EF67 Class 31- noun clauses, quoting text, Dead Man's Path

 

EF67

 

Wednesday – Hump Day

 

Later this week:

Test- paragraph on “Dead Man’s Path”

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz#4- adjective clauses Version 2

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Quoting “Dead Man’s Path”

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Thursday

·      Test- paragraph about ‘Dead Man’ Path” with quoted material

·      Continue noun clauses

 

Friday

 

 

Next week

-sentence combining

-First Nations

 

Final weeks

-parallelism

-presentation- individual spoken work

-essay writing

 

Final week

-optional replacement quizzes / tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz4 Adjective clauses- Version 2

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Submit it to me by 9:45.

 

1.    which         magazine

2.    that             footpath

3.    who            ancestors

4.    that             imitate

5.    who            queen

6.    that             purpose

 

 

Noun clauses- continued

DIFFERENT MEANINGS

Joe realized how he was wrong.

Joe realized why he was wrong.

 

*find out + that

I found out that my friend lied to me.

I found out from my classmate that we have a test today.

She found out from her sister that there is going to be a big sale on mattresses tomorrow.

 

* find + that    find-opinion

She finds that Vancouver is very expensive.

May finds that the room is warm. COMPLEX- N CL

May finds the room warm. SIMPLE

I found the movie boring. Doris finds him strange.

He finds that the food is too salty. COMPLEX- N CL

He finds the food salty. SIMPLE

 

I find him to be too loud. SIMPLE

I find that he can get loud. COMPLEX- N CL

 

In my opinion, it is ok for kids to make lego guns.

I find that teachers are too sensitive about that sort of thing.

 

 *NOTES ‘that’ is a tricky word in English

that – many uses

noun clauses and adjective clauses, confusing

          ‘that book’

 

* wonder + why

I was wondering why you are always late.

I wonder why my dog stares at me.

She wonders why her son is not doing well in math.

The little kid wondered why he couldn’t make a lego gun.

 

* wonder + how – to do something, how something happens

I wonder how I can fix this computer.

I wonder how the mouse got into my apartment.

She is wondering how she will be able to pay / will be paying for college.

CASUAL AUTHENTIC I wonder where I’ll find the money for tuition.

I don’t have money for expensive clothes. SIMPLE

IDIOM I’m not made of money. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

I’m not Rockerfeller.

 

*know + why

Jun doesn’t know why Keiko is angry at/with him.

Jun didn’t know why Keiko was angry at/with him.

         

          Rose knows why the sky is blue.

 

          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 well.

          Sarah knows why her sister is smiling, but she doesn’t want to tell me. COMPOUND COMPLEX

          Mei doesn’t know why her husband is always forgetting his keys in the door.

 

 

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. noun clause adjective clause

          I don’t know why my car engine light is on. natural-sounding

          I don’t know why my car’s engine light is on. also ok

 

book smart- lots of knowledge but can’t use it in a practical way

 

I don’t know why my son was working so hard yesterday.

I don’t know why you like to climb mountains in the rain.

 

 

* like how (very authentic sounding)

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. She doesn’t like this situation.

Sarah doesn’t like that it rains so much in Vancouver.

Maria didn’t like how her daughter was talking to her.

 

I like how you sang that song.

I like how you were showing her some guitar chords.

She likes how he tells funny stories.

I like how you treated me when I was sick.

Sarah likes how her mother makes her favourite comfort food.

 

comfort food- food that makes you feel better when you are not feeling well- congee (jok), chicken soup,

 

IDIOM comfort food- the food that you like to eat, for example, when you are feeling sick, food that reminds you of your childhood, nostalgia

 

* say that- very commonly used

Michelle said that she would come early today.

The teacher said that we will do a quiz on Friday.

The little boy said that there was a monster under his bed.

Sahara said that there will be a party on Saturday.

I said that I would pick up some milk on the way home.

My mother said that the recipe is easy to make.

I didn’t say that I would do that.

My son said that he will treat us to lunch/ to dimsum next Sunday.

treat someone to lunch- you invite someone and pay

My treat! It’s on me! I will treat you.

I insist.

We’ll split the bill.

 

 

* forget why

Sharin forgot why she came into the kitchen.

I forget why I called you.

 

 

REMINDER:

A.   think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize, etc.

B.    that, what, why, how

 

Knowing which A goes with which B is the tricky part. That will take a lot of listening to English speakers, reading, etc.

 

 

 

Quoting Text

 

“grand opportunity”p2

Write a sentence and incorporate the quoted text.

 

Micheal Obi saw his new position as headmaster as a “grand opportunity”(2) to modernize the old-fashioned school. He wanted to educate the children using modern methods, teaching modern scientific ideas.

 

Micheal Obi took/considered his new position as headmaster to be a “grand opportunity”(2) to modernize the old-fashioned school. He wanted to educate the children using modern methods, teaching modern scientific ideas.

 

“ancestral foot-path”p2

The villagers valued their “ancestral foot-path”(2) highly and wanted to continue using it in their rituals.