Wednesday, 22 February 2023

EF34 Class 11- paragraph rewrite, simple sentences, Quiz retake

 

EF3/4

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00.

 

PInk Shirt Day- anti-bullying day

 

Today’s agenda-

·      “Correction Codes”

·      Return Test#1-

Review paragraph

Review verb tenses

Rewrite for a bonus point (extra point)

Pass in to me today or at the beginning of class tomorrow.

·      Begin sentence types- simple sentences

·      Optional Quiz1 retake (last 30m of class)

For people not doing the Quiz1 retake, you can leave a bit early.

·      HW   Read “Malala Yousafzai”

Email me a few (3-4) simple sentences

 

Thursday

·      Continue with simple sentences

Your examples from homework

·      “Malala Yousafzai”

·      Talking and Listening 1.3&1.4

 

Friday

 

 

“Correction Codes”

These are the most useful corrections codes for EF3 and EF4

art- article

cap- capital letter

RW- rewrite

sp- spelling

vt- verb tense

vf- verb form  “I was go to school yesterday.” vf went

#- number

 

I will give you back yout Test#1.

You can make some corrections.

BONUS POINT- OPTIONAL Get a new piece of paper and rewrite it. Give it to me today or first thing tomorrow. I will give you an extra point.

 

 

I asking my friends to go to the park. vf asked

I choiced a plate of shrimp. vf  I chose a plate of shrimp.

choose(simple present) chose(simple past)

choice(n)  She made a choice.

 

simple future  will / be going to

She will go to the park. She is going to buy a new sweater.

 

We went to the mall. Next, we went home.

Next, we went home.

After that, we went home.

Then we went home. – no comma, detail

Afterwards, we went home.

After one hour, we went home.

 

 

Test#1 paragraph

Choose one:

1.What did you do yesterday?  past tense

2.What do you usually do on a holiday?  present

3.What will you do next weekend?  future

 

 

 

Three kinds of sentences:

1.    SIMPLE

2.    COMPOUND

3.    COMPLEX

 

Simple Sentence

A simple sentence -a subject and a verb

-expresses a complete thought.

Different types of simple sentences:

SV – 1 subject + 1 verb

SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb

SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs

Imperative (command)- tell someone to do something

Interrogative (question)- ask someone a question

 

* SV – 1 subject + 1 verb

Your friend is beautiful/handsome.

Sarah does her homework at night.

Your brother works in construction.

 

Begin with a capital letter.

End with a period.

 

Don’t write in all capital letters. The only capital letters should be the first letter of the first word in a sentence and the first letter of proper nouns.

YOUR BROTHER WORKS IN CONTRUCTION. XXX

Your brother works in construction.

We go on vacation. SV

‘we’ plural- more than one, two or a thousand

 

proper nouns- caps

names of cities, days, months, countries, languages, people’s names, first person pronoun “I”, companies, landmarks

Vancouver, Tehran, Beijing, Friday, Monday, Christmas, Hallowe’en, April, June, China, Iran, Canada, Canadian, Mexican, Persian, Yemen, Yemini, India, Indian,  English, French, Mandarin, Turkish, Sarah, Ken, Dave, Mohamed, I, Nike, Starbucks, Under Armor, the Steamclock, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the CN Tower, the Taj Mahal.

 

seasons No

I love spring.

We have Spring Break in March.

We have Winter Break in winter.

 

 

* SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb

My sister and I go on vacation.

Your book and your pen are on the desk.

The dog and the cat are playing with each other.

The old man and the old woman are talking with each other.

The parks and the trees in Vancouver are nice.

 

*SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs

My wife cooks and washes the dishes everyday.

I clean the bathroom and do the laundry.

Mei drives her car to school and studies English five days a week.

Sarah likes swimming but hates biking.

 

 

 

HIGHER LEVEL- I teach this in EF6

My son likes basketball; also, he likes tennis.

 

SO FAR

Simple sentences:   SV   SSV   SVV

 

Examples of simple sentences:

You are a teacher and a mother. SV

Mohammad likes dogs but does not have a dog right now. SVV

Shira bought a new phone and sold her old one. SVV

Manuel is from Mexico but lives in Canada. SVV

 

** Thinking about SV helps to structure your sentence.

When I write for school or work, I always have SV in my mind.

SV = Subject Verb

 

I         subject pronoun, goes into S place of a sentence

me    object pronoun, goes into the O place of a sentence  

 

My friend and I/me go to the park.

My friend and I/me go to the park.

My friend and I go to the park.

 

My friend was talking to I/me.

 

SVO

 

 

 

* Imperative (command)- tell someone to do something

You close the door. omit the subject

 

Close the door.

Please close the door.

Close the door, please.

(You) Tell me about yourself.

Introduce yourself.

Speak up! Speak louder!

Hurry up!

Tell me about your school.

Please hurry up. makes it sound more polite

 

Please close the door.

Close the door, please.

Shut your mouth!

Be quiet, please.

Brush your teeth.

Don’t eat so much candy.

 

*Interrogative (question)- ask someone a question

How are you?

What are you doing?

What does this word mean?

argument- What is your problem?

What happened?

What’s going on?

How’s it going?

What is happening? CASUAL TALKING

What time is it?

Is it 2 o’clock yet?

Where are you from?

Where is that?

Where is your phone?

Where is South Hill?

How old is your dog?

What kind of dog it that?

Is it a boy or a girl?

May I borrow your pen? very polite

Can I borrow your pen? ok, less polite

When is your birthday? What day is your birthday?

Will you marry me?

Is today Pink Shirt Day?

 

REVIEW of simple sentences:

SV

SSV

SVV

Imperative

Interrogative

 

HW  Write a few simple sentences from your own imagination. Use some different styles: SV   SSV   SVV   Imperative   Interrogative

Email them to me by 7pm. We will share them tomorrow.

 

 

Quiz#1 Retake

-paper

-dividers

 

Quiz#1 Simple verb tenses

Write a sentence for each using the appropriate verb tense.

1.    borrow          simple past

2.    rent               simple future

3.    walk               simple present

4.    talk                simple present

5.    find                simple future

6.    read               simple past

 

 

 

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