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Good afternoon, everyone.
REMINDER Interim recommendations on Thursday or Friday.
Average right now:
Quizzes
Tests
Spoken- in-class
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 next term if you
like.
You can register in any timeslot
you like. You can register for the time that you like.
You register via the webpage. I
will give the link as soon as I get up, probably in th next few days. I will
show you/remind you how to register.
Fassil- Ethiopian restaurant, Fraser and Broadway
family-style- everybody shares
Horror movie- Megan
Today’s agenda
·
Test#2 – paragraph about “What Happened During
the Ice Storm”
·
Begin complex sentences- noun clauses
·
HW Read
“I Confess” Make notes for the Thought Questions
Wednesday
·
Continue complex sentences- noun clauses
Quiz #3 on noun quizzes tomorrow
·
Begin “I Confess”
Thursday
·
Interim reports
·
Continue “I Confess”
Test#3 “I Confess” Friday or Tuesday
·
Begin complex sentences- adjective clauses
Friday
·
HW Read
“Dead Man’s Path” Make nouns for Thought Questions
Monday- No school
Thanksgiving
Tuesday
·
Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
·
ADVICE/GUIDANCE
Do not write a plot summary.
Focus on the question.
STEPS TO FOLLOW
PREWRITING- planning stage
Step 1- Read the question carefully. Make sure that you
undestand whet the teacher is aksing you to do.
Step 2- Brainstorm some ideas that are on topic.
brainstorm- generate ideas
Step 3- Organize the ideas into an order.
WRITING- writing the sentences
Step 4- Write the rough copy.
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Step 5- Proofread and edit your sentences.
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Step 6- Submit
Test#2 – “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
You can take your story out. Do not copy from the story.
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following
topic.
Submit by 1:30.
What would you have done if you had been one of the boy’s deciding
what to do about the pheasants?
Break until 1:40.
Hopefully you are doing a few minutes of
practice every day on your sentences.
Daily practice is the best/most effective to
learn a new skill.
If you are doing the regular practice, I’m
sure you are seeing incremental improvements.
incremental- little bit better all the time
If you are doing daily practice, then there
will be change.
** You can start any day.**
REVIEW OF SENTENCE TYPES:
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX adverb clauses, noun clauses,
adjective clauses
Every sentence that you write should be one
of these types.
NOUN CLAUSES- a type of clause for a complex
sentence
Noun
Clauses
noun – person, place, thing, idea
noun clause - a group of words that has a Subject and a Verb and that acts as a noun
Noun clauses are used with verbs that have
to do with the brain and cognition (thinking): think, feel, believe, know,
understand, forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize, worry, wonder, etc.
cog- recognize
re- again
ize- verb
Noun clauses also go with verbs about speaking:
say, yell, whisper, shout, suggest, speak, advise, holler, murmur,
stutter, call out, cry out, mention, etc.
noun clause- think/talk = brain and mouth
We most often connect these verbs with these
words: that, what, why, how
Two pools of words to choose from for noun
clauses:
A.
VERBS
think, feel, believe, know, understand,
forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize, worry, say, yell, whisper, shout,
suggest, find, speak, advise, holler, murmur, stutter, call out, cry
out, mention, wonder, see, hear- understand
B.
that, what, why, how
Choose an A word and put it with a B word.
Mix and match A+B.
Examples of complex sentences with noun
clauses:
*A think + B that
Joanne thinks that her son is very tall for his age. noun clause
I don’t think (that) it will rain today.
Jun doesn’t think (that) Marta is telling the truth.
Mei thinks that she forgot her key.
Your mom doesn’t think that you should
stay out too late tonight.
I don’t think that you should go to the party.
Mei’s sister thinks that Mei should get a
Covid test.
I think (that) I messed up my test.
He thinks (that) she is very smart.
I think (that) horror movies are not
approriate for children.
I think (that) every emotional person
loves art.
I think (that) all emotional people love
art.
VARIATION
Mei’s sister thinks that she should get a
Covid test. unclear
I think that studying English will give me new opportunities. gerund
We
all know that eating well is
good for our health.
OPTION: You can OMIT ‘that’
Joanne thinks that her son is very tall for his age. noun clause
Joanne thinks her son is very tall for his age. noun clause
I think that it will rain today.
I think it will rain today.
Probably native English speakers would leave
out the ‘that’. You don’t have to. Either way sounds great.
think + that
I think that would be nice. –
possibly will happen
I think that will be nice. –
definitely will happen
possibility- We could go for a hike
tomorrow. I think that would be nice.
definite- We are going for a hike tomorrow.
I think that will be nice.
*realize + that
I realize that I gave you the wrong
answer.
I realized that he cheated me.
I got to school and realized that
I forgot my phone at home.
I realize that you don’t like school, but you still have to
do your best.
She just realized that she left her stove
on and her door unlocked.
Mei just realized that she made a mistake.
I realize that the work is hard.
**You can omit ‘that’ if you wish. It’s
pefectly ok to leave it in.
Joe realized that he was wrong.
Joe realized he was wrong.
DIFFERENT MEANINGS
Joe realized how he was wrong.
Joe realized why he was wrong.
*find out + that
I just found out that Joe got
married yesterday.
I found out that my friend lied to me.
I found out that that girl likes me.
future tense
She doesn’t know what time the shipment will
arrives. She will find out.
I found out from my classmate that we
have a test today.
She found out from her sister that there
is going to be a big sale on mattresses tomorrow.
I found out from my mother that my uncle won
the lottery.
* find + that find-opinion
She finds that Vancouver is very
expensive.
May finds that the room is warm. COMPLEX- N CL
May finds the room warm. SIMPLE
I found the movie boring.
Doris finds him strange.
Doris thinks that he is strange.
He finds that the food is too salty.
COMPLEX- N CL
He finds the food salty. SIMPLE
I find him to be too loud. SIMPLE
I find that he can get loud. COMPLEX-
N CL
In my opinion, it is ok for kids to make
lego guns.
I find that teachers are too sensitive
about that sort of thing.
*NOTES
‘that’ is a tricky word in English
that – many uses
noun clauses and adjective clauses,
confusing
‘that
book’
* wonder + why
I was wondering why you are always late.
I wonder why my dog stares at me.
She wonders why her son is not doing well
in math.
The little kid wondered why he couldn’t
make a lego gun.
wonder=ponder
* wonder + how – to do something, how
something happens
I wonder how I can fix this computer.
I wonder how the mouse got into my
apartment.
We all wonder how she does it.
She is wondering how she will be able to
pay for college.
CASUAL AUTHENTIC I wonder where I’ll find
the money for tuition.
I don’t have money for
expensive clothes. SIMPLE
IDIOM I’m not made
of money. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
I’m not
Rockerfeller.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
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