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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