Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 12:00.
Today’s agenda
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Finish simple past verb tense
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Word List 1.2- talking and listening
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Teach paragraphs
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HW Read
“Valentine’s Day”
Paragraph
sentences “My Favourite ____”
Tuesday- Valentine’s Day
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Begin simple future
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“Valentine’s Day”
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Continue to teach paragraphs
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HW Read
“Viola Desmond”
Wednesday
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Test#1 pass-in writing- paragraph on a basic
topic
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Finish simple future
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“Viola Desmond”
Thursday
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continue with verb tenses
Friday
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Non-instruction day- no school for you
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Professional Development Day for teachers
Monday
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No school
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BC Family Day (provincial day)
Simple past verb tense-
-one event in the past, finished
Exercise 1
Ex. Eva was sick yesterday.
Eva felt sick
yesterday.
Eva caught/got a cold
yesterday.
catch- caught
get- got
1.
were/studied
2.
am/was/felt
3.
was/looked/seemed/turned out
4.
were semester/term/quarter
5.
were/felt
The boy was The children were
6.
was/blew/gusted
gust- strong wind
7.
was/felt/looked
8.
were/felt
nervous/scared/afraid/worried/anxious/edgy
HIGH LEVEL pensive, trepidacious
edgy(adj) under stress, short temper
overwhelming
She is feeling overwhelmed. She has a job, school, a husband,
and six kids in diapers to look after.
9.
were
10.
were/felt
very happy/overjoyed(adj)
Shira was overjoyed when she got a new job.
IDIOM walking on air
Shira was walking on air when her boyfriend asked her to marry him.
Word List 1.2
Choose a word from each group and put it into a sentence.
We will listen and figure out which word you are saying.
1.2 #4 psalm – book from the Bible
#5 sink – goes under the water
float- stays on top of the water
#9 choke Heimlich Manuevre
#9 yoke
#16 woe- sadness
Teach “Paragraph Format” doc
Paragraph Format
Paragraphs
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collection of sentences (5-7 sentences on one
topic)
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about 80-100 words
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types of writing: narrative writing - tell a story
descriptive
writing – describes something
** Narrative writing –
You tell a short personal story about something that happened to you.
e.g. What did you last Sunday? Write about a funny thing that
happened when you were a kid.
** Descriptive writing –
describe something – use your five senses
five senses- sight, taste, smell, hearing, touch
senses – the ways that we connect with the outside world
e.g. Describe a mountain.
Describe your mother’s face.
Writing a paragraph
Topic sentence- introduces the idea of the paragraph
e.g.
Describe a mountain.
TOPIC SENTENCE There is a beautiful mountain scene.
What did you last Sunday?
TOPIC SENTENCE Last
Sunday for me was a very busy day.
Do you like living in Canada?
TOPIC SENTENCE I like
living in Canada for three reasons.
Topic sentence is the first introduction sentence to the paragraph.
TOPIC SENTENCE
SUPPORTING SENTENCES- gives the details, give the reasons,
What did you do last Sunday?
TOPIC SENTENCE Last
Sunday for me was a very busy day.
SUPPORTING IDEAS
1 woke up at 6am, had guests
2 made breakfast for everybody- eggs, toast, coffee
3 took bus downtown- shopping, Art Gallery, Aquarium, Seawall
4 went to a Italian restaurant for dinner at 8- pizza, pasta,
Ceasar Salad, red wine
5 back home, watched a scary movie together
CONCLUDING SENTENCE – final sentence, ends the paragraph
I had a really good day with my guests.
What did you last Sunday?
TOPIC SENTENCE Last
Sunday for me was a very busy day.
SUPPORTING SENTENCES
I woke up early at 6am because I had two guests from Iran.
We had a lot of fun when we made breakfast together. We had eggs,
toast, and coffee.
Then we took the bus downtown. We went clothes shopping on Robson
Street. Then we went to the Art Gallery and
the Aquarium. Then we walked around the Seawall.
At 8, we went to a Italian restaraunt for dinner. We shared pizza,
pasta, Ceasar Salad, and six bottles of red wine.
Then we went back home and watched a scary movie together.
CONCLUDING SENTENCE I had a really good day with my guests.
GOOD COPY
Last Sunday for me was a very busy
day. I woke up early at 6am because I had two guests from Iran. We had a lot of
fun when we made breakfast together. We had eggs, toast, and coffee. Then we
took the bus downtown. We went clothes shopping on Robson Street. Then we went
to the Art Gallery and the Aquarium. Then we walked around the Seawall. At 8,
we went to an Italian restaurant for dinner. We shared pizza, pasta, Ceasar
Salad, and a bottle of red wine. Then we went back home and watched a scary movie together. I had a
really good day with my guests.
110 words
80-120 words is a good length
EASIER VERSION
Last Sunday for me was a very busy
day. I woke up early. I had two guests from Iran. We made breakfast together.
Then we took the bus downtown. We went shopping. Then we went to the Art
Gallery and walked around the Seawall. At 8, we went to an Italian restaurant
for dinner. We had pizza and pasta. Then we went home and watched a movie together. We had a fun day
together.
74 words- a bit short, but ok
This week, we will start to learn about narrative writing. We will
write a paragraph to pass in maybe Thursday.
ESLLib “How to Build a Paragraph”
Task 1 My Favourite ________
Task 2 sentence
Task 3 sentences abut why it is your favourite
Task 4 sentence
This is homework. I will check it tomorrow.
We will keep working on it tomorrow.
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