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
-
“ “ 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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