Good afternoon, everyone.
We will get started at 12:00
Today’s agenda
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Continue narrative paragraph writing
Test Friday- write a narrative paragraph
I’ll check your paragraphs.
Read paragraphs aloud
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Begin “Grabbers”
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Continue adverb clauses
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Continue review of verb tenses
Friday
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Finish adverb clauses
Quiz Monday
Choose vocab and adverb words
·
Continue review of verb tenses
·
Song lyric listening
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Test#3 - narrative paragraph (final 45m)
Monday
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Quiz#3- adverb clauses
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Return Test#3
RW for bonus Pt
Tuesday
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Begin persuasive writing
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Begin noun clauses
Wednesday- Eval #2
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Continue persuasive writing
Group work
·
Continue noun clauses
Wednesday Dec. 20 1-2PM Xmas singalong – Xmas songs
Upstairs- Room 303?
Dan and I will play some music for the singalong.
On Wednesday, Dec. 20, 12-1 we can practice singing song
Chriatmas songs in class.
I’ll print the lyrics.
We can go upstairs and sing with the group.
Silent Night
Frosty the Snowman
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Jingle Bells
Oh Christmas Tree
Listen to these songs over the next week or so.
Word form- adjectives
excited-your feeling, your emotion
exciting-desribes the situation or the thing outside of you
We were excited. The party was exciting.
bored-
boring-
interested-
interesting-
tired/tiring
amazed/amazing
fascinated/fascinating
disappointed/disappointing
frustated/frustrating
annoyed/annoying
confused/confusing
scared/scaring scary
stressed/stressful
IDIOM You are on fire today! having a really good day at
work/school
Paragraph structure:
Grabber/Hook
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber/Hook
Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber- hook
OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph
or essay, begin your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.
Grabbers/Hooks
-usually first sentence, before the Topic
Sentence
-grabs the reader’s attention, hooks your
reader attention
-makes them pay attention, makes them want
to read your writing
-effective attention-getting device for
writing, highly recommended
MY ADVICE: Use a grabber. It will make your
writing way more interesting.
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Good for paragraphs, for essays, for speeches
Seven
different kinds of grabbers/hooks top choose from:
1.
-general to specific statement, a funnel
-say
something big and general, then narrow it down to you specific topic funnel
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I
have had many exciting things happen in my life. However, my first day in Vancouver
was the most exciting.
Most
immigrants have fond memories of their home country. So do I.
It is normal for people to
feel nostalgic about the past. I have very good memories of my life in my home
country.
Everybody wants to have
success in their lives. Everybody wants to achieve their goals. Using
goalsetting techniques can help us to accomplish the objectives we want to
accomplish. Grabbers. Topic Sentence
goalsetting
techniques- making specific, realistic, measureable, time-bound plans
2.
-write a short anecdote- short personal story,
very short (1-2 short sentences)
personalizes
your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,
establishes
empathy- same feeling
sympathy – feel sorry about someone’s situation
anecdote
is told first-person “I”
first
person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close
When I was younger, I
always had trouble realizing the goals that I dreamed about for myself. Then
I learned about Goalsetting. This changed everything for me! Now, I will teach
you.
3.
-historical reference- knowledge about history
Canada has a long history
of accepting immigrants. I also came to Canada as an immigrant. My first day in
Vancouver was an exciting day.
Throughout history, women
have usually been in less powerful positions than men. These days, women
have been claiming their rights to equality.
4.
-fact or statistic- numbers
80%, four out of five, 2/3
of ..., 37,000,000 people...
*Often used in advertising*
The population of Vancouver
grows by over 25000 every year. Most of these new people are immigrants. In
2018, I was one of those new people. My first day in Vancouver was nerve-wracking.
People who use Goalsetting techniques to
help them achieve their goals have a 65% higher chance of achieving their goals
than people who do not. (bbc.com)
5.
-ask a question (answered by the topic sentence
or thesis statement) PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
How was your first day in
Vancouver? My first day was very confusing.
How do you keep yourself
on track? What steps do you take when you want to achieve something new in your
life? Goalsetting works for many people. It might work for you, too.
What was your life like
in the past? Has it changed much? My life in my homecountry was a mix of
happinees and sadness. It was bittersweet.
6.
-relevant quotation by a famous/important person
Dr.
Jordan Peterson says, “Make a plan. A plan is not a prison. It is a guide.”
“Make
a plan. A plan is not a prison. It is a guide.” This was said by Dr. Jordan
Peterson.
Barack
Obama once said, “Blah blah blah.”
My
mother always used to say, “Blah blah blah.”
The
Buddha said, “Life is suffering. We must have empathy for all living
creatures.”
Mao
Zhe Dong said, “Women hold up half the sky.”
T. S. Eliot said "Home
is where one starts from." When I came to Vancouver, I was starting my new
life in a new home. My first day of my new life gave me mixed emotions.
***PRO
TIP: Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very
helpful to reference when you are writing.
Look
up quotations organized by theme.
Debating
teams- technique to begin with a relevant quotation
7. -relevant idiom from any
language, proverb, saying
-don’t translate well, have
a lot of meaning
-these can be really fun
and colourful
In
Chinese, we say that a good job is a ‘golden rice bowl.’
In Farsi,
we say that a person who is making good money has their “bread in the oil.”
There
is a saying in Japanese: ‘Even monkeys fall from trees.’ It means everyone
makes mistakes. It’s important to keep going after you did something wrong.
IDIOM The apple doesn’t fall far from the
tree. (English)
Christmas cake. (Japanese)
Playing piano/violin
(music) to a cow. (Chinese)
Pearls before swine.
(English) -showing beautiful pearls to a
pig
In
one ear and out the other. – a person won’t listen to you
REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:
1. funnel
2. anecdote
3. history
4. fact/statistic
5. question
EASIEST
6. quotation
7. idiom/saying
Choose
one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay,
or presentation more lively and engaging.
PRO ADVICE: When writing a paragraph or
essay, write the grabber last. You can mull it over (think about it, roll it
around in your mind) as you are writing the rough draft. A good grabber might
jump out at you. If not, if you can’t think of anything for a grabber, just ask
a question. The question is the easiest way to do a grabber.
1.
What do we call the basic units of matter?
atoms and molecules
2.
What ocean lies between North America and
Europe?
3.
Food is broken down in your body. What is this
process called?
digestion
4.
In the human body, is blood carried to the brain
through veins or arteries?
5.
Tess has a quarter and 8 pennies. Joe has 3
dimes and nickel. Who has more?
6.
BrainQuest- different levels
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