Monday, 17 June 2024

EF45 Class 37

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Eid- Muslim holiday

 

Liu Yishou Hot Pot- downtown Richmond

 

Old friends are golden.

You are a tight group.

Akbar Jojeh – Persian restaurant

 

OEB- Yaletown

 

deaf/mute- deaf- hearing-impaired   mute-speak-impaired

They will communicate using sign language.

Many deaf people read lips.

profound deafness- total deafness

partial deafness- hearing-impaired

 

hearing aid-

cochlear implant- requires a surgical procedure

 

Today’s agenda

·      Prepare for noun clause quiz tomorrow

·      Begin presentation project

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4- noun clauses

·      Talk about optional replacement quiz or test

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

·      Work on presentation Project

 

Wednesday

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

·      Work on presentation project

·      Presentation Project- Group 1 submit writing

 

Thursday

·      Presentation Project-

Group 2 submit writing

Group 1 present

 

Friday

·      Presentation Project-

Group 3 submit writing

Group 2 present

 

Monday, June 24

·      Presentation Project- Group 3 present

·      Optional replacement quiz or test- I will explain this in detail next week

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Wednesday, June 26, final day

·      Marks day, non-instruction day

·      One-on-one meetings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noun Clauses


Let’s choose ten verbs. I will choose six for the quiz.

1.    think

2.    feel

3.    believe

4.    know

5.    understand

6.    forget

7.    remember

8.    say

9.    decide

10.                       tell

 

Let’s choose 10 vocab words. I will choose six for the quiz.

1.    family

2.    country

3.    problem

4.    appointment

5.    weather

6.    travel

7.    job

8.    language

9.    fix

10.                       mother/father


 

Let’s do some practice for the quiz.

 

She doesn’t know what was his language was. NOUN CL SV

She doesn't know what language he speaks. STATEMENT

What was his language? QUESTION

 

I don’t know what time is it? XXX

What time is it?

I don’t know what time it is.

 

It is hard to believe that my country is in a / at war.

 

I decided to figure out how to fix the car.

 

 

 

Presentation Project: A Person in My Life Who I Admire

 

admire- respect, follow, look up to, hero, role model

 

Who is a person in your life who you admire? Choose one person. It can be any person who you know: older, younger, a sibling, parent, relative, friend, community member, etc. It must be somebody that you know personally.

This week, you will put together a short presentation around the person. There will be two main parts to this project:

 

WRITTEN (2 sections) (5 points)

Section 1 – long paragraph, couple of paragraphs

-Writing describing who they are. Write a brief biography for them. What is their name, age, etc? Give their background. Some details of their biography. Explain who they are.

 

Section 2­ - long paragraph, couple of paragraphs

-Writing explaining why you admire them. What characteristics do they have that you admire? What do they do that you admire?

 

          You will give me the writing the day before you do your presentation.

          I expect you to do your own writing. ChatGBT can write it for you in one second. That won’t challenge or help you.

 

SPOKEN (3-5 minutes) (5 points)

On the presentation days, you will tell the class about this person and why you admire them. You will come to the front of the class and talk to us. You can take a few written notes in case you forget something. However, no reading, please. Also, it is not a great presentation technique to memorize verbatim what you have written.

 

 

Here are some possible topics to focus on:

Their personality traits

Their life story

Their actions

Things they have said

Their greatest achievements

Their effect on other people

How they compare to other people

When you met this person

Why you chose this person to talk about

Why you admire them

If you’d like to be like them or not

If you think you could be like them or not

 

We will start getting ideas together starting today. We will take some time in the next few classes to organize, write, and polish.

 

Write- You should write this by yourself. ChatGPT can write it for you in one second. This will not help your English.

 

We will do the presentations over three days: Thursday, Friday, and Monday.

 

WORTH 10pts

-Writing day before 5pts

-Presentation 5pts

 

Sign up for a spot on the sheet at the front of the class. We will do 8-9 per day.

We will start getting ideas together starting today. We will take some time in class over the next few classes to organize, write, and polish.

 

ACTION: In class tomorrow, you can tell me the name of the person and your relationship to them.

 

We will the presentations over three days: Thursday, Friday, and Monday.

 

Sign up for a spot on the sheet at the front of the class. We will do nine per day.

 

STEPS FOR TODAY

1.    Choose which person you want to write about.

2.    Brainstorm ideas about what you are going to say.

3.    Begin to write sentences and paragraphs

Focus on nice simple sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences.

 

**Let’s do our own writing. Let’s use the grammar work that we have studied for the past two months.

Let’s not use a translating app or ChatGPT to do our work.

Let’s roll up our sleeves and do our best writing on our own.

 

The people doing their presentation Thursday, please pass in your writing on Wednesday.

The people doing their presentation Friday will pass in their writing Thursday.

The people doing their presentation Monday will pass in their writing Friday.

 

 

“Roses Sing on New Snow”

Small-group discussion of questions

 

“Roses Sing on New Snow”

We are beginning this story today. We will work on it for a few days.

 

·      Paul Yee- bio

·      Paul Yee photographs of Chinatown 70s and 80s

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/03/27/Chinatown-Vancouver-Colour-Photos-1970-1980/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=010419

Permanent home: https://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2019/03/21/paul-yee-photographs-and-audio-recordings-now-available/#more-7489

 

 

“Roses Sing on New Snow” Discussion Questions

 

Get into some groups (4-5 people). This is an opportunity to talk and share knowledge about the story in preparation for writing later.

 

Men came to Chinatown…

To Chinatown came men… LITERARY STYLE, POETIC SOUND, BEAUTIFUL

 

“in no time” very quickly

 

VOCABULARY

banquet – big fancy dinner for a celebration

bone-tired- exhausted, dog-tired, out of gas

IDIOM spare no expense – spend as much money as you need to, spend a lot of money

She spares no expense on clothing.”

sniffed(v)- smelled with your nose

array(n)- a wide selection to choose from

 

His eyes lit up like lanterns- simile

lantern- handheld light

knelt(v)-past tense of ‘kneel”

 

beyond – further, farther away

demonstrate(v) – show

warm praise- warm(adj)-kind, friendly, sweet  praise(n)-compliment

 

eagerly(adv) eager(adj)- excited, motivated, interested

 

roared(v)- A lion roars. yelled, shouted angrily

governor- a political leader for an area of a country

Canada has mayors for cities and premiers for provinces.

The US has governors for states.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor of California. People called the “The Governator”

 

stutter(v)-  stammer

 

burst into the kitchen- enter loudly and quickly

 

POETIC bring forth- create

 

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