EF45 Class 28 noun clauses

 

English Foundations 4/5

We have only three weeks.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Starting tomorrow- short shories

Distribute “Basic Literary Terms”, “Roses Sing on New Snow”

·      Continue review of sentence styles- complex sentence, noun clauses

Choose vocab for the quiz on Tuesday

·      Go over Back and Forth 1.2 exercises

·      Continue with verb tense- present perfect

·      HW   Review “Basic Literary Terms”

Read “Roses Sing on New Snow”. Make notes for the discussion questions. Tomorrow, I will check that you have made notes.

Tuesday

·      Quiz#4 – noun clauses

·      Begin short story module

·      Begin “Literary Terms”

 

Wednesday

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      Continue “Literary Terms”

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

 

Thursday

·      Continue adjective clauses

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

 

Friday

Professional Development Day

No school for you

TWO WEEKS LEFT!

Monday

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REVIEW

A-list verbs: ‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’

B-list pronouns: ‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’

 

A + B = noun clause

 

believe + that

The little kid believes that there is a monster under his bed. n cl

 

understand + how

Mei doesn’t understand how SV.

Mei doesn’t understand how she can complete her homework tonight.

Mei doesn’t understand how to drive. DIFFERENT STYLE

Mei doesn’t understand how she can find a job.

Mei doesn’t understand how wifi works.

 

 

Verbs for the quiz on noun clauses tomorrow

1.    think

2.    know

3.    understand

4.    believe

5.    realize

6.    feel

7.    say

8.    forget

 

Vocab for the quiz

1.    event

2.    homework

3.    war

4.    weather

5.    fishing

6.    shopping

7.    pray

8.    connect

9.    fix

10.                       complete

 

I will choose six of each for the quiz.

Let’s take a few minutes and do some practice.

 

Basic verb tenses: simple present, simple past, simple future.

You have to learn them.

 

EXAMPLE:

Shira believes that she should pray every day.

I forget how to fix my furnace.

She forgets how her son fixed the wifi.

Julian said that she completed her homework.

I feel good because I pray. adverb clause

 

REVIEW:

Simple sentence

Compound sentences

Complex sentences – not finished yet

 

Verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future

 

You can take on the task of learning these now.

 

 

Group work form Friday

 

Small groups of two or groups of four: A+B

 

1.    Word List 1.2 – speaking listening

Choose a word. Say it in a sentence. The other people listen and guess which word you are using.

 

2.    Exercise 1.2- describing picture

Choose a picture. Describe it in a couple sentences. The other people listen and guess which picture you are describing.

 

1.The wise man never married again.

marriage(n)

He married when he was 26.

He got married when he was 26.

She will marry to with her sweetheart.

She will get married to her sweetheart.

 

 

2.    dipper   deeper

dive(v)

She took a dip in the ocean. She had a quick swim.

There is a well in the forest that is deeper than the other wells.

You get drinking water from a well.

You pump water from a well.

She has an electric pump for her well.

She filled her glass from the punchbowl with a dipper.

 

3.    I found a cheap cape for a Hallowe’en costume.

4.    My friend and I pray at the same time.

We sang Psalm 34 in church.

Samantha   Samuel   Sam

5.    I think that it is better to use zinc white to paint the old sink.

noun clause

zinc- metal used to plate other metals to prevent them from rusting

rust- oxidize,

Aluminum does not rust. Gold and silver will not rust. Copper will tarnish. (turn green)

6.The information that I collected is all correct. adjective clause

She reconnected over Facebook with her ex-boyfriend.

We used to be friends. Then we lost touch. Recently, we reconnected.

IDIOM lose touch – don’t talk for a long time

Long time, no see! It has been a while!

It has been 10 years.

 

7.I wonder that Lou thinks about the behaviour of that loon.

a loonie $1 coin

8.There are rats in lots of stores in Vancouver.

Rats are gross!

The little boy ratted his sister out to their parents. He told on her.

mouse mice

rat rats

9.The dog choked on his food.

the Heimlich Maneuvre

 

10.Who was bangs?

11.Wake up! Don’t waste time.

12.I bet that you can’t beat me at cards.   bet-wager

He bets on roulette at the casino.

The dog bit my finger.

13.I see a ship at the dock.

The ferry was dock at 3:30.

14.We were tempted by the chocolate cookies.

15.He likes to drink rum after a rough day.

16.The two soldiers were foes/enemies.

 

 

2. lower, upper - second from the left,

diagonal, vertical horizontal