Good morning.
We will get started at
8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
· Quiz #3- adjective clauses
· Return Test#2
Edit and revise
· Explain midterm recommendations
· Definition writing
Tuesday
· Midterm recommendations
Explain and meet
one-on-one
· Table work, exercises
Not much instruction tomorrow
· Continue with definition
· Example sentences from homework
Wednesday
· Test#3 paragraph- definition writing
· Begin noun clauses
Thursday
· Continue noun clauses
·
Friday
I will be away on Friday I
have a provincial meeting for adult educators, Friday and Saturday. There will
be a TOC (teacher on call, substitute).
Correction Codes
frag- sentence fragment, not
a complete sentence
Because I wanted to play with
my sister. frag
FIX
I wanted to play with my
sister.
I ran home from school quickly
because I wanted to play with my
sister.
Because I wanted to play with
my sister, I quickly ran home from school.
When I was a little kid in
Grade 1. frag. adverb clause
FIX
I was a little kid in Grade 1.
I was a very curious kid when
I was a little kid in Grade 1.
I remember when I was a
little kid in Grade 1. NOUN CLAUSE
I will bring some exercises
on fragments tomorrow.
My father encouraged me to be brave. It helped me with
my confidence.
His encouragement
helped me.
wf encourage(v) encouragement(n) encouraging(adj)
NOTE: In English, any word
that ends in ‘ment’ ‘sion’ or ‘tion’ is a noun.
situate(v) situation(n)
educate(v) education(n)
discuss(v) discussion(n)
cooperate(v) cooperation(n)
argue(v) argument(n)
agree(v) agreement(n)
manage(v) management(n)
apartment(n)
entertain(v) entertainment(n)
Priming the pump!
Ideas are like frogs in a
pond, coming to the surface to eat flies.
Causative verbs- a verb that
makes another verb happen
help + another verb, infinitive
OR infinitive –‘to’
I help my sister to
cook supper on Monday nights.
I help my sister cook
supper on Monday nights.
Yesterday, I helped my
daughter fill out an application for a job.
Yesterday, I helped my
daughter to fill out an application for a job.
fill out/fill in – phrasal verb-
Most common causative verbs:
help, allow, invite, convince, hire, encourage, force,
tell, ask
help, have, make and let
Stolen Focus, Johann Hari- book about how technology is ruining
out attention spans
Grandpa slang- Okey dokey OK
Definition writing – define
what something is for a reader who doesn’t know
paragraph (150-200)
mandolin- musical instrument
-made of wood
-small body shaped like teardrop,
with a small guitar neck on the pointy end
-eights strings
four sets of double strings, tuned
in fifths gg, dd, aa, ee
-string length 17”
-played with a pick
- hold it like a small guitar
-sweet melodic sound
Example topic- Write a
definition paragraph about a well-known dish from your home country.
Midterm recommendations
If possible, bring your quiz
and test marks.
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