EF12 Class 7

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

We will get started at 9:15.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Finish Continue work on verbs- “Simple Present Tense of Be”

·      Start to talk about paragraphs

·      HW   Finish rough copy of paragraph “My Favourite ____”

 

Thursday

·      “Simple Present Tense”

·      Continue to work about paragraphs

Talk about paragraph format

Prepare for the test on Friday

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Friday

·      Test#1 Write a short paragraph to pass in.

 

IF TIME

Adjective work

“The Water Hyancinth”

Finish Word List 1.2

 

April Fool’s Day – April 1^st

 

 

“Simple Present Tense of Be”

Ex. 3 Capital letters

Proper nouns must be capitalized.

1.    Names of cities and countries

2.    Names of nationalities

Japan/Japanese  China/Chinese   Afganistan/Afghani   Syria/Syrian   Canadian   Korean   Yemeni   Venezuelan   Germany/German   France/French   Ethiopia/Ethopian   Thailand/Thai

3.    Names of days and months

4.    Names of people – first name (given name), last name (family name)

5.    Titles of books, magazines, newspapers, and movies

6.    Titles of people- Mr. Mrs. Miss

7.    Names of companies

8.    Names of planets

9.    Names of schools

10.                       “I”

 

Mexico City   New York City   Kansas City   Ho Chi Min City (in the past)

Beijing City   Vancouver   Toronto   Tehran   Kabul   Saigon

 

United Arab Emirates  - UAE

 

Ex7

contractions

it is = it’s

they are = they’re

they’re- they are

there- place

their -possessive pronoun

 

2. They’re homemade.

 

pen pens ‘penz’

 

You can have a light lunch.

You can have a heavy dinner.

 

We’re really good cooks. we are – we’re

 

we’re   where/wear

They are / They’re good for your eyes.

they’re   there   their

 

Tacos are my favourite food. They’re easy to make.

 

Exercises 15  There are   There is

 

There are 10 provinces and three territories in Canada.

 

In the kitchen, we have cupboards.

In your bedroom, you have a closet.

In an office, you have a cabinet.

 

Is there a CD that goes with that book?

 

Is there some ice cream in the freezer. non-count- container of ice cream

Are there some ice cubes in the freezer? countable

There are some ice creams in the fridge. ice cream cones

 

9. How many books are on your desk?

How many books are there on your desk?

How many people are in the room?

How many people are there in the room?

 

How much money is there in the envelope? money-noncount noun

 

The students in my class are very interesting. They are interesting people.

The students are very interesting in my class. They do interesting things in the class.

 

She is a stylish dresser.

 

** Writing Paragraphs**

paragraph – collection of sentences- 5,6,7,8 sentences

“My Favourite Animal”

eight sentences

As sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.

 

Write sentences that are on the same topic.

 

Title: My Favourite Animal

 

Topic sentence- first sentence in a paragraph usually

-         introduces the main idea of the paragraph

-         the reader will know what the paragraph is about

 

Body - the sentences that explain, give examples, describe, teach

 

Conclusion- a sentence to finish the paragraph, to wrap up the paragraph

(about 80-100 words)

 

Building a Paragraph

HOMEWORK

Task 1 Choice one of your favourite things.

Task 2 Write the topic sentence

Task 3 Write the body sentences(5-6 sentences).

Task 4 Write the concluding sentence.

 

Tomorrow, we will read them aloud.