English Foundations 45
Today’s agenda
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Return Quiz#1 on Monday
Go over
RW for Bonus pt
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Continue paragraph work from last week. We will
write out Test#1 paragraph tomorrow.
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Hook/Grabber
Tuesday
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Introduce new activity: Question of the Day
Bonus pt talk
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Test#1 paragraph
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Do a few phrasal verbs
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Continue with compound sentences
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Do Wordlist 1.2 speaking and listening
Quiz #1
Write a simple sentence for each.
1. learn SSVV
Jamie and Shira go to school and learn
about math.
Jamie and Shira want to learn
about math.
2. favourite SVV
3. picture Imperative(command)
Take a picture of me, please.
Take a picture for me,
please.
4. like SSV
5. excited SV
Two forms of the adjective:
excited(adj) – your feeling, emotion
exciting(adj)- describing the thing outside of you
e.g. She was excited
about the party.
The party was
exciting.
bored- He was bored in the math class.
boring- The math class was boring.
amazed- The mother was amazed by her child’s drawing skills.
amazing- Her daughter’s drawing skills were amazing.
interested- feeling, emotion
interesting- describing thing itself
6. exercise Interrogative(question)
Optional RW for Bonus pt as usual. Pass it in today or first
thing tomorrow.
Quiz #1
Write a simple sentence for each.
1. learn SSVV
2. favourite SVV
3. picture Imperative(command)
4. like SSV
5. excited SV
6. exercise Interrogative(question)
Examples:
Where do you play do exercise?
play competitive team sports
do activities
-play
She plays volleyball. hockey baseball football soccer
badminton tennis
-do
She does yoga. exercise meditation mountain
biking rock climbing
-go – leave your home and go to a special place to do an
activity
She goes skiing. hiking kyaking canoeing swimming shopping
dancing clubbing
SVV and She learned to swim.
SV
She took a class and
learned to swim.
Phrasal verbs- verb + preposition – the heart of English
talk + prepositions
talk + to
talk with
talk about – discuss a subject, gossip
talk over- The man started talking over the woman.
talk under- Two students were talking under the teacher
while she explaining the math.
talk for-
Appositives:
I love visiting my favourite city, Tehran.
She was talking to her sister, Mei.
I Skyped with my sister, Kathy.
I was taking with my teacher, Allan.
a.Kathy, my sister, lives in Nova Scotia.
b.My sister, Kathy, lives in Nova Scotia.
My teacher, Allan, was sick on Friday.
a.My home country, China, is very developed.
b.China, my home country, is very developed.
capital letters-
1.
the first letter of a sentence
2.
any proper nouns- names of people, countries,
languages, days, months, companies, “I”
Brief look at compound sentences:
I will talk more about this tomorrow.
SIMPLE SV She loves to read books.
COMPOUND SV , SOBA SV
, FANBOYS
, so , or , but
, and
She loves to read books, and he loves to watch
movies.
SIMPLE She loves to read books.
COMPOUND She loves to read books, and he loves to
watch movies.
It is sunny today, so let’s go to the beach.
We can go to the beach, or we can go to the park.
We could go to the beach, but it will be crowded.
I will bring some sandwiches, and you bring some
drinks.
FANBOYS – too grammar booky
SOBA more authentic
usage, real usage
Paragraph- Test#1
Write a paragraph on a simple topic that I will give you
tomorrow.
e.g. Why did you come to Canada?
Organize and write a paragraph of at least 150 words.
STRUCTURE
Begin with a Hook/Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Hook/Grabber
Structure of a Paragraph:
Grabber
Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber- hook
OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph or essay, begin
your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.
Grabbers/Hooks
-usually first sentence, before the Topic Sentence
-grabs the reader’s attention, hooks your reader attention
-makes them pay attention, makes them want to read your
writing
-effective attention-getting device for writing, highly
recommended
MY ADVICE: Use a grabber. It will make your writing way more
interesting.
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Good for paragraphs, for essays, for speeches
Seven
different kinds of grabbers top choose from:
1.
-general to specific statement, a funnel
-say
something big and general, then narrow it down to specific topic
funnel
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Everybody wants to have
success in their lives. Everybody wants to achieve their goals. Using
goalsetting techniques can help us to accomplish the objectives we want to
accomplish. Grabbers. Topic Sentence
goalsetting
techniques- making specific, realistic, measureable, time-bound plans
2.
-write a short anecdote- short personal story,
very short (1-2 short sentences)
personalizes
your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,
establishes
empathy- same feeling
sympathy – feel sorry about someone’s situation
anecdote
is told first-person “I”
first
person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close
When I was younger, I
always had trouble realizing the goals that I dreamed about for myself. Then
I learned about Goalsetting. This changed everything for me! Now, I will teach
you.
3.
-historical reference- knowledge about history
Throughout history, women
have usually been in less powerful positions than men. These days, women
have been claiming their rights to equality.
4.
-fact or statistic- numbers
80%, four out of five, 2/3
of ..., 37,000,000 people...
*Often used in advertising*
People who use Goalsetting techniques to
help them achieve their goals have a 65% higher chance of achieving their goals
than people who do not. (bbc.com)
5.
-ask a question (answered by the topic sentence
or thesis statement) PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
How do you keep yourself
on track? What steps do you take when you want to achieve something new in your
life? Goalsetting works for many people. It might work for you, too.
6.
-relevant quotation by a famous/important person
Dr.
Jordan Peterson says, “Make a plan. A plan is not a prison. It is a guide.”
“Make
a plan. A plan is not a prison. It is a guide.” This was said by Dr. Jordan
Peterson.
Barack
Obama once said, “Blah blah blah.”
My
mother always used to say, “Blah blah blah.”
The
Buddha said, “Life is suffering. We must have empathy for all living
creatures.”
Mao
Zhe Dong said, “Women hold up half the sky.”
***PRO
TIP: Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very
helpful to reference when you are writing.
Look
up quotations organized by theme.
7. -relevant idiom from any
language, proverb, saying
-don’t translate well, have
a lot of meaning
-these can be really fun
and colourful
In
Chinese, we say that a good job is a ‘golden rice bowl.’
In
Farsi, we say that a person who is making good money has their “bread in the
oil.”
There
is a saying in Japanese: ‘Even monkeys fall from trees.’ It means everyone
makes mistakes. It’s important to keep going after you did something wrong.
IDIOM The apple doesn’t fall far from the
tree. (English)
Christmas cake. (Japanese)
Playing piano/violin
(music) to a cow. (Chinese)
Pearls before swine.
(English) -showing beautiful pearls to a
pig
REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:
1. funnel
2. anecdote
3. history
4. fact/statistic
5. question
6. quotation
7. idiom/saying
Choose
one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay,
or presentation more lively and engaging.
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