EF 4 5 Class 26

 

Good morning, everyone.

Reminder- this week -midterm recommendations for Quarter 4

 

Today’s agenda

·      Review paragraph format and structure

·      Test #2 – paragraph culture shock

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Phrasal verbs, do a few every day

verb + preposition

·      Go over some more of the “Top 100 Most Used Verbs/Nouns in American English”

·      Pronunciation of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters

 

Wednesday

·      MAYBE WED OR THURS Quiz#6 - noun clauses

 

Thursday/Friday

·      Midterm recommendations for Quarter 4

Registration for Quarter 4 begins the day we get back from Spring Break, Tuesday, April 2^nd.

I will half of the class Thursday and half Friday.

 

-TWO-WEEK SPRING BREAK-

 

 

 

Back to school on Tuesday, April 2^nd for the three final weeks.

Our final day will be Friday, April 19^th.

 

***Pronunciation of the Day***

 

 

*** “Top 100 Most Used Verbs In American English”

 

 

 

Paragraph (at least 150 words)

Write in pen.

Doublespace.

Write between the margins (red lines).

Write in one block of writiing.

 

Begin with a topic sentence.

Several supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Every sentence has to be a real sentence: simple, compound or complex.

 

Test#3

Write a paragraph about one of the following topics.

Submit by 10:25.

 

What things do you miss about your home country?

OR

What things about Canadian culture did you find challenging when you moved here?

 

 

 

 

 

Example from yesterday:

I watched my kid play soccer yesterday.

SVO

I watched my kid play soccer yesterday. object

She watched a movie. SVO

 

I watched my kid play soccer yesterday. looks like a noun clause

I watched my kid play soccer yesterday. noun clause

Why ‘play’ and not ‘played’? I don’t know. I will think about.

 

 

 

REVIEW

A-list verbs: ‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’ ‘forget’

B-list pronouns: ‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’

 

A + B = noun clause

 

believe + that

The little kid believes that there is a monster under his bed. n cl

 

understand + how

Mei doesn’t understand how SV.

Mei doesn’t understand how she can complete her homework tonight.

Mei doesn’t understand how to drive. DIFFERENT STYLE

Mei doesn’t understand how she can find a job.

Mei doesn’t understand how wifi works.

 

 

ACTION

Let’s take some time and practice writing complex sentences with noun clauses.

Choose an A word and put it with a B word.

A-list verbs: ‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘remember’ ‘say’ ‘suggest’ ‘advise’

B-list pronouns: ‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’ ‘what’

 

Your examples:

I don’t know why he does that.

She thinks that he will come back.

I believe that she will succeed.

I believe that I am a happy person.

She suggested that doing some regular exericses can prevent illness.

My daughter said that she passed the exam.

My son doesn’t believe what his sister told him.

They believe that they can do anything together.

My brother suggests that I should be strong.

I suddenly realized what the word ‘compassionate’ means.

He doesn’t understand why she said that.

My housemate feels that better things are coming.

I can’ t remember how I made that soup.

I believe that fasting is very necessary for a healthy body.

She knows that she must learn new vocab.

I remember that I was very excited when I first moved here. N CL ADV CL

Ali thinks that he will go hiking if it doesn’t rain Saturday.

I didn’t feel happy that my husband ate my dessert.

My teacher advised/told me what I should do to improve my English.

 

We will continue tomorrow. We will have a quiz on noun clauses on Thursday.