen to Vietnamese music.”

“She loves listening to Vietnamese music.”

“He hates to be late for work.”

“He hates being late for work.”

 

“Correction Codes”

-art a/an/the

-cap capital letter- proper nouns, “I” “i I like to ski.”

-prep preposition in on to for at

“I listen to music on my phone.”

“She lives in Vancouver.
“She lives on Rupert Street.”

“She lives at 2345 East 57th Avenue.”

prepositions – no rules!

“She lives on 2345 East 57th Avenue.” small error

-punc punctuation - . periods (fullstop) , commas

-sp spelling

-agr  subject verb agreement

“She live in Burnaby.” XXX

FIX “She lives in Burnaby.”

-vt  verb tense- present, past, future  “Mei play at her grandparent’s farm when she is a little kid.” vt

FIX “Mei played at her grandparent’s farm when she was a little kid.”

 

-vf verb form  “She is be live in Burnaby.” vf

FIX “She is living in Burnaby.”

“She lives in Burnaby.”

 

-wf word form – building vocabulary

“She is happiness in Canada.” wf

happiness- noun

happy – adjective

“She is happy in Canada.”

“He feels relax at home.” wf

FIX “He feels relaxed at home.”

“I am worry about my kids.” XXX

“I am worried about my kids.”

“I worry about my kids.”

 

-#  singular plural “She ate three piece of cake.” #

“She ate three pieces of cake.”

“I have six brothers and ten sisters.”

 

I have two siblings: one brother and one sister.”
She is an only-child.

 

“I have one son. He is an only child. I have one child.”

 

Transtitonal term

I like cats. I hate dogs. EF34

I like cats. However, I hate dogs. EF34

I like cats; however, I hate dogs. EF56

 

Popular transitional terms:

however

therefore

also

first

second

firstly

secondly

finally

In EF34 – teach about 6-7,9 transitonals terms

In EF56- teach about 30 transitonal terms

In Eng12- know about 200 transitional terms

 

8 Parts of Speech

adjective- order of adjectives

Opinion   Size   Age   Shape   Colour   Origin   Material   Purpose   NOUN    

 

1,2,3,4 adjectives in a row – that’s enough

That is a beautiful old table.

beautiful – opinion

old- age

 

That is a beautiful old wooden table.

wooden- material

 

She is wearing a dark blue jean jacket. colour material

 

a Canadian tuxedo

 

Junko collects antique Japanese tea sets. age origin purpose

My son needs a new school bag.  age purpose

 

Opinion   Size   Age   Shape   Colour   Origin   Material   Purpose   NOUN    

 

4. adverb ‘ly’

She speaks very softly. ‘softly’ describes ‘speaks’

You must drive carefully. at night.

Shari sings very sweetly.

Pet the dog gently.

gentle – not rough, very soft

well  She speaks English well. She doesn’t speak French very well.

‘ly’ happily sadly quickly

She said goodbye to her boyfriend sadly. He was going back to Seattle.

 

5. pronouns  I   you   he   she   they   we

6. conjunctions   and  but so or

7. prepositions  to at in on for above under over from

verb + prep

talk to “She talks to her sister.”

talk with “She talks with her sister.”

talk about “She talks about her sister.” gossip, discuss

talk for “She talks for her sister.” represents

talk over “She talks over her sister.”

talk under “They talk under the teacher.”

 verb + prepostion = phrasal verb

Phrasal verbs are the heart of English. If you want to know English, you should learn phrasal verbs.

 

8.    interjection

Wow. Huh. Um. Uh. Oh.

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