Wednesday, 12 April 2023

EF34 Class 34- descriptive writing

 

EF3/4

 

Lockdown Drill today-

 

Today’s agenda-

·      Example sentences from homework

·      Finish Facts and Figures “Music and Behaviour” p108

·      Quiz on verb tenses tomorrow

Choose vocab

·      Begin descriptive writing- descriptive paragraphs

·      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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