Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 11:45.
No school
Friday. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
First Nations
Peoples in Canada
Today’s Agenda
·
Review of simple, compound sentences
·
Return Quiz#4, go over
·
Facts and Figures “The Date Palm”
·
Listening work
·
HW Read Facts
and Figures “The Water Hyacinth”
Thursday
·
Quiz – compound sentence
·
Review of three verb tenses, like + infin/gerund
·
Continue simple past verb tense
·
Quiz #4
Compound Sentences
Write a
compound sentence for each.
1.
ocean and
The ocean is beautiful, and it is deep.
I like to swim in the ocean, and I want
to go there.
The ocean is big, and the lake is small.
The ocean is blue, and the sky is blue.
I like to swim in the ocean.
I like swimming in the ocean.
2.
percent so
My phone is at 1%, so I have to charge
it.
We pay 12 percent tax in BC, so things are
expensive.
3.
clouds but
The clouds are grey, but it is not
raining.
The sky is cloudy today, but it is not
raining/rainy.
The weather is cloudy, but it is warm.
4.
salt and
Salt is tasty, and I put it on my food.
5.
famous so
Justin Beiber
is famous, so many people know him.
6.
river but
The river is warm, but the lake is cold.
GOAL SV, SOBA SV.
We will keep
practicing compound sentences today. We will try another quiz tomorrow.
Format
·
Keep it neat.
·
Write on the lines.
·
Doublespace
·
Write between the margins.
Sentence structure
·
Capitals and periods.
·
Follow the structure- SV, SOBA SV.
Let’s do some
corrections and rewriting. I will come around and help.
People are busy. all people in general
The people are busy. a specific group of people
Elephants are grey.
all elephants in general
The elephants
are hungry. the elephants that we know
bird – sounds
like ‘word’
bear- sounds
like ‘hair’
beer- sounds
like ‘near’
I like looking
at birds.
I have to feed the
birds.
I have to pick
up children/ the children.
children- kids
(2+)
child – kid (1)
son - boy
daughter - girl
when- sounds
like ‘men’
wine – sounds
like ‘fine’
win- sounds
like ‘fin’
Tomorrow – try another
quiz
Choose some vocabulary
from “The Date Palm” p73
Read the story
by yourself. We’ll talk about it in a few minutes.
tasty, yummy,
delicious,
They carved
decorations in the stone.
2700 – two thousand
seven hundred
-
twenty seven hundred
They feed the
camels. They feed the baby.
Let’s choose 10
words for the quiz tomorrow.
1.
feed
2.
ago
3.
burn
4.
basket
5.
wood
6.
grow
7.
animal
8.
people
9.
build
10.
picture
Quiz – compound
sentences , SOBA
Practice makes
perfect.
1.
wristwatch
pendulum clock
grandfather clock
2.
cupboard ‘cubberd’, drawers
desk- a table
with drawers
3.
Mr. Skinny is pushing the box with his
head/hands/feet/back.
5.
circle, diagonal / 45 degrees
vertical horizontal
column row
6.
Mr. Skinny’s son is holding his arm.
arm- finger, thumb, hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, upper
arm, shoulder
back of your hand, palm
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