EF12- Class 35- adjective forms, "The Sami"

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:45.

 

BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

This is our final week. Time flies!

 

Today’s Agenda

Monday

·      Return Test#1.

Fix up the errors.

Rewrite for one extra point

Due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

You can pass it in today if you want to.

·      Continue adjective forms

·      Facts and Figures “The Sami of Northern Europe” p183

 

Tuesday

·      Begin descriptive writing

 

Wednesday

·      Test#2- descriptive paragraph

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

 

Thursday

·      Return Test#2

·      Review

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

 

Friday- LAST DAY

·      Non-instructional day

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

·      Finals marks- Your final mark will be based on the quizzes, the tests, and a spoken mark. I will drop your one lowest mark. This will help bring your mark up a bit.

 

 

 

Test#1

80-120 word paragraph

-         write in pen

-         double space

-         follow the margins

-          

 

Title

Name and class

 

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Choose one:

What are your plans for the weekend?

OR

What are your plans for your future?

 

***Rewrite the paragraph for a bonus point. Hand it in to me. ***

 

 

 

 

alley

alleyway- a narrow space between buildings

 

Adjectives- descriptive words, describe nouns

the brown dog

colour, shape, size, behaviour, emotion, etc.

 

Adjective forms:

 

BASIC                              COMPARATIVE                       SUPERLATIVE

one or two-syllable adjectives

sad                                   sadder                                      saddest

glad                                 gladder                                     gladdest

big                                    bigger                                        biggest

small                               smaller                                      smallest

happy                              happier                                     happiest

 

three-syllable adjectives

beautiful                        more beautiful                       most beautiful

wonderful                      more wonderful                     most wonderful

dangerous                     more dangerous                     most dangerous

understandable            more understandable           most understandable

responsible                    more responsible                   most responsible

respectful                      more respectful                     most respectful

“His daughter is more respectful to the teachers than his son is.”

“His daughter is most respectful to the teachers than his other kids.”

 

 

comparative – comparing two things

superlative – comparing three of more things

 

“Kalid is the youngest in his family.” 3+ kids

“Kalid is the younger child in his family.” 2 kids

 

 

Exercises in comparative adjectives:

It is windier in Winnipeg than is Calgary.

1.    shorter  The movie was shorter than I expected.

The car is more expensive than I thought.

2.    better   gooder   Joe is better at soccer than Sarah.

3.    sleepier

4.    more tired This an exception to the rule. There are always exceptions to grammar rule, in any language.

5.    warmer, hotter, colder, wetter, drier

6.    bad   worse         worst          Exception to the rule

That was the worst dinner I ever had. superlative

7.    simple simpler simplest

8.    comfortable        more comfortable       most comfortable

9.    more difficult

 

Exercises in superlative adjectives:

1.    the highest, tallest, biggest

2.    the worst

3.    the busiest

4.    the most modern         Exception to the rule

5.    the hottest

6.    the tallest

7.    the youngest

8.    the most fashionable

9.    the best

 

She is the best singer in the school.

He is the best singer in the neighborhood.

Good health is most important to us.

 

Paying attention in class is more important then checking messages on your phone.

Cell phones are the worst distractions for young people.

 

In life, you have to be present.

Whatever you are doing, put your heart into it.

 

 

 

 

Facts and Figures “The Sami of Northern Europe” p183

 

 

nomad – a person who travels, has not home

a thousand – 1000

 

 

Eskimo Inuit – northern Canada, Greenland

 

 

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada:

First Nations – people who live in the south of Canada

Inuit- people who live in the north of Canada

Metis- mixed people, First Nations and European

 

 

 

 

 

EF56 Class 35 - sentence combining, listening "Pair Practice"

 

EF56 CW567

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

 

Remember that you can check the blog any time you like from now until the end of the internet:

haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

FINAL WEEK! Time flies!

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Return replacement quiz

·      Explain optional replacement test

·      Sentence combining from homework

·      “Pair Practice 1” listening work, fun

·      Test#4- paragraph about “Wise Woman of Corboba” with “”

Last hour of class

 

Tuesday

·      Return Test#4

·      Continue sentence combining

·      “Pair Practice 2” listening work, fun

 

Wednesday

·      Review

·      Listening work

·      Optional replacement test (final hour of class)

 

Thursday

·      Review

·      Listening work

·      Final paragraph Test#5

·      general topic, not about short stories Last hour of class

 

Friday- Last day of the course

·      marks day

·      no instruction

·      get final marks, etc.

 

 

 

 

** Optional replacement test **

 

A few people have asked me about rewriting tests. Maybe they had a bad test or a missed test.

 

In my classes, I offer an optional replacement test for anyone who would like to do that. This is exactly the same deal as the replacement quiz.

 

On Wednesday, November 2nd, you will have an opportunity to replace one of the tests that you wrote. This is optional. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want.

 

As of today, we have done four tests:

We will do Test#5 today.

 

Test#1        x/6    x/12 doubled e.g. 4/6=8/12

Test#2                  x/12

Test#3                  x/12

Test#4                  x/12

Test#5                  x/12

 

*I double the test marks because tests are worth twice as much as quizzes.

You have the marks for those.

 

You may have one test that you were not satisfied with. Perhaps you missed a test and did not make it up. You can replace one of those tests. You choose which one.

One is one. Not two, not three. 1=1

 

You will do the replacement test during regular class time, as usual. It will be on Wednesday, November 2nd. We will do it the last hour of class.

 

The replacement test will be a new test, a new topic. The replacement test will be a paragraph, as usual.

 

Your old mark will be replaced with the new mark. It will not be the higher of the two marks.

 

Think about if you would like to replace one of your test marks.

If you have pretty good marks, just leave them. Don’t bother with the replacement test.

 

Email me by Tuesday at 5PM which test you would like to replace, if you would like to replace one.

You will have Test#5 back tomorrow.

You will know all of your test marks tomorrow.

 

Send me an email.

Make sure you use a proper Subject line:

“Name, Class, Replacement Test.”

 

“Hi Al,

I want to replace Test#1.

Thanks,

Betty”

 

I will respond.

“Ok. Thanks.

Al”

 

I will not accept late emails. Wednesday at 5pm is the deadline to let me know if you want to replace a test.

 

Probably hold off until you get Test#5 back tomorrow.

 

This is the same deal as the optional replacement quiz.

 

 

Sentence Combining Sheet 1

1.    The object looks long.

The object looks thin.   (and)

The object measures about 8 inches in length.

 

Decide which kind of sentence should we create: simple, compound, complex?

 

Gut reaction.

SIMPLE

The object looks long.

The object looks thin. 

The object measures about 8 inches in length.

The object looks long.

thin PARALLEL

measures about 8 inches in length.

 

The object looks long and thin and measures about eight inches in length. SIMPLE

The object looks long, thin and measures about eight inches in length. NOT PARALLEL adj adj and verb

 

COMPOUND

The object looks long and thin, and it measures about 8 inches in length.

The object looks long and thin; also, it measures about 8 inches in length.

PRESTIGE WRITING- Good for college, business, etc.

 

COMPLEX

adv cl? adj cl? n cl?

 

The object which measures about eight inches in length looks long and thin. adj cl

The object which looks long and thin measures about eight inches in length. adj cl

The object looks long and thin, which measures about eight inches in length. MISPLACED MODIFIER

 

NUMBERS 0-9 use letters, write them out zero one two three

NUMBERS 10+ use numeral  12 57 48 132 9652

 

These are the sentence we have been studying for the past two months. I encourage you to learn them inside and out. They will save your bacon. They will always work for you. Keep them in mind whenever you have to write anything.

 

Try some more for homework.

 

NOTE!! I will be doing my Tuesday Sentence Wriitng Tutorials from November 15^th from 5-6PM.

I will do them every Tuesday expect for Xmas Break until the end of January.

I will do them on Zoom. I will post the Zoom link on my blog November 10^th.

Feel free to listen in. You don’t have to sign up. Just come on in.

 

 

Pair Practice 1

1.    sit

2.    fish

IDIOM Something smells fishy.  Something is wrong. Somebody is telling a lie.

3.    below   We sat below the awning when it rained.

4.    parade There is Santa Claus Parade next week.

5.    aloud   You should read aloud to your kids.

6.    support sport

7.    correct

8.    first

9.    clean it

10.                       roses

11.                       chooses

12.                       dishes

13.                       state

14.                       fellow

15.                       cloth is

16.                       steam

17.                       thorough(adj)- complete  through(prep)

18.                       excuse

19.                       asleep(adj) sleep(v, n)  The dog is asleep. The dog is sleeping.

20.                       school

21.                       terrain(n) – land, nature  We hiked over rough terrain.

22.                       misses

23.                       watches

 

 

 

Test#5

Paragraph 150-250 words

With quoted material.

“Why was the Wise Woman of Cordoba put into jail?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EF12 Class 34- adjectives, adjective forms, Test#1

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:45.

 

BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Finish vocab exercises from yesterday

Facts and Figures “Salaries”

 

·      Adjective forms- comparative and superlative adjectives

·      Test#1- paragraph – narrative writing (Final hour of class)

 

 

FINAL WEEK

Monday

·      Begin descriptive writing

 

Tuesday

·      Continue descriptive writing

 

Wednesday

·      Test#2- descriptive paragraph

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

 

Thursday

·      Review

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

 

Friday- LAST DAY

·      Non-instructional day

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

·      Finals marks

 

 

Facts and Figures “Salaries”

Vocab A Vocab B

 

1.    benefits- health care, dental, pension

employer- boss

employee- worker

2.    toothache   headache   earache   heartache- very sad

heartsick- sad   broken heart-

3.    “Private”   “Private Property”

public property- library, parks, sidewalks

4.    x times  2X3=6  Two times three equals six.

-         minus   10-3=7

+   plus     15+9=24

   divided by  

 

5.    professions – professional jobs, careers (long term profession)

She has a good career in business. She has been a businessperson for 20 years.

businessperson – entrepreneur

 

6.    provide – give (verb)   The school provides a lunch service for the student.

Service Canada- passport, EI

The adult school provided daycare for the mothers.

7.    waiters- servers

stewardess- flight attendant (on a airplane)

same name for men and women

 

waiter / waitress – words without gender ‘server’

 

8.     

9.    higher- high / higher / highest    ‘hi yer’   ‘hi yest’

light – ‘lite’ ‘gh’ – silent, no sound

tight, right, though -silent

 

enough, tough, rough –‘f’

 

10.           pediatrician – doctor for children   ‘ped’ child

 

cardiologist – cardio-heart   heart doctor

I have to make an appointment with the cardiologist.

 

oncologist- cancer doctor

 

brain doctor- neurologist

 

nephrologist- kidney doctor

 

urologist- problems with peeing, doctor

 

veterinarian, ‘vet’ - animal doctor

 

11.           pilots-  pilot, copilot

12.           the internet, the web

 

 

Vocab C

calm / common

5. either    You can have either tea or coffee.

7. It is dangerous to walk in the middle of the road.

8. The rabbit is very quick. The rabbit runs quickly.

9. Vets are very expensive in Canada. Taking your pet to the vet is not cheap.

 

Adjectives and adjective forms

 

basic form                      comparative                            superlative

big                                    bigger                                        biggest

 

 

comparative – compare two things

Your dog is bigger than my dog.

 

superlative – most of all

Your dog is the biggest dog in the park.

 

one syllable and two syllable adjective

basic form                      comparative                            superlative

one-syllable

big                                    bigger                                        biggest

warm                              warmer                                     warmest

small                               smaller                                      smallest

 

two-syllable

happy                              happier                                     happiest

friendly                           friendlier                                  friendliest

 

three-syllable

beautiful                        more beautiful                       most beautiful

Roses are more beautiful than sunflowers.

Orchids are the most beautiful flowers of all.

 

Continue on Monday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test#1- narrative paragraph

 

 

 Title                                           Name

                                                                                                                  Class

 

Write a narrative paragraph (80-100 ww) on one of the following topics:

 

What are your plans for the weekend?

OR

What are your plans for the future?

 

INDENT Topic sentence

Body sentences –

Concluding sentence