EF45 Class 20 Family Relationships, adverb clauses

 

English Foundations 4/5

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Test#2

Go over

RW for Bonus pt

Submit rewrite today or tomorrow first thing

·      “Family Relationships” vocab

·      Continue adverb clauses

·      HW Read “Family”

 

 

·      REMINDER Interim recommendations on Thursday or Friday.

Average right now:

Quizzes

Tests

Spoken

HW

RW

Bonus

Suggestion: Have your quiz and test marks so you can check.

REMINDER: Registration for Q2 begins next Tuesday. I do not know what I will be teaching in Q2. I will let you know as soon as I find out. Hollie, our principal, said that she will tell us tomorrow what classes we’ll be teaching. You will know by the time it comes to register next Tuesday.

You are welcome to study with me if you like. You can choose a different teacher if you like.

 

 

 

Wednesday

·      Continue with adverb clauses

Choose vocab for the quiz Thursday

·      Finish “Family Relationships” vocabulary

Read “Family”

·      Continue review of verb tenses- simple future

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#3- adverb clauses

·      HW   Read “Thanksgiving” for tomorrow

 

Friday

·      Return Quiz#3

·      RW for bonus pt

·      Interim recs

·      Thanksgiving reading

 

Monday NO SCHOOL

Thanksgiving

 

 

pool – billiards  I like to play pool.

swimming pool   I like to go to the pool.

carpool – a group of people who drive to work together, take turns driving

funding- $ - a pool of money   There is a pool of money to upgrade the computers in the office.

 

 

 

 

Test#2 Paragraph#2

Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following topic.

Pen

Doublespace

Lined ruled paper

Phone and devices away

 

Remember the work on Goalsetting for this class we did last week.

Write about one of the goals that you chose for yourself.

 

Check your sentences before you pass your paragraph in.

spelling

verb tense

verb form

punctuation  period .   comma ,  

Every sentence that you write should be a real English sentence.

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

 

***The challenge is to good your good ideas written into good sentences.

 

PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE

Topic sentence- focusses on the question

Supporting sentences- support the TS

Concluding sentence

 

Practice writing simple, compound, and complex sentences.

SIMPLE   SV   SSV   SVV

COMPOUND   SV, SOBA SV.

 

Getting better at writing. XXX

I want to get better at writing.

And I want to improve my pronunciation of ‘th’ and ‘w’. XXX

Also, / First, I want to improve my pronunciation of ‘th’ and ‘w’.

 

Working on these fundamental skills of writing our thoughts into English sentences.

 

I want to get better at speaking, and improve my verb tense. SIMPLE

I want to get better at speaking and improve my verb tense. SIMPLE

I want to get better at speaking, and I will improve my verb tense. COMPOUND

 

 

 

 

“Family Relationships”

Handout about vocabulary regarding family relationships

 

Male Relationships

-grandfather- your father’s father   ‘ apostrophe- shows belonging, shows possession

-great grandfather- your father’s grandfather  

CASUAL grandpa, granddad

-great great grandfather- your grandfather’s grandfather  

 

-ancestors- your relatives from many generation ago

 

uncle- your father’s brother, your mother’s brother- same word

uncle- your aunt’s husband

I was talking to Uncle George.

-grandson- -your son’s son, your daughter’s son

-nephew – your sister or brother’s son

-in-law ‘by marriage’-    

-stepson-

-two mothers- your biological mother and your stepmother

-half brother- you have a different mother or father

-adopted son – take a boy into your family, take your name

You adopt a dog or cat.

 

-         foster son- raise a boy, not in your family- government, legal guardianship, wards of the state, temporary or permanent

-orphanage – an institution for children who have no parents, government-run

-godson- a child that have pledged to raise if the parents cannot

-godparents-

 

The Godfather- movie about the mafia in New York

 

 

 

 

Sentence styles- SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX-adverb clauses

 

Let’s learn some more of these words for adverb clauses.

time-                     after, before, since, until, when, while

condition -          if, unless, even if

manner-               though/although/even though

cause-                   because, since

purpose-              in order to

 

* after, before- time

The kids did their homework after dinner. SIMPLE

The kids did their homework after SV dinner. COMPLEX- ADV CL

The kids did their homework after they finished/ate/had their dinner. COMPLEX- ADV CL

Maris went for a walk before school. SIMPLE

Maris went for a walk before she went to school. COMPLEX- ADV CL

 

*since – two meanings – reason ‘because’, time

since – reason

Maria has two dogs and two cats because/since she loves animals.

Since Maria loves animals so much, she has two dogs and two cats.

 

since- time

COMPLEX- ADV CL

Dora has played soccer since she was 10. COMPLEX- ADV CL

 

** GOOD POINT Present perfect verb tense goes well with ‘since’.

Mei has been very busy since she started classes at South Hill.  TIME

She has been happy since she got a new job.

 

-until -time, waiting

Mei will wait until SV.

Mei will wait until the bus comes.

Mei will wait until the restaurant opens.

I waited for you until you arrived.

I waited at the school until my sister arrived.

I cleaned my home until my children came back from school.

I was waiting for you until you arrived/ finished your work.

 

-         while – two things happening at the same time

I cooked my dinner while my daughters did their homework.

I was taking some pictures while my brother was watching TV.

I was cleaning the kitchen while my mum cooked dinner.

 

-when

I cooked dinner when I got home.