Monday, 24 October 2022

EF56 Class 30 - paragraph rewrite , present perfect, minimal pairs

 

EF56 CW567

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

Two weeks left in the course.

 

Today is Dawali!

Indian holiday.

Festival of Lights.

Kanta brought treats for us.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Return test paragraph, go over

·      OPTIONAL Rewrite and summit by tomorrow for a bonus point

·      OPTIONAL Replacement Quiz- explain

·      Continue present perfect verb tense

·      Review run-on sentences

 

Tuesday

·      Parallelism

·      “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”

·      Begin sentence combining

 

 

Test #4

Choose one:

Why did Maylin work so hard in the restaurant?

OR

Why did Malyin argue with the governor?

150-250 ww paragraph with some quoted text

 

 

 

Maylin loved food, also enjoyed making her customers happy. punc S CS

FIX

Maylin loved food and also enjoyed making her customers happy. SIMPLE

Maylin loved food; also, she enjoyed making her customers happy. COMPOUND

Maylin loved food because she enjoyed making her customers happy.

COMPLEX- ADV CL

 

Maylin ‘loved food’, cooking talent, and it was the only source of income for the family. PARALLEL

 

Maylin ‘loved food’, cooking talent, and it was the only source of income for the family. PARALLEL – the first kind of words in a series

 

I love dogs, cats, and horses. PARALLEL noun, noun, and noun

I love dogs, cats, and to feed horses. NOT PARALLEL noun, noun, and verb

 

Maylin ‘loved food’, cooking talent, and it was the only source of income for the family. NOT PARALLEL verb, noun, and clause

 

Maylin ‘loved food’, had a great cooking talent, and was the only breadwinner for the family. PARALLEL verb, verb, and verb

 

-Grabber – 7 types to choose from

-Topic sentence- focus on the question *The teacher should be able to figure out which question you are ansering from your Topic Sentence.

-Supporting sentence with “   “ with quoted text *This was a bit more challenging

-Concluding sentence

 

How to Answer a Question

Prewriting- make a plan (10m)

1.       Read the question, every word. Read the question five times. Make sure you know what the teacher is asking you.

2.       Generate ideas and vocabulary. e.g. mindmap, list, key works, key ideas. Quotable words and phrases “ “

3.       Put the ideas in order- first second third

 

Writing – write the sentences

4.       Write the sentences (150-250ww)

Grabber

TS- topic sentenence

SS- supportingg sentences

CS- conclusing sentence

5.       Proofread and edit

                     spelling

                     punctuation , ;

                     verb tense

                     verb form

                     phrasing

                     word form

6.       Pass it in. Good copy. You might not have time to do a good rewrite. You can pass in a kind of messy rough copy. In-class writing doesn’t have to be beautiful.

 

Let’s do some fixing up. I will come around and assist.

 

OPTIONAL HOMEWORK

If you rewrite your paragraph and pass it in by tomorrow beginning of class, you will get a bonus point.

 

 

 

** Optional replacement quiz **

 

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

 

In my classes, I offer an optional replacement quiz for anyone who would like to do one.

 

This week, you will have an opportunity to replace one of the quizzes that you wrote.

This is optional. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.

 

So far we have done six quizzes:

 

Quiz#1- paragraph                           X/6

Quiz#2 –simple sentences             X/6

Quiz#3- compound sentences      X/6

Quiz#4- complex sent- adv cl         X/6

Quiz#5- complex sent- adj cl          X/6

Quiz#6- complex sent- noun cl      X/6

 

You have your marks for those.

 

You may have one quiz that you were not satisfied with.

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

 

You choose which one and let me know by email.

 

You will do the replacement quiz during regular class time, as usual. It will Friday, October 28. We will do it the last 25 minutes of class.

 

The replacement quiz will be a new quiz. The replacement quiz will be a mix of all sentence styles.

e.g. If you want to replace your Q#4, the adverb clause quiz, the replacement quiz will not just be on adverb clauses; it will be on all of the sentence styles: 2 simple, 2 compound,  2 complex.

 

The replacement quiz will be six sentences, as usual- mix of simple, compound, complex. e.g. 2 simple, 2 compound, 2 complex

 

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

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #1

Q1 4/6

Q2 0/6 4/6

Q3 6/6

Q4 5.5/6

Q5 5/6

Q6 5/6

 

Replace Q2.

Replacement quiz 4/6

*Great outcome.* The average from your quizzes goes up.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #2

Q1 4/6 3/6

Q2 4.5/6

Q3 4.5/6

Q4 5/6

Q5 5/6

Q6 4.5/6

 

Replace Q1.

Replacement quiz 3/6

*Less-than-ideal outcome* The average for your quizzes goes down.

 

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

 

ADVICE:

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

If you have a really low mark somewhere, it would be worth doing the replacement quiz.

 

EXAMPLE SCENARIO #3

Q1 2/6

Q2 1.5/6

Q3 0/6 3.5/6

Q4 0/6

Q5 2/5

 

Q3 or Q4- you decide Q3

Replacement quiz 3.5/6   The average for your quizzes will go up. You’re getting closer to pass. You will feel better.

 

REMINDER: Quizzes are worth about 30% of your final mark.

 

What you can do:

Email me by Thursday at 5PM which quiz you would like to replace, if you want to replace one.

Send me an email.

Make sure you use a proper Subject line in your email:

“Name, Class, Replacement quiz.”

 

“Hi Al,

I want to replace Quiz#2.

Thanks,

Betty”

 

I will respond.

“Ok. Thanks.

Al”

 

I will not accept late emails. Thursday at 5pm is the deadline to let me know if you want to replace a quiz. You have 79 hours.

 

We will also do a replacement test (paragraph) as well. I will talk about this next week. It will be the same structure as the replacement quiz. We will do the replacement test in the final week.

 

 

 

 

Verb tense – present perfect

 

present perfect – started in the past, continues up to now

 

perfect – doesn’t mean ‘Perfect!’, just a word

 

PRESENT PERFECT – started in the past, continues until now

 

VERY COMMON USAGE of present perfect

 

Mei has lived in Vancouver since 1998.

has lived – present perfect

 

Mei lives in Vancouver since 1998. Poor English level

Kanta has lived in East Van since 2014. high level

I have lived in my house since we moved from Tunisia in 2018.

 

 

 

 

time indicator –‘since 1998’   ‘since we moved’   ‘since I came to Canada’

since- from a certain time

 

Janet has studied piano since she was a child.

time indicator - since she was a child adverb clause

 

Janet has studied piano since she was a child.  complex sentence- adv cl

 

Janet has studied piano since she was a child.

Janet studied piano when she was a child.

 

 

Janet has studied piano since 2006. simple sentence

Janet has studied piano for two years. simple sentence

 

Janet studied piano for two years. simple past - finished

 

time indicator – since she was a child – adverb clause COMPLEX

 

                               -since 2006 – prepostional phrase SIMPLE

 

                               -for two years – prepostional phrase SIMPLE

 

 

past perfect- rarely used

Janet had studied piano for two years. past perfect- English speakers rarely use this. We substitute simple past.

Janet studied piano for two years. More authentic sounding.

 

Janet had studied piano since she was a child.  past perfect

 

Janet studied piano when she was a child.

 

 

present perfect – has studied

 

 

He has been divorced since last year.

has been divorced present perfect, passive voice

 

Lucas has been lived in Vancouver since 2000. XXX

Lucas has lived in Vancouver since 2000. present perfect

-         then until now-

 

Lucas has been living in Vancouver since 2000. present perfect progressive

-         then until now, probably into the future-

 

I have lived in Vancouver for over thirty years. then until now

I have been living in Vancouver for over thirty years. then until now, into the fuure

 

past perfect – had lived   I had lived in Edmonton for two years.

SECRET: Native English speakers do not past perfect very much. We alsmost almost subsitute simple past with a time indicator.

I lived in Edmonton for two years.

I don’t teach past perfect because it is not used much.

ADVICE- Forget about past perfect. You don’t need it.

 

verb forms-

present                           past                       participle

eat                                   ate                         eaten

study                               studied                 studied

walk                                walked                 walked

talk                                  talked                  talked

tell                                   told                      told

try                                   tried                     tried

paint                              painted                 painted

see                                   saw                        seen

fly                                     flew                       flown

run                                   ran                         run

throw                              threw                    thrown

fall                                    fell                         fallen

lie (tell a lie)                   lied                        lied                                 

lie (recline on your own)      lay               lain  

lay (place down gently) laid                     laid  

 

buy                                   bought                     bought

drive                                drove                         driven

teach                                taught                       taught

make                                 made                         made

give                                    gave                         given

speak                                spoke                        spoken

think                                  thought                    thought

write                                  wrote                      written

fly                                       flew                          flown

ring                                    rang                          rung

feel                                    felt                            felt

 

fill – pill

feel – peel

 

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Minimal Pairs- improvins pronunciation by focussing on discrete sounds

discrete sounds – very specific sounds

Japanese ‘r’ ‘l’

-initial sounds   row / low

-ending sounds   score / school

-middle sounds   crowd / cloud

 

Indian ‘b’ ‘v’

Chinese ‘th’

 

The  good news is you probably have only a few sounds that you have trouble with.

https://www.gallaudet.edu/tutorial-and-instructional-programs/english-center/grammar-and-vocabulary/verbs/irregular-verb-list/

 

present perfect – use the participle

 

 

-present perfect – very useful

 

                     -past perfect- substitute simple past with a time indicator

 

 

 

present perfect “Carlos has taught jiujitsu to kids for the past five years in Vancouver.”

 

past perfect “Carlos had taught jiujitsu to kids for ten years when he lived in Columbia.” *Most English will substitute simple past for past perfect with a time indicator.

 

present perfect

Examples:

Yashel has played keyboard since she was 10 years old.

Yashel has played keyboard from when she was 10 years old.

Yashel has played keyboard for 15 years.

MEANING – from the past until now

 

 

present perfect progressive/continuous ‘ing’

Yashel has been playing keyboard since she was 10 years old.

MEANING – from the past until now, and into the future

 

DIFFERENT MEANING

Jasbir has lived in South Van for 10 years.

Jasbir has been living in South Van for 10 years.

 

Jun has studied English since 2006.

Jun has been studying English since 2006. will keep going

 

I played badminton when I was in high school. SIMPLE PAST – finished

I have played badminton since I was in high school. PRESENT PERFECT- until now

I have been playing badminton since I was in high school. PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE- into the future

 

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