EF45 Class 13- paragraph work, simple future

 

EF45

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Switch books

·      Continue paragraph work

Check paragraphs from homework

·      Verb tense- simple future ‘will’ ‘am going to’

·      Continue Goalsetting module

 

Thursday

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses, adjecive clauses, noun clauses

·      Test1 – first paragraph, topic of goalsetting (at least 150ww)

1 hr at the end

 

-black ice- very slippery ice, hard to see

 

Everyone and their dog was taking the bus today.

 

The roads are slippery.

Somebody slipped on the sidewalk.

 

Many kinds of car accidents

rear-ender

t-bone

sideswipe

head-on

 

She slipped on the ice. She was be sore tomorrow.

 

hurt – sharp pain

sore- dull pain

 

Arthritis is sore. Your joints are sore.

The day after you work out at the gym, your muscles will be sore.

Your muscles will heal and grow larger.

 

My arm was sore after I got the Covid shot.

 

 

Introduction to Academic Writing p37-50

 

Three Parts of a Paragraph

 

Topic sentence

BODY- Supporting Sentences

Concluding Sentence

 

 

“A Hawaiian Wedding”

Topic Sentence- Hawaiian wedding – special occasian – mix of cultures

Supporting sentences-

Concluding sentence

 

Don’t worry about the difficult vocab. The most important thing is the structure.

TS

SSs

CS

 

A paragraph is like a sandwich.

 

HW from yesterday

If you have time, write a short paragraph about what you did on

the weekend. I can come around tomorrow and have a look at your writing.

Let’s work on them now.

 

 

 

Verb tense- simple future ‘will’ ‘am going to’

-one event in the future

will + infinitive  – ‘to’

will to go

will go

We will go to school. I will go to school. He will go to school. She will go to school.

will have

We will have a test tomorrow.

We will write a paragarph tomorrow.

 

will not = won’t (contraction)

We will not have a test tomorrow.

We won’t have a test tomorrow.

 

contraction – I am   I’m  ‘ apostrophe

 

Uses of an Apostrophe

1.    contractions

she will = she’ll

2.    show possession

Julia’s dog is cute.

The school’s office is open.

The school office is open.

 

simple future

I will watch TV tonight.

I will have dinner at 9pm.

 

DIFFERENCE -easiest way to distinguish(separate) between ‘will’ and ‘am going to’

will    am going to

will – decide right now

am going to – already decided

 

What are you doing tonight?

I will watch TV.

I am going to watch TV tonight. -decided already-

 

Who can help me carry these books?

I’ll do it.

 

I am going to open a business in Vancouver. I have been thinking about it for a long time.

 

gonna- casual talking, but not for school or business writing

going to

 

gotta- casual talking, but not for school or business writing

got to

 

Gotcha- casual talking, but not for school or business writing

I got you. I understand what you said.