Monday, 12 February 2024

EF 6 7 10 Class 6

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Today’s agenda

·      Collect “Ice Storm Thought Questions”

·      “Correction Codes”

·      Return Test1

Option to RW for bonus point

·      Begin “What Happened During the Ice Storm”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue “What Happened During the Ice Storm”

 

 

Potluck- every brings some food to the party

We had a potluck in the party room of our building.

 

Everybody was stoked.

IDIOM stoked- very happy, full of energy, looking forward to something

 

 

level below quarterfinals - lost

quarterfinals-won

semifinals- won- finished 5 out of 30 teams

finals

 

 

“Correction Codes”

-awk

Meaning?

-CS comma splice

I want to get better at speaking, one thing I can do is force myself to talk to people. comma is not strong enough to go between two sentences

FIXES

I want to get better at speaking. One thing I can do is force myself to talk to people. 2 simple sentences

I want to get better at speaking, and/so one thing I can do is force myself to talk to people. compound sentence

I want to get better at speaking; one thing I can do is force myself to talk to people. compound sentence

I want to get better at speaking; therefore, one thing I can do is force myself to talk to people. compound sentence

 

-frag – sentence fragment

I like sports. For example, soccer, baseball, and tennis. frag

FIXES

I like sports. For example, I play soccer, baseball, and tennis.

I like sports, such as soccer, baseball, and tennis.

 

NOTE: You will find that comma usage is very personal. Some writers use many commas; some hardly any.

 

-prep – preposition usage is all idiomatic

She lives in Canada. She lives in Vancouver. She lives on Douglas Street.

She lives at 1234 Douglas Street.

 

-RO run-on sentence

I want to get better at speaking one thing I can do is force myself to talk to people. no punc between sentences

USE THE SAME FIXES AS FOR CS COMMA SPLICES

I want to get better at speaking. One thing I can do is force myself to talk to people.

 

-agr subject verb agreement

She is   We are   He likes   I like   I am

 

-vt – verb tense – past, present, future tenses

 

-vf – verb form

I am be living in Vancouver. vf

FIX

I am living in Vancouver.

 

I living in Vancouver. vf

FIXES

I am living in Vancouver.

I live in Vancouver.

 

Present                 Past                       Participle

go                          went                     gone

write                     wrote                    written

 

-wf word form – happy(adj) happiness(n) happily(adv)

happy   happier   happiest- adjective forms

 

education(n) educational(adj) educate(v)

 

Learning vocabulary is an exciting opportunity. Be positive!

 

Learning difficult material in middle age can help keep off dementia/cognitive decline.

 

cognition – understanding

cog- know- recognize

You will be sharp 90-year-olds.

IDIOM sharp- able to think clearly, bright

IDIOM dull, dim

Alzheimers Disease- severe cognitive decline, usually in older people

 

Diabetes runs in the family. My family is genetically predisposed to diabetes.

Twins run in the family.

 

genetics(noun) genetic(adj) gene(noun)

genetically(adv)

 

Triplets- three babies at the same time

I have two brothers who are twins. Twins run in the family.

Left-handedness runs in my family.

 

predisposed

pre- before- previous, prefix, pregame

disposed- likely to do something

Her sister is predisposed to depression.

 

-wo

-ww We very really enjoyed the movie.

We enjoyed the movie very much.

 

We talked this very problem yesterday. emphasis

 

My mother used to make these very cookies.

I have those very shoes at home.

 

COMMON USAGE

The math is very easy for her.

It is very cold today.

 

 

 

**Return Test1

Option to RW for bonus point

Correct your paragraph as well as you can. Rewrite it on new paper. Pass it in to me today or first thing tomorrow at the beginning of class.

I will skim it, give a bit of feedback, and give you a bonus point.

 

 

There might be confusing about the train schedule. wf

confusing (adj)

confusion (n)

There might be confusion about the train schedule.

The train schedule might be confusing.

I am confused about the train schedule.

 

different forms of adjectives

confused- your emotion, your feeling

I am confused.

confusing- describes the thing outside of yourself

The math is confusing.

 

bored/boring  She is bored. Her date is boring.

IDIOMS She was bored to tears. He was boring, talking about himself.

 

-interested/interesting  The little boy is intersted in trains. Trains are interesting to him.

-amazed/amazing

-fascinated/fascinating   He is fascinated by the human mind. The brain is fascinating to him.

 

 

 

 

 

I am more confident in my speaking due to my in-laws and friends

encouraging me.

 

due to NOUN

because S V

The parade was cancelled due to the weather.

The parade was cancelled because the weather was bad/inclement.

The parade was cancelled because of the weather.

 

I set goals for me. pronoun pron

I set goals for myself.

 

I practice to speak speaking in front of the mirror.

 

This causes my writing  to be unbalanced.

 

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