Thursday, 17 February 2022

EF56 9 class- Transition words, Rosa Parks

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Reminder:

Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      Finish listening exercises

·      Finish compound sentence work

Quiz #2 on Tuesday – compound sentences  , SOBA   ;   ; TRANS,

·      “Rosa Parks”

·      Continue paragraph work

 

Friday

·      Test #1, 125-150 word paragraph

·       

 

Monday is Family Day – no school

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz #2 – compound sentences

 

 

Listening Exercise

fractions

½ one half

1/3 one third   2/3 two thirds

¼ one quarter, one fourth

1/8 one eighth    3/8 three eighths

2/3 two thirds

2/5 two fifths

¾ three quarters, three fourths

3/5 three fifths

5/8 five eighths

fourths force - different

The pronunciation for fractions can be challenging.

 

2 ½  - two and a half

3 ¼ - three and a quarter

7 ¾ - seven and three quarters

 

7.8 cm- 7 point eight centimeters

16.5 mm – 16 point five millimeters

16.05 km – 16 point zero five kilometers

1.5 m- 1 point five meters

 

Officially, Canada is metric. Many people still use the Imperial System

Imperial System – feet, inch, mile, pound

 

 

 

Compound sentences (continued)

 

SV, SOBA SV.

SV; SV.

SV; TRANS, SV.

 

I like cats, but she likes dogs.

I like cats; however, she likes dogs.

I like cats. However, she likes dogs. VERY COMMON

You don’t have to use semicolons with transitional terms.

You can use them with simple sentences as well.

 

How are they different? different feeling?

I like cats; however, she likes dogs.

I like cats; however, she likes dogs. one compound- ‘; however,’ links them much more closely

 

I like cats. However, she likes dogs.

I like cats. However, she likes dogs. two simple sentence- ‘however’ links them a little bit

 

Two people walking down the sidewalk together.

. TRANS,

Two people walking down the sidewalk together holding hands.

; TRANS,

 

Sarah was hit by a tool; fortunately, she didn’t suffer any injury.

 

 

Addition     , and

; also,    ; furthermore,

Last Saturday, we went for lunch; also, we went for a walk on the Seawall.

 

Consequence    , so

Two years ago, I wanted to buy an iphone 6; therefore, I got myself a little parttime job.

 

Generalizing

Maris plays soccer, goes to the gym, and works out a few times a week; as a rule, she is very physically active.

in general

 

Life in Vancouver is very challenging for many recent immigrants. However, there is a lot of good to be had, too. In general, most people are happy that they chose to come to Canada.

 

Exemplifying

for example

There are lots of fun things to do with kids for free; for instance, you could go for a walk in the woods, play simple sports like frisbee or soccer, and play hide-and-seek or tag.

 

“Ready or not, here I come!”

“You’re it!”

 

Emphasis – this is most important

If you want to get into better shape, you should move your body, drink lots of water, and get plenty of sleep; most importantly, you should focus on eating healthy natural food.

If you want to get into better shape, you should move your body, drink lots of water, and get plenty of sleep. Most importantly, you should focus on eating healthy natural food.

 

*** You may find that semicolons are not used very often. You can still use the nice TRANSITIONAL TERMS***

Mix it up!!

 

Nasrin likes hiking; also, she likes running.

Nasrin likes hiking; likewise, Sara enjoys trailrunning.

I  grew up in a small village in Nova Scotia; likewise, Wei was raised on farm in Western China.

 

My tentative schedule for April term, 4th Quarter

P1 8:30-10:45 EF7/Eng 10/11

P2 11:00-1:15 EF6/CW567

tentative – no final, may change

 

We have school tomorrow.

Family Day is Monday- no school.

 

 

Contrast-   , but

On one hand, I really like the jacket; on the other hand, I already have one close to it.

Doris decided to not study English this term; instead, she is focussing on her math.

 

Sequence- first   firstly   first of all   initially   to begin with  

simultaneously- two thing happening at the same time

I was changing the baby’s diaper; simultaneously, the phone started ringing.

meanwhile= at the same time

 

 

Restatement

Mike does not have good memories of being a student. He has a negative attitude toward education. In other words, he must find a way to reframe (change his mindset) how he feels about learning.

 

Summarizing – in conclusion

 

 

 

Try some examples of your own for homework. Email them to me and we can share them tomorrow.

 

as a result

Ling twisted her knee snowboarding last weekend; as a result, she won’t be able to play volleyball tomorrow night.

 

 

 

“The Rosa Parks Story”

 

 

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