EF34 Class 8- simple verb tenses, Viola Desmond, paragraph practice

 

EF3/4

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00.

 

Today’s agenda-

·      Finish simple future

·      “Viola Desmond”

·      Writing from homework “My Favourite ____”

Write it out in paragraph format.

Pass-in

·      HW   Quiz#1 tomorrow. Review the verbs and simple verb tenses.

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#1 simple verb tenses

·      Talking and Listening 1.3&1.4

 

Friday

·      Non-instruction day- no school for you

·      Professional Development Day for teachers

 

Monday

·      No school

·      BC Family Day (provincial day)

 

Tuesday

·      Test#1 pass-in writing- paragraph on a basic topic

continue with verb tenses

 

 

 

 

Review of verb tenses so far

SIMPLE PRESENT- always, usually, habit

SIMPLE PAST- one event in the past

SIMPLE FUTURE- one event in the future “will” “be going to”

 

Examples of sentence with simple verb tenses:

run

She runs 10k a week. SIMPLE PRESENT

She ran 10k last week. SIMPLE PAST

She will run 5k tonight. SIMPLE FUTURE

 

Let’s choose some verbs to practice simple tenses with.

I will choose six from these verbs.

1. buy

2. go

3. eat

4. drink

5. come

6. take

7. walk

8. make

9. sleep

10. have

Let’s write some sentences using these verbs and using the three simple tenses.

e.g.

drink

drank SIMPLE PAST

Yesterday, Ollie drank three cups of coffee.

I don’t drink pop.

pop- Canada- Coke, Sprite, 7Up

soda - US

She didn’t drink any water yesterday.

 

buy

Mai will buy a new jacket next week.

Mei bought a new jacket last night.

last week   yesterday morning

 

sleep

I will go to sleep early tonight.

I will sleep on the couch tonight.

He will sleep in the doghouse.

IDIOM in the doghouse- wife is mad at him

He is in the doghouse. His wife is mad at him.

 

 

 

MODEL FOR THE QUIZ

Quiz#1 (small test) tomorrow at the begiining of class (25m)

6 sentences

simple verb tenses

1. go            simple future

2. eat          simple past

3. take        simple present

4. drink       simple present

5. drive       simple future

6. buy         simple past

 

1.    I will go to the park with my kids.

 

 

 

 

“Viola Desmond”

Nova Scotia- east coast of Canada

1.    civil rights – your rights as a citizen of a country

freedom of speech

right to vote

right to worship

2.    beauty salon – hair, nails, manicure, pedicure

3.    break down- stop working   Her car broke down.

5.    balcony-

6.    refuse-

7.    drag

8.    fine- ticket, have to pay money

9.    injustice- unfairness, not fair

10.                       apology(n) apologize(v)  He apologized to her.

 

 

Read “Viola Desmond” aloud

Talk about the story. Talk about vocabulary.

 

 

 

“My Favourite _____”

Write your paragraph onto a piece of paper. Pass it in.

1.    Use lined paper.

2.    Write in pen.

3.    Doublespace

4.    Write one block of writing.

5.    Write your name and class in the top right corner.