English Foundations 4/5
Today’s agenda
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REMINDER: Optional opportunity to replace Quiz#1
tomorrow
Same vocab
learn
favourite picture like
excited exercise
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Quiz#2 compound sentences
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Hooks/grabbers
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Begin review of seven or 12 verb tenses – simple
present verb tense
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Finish Wordlist 1.2 speaking and listening
Friday
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Question of the Day
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Hooks/grabbers- from homework
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Talk about goalsetting
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Begin complex sentences
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Continue review of verb tenses
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Listening – song lyrics
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Option to replace Quiz#1 (last 25m)
Begin review of verb tenses- seven most useful ones
-simple present, simple past, simple future
-pesent continuous(progressive), past continuous
-present perfect
-present perfect continuous
Monday
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Continue review of verb tenses
Hooks and grabbers
Paragraphs
Grabber/hook – at the very beginning of your paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber/Hook
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/hooks top choose from:
1.
-general to specific statement, a funnel
-say
something big and general, then narrow it down to you specific topic funnel
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Most immigrants have fond
memories of their home country. So do I.
It is normal for people to
feel nostalgic about the past. I have very good memories of my life in my home
country.
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.
What was your life like
in the past? Has it changed much? My life in my homecountry was a mix of
happinees and sadness. It was bittersweet.
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.
Debating
teams- technique to begin with a relevant quotation
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
In
one ear and out the other. – a person won’t listen to you
REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:
1. funnel
2. anecdote
3. history
4. fact/statistic
5. question
EASIEST
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.
PRO ADVICE: When writing a paragraph or
essay, write the grabber last. You can mull it over (think about it, roll it
around in your mind) as you are writing the rough draft. A good grabber might
jump out at you. If not, if you can’t think of anything for a grabber, just ask
a question. The question is the easiest way to do a grabber.
ACTION:
Think of a good grabber that you put on top of your home country paragraph
(Test#1).
Decide on what kind of grabber would work best. Write it down.
Later, maybe tomorrow, we’ll read some out loud.
Quiz#2
Write a compound sentence for each.
1.
fix so
2.
weather but
3.
eat or
4.
opinion so
5.
answer and
6.
talking or
Examples of sentences:
I had a lot of good times in my home country. So, I really
miss my motherland. ww - Avoid starting
sentences with so or but and
FIX
I had a lot of good times in my home country. Therefore, I
really miss my motherland. For this reason, I really miss my motherland.
HIGHER LEVEL- I wiil teach this soon. ; semicolon
I had a lot of good times in my home country; therefore, I
really miss my motherland.
I had a lot of good times in my home country, so I really
miss my motherland.
REVIEW- compound sentences
, SOBA
NEXT LEVEL ;
; TRANS,
Marta wanted to fix her door, so she got a hammer.
Marta wanted to fix her door; she got a hammer.
Marta wanted to fix her door; therefore, she got a hammer.
Joe answered the teacher’s question, and he was right.
Joe answered the teacher’s question; he was right.
Joe answered the teacher’s question; happily, he was right.
The weather is nice today, but I have to work all day.
The weather is nice today; I have to work all day.
The weather is nice today; however, I have to work all day.
The weather is nice today; sadly, I have to work all day.
The weather is nice today; unfortunately, I have to work all day.
These are all compound sentences:
SV, SOBA SV.
SV; SV.
SV; TRANS, SV.
trans- transitional term ‘however’ ‘therefore’ ‘also’
She loved skiing, and she loves hiking.
She loved skiing; she loves hiking.
She loved skiing; also, she loves hiking.
She loved skiing; in addition, she loves hiking.
I will make a list of 10 or 15 transitional terms for tomorrow. We
can practice them tomorrow.
Overview of verb tenses:
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
SIMPLE FUTURE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
PAST PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE Not an everyday verb tense. Use
simple future instead.
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT Not commonly used. Use simple past
instead.
FUTURE PERFECT Very uncommon, not important. Use
simple future.
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Use past progressive
instead.
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Use future progressive
instead.
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