EF3/4
Lockdown Drill today-
Today’s agenda-
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Example sentences from homework
·
Finish Facts and Figures “Music and
Behaviour” p108
·
Quiz on verb tenses tomorrow
Choose vocab
·
Begin descriptive writing- descriptive
paragraphs
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HW Facts
and Figures “The Sami of Northern Europe” p182
Thursday
·
Quiz - verb tenses
·
Continue descriptive writing- descriptive
paragraphs
·
Facts and Figures “The Sami of Northern
Europe” p182
Friday
These are the
sentences that you send me for homework:
Goal: simple,
compound, complex
1.
Classical music
like Beethoven and Mozart makes people
feel the richest.
Ice cream makes me feel happy.
Sunny days make her feel happy.
2.
Some restaurants
play classical music so that people spend more money on their food.
3.
Restaurants play
fast music to make people chew faster.
4.
In my opinion, the
classical music can create an elegant and relaxing atmosphere.
5.
Then the people who
come for dinner are more enjoyable happier/more cheerful and relaxing
realxed during while they are in the restaurant. RW
Then the people who
come for dinner are happier/more cheerful and relaxed while they are in the
restaurant.
Then the people who
come for dinner have a more enjoyable and relaxing time while they are in the
restaurant. RW
Our vacation was very enjoyable.
We had a ADJ good/relaxing/enjoyable/exciting/fun
time.
I am having a bad/hard/stressful time
right now.
6.
I think that the
music can clam calm me down when I have stress or I need to do something
carefully.
7.
The music that
makes people feel richer is western classical music, such as Mozart and Bach. (
Mozart and Bach).
Avoid brackets
in your writing ( )
8.
Some restaurants
play classical music , because people can enjoy eating.
Some
restaurants play classical music because people can enjoy eating.
9.
Restaurants also
play fast music, so people eat faster. punc
10.
Some restaurants
may choose to play classical music to create a more relaxed and
enjoyable dining experience. It can also create a luxurious
atmosphere. I think playing music can help you a restaurant earn
more money.
11.
Some restaurants
usually do it during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave
quickly. In this way, restaurants earn more money. MOSTLY COPIED FROM THE BOOK
12.
We can make people
eat their food faster by playing faster music faster.
13.
Expensive
restaurants play classical music because it is a meeting place for important
people or maybe family parties.
14.
Because music makes
you feel relaxed. FRAGMENT
15.
Because music makes
a person more active and has a better feeling for work . FRAGMENT
16.
Because the people would follow rhythm of fast
music to eat faster .FRAGMENTS Then some restaurants that play fast music can
make more money.
17.
Some music can make you feel relaxed to
help you to learn better.
18.
Western classical
music such as Mozart and Bach make people feel richer.
19.
The restaurant
wants to earn more money from the customer, so they play elegant classical
music
20.
I would make some
soft food for the people. They won't use too much time to chew their food.
21.
Because the
background music will help people relax and makes a good environment to
work well FRAGMENT
22.
I will listen to
cheerful music to encourage me to learn better.
23.
Classical music makes people feel richer.
24.
Because restaurants play classical music, the
customers can eat and drink more, and the restaurants can make more money.
25.
It can make people eat faster and leave
quickly.
26.
We can play fast music and then it gets people
to chew their food faster.
27.
Background music can affect the behavior of
people in offices.
28.
Music can help students to be more alert;
and relaxed so it can help students to learn better.
Really good work.
Stick to the basics: simple, compound, and complex sentences
Quiz tomorrow on verb tenses
6 sentences:
simple present
simple past
simple future
present progressive
past progressive
Review these 10 words of vocab for the quiz:
1.
hear
2.
play
3.
believe
4.
spend
5.
feel
6.
relax
7.
make
8.
chew
9.
get
10.
eat
Example
1.
chew simple
past chewed
The dog chewed up my boots, so I need
new ones.
Descriptive writing – describe
something
describe(verb)
description(noun)
descriptive(adjective)
descriptive paragraph
– describing something
-picture, photograph,
person, scenery/landscape, animal, tree, car, food, etc.
appeal to the five
senses- means of connection between our brains and the world
five senses –
1.sense of sight –
seeing with our eyes
2.sense of touch –
nerves in our skin – pressure and heat
3.sense of taste –
tongue (organ of taste) taste buds on your tongue– sweetness, sourness, saltiness,
bitterness, umami (Japanese- meaty taste)
4.sense of smell-
olfactory smell- nose- very evocative (easy to remember) of memory
5.sense of hearing –
ears, eardrums, three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup)
the 6th
sense – ESP, extra-sensory perception- communicate through your minds-
connection between twins (magic)
physical
disabilities with our senses, barrier:
*can’t see – blind,
partially blind, visually impaired- seeing-eye dog,
read braille
*can’t hear- deaf,
partially deaf, hearing impaired – hearing aid,
read lips, sign language
*can’t talk – dumb,
mute (old-fashioned word, not used anymore), non-verbal
“Sarah’s son is
non-verbal. He is autistic.”
OUR DESCRIPTIVE
WRITING
Focus on seeing- our
sense of sight-
We will be using adjectives
– descriptive words – to describe things
Descriptive words
about how things look:
-opinion- beautiful,
ugly, nice, pretty, handsome, gorgeous, adorable, cute, attractive, etc.
-colour- blue, dark
blue, navy blue, sky blue, robin’s egg blue,
light green, forest
green, seafoam green, lime green, neon green, hunters’ orange, fire engine red,
burgandy, maroon, dark brown, chocolate brown, light brown, black
-shape- triangular,
round, square, pear-shaped, fat, skinny, full-figured, slim, rectangular, five-sided, six-sided, eight-sided (stop
sign)
-size – small, big,
giant, huge, tiny, miniscule, skinny, immense, gigantic
-material- wood,
wooden, metal, metallic, leather, plastic, cotton, nylon, silk, wool, down
(small feathers of a goose), Gore-Tex, fleece, velvet, lace, denim (jeans)
You need vocabulary
to write good descriptions. You can use your dictionary or thesaurus to find vocabulary.
Dictionary- gives
definitions of words
Thesaurus- useful
tool for building and discoverng new vocabulary
- gives synonyms for
words
-antonym – word with
opposite meaning
WEBSITE: thesaurus.com
You can use a
thesaurus when you writing descriptive paragraphs in this class.
I use a thesaurus
all the time when I am writing.
HOMEWORK
Come up with some
descriptive words for these things:
1. tree
2. dog
3. playground
4. bread
5. cat
6. song
7. shoes
8. hair
9. baby
10.
store
CONTINUE TOMORROW
Structure of
descriptive paragraph. Same as narrative paragraph
Topic sentence –
introductory sentence
Supporting sentences
(5-6)- describe the topic
Concluding sentence
e.g.
Describe your
grandmother’s/mother’s/son’s face.
1. Make
notes, get some vocab
my grandmother’s
face
-hair- dyed light
blue, short, permed tightly-curled
-eyes- big blue
eyes, plucked eyebrows, arched, short eyelashes, wrinkles, laugh lines, crows’
feet
-nose- medium-sized,
flat
-cheeks- dimples, rosy,
pale, tanned, rough, chubby, sunken, high cheekbones
-mouth-full lips,
thin lips, pouty lips, teeth- white, yellow, dentures, gold teeth, silver
teeth, braces (teenager-metal mouth)
-chin- cleft chin,
round, pointy, square jaw, strong chin, weak chin, double chin
For homework, write
a short paragraph describing your grandmother’s face. You can choose another
person if you wish: child, spouse, parent, relative, friend, yourself.
Choose one person.
Email it to me
tonight. We’ll share them tomorrow.
80-100 words
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Use your vocabulary.
Use a thesaurus. thesaurus.com
Descriptive
paragraph
Begin a topic
sentence- the first sentence
My
Son’s Face
He has short brown
hair.
*need a topic
sentence first- general introductory sentence, introduce the topic e.g. My son
is a very handsome boy. My son has a
very good-looking face. My son’s face is
a mix of my face and my husband’s face.
I will describe
about what my grandmother looked like. XXX
Better: My
grandmother had a face that has stayed in my memory.
My
Grandmother’s Face
My grandmother was not pretty but she
has a very distinctive face.
My grandmother was a very nice-looking
older lady.
I remember my grandmother’s face very
well even though she died many years ago.
hair- She had short
blue dyed hair. She kept it looking very neat and tidy.
eyes- My grandmother
eye’s were skyblue, and she had a twinkle in her eye. She laughed a lot and her
eyes would light up.
cheeks
nose
mouth
End with a concluding
sentence- wrap up sentence, ends the paragraph
I will always
remember her wonderful face. I see her face in my own children.
Topic sentence
3,4,5 supporting
sentences
Concluding sentence
Let’s read your
paragraphs aloud. We can listen and enjoy them. We’ll finish the rest tomorrow.
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