EF3/4
Today’s agenda-
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Finish work on adjective clause- Go over your examples
from homework
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Begin narrative paragraph
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Listening
Friday
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Begin review of verb tenses
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Continue narrative paragraphs
Monday
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Continue narrative paragraphs
Paragraph tomorrow
Tuesday
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Test#3 – narrrative paragraph
Adjective clauses
who - people
that – things, animals
which- special things, unique things
These are the
sentences that you sent me for homework:
1.
Jie who wants to speak English in class that is
hard. XXX
Jie who wants to speak English in class that
is hard.
Jie who wants to speak English in class is trying/tries to improve his English.
2.
Jasmir who went to the store to get milk that
was delicious. XXX
Jasmir went to the store to get milk that
was delicious.
Review and practice.
3.
Mark who has never visited Korea Which is
pretty. XXX
Mark has never visited Korea which is pretty.
4.
Mark who
is looking at the pictures online has never visited Beijing.
5.
Mark
has never visited Beijing which is a big and beautiful city in China.
6.
Jie who
slept didn't do her homework.
7.
Jie
didn't do her homework that was too hard for her.
8.
Sally, who
was not very hungry and ate a lot of food yesterday who still felt full XXX
9.
Sally, who
was not very hungry and ate a lot of food yesterday, still felt full.
10.
Arleen who
could not speak French who just spoke English who only read English books
Arleen who could not speak French just spoke English.
11.
Jasmir,
who went to the store to get milk, felt the milk was very delicious. that
was good health
12.
Lily who
didn't do her homework who was tired who felt uncomfortable
Lily who didn't do her homework was tired.
13.
The little boy who cry cried/was
crying did not want to go to school.
14.
Sarah who wanted to find a new job to improve
her English studied hard.
15.
Let’s go to the swimming pool that is big.
16.
I didn’t do my homework that was hard.
17.
The
police arrested the guy who hit my car.
18.
I like
people who are on time.
19.
Jie who is my classmate wants to speak
English in the class.
20.
Jasmir went to the store to get milk that was
skim milk.
21.
Mark has never visited Korea which is his
father's home country.
Ok start. Not bad. You have to practice a lot.
These are harder than the other kinds of sentences that we
have been learning.
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Every year, from mid-November to the end of January (Quarter
2), I do a sentence structure tutorial on Zoom. It is Tuesday nights from 5-6PM.
This is for students at English Foundations 6-English 12
level.
I will post the Zoom link on my blog in early November.
You are welcome to join. You do not have to register. You
can just attend.
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Paragraph Writing
Types of paragraphs:
1.narrative-tell a personal story, something that happened
to you
2.descriptive- describe some topic, looks, sounds, tastes
3.process- teach how to do something
4.persuasive- give your opinion on a topic
narrative writing – telling a story
narrative paragraph – tells a short personal story
personal story – a story from your life
- In EF34, a paragraph is about 80-150 words.
- In EF56, a paragraph is about 150-200 words.
narrative (adj)
narrate (v) – to tell a story
narrator (noun) – a person who tells a story
narrative writing- often first-person narration “I” “my”
“me”
usually a personal story, writing about your life and your
experiences
GOOD TOPICS
“What did you do on your first day in Canada?”
“Tell a funny/scary thing that happened to you when you were
a kid.”
narration tells a story and can illustrate a point
Point of View in Narrative Essays
-you tell your own story - first-person “I” “me” “my”
-you tell somebody else’s story- third-person “she” “her”
In this class, you choose either one, but first person “I” is
usually easier.
Do you like to read or listen to stories?
Talk about sources of great narrative stories
Books - Chicken Soup for the Soul– People telling
interesting stories from their lives.
-very short stories
-mostly happy stories, feel-good stories
This would a good book to do some reading in English.
library VPL Vancouver Public Library, http://www.vpl.ca/
listening practice
-podcasts – radio show, over the internet, download podcasts
to your phone, for example
-You have to get an app to listen to podcasts. FREE APPS –
e.g Overcast
seacrh for podcast apps
The Moth Podcast – people telling big stories from their
lives – funny, serious, sad, powerful
HIGHER LEVEL ENGLISH!
There are podcasts for any interest. You can find some great
stuff to listen to.
e.g.
-News CBC, BBC
-sports- all sports
-music-
-language lessons- Japanese, English “Bob’s English Lessons”
-ghost stories
-psychology
-business
Reading in English: intermediate English learners- Read
children’s books!
For EF56 – Read Young Adult novels. Books for
teenagers
Read magazines. VPL – magazies on science, food, cooking,
travel, sports, fashion, music, current events
No sometimes! Go today and grab a magazine or a book. Go to
a coffee shop and relax and read for half an hour.
Word List 1.3 and 1.4
Groups of two or three.
pronunciation- listening
CHOICE:
EASIER Pick a word and say it out loud.
HARDER Pick a word and put it into a sentence.
depth(n)
She is quiet but is very deep. She has a lot of depth.
IDIOM Still waters run deep. Quiet people are often deep thinkers.
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