EF6Wr567 Class 10 Topic Sentences

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz#2- compound sentences

·      Continue paragraph work- topic sentences

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Tuesday

 

Friday

·      “Top 100 Most Used Adjectives”

·      Song lyric- listening exercise

 

 

Vocab: mobile phone, mobile(UK), cell phone, cell, Smartphone

 

 

Quiz #2

Write a compound sentence for each.

Submit it by 12:40

1.    or                           piece

2.    therefore             health

3.    however               dishes

4.    moreover             work

5.    likewise                party

6.    in addition           laundry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Topic Sentence”

Practice 1

 

Golden Week

 

structure of a paragraph

 

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Topic sentence- give topic, give controlling idea

 

Topic: Golden Week

Controlling idea- what we want to say about it

combined four holidays

 

-topic sentence – focusses the paragraph

-limits the scope of the paragraph

 

Topic: New York City

Controlling idea- limits the scope of the paragraph

-focusses on just one part of the topic

 

1.    New York is a fun place to be on New Year’s Eve.

1.-go to Times Square

6.-watch fireworks

4.-the Countdown

5.-yell Happy New Year!!

3-music, concerts

2-see celebrities, movie stars

7-go to a bar, nightclub, dance club

My New Years last year in Vancouver was fun.

-stayed home

-with friends

-discussion

-food, beer

-met some new friends

 

Polar Bear swim- New Year’s Day

 

2.    New York/Beijing/Vancouver has great entertainment.

-outdoor activities- hiking, skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, camping, fishing, mountain biking

-educational activities- Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver Art Gallery, Scienceworld

-sports- Vancouver Canucks, BC Lions (football), Whitecaps(soccer), etc.

-restaurants- variety of cousines,

-shopping- Gastown, Metrotown, malls, Factory Outlet, Yaletown or Robson Street

 

Practice 1

1.

 

extravert

introvert

 

Topic sentence- topic and controlling idea

Supportiig points/ideas- evidence, examples

Concluding sentence

 

Practice 2

 

 

 

funny and sad- bittersweet (adj)

 

HOMEWORK

Choose one holiday/celebration day from your home country. 

You can start to organzie and write a paragraph about it. Tomorrow we will finish writing the paragraph. Then we will read them out loud.

**Write your own sentences. Don’t get ChatGBT to do it.