EF34 29 class- noun clause quiz, other the other another

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Return noun clause quiz

Go over, rewrite, correct

“” VS noun clauses

·      “Other, Another, The Other”

·      Begin persuasive writing

OR

·      Listening/ talking work

 

 

 

Noun Clause Quiz

 

Complete the sentences by writing a noun clause.

Submit it to me by 11:30.

 

1.    Mei thinks

Mei thinks that SV.

Mei thinks that she will go to the party.

Mei thinks about why her sister is mad at her.

 

2.    Jun believes

Jun believes that he can be successful.

Jun believes that he can win the game.

 

3.    Jen doesn’t know

Jen doesn’t know what SV

Jen doesn’t know why SV.

 

4.    Do you know

Do you know why SV.

Do you know how SV.

Do you know what SV.

Do you know where SV. Do you know where your sister is?

 

5.    I’m not sure how/what/why SV.

I’m not sure if it will rain tomorrow.

I’m not sure if it will be rainy tomorrow.   rainy(adj)

I’m not sure if it will be raining tomorrow.

 

6.    Joan said that SV.

 

Maria thinks that the reason why her friend is happy is because she just got a new puppy.

n cl n cl  adv cl

 

Maria thinks that the puppy is cute. n cl

 

 

 

quotations “” VS noun clauses

said that

My mother said that I should do my homework. n cl

My mother said, “You should do your homework.” quotation

 

Justin Trudeau said, “Look at my beautiful hair.”

Justin told us to look at his beautiful hair.

 

The teacher said that there will be a test tomorrow. n cl

The teacher said, “There will be a test tomorrow.”

quotation marks “ ”   inverted comma- British influence

.   period   fullstop ­- British influence

The teacher said: “There will be a test tomorrow.” less common, very  formal looking

 

MOST COMMON STYLE The teacher said, “There will be a test tomorrow.”

 

The little girl asked, “Can I have some ice cream?”

The little girl asked if she could have some ice cream. n cl

The little girl asked why she couldn’t have ice cream. n cl

The little girl asked, “Why can’t I have some ice cream?”

Mei asked the salesperson if there will be a sale soon. n cl

Mei asked the salesperson, “Will there be a sale soon?”

 

 

“Other, Another & The Other”

 

adjective – descriptive word, red, big, beautiful, old

Mei got a tasty sandwich for lunch.

Mei ordered another sandwich for her sister.

 

pronoun – he she it they

Mei got a tasty sandwich for lunch.

Mei ordered another for her sister.

 

 

another  -   an  other   singular, one

other   - plural

Mei bought a cookie for herself. She got other treats for her coworkers. plural

Mei bought a cookie for herself. She got another treat for her friend. singular

 

Mei got two cookies. She ate one and gave the other to her dog.

Junko broke her phone. She has to buy another/the other one.

Joe and Edna had one child. Now they just had another/the other one.

 

Jun’s cat had two kittens. Jun kept one. She gave another/the other one to her elderly neightbour.

 

Pronoun

Dora took a dance class last year. Then she took another dance class this year. adj

 

Dora took a dance class last year. Then she took another dance class this year. pron Then she took another this year. pron

 

Maria ate a chocolate chip cookie. Then she had another cookie. adj Maria ate a chocolate chip cookie. Then she had another one. adj

Maria ate a chocolate chip cookie. Then she had another. pron

 

 

Practice

1.another

2.the other

3.others pron   other people adj

4.other

5.the others

6.another

7.the other

8.other

9. another  = one more

10. others

I keep coming back to this brand even though I have tried others.

I keep coming back to this brand even though I have tried other brands.

 

11. some of the others

12. another

 

 

HW   Try some ‘other’ ‘the other’ ‘ another’ sentences on your own. Email them to me so we can share them tomorrow.

 

EF56 29 class- Literary Terms, The Wise Woman of Cordoba

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz#5 – adjective clauses

·      “Literary Terms”  conflict, symbol, theme

·      Continue “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

 

Friday

·      Begin sentence combining

·      Test3 “The Wise Woman of Corboda”

 

 

You will get good at what you practice.

 

 

“Literary Terms”

 

conflict: vs versus, against (prep)

sports Real Madrid VS Barcelona

 

external conflicts

-human vs human / person vs person / man vs man

-human vs society

-human vs nature

-human vs technology

-human vs supernatural

 

internal conflict

-person vs herself

 

GMO – genetically modified organism, e.g. food, changing the DNA of a seed

 

 

 

 

EF5/6 “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

 

-opening is like a fairy tale

like “Cinderella” “Little Red Riding Hood”

“a long time ago...” “once upon a time”

- know it’s not supposed to be real

 

Setting-

place - Cordoba, Mexico

time -maybe several hundred years ago - witches, used silver, gold

witch trials- 15-18^th Century

Mexico City – built in 16^th Century

 

culture - connection to Catholicism

 

psychology – superstitious, observant (religious)

 

understand the milieu

 

Character - major - 1. the Wise Woman, 2. the Judge

minor characters - townspeople, no names, background characters

 

Plot - the events of the story (basic reading comprehension)

plotline

Exposition

Rising action

Climax

Falling action

Denouement (resolution)

 

- step by step events

 

vocab.

astonished (adj) - very surprised, amazed

astonishment (n) amazement, surprise

fulfill (v) - complete, finish, meet expectations

bewildered (adj) - really confused, can't understand

wretch (n) - a sorrowful person, a person who is without hope

wretched (adj) - really sorrowful, in bad shape

"I have a bad flu. I feel wretched. I feel awful/terrible."

steer (v) - to guide a boat or car/bus

a steering wheel - "Sherry can adjust the height of the steering wheel in her car."

 

 

witches - in Western culture it has a negative connotation, scary

-magic, impossible feats

 

magic man - a wizard "Galdalf the Grey" Lord of the Rings

Harry Potter - portrayed in a positive way

 

magic woman - a witch, "The Wizard of Oz"

-portrayed in a negative way

 

a witch is powerful woman, special power

- a threat/danger to the authorities, government

 

-long history in the West of young women being accused of witchcraft - Europe, US, Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, 200 people were accused, 19 were executed

The Salem Witch Trial

last Witch Trial in the US was in the 1870s

 

Witch Trials - trial - go to court, judge

 

Medieval (Middle Ages 1200s-1600s) law;

Trial by Fire – superstitous belief that fire could not hurt a witch, burned at the stake,

"Joan of Arc"

 

Trial by Water - belief that water was pure element, push out a witch

 

Western culture - bad luck, bad omens

femininity - feminine power is often mistrusted

 

the moon - feminine symbol -

French la lun, Spanish la luna

lun - moon

lun - crazy - lunatic, lunacy, madness

“Is it a full moon today? People are acting so weird.”

 

full moon - symbol of fear, negative

witches

werewolf - were -ancient word "man", world wer - the place of men

manwolf - a normal man become crazed when exposed to the moon

 

Adam and Eve - the Bible,

 

culture and psychology - anti-women

 

The Wise Woman was victorious. She didn't get revenge. She just laughed at him. He was humiliated.

 

MY IDEA: Men are often afraid of powerful women.

 

the sun - masculine symbol -

 

 

Idiom “wears the pants” -the dominant person in a relationship

"She wears the pants in the family. She makes the decisions and is the boss."

 

Chinese idiom “eat soft rice” - wife earns money, husband doesn't

 

Hallowe’en – Pagan festival – ancient beliefs

- day when the world of the living and the world of the dead is very close, spirits can come back to our world for one night

 

-Pumpkin patch, Richmond

-carve a face in a pumpkin, Jack o’ Lantern

Jack of the Lantern- spirit inside the pumpkin, candle inside

-Trick or Treat – candies or treats

-

 

superstition, ancient beliefs – thousands of years ago, pre-scientific people

superstition – believe in good luck and bad luck

 

 

Supersitious practices to bring good luck

-cross your fingers

-praying to God?

-wearing lucky clothing

-lucky rabbit’s foot

-horseshoe

-knock on wood

 

Supersitious practices to avoid bad luck

-don’t walk under a ladder

-don’t light three cigarettes off one match

-Don’t give a knife as a gift.

-Don’t toast with water.

-black cat crosses your path

-walking on a crack on the sidewalk

 

-cats associated with witches- feminine

witches- women with magical powers

-graceful, mysterious, strange, aloof, independent

witches, magic- associated with the moon, full moon

moon – feminine symbol

Spanish – la luna, el sol

French – la lun, le soleil

 

witch flying under a full moon

 

flies on a broom – kitchen tool, associated with women

 

full moon – symbol of madness, insanity, crazy, symbol of fear

 

“Wise Woman of Cordoba” – deeper meaning, often men are afraid or mistrustful of powerful women

 

 

witch- powerful woman associated wth magic powers

associated with cats, brooms, moon

 

 

Symbol – an object that represents a bigger idea

represents the witch’s power- “ten barrels of gold”

EF34 28 class-

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Quiz4 – noun clauses

·      Continue “Earth Day” – Read aloud

·      “Other, Another, The Other”

·      Talking / Idiom exercise

 

Thursday

·      Begin persuasive writing

·      Listening/ talking work

 

 

 

 

“Earth Day”

Read aloud. Discuss vocab.

 

Word Forms

protect(v) protection(n)

healthy(a) health(n)

maintain(v) maintenance(n)

maintain(v) – keep up, keep like new  You have to maintain your car/health.

nationwide, provincewide, citywide, worldwide(a) –

raise awareness- getting people to think about a subject

Junko is helping to raise awareness about pollution in the oceans.

 

Opinion  Size  Age  Shape  Colour  Origin  Material  Purpose           

nationwide(adj) – purpose  Junko organized a huge nationwide protest.

enviromental(adj)- purpose

 

one hundred - 100

one thousand – 1 000

ten thousand – 10 000

one million – 1 000 000

one billion – 1 000 000 000

one trillion - 1 000 000 000 000

 

34786

430248 four hundred and thirty thousand, two hundred and forty eight

 

issue(n,v) n- problem I have an issue with my car. She has some issues with her coworker. They are having some interpersonal conflicts.

interpersonal- between two people

conflict- problem, disagreement

Jun has very good interpersonal skills. She works well with other people.

resume- CV curriculum vitea- “good interpersonal skills” “interpersonal communication”

We can all work on our interpersonal skills.

 

issue(v)- put out, give out information   The police issued a parking ticket to me. The Academy issued a statement about Will Smith on Monday.

 

 

Anagram Story

theatre – movie, play, live theatre

three

seat

play- live dramatic show, people talking

enjoy

woman/ women-wimin

talking

actors- men and women  actresses

gender neutral jobs- policeman/policewoman police officer

stewards/stewardesses- flight attendant

waiter/waitress – server

 

angry(a) anger(n)  She felt very angry when the man was rude to her.

She had a lot of anger inside of her before she started to take deep breaths.

told

word

business

private

 

 

Matching Proverbs

proverb – a wise saying in a language, gives advice for living

Japanese proverb “Even monkeys fall from trees.” “Everybody makes mistakes.”

 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. – eat healthy food to stay healthy, especially an apple

Beggars can’t be chosers. – When you ask for a favour, you can’t be picky. You have to take what you get.

Many hands make light work. -cooperation   When many people help, the work is easier.

April showers bring May flowers. Don’t mind the rain. It will bring nice flowers later.

Good fences make good neighbours. – establishing boundaries in a friendship or relationship

 

EF56 28class- another, the other/ adjective clauses

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      other/another/the other

·      Continue with adjective clauses

·      Continue with “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

·      “Literary Terms”

·      Choose vocab for quiz

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#5 – adjective clauses

·      Continue “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

 

Friday

·      Begin sentence combining

·      Test3 “WWoC”

 

 

 

 

other/another/the other

 

I want a big sandwich. big(adj)

I want a tuna sandwich. tuna(noun)

nouns function as modifiers, act like adjectives

She bought a red book. red(adj)

She bought a school book. school(noun- functioning like an adjective)

 

several nouns together active like a big modifier, adjective

She bought a 100 pages book.  No ‘s”. Use a hyphen.

She bought a 100-page book.

 

She is a ten years old girl. XXX common error

She is a ten-year-old girl. Modifier of ‘girl’

She is ten years old. NOT A MODIFIER

 

Mei lives in a tall building. It is 30 stories high.

Mei lives in a 30-story building.

 

The tower is 100 feet tall.

It is a 100 feet tower. XXX

It is a 100-foot tower.

 

This class is nine weeks long.

This is a nine weeks class. XXX

This is a nine-week class.

 

another/other/the other – adjectives

I want another sandwich. adj

 

Can I have another cup of coffee? general

another – one more   an  other

 

 

the other – specific one

Bring your other shoes.

 

 

 

pronoun-

I would like another cup of coffee. adj

I would like another. pron

 

Do you have another one? adj

 

Where are the other members of our group? adj

Where are the others? pron

Where are they? pron

 

3. It’s good to get advice from others before you make big important decisions. pron

It’s good to get advice from other people before you make big important decisions. adj

 

4. Do you have any other guitars/gear for sale?

gear/equipment – uncountable (singular)

pieces of gear / pieces of equipment – (plural)

tools- building

 

5. I will ask the others. I will ask the other people.

AUTHENTIC I will ask somebody/someone else.

 

6. I need to buy another phone.

 

7. Joe walked along from one end of Richmond to the other last night.

IDIOM He cleaned the house from one end to the other.

 

9. Can I ask another question. adj

Can I ask another. pron

 

11. I don’t like this jacket. However, I liked some of the others that we saw.

 

Quiz5 – adjective clauses

who   that   which

 

Choose to words of vocab from “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

1.    remember (v)

2.    contact (v,n)

3.    poor (adj)

4.    attention (n)

5.    reason (n,v)

6.    judge (n,v)

7.    appear (v)

8.    power (n)

9.    magic (n)

10.                       gold (n)

 

EF34 27 class- noun clauses

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Continue noun clauses

Your examples from homework

Exercises

·      Continue “Earth Day” – Read aloud

·      Listening

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz4 – noun clauses

·      Begin persuasive writing

·       

 

Thursday

 

 

These are some of your example from homework:

1.    Do you know that staying up late at night is not good for your health?

2.    Jenny said that she will come by for dinner.

3.    I understand how difficult to study English. RW

I understand how to study English.

I understand how difficult it is to study English.

She knows how hard it is to raise kids.

We understand how much it rains in Vancouver.

I understand how ADJ S V.

She remembers how tall her grandfather was.

4.    She believes that studying hard will make you better in the future.

5.    Ken realize why his friends is upset. RW

Ken realizes why his friends are upset.

Ken realized why his friends were upset.

 

6.    Theresa realizes/d how miserable her life is.

Theresa realizes how happy her life is.

 

7.    I can feel how happy you are now.

8.    Drake thinks that being optimistic will help to reach his goal.

9.    Sara thinks that she wagon for swimming lessons.

Sara thinks that she will register for swimming lessons.

 

10.                       I believe that English is very important for me.

11.                       I realize now that a dog is a very faithful animal.

12.                       I know how to play badminton.

13.                       I don’t understand why some students come late to the classroom.

I don’t understand why someone would stay silent in an English class.

 

14.                       I said to my teacher that I am missing my class tomorrow.

I said to my teacher that I will miss the class tomorrow.

 

15.                       I said to my sister why do you like outside food. RW

I said to my sister, “Why do you like outside food?”

I said to my sister, “Why do you like to eat out?”

 

16.                       John said that he feels good when he eats out.

17.                       I think French language learning is very hard for me. WO

I think that learning French is very hard for me.

 

18.                       I thinks that my friends can’t play basketball today.

19.                       She doesn’t know how to bake a cake.

20.                       He know how to play guitar everynight.

21.                       Joshua knows why he can’t play basketball.

22.                       Joshua thinks that he knows how to drive manual.

23.                       Justin thinks that my father should fix the car.

24.                       He thinks that he might be miss the bus.

25.                       She doesn't know why her sister didn't talk with she last day. RW

She doesn't know why her sister didn't talk with her yesterday.

 

26.                       He understands how to do the math question.

27.                       She believes that exercise could make her better healthier/ more fit.

28.                       He realizes why he makes/made that mistake.

29.                       She said that she will bring some snacks for us.

Excellent work. Really good sentences.

 

 

 

EXERCISE: Find the noun clauses in the following sentences:

1.    My friend thinks that he will get an A in Math 12.

2.    I think that the milk has gone bad.

 

STRESSED WORDS – louder and punchier, emphasis on the word

I think it is going to rain today. expressing your clear opinion

I think it is going to rain today. you are unsure

 

I think that the milk has gone bad.

I think that the milk has gone bad.

 

 

3.    He thinks that the computer isn’t working well at all. He’s not sure.

He thinks that the computer isn’t working well at all.

4.    Your mother says that you should be nice to your brother.

5.    My father knows that he has to watch what he eats.

6.    Her sister doesn’t know what she should do about her lazy teenaged son.

7.    I'll tell you what he said.

8.    He doesn't understand that you can’t learn English by sitting silently in class.

silent (adj)   silently (adv)

The teenager was silent after her boyfriend broke up with her.

She was crying silently.

 

9.    He continued to do what he wanted despite his wife’s advice.

10.                        I'll buy you what you want.

I’ll – isle – same pronunciation

I will

I don’t know what you want. I don’t know what I want. I don’t know what I want to order. Maria is not sure what she is going to do tomorrow.

 

Noun Clause Exercises

 

Complete the sentences by writing a noun clause.

 

1.    Junko’s friends think…

Junko’s friend thinks that he will not come tomorrow.

Junko’s friend thinks that she will pass her final exam.

Junko’s friends think that they will surprise her for/on her birthday.

Junko’s friends think that they will throw her a surprise party.

throw a party have a party

Junko’s friends think that exercise will make a man you healthier.

 

2.    Joe believes…

Joe believes that English is a very important subject.

 

3.    Shirin said...

Shirin said that she will cook make dinner for us.

 

4.    Mei doesn’t know…

Mei doesn’t know how to speak English.

 

5.    Sarah forgot...

Sarah forgot what she saw in her dream last night.

Sarah forgot why she walked into the kitchen.

 

6.    I’m not sure…

I’m not sure why he treats me rudely.

treats- simple present- usually, always

I’m not sure why he treated me rudely. one time in the past

 

7.    Do you know...

Do you know where is the key? SV

CONFUSION:

Where is the key? Interrogative simple

Do you know where the key is? noun clause

Where it is the key?

Where is the bathroom?

Do you know where the bathroom is?

 

8.    Mike doesn’t know...

Mike doesn’t know how he can say his feeling. AWK

Mike doesn’t know how he can express/share his feelings.

Mike doesn’t know how to express/share his feelings.

 

9.    It is hard to believe ...

It is hard to believe how tall you are now.

 

10.                       Matt really doesn't know...

Matt really doesn't know why his wife is get angry. vf

Matt really doesn't know why his wife is angry.

Matt really doesn't know why his wife gets angry. usually

 

11.                       Jen is not not sure...

Jen is not not sure how she will tell her situation. RW

Jen is not not sure how she will explain her situation.

Jen is not not sure how she will explain her personal/work/family/health situation.

 

12.                       My boss asked me ...

My boss asked me when the project will be finished.

My boss asked me how to fix the computer.

My boss asked me why I want to quit.

 

13.                       Dalia’s mother wanted to know...

Dalia’s mother wanted to know why the baby was crying.

 

14.                       The doctor told her...

The doctor told her that take one pill each day for seven days. RW

The doctor told her that she should /must take one pill each day for seven days.

The doctor told her to take one pill each day for seven days.

The doctor told her to take one pill daily for seven days.

 

each day / daily / every day / per day

 

The doctor told her not to buy any green bananas. JOKE

 

 

Quiz tomorrow- noun clauses