Wednesday, 8 June 2022

E 10 11 - 29 class- quoted text, noun clauses

 

Good morning.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s Agenda:

·      Student homework examples- quoting text

·      Begin noun clauses

 

Thursday

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Begin Flying and Freedom module

“Jonathan Livington Seagull”

 

Friday

·      Quiz- noun clauses

·      Continue “Flying and Freedom”

 

Monday

·      Causal verbs

 

Tuesday

 

 

 

 

Resume and cover letter workshops – specific instruction, phrasing, key words, key modern vocabulary

 

https://www.vpl.ca/guide/career-and-job-search/resumes-and-cover-letters

 

WorkBC

 

Ken Buis- very knowledgeable about communication and language for business

 

 

 

 

THEME is Flying and Freedom – central idea

- short story “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”

-non-fiction “How to Fly a Horse”

-poetry

-painting, visual representation

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      quotation marks

 

 

1.    Jonathan tried to fly in a different way with other seagulls and he was hard working to practice “time by time”(2).

Jonathan tried to fly in a different way than other seagulls, and he practiced hard “time after time”(3).

 

hard(adv)  She works hard every day. – lots of effort

hardly(adv)  He hardly does any work all day. – very little effort

Mei hardly speaks French.

 

IDIOM PUN/HUMOUR “Working hard or hardly working?”

 

2.    Jonathan wanted to follow the ordinary rule the accepted rules of the flock, so he “nodded obediently”(2).

3.    “For the next few days he tried to behave like the other gulls;” (2)

Jonathan wanted to please his parents and “tried to behave like others gulls” (2).

 

4.    “But the victory was short-lived.” (3)

Jonathan kept practicing new techniques and succeeded “but the victory was short-lived” (3).


5.    " He climbed painfully to a hundred feet and flapped his wings harder, pressing for shore"(4)

 

"Climbed painfully"(4)

 

In order to overcome failures in life, we should "climb"(4) back no matter how " painful"(4) XXX WF

 

 

 

6.    "He was alive, trembling ever so slightly with delight, proud that his fear was under control"

 

"fear"(5)

Jonathan was so brave that he conquered his "fear"(5).

 

 

7.    Jonathan decide to leave behind a "hard-won anchovy" to make the "old gull" stop following him.(2)

 

8.    Jonathan tried to be better, but "all the time" he was "crashing into the Water", making his training fail.(3)

 

9.    Jonathan fell from the sky after he tried to spread its wings and soared into the air with a “blazing steep dive”(X).

 

 

10.                       Jon wanted to be more than the other seagulls even though his mother told him that he was just “bone and feathers”(X).

 

skin and bones – You are just skin and bones. You are too thin- no meat. My son was just five toothpicks (that were) glued together.

IDIOM “He looks like a toothpick with the wood shaved off.”

 

 

11.                       He used “tremendous strength”(3) when he flew with the fastest of all seagulls.

 

12.“He narrowed his eyes in fierce concentration…” (1)

 

Jonathan practiced harder than the other gulls because of his “fierce concentration”(1).

 

12.                       “More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly.”(2) 

The other gulls flew solely to feed themselves, whereas Jonathan just “loved to fly.”(2)

 

13.                       “Jonathan had set a world speed record for seagulls but victory was short-lived.”(3) 

Jonathan flew at frightening speeds but his joyride was “short-lived”(3), and he came crashing down. 

 

joyride-  drive a car or motorcycle just for fun

 

We took a joyride on our motorcycles down Chuckanut Drive.

Class 5 - cars

Class 6 – motorcycles

 

 

electric scooter, one-wheel scooter

 

 

 

Next year at SHEC, starting in September- 2022/23

P1 8:30-10:45     9:15-11:30

P2 11:00-1:15     11:45-2:00

P3 1:30-3:45       4:00-6:15

P4

P5 (evening) and Saturday will stay the same

 

 

 

Sentence types:

SIMPLE   SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

COMPOUND   SV, SOBA SV.   SV; SV.   SV; TRANS, SV.

COMPLEX

-adverb clauses   because, when, if, since, unless, even if, although

-adjective clauses   who   that   which

-noun clauses

 

Noun Clauses

 

Noun clauses are used with verbs that have to do with the brain, thinking or cognition: think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize

 

Also verbs about speaking: say, yell, whisper, shout, holler, announce, tell

 

Noun clauses most often begin with these words: that, what, why, how

 

Two pools of words:

A.      VERBS think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize, etc.

B.       ? that, what, why, how

 

Choose an A word and put it with a B word.

Mix and match A+B.

 

Examples of complex sentences with noun clauses:

*believe + what

The little girl believed what her sister said.

The little girl believed what her sister told her.

I don’t believe what I am seeing.

 

 

*think + that

Joanne thinks that her son is very tall for his age. noun clause

I think that it will rain today.

Jun doesn’t think that Marta is telling the truth.

I think that you forgot your key.

Your mother doesn’t think that you should stay out too late tonight.

He doesn’t think that you should go to the party.

Mei’s sister thinks that Mei should get a Covid test.

DIFFERENT STYLE: I think that studying English will give me new opportunities. gerund

I think that this summer will be hot.

I think this summer will be hot. You can omit ‘that’ of you like.

I think that I’ll study French starting next month at the French school.

I think that this guy doesn’t care about what I am saying.

I don’t think that you are listening to me.

I think that I left my key at home.

I think that I left my door unlocked and the stove on.

 

Some people have intrusive thoughts.

Some people have OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

obsession- uncontrolled thoughts

compulsion – uncontrolled actions

 

 

*realize + that

I realize that I gave you the wrong answer.

I realized that he cheated me.

I got to school and realized that I forgot my phone at home.

I realize that you don’t like school, but you have to do your best.

I realized that I had a flat.   flat tire

 

**You can omit ‘that’ if you wish. It’s perfectly ok to leave it in.

Joe thinks the boots are nice.

Joe thinks that the boots are nice.

 

*find out

I found out that my daughter bought me a sweater.

I found out from my classmate that we have a test today.

 

*NOTES ‘that’ is a tricky word in English

that – many uses

noun clauses and adjective clauses

          pronoun ‘that book’

confusing

I think that would be nice. – possibly will happen

I think that will be nice. – definitely will happen

 

 

We could go for a hike tomorrow. I think that would be nice.

We are going for a hike tomorrow. I think that will be nice.

How am I doing in the class? I think that you doing pretty ok.

 

 

* wonder + why

We were wondering why you are always late.

I wonder why my dog stares at me.

The businessman / entrepreneur wondered why his sales were down last month.

The manager wondered why she got/was laid off.

 

* wonder + how – to do something

I wonder how I can fix this computer.

I wonder how the mouse got into my apartment.

Mei wonders how she can improve her verb usage.

Nasrin was wondering how she could fix the chair.

Nasrin was wondering how to fix the chair.

 

* wonder + if

I am wondering if I can have/take two English classes in the summer.

Can I take two classes in the summer?

I wonder if my family will visit me in Vancouver this summer.

 

*know + why

Jun doesn’t know why Keiko is angry at/with him.

Jun didn’t know why Keiko was angry at/with him.

 

          Jacob knows why Sarah quit her job.

Jacob doesn’t know why Sarah quit her job.

          I don’t know why she is not feeling good.

          Sarah knows why her sister is smiling, but she doesn’t want to tell me. COMPOUND COMPLEX

 

Why is Mei late today? question

I don’t know why Mei is late today. answer, with a noun clause

I don’t know. SIMPLE

 

I don’t know why I can’t remember the words that I learned yesterday. adjective clause

          Sarah doesn’t know why her car engine light is on. natural-sounding

          Jun doesn’t know why his car’s engine light is on. also ok

 

She doesn’t know why her son was working so hard yesterday.

I don’t know why you like to climb mountains in the rain.

Ling doesn’t know why her daughter isn’t doing well at school.

 

* like how (less common)

I like how you always listen to me. pays attention to your words

Sarah doesn’t like how her husband loses his temper easily.

Sarah doesn’t know why her husband loses his temper easily.

lose your temper- get very angry

Sarah doesn’t like how it rains so much in Vancouver.

Sarah doesn’t like that it rains so much in Vancouver.

 

I like how you sang that song.

She likes how he tells funny stories.

I like how you treated me when I was sick.

Sarah likes how her mother cooks chicken.

The patient appreciated how patient the nurse was with her.

patient(n) – a sick person in a hospital

patient(adj) – calm, nice, kindly

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