Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
Today’s class plan:
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“The Water Hyancinth”
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Continue to work about paragraphs
Read aloud paragraphs from homework “My
Favourite ____”
Talk about paragraph format
Prepare for the test on Friday
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“Simple Present Tense”
Friday
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Test#1 Write a short paragraph to pass in.
IF TIME
Adjective work
**Water hyancinth**
lavendar colour- light purple, mauve, violet
other kinds of flowers:
tulip
jasmine
sunflower
rose
lily
cherry blossom on a cherry tree
lavendar (plant)
forget-me-not
carnation
poppy
tropical – close to the equator
equator- the imaginary line that divides the earth into
north and south
imaginary(adjective) – just in your mind, in your
imagination(noun)
earthquake- the ground shakes due to tectonic plates moving
In BC, we have small tremors. – small shaking, can hardly
feel it
When I lived in Japan, we felt a lot of tremors.
Earthquakes are measured on the Richter Scale.
e.g 1.5 4.5 7.8 5.3
one 1
ten 10
hundred 100
thousand 1000
ten thousand 10000
one hundred thousand 100000
one million 1000000
12486 twelve thousand four hundred and eighty six
21213
2567
12000
1200 one thousand two hundred OR twelve hundred
345728 three hundred forty five thousand seven hundred and
twenty eight
14563 fourteen thousand five hundred and sixty three
16 60
15 50
block- prevent people
from going through
He blocked the door.
She blocked her ex-boyfriend on her phone.
The city was is lockdown during Covid19.
In Vancouver, tap is potable. You can drink it safely.
potable- safe to drink
In many countries, tap water is not potable. You have to
boil it before you drink it or cook with it.
crop- plants that you can use, eat, or sell
e.g wheat, rice, barley, blueberries, apples, potatoes,
beets, onions, bakchoi, carrots
home garden-
-Community Gardens in Vancouver
You can plant a herb garden in pots.
rosemary, dill, basil, garlic, mint, sage, thyme, coriander,
parsley
garden plants- radish, onion, beet
fertiziler- cow manure,
gas- methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide
petroleum- gasoline from oil, petrol, gas
You put gas in your car.
Vocabulary A
Vocabulary B
Rice is a staple for Chinese people.
staple – a food that eat everyday
disease(noun) – illness,sickness
ill sick(adj)
percent
so ADJECTIVE that
It is so cold that I put a hat on.
It is so rainy that I carried an umbrella.
The food is so delicious that I ate too much.
solar power/solar energy- energy from the sun
wind energy/wind power- wind turbines
Micheal Jackson was a well-known singer. star
hearing-impaired - deaf
visually-impaired – blind
Writing a Paragraph (This was homework)
Title: My Favourite …
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
Concluding sentence- 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.
We will read them out loud. We will all listen.
Titles:
My Favourite Day
My Favourite City
My Favourite Friend
My Favourite Animal
My Favourite Sport
My Favourite Movie Charlotte’s Web
My Favourite Animal
My Favourite Job- farmer
My Favourite Animal- lion – graceful -move smoothly
She is a graceful runner.
My Favourite Hobby/Pastime
successful
integrate
My Favourite Sport
My Favourite Child
My Favourite Sport
Tomorrow we will try a paragraph.
What we need:
-Use lined paper.
-Write in pen.
-Doublespace.
-Write your name and class in the top right corner.
I will give you an easy topic.
-present tense verbs
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