EF34 Class 5

 

 

Monday Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Collect “Questionnaire”

·      “Correction Codes”

·      Return practice paragraph

Go over format and content

·      Continue colearner introductions

·      Continue overview of sentence types

·      Listening exercises

 

Tuesday

·      Begin simple sentence work

Prepare for Quiz #1

 

 

THIS WEEK

Test#1

Quiz#1

Begin compound sentences

 

 

Legal name – the name on your passport

Nickname- friendly name for close friends or family

Professional name –

Traditionally, in the west, women change their name to their husband’s name.

These days, you can choose to keep your maiden name.

 

You can legally change your name in Canada.

 

patriarchal(adj)- men more valued than women

 

I go by Grace. My friends call me Grace.

Please call me Brenda.

IDIOM go by- use this nickname

Her name is Jei Yun Chen. She goes by Jess.

 

initials- J.S. Bach  Michel F. Jones

 

Initials AH

 

 

abbreviation  Wednesday  Wed

September Sept., October Oct.

BC

Ca

the US, the States - America

Her uncle lives in the States.

Las Vegas is strange place.

Miami has great nightlife.

New York- The city that never sleeps.

Helsinki, Finland is a beautiful city. The people and weather are cold.

She is a warm welcoming person.

He is a cold distant person.

Some people are like a cactus. They are prickly on the outside, but sweet on the inside.

Some people are shy.

A cactus has a lot of spines.

I hurt my leg.

My leg hurts.

She got a papercut.

He hit his funnybone.

She got a bruise on her arm.

She has pins and needles.

My hand is numb.

Her nose is itchy.

My eyes are itchy. I am allergic to pollen.

His eyes are bloodshot.

She has pinkeye.

You scratch an itch.

My ears are blocked.

My ears popped.

 

He snapped his fingers.

He cracked his knuckles.

She grinds her teeth when she sleeps.

 

She chews her nails. She is nervous.

He twittles his thumbs.

 

He was clicking his pen.

 

 

initial -one letter

 

 

**Correction Codes**

                       art

I want to visit US next year. the

 

capital letters- country, language, culture, proper noun, name,

days, months, etc.

 

I like Vietnamese sandwiches. They are called bahn mi.

 

She speaks Farsi. He speaks Persian.

He comes from Afghanistan. She comes from Somalia.

Let’s get together on Wednesday afternoon with Joe and Michelle.

 

prepositions- short words that show place or direction

We live in Canada/Vancouver.

They live on Fraser Street.

He lives at 1234 Main Street.

 

He talked to his son. He talked with his daughter.S

She was talking about her husband. complain

IDIOM talk about- gossip

I spoke for my daughter at the hospital.

 

agr

He go to work. FIX He goes to work.

 

 

vt- verb tense

She buy a new phone yesterday. FIX She bought a new phone.

She buys a coffee every morning.

He will buy a new suit tomorrow.

 

**I will teach verb tenses over the next few weeks. I will review them

e.g. I have studied English for ten years. present perfect- from the past until now

 

wf- verb form

She was buy bought a phone yesterday.

She did buy a pen yesterday. shows emphasis

 

wo- word order

This is a pen red. XXX FIX This is a red pen.

 

ww

 

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She has five person people in her family.

 

persons- rarely used, not common

 

**Break until 1:28**

 

 

Return practice paragraph.

Look it over. Make some corrections. I will walk around and help if you like. We do a paragraph for Test #1 probably Wednesday.

 

EXAMPLES:

I try cook this dish. vf FIX I try to cook this dish. I try cooking this dish.

She tries to speak English as much as she can. The seagull tried to steal my sandwich.

 

We do not always eat seafood.

I do not speak German.

You do not live in Burnaby.

 

She has one child. She has three children.

 

Levels of learning in BC education

Emerging

Developing

Proficient

Extending

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE EXERCISES

Simple sentences- SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

SV- subject verb

Watch your step.

 

Vietnamese coffee is delicious.

 

1.cat sleep

The cat is sleeping. SV present progressive/continuous verb tense

The cat sleeps on the bed. SV simple present verb tense

The dog and the cat sleep on the couch. SSV

couch, sofa- three or four people can sit

loveseat- two people can sit

 

2. laugh joke

I hear a joke, and I laugh. COMPOUND SENT

She is laughing at the joke. SV

He is just kidding. He is teasing her.

We kid around in this class sometimes. We keep it light.

IDIOM light- not too serious, relaxed, fun

 

3. children play

The children are playing soccer/tag/ tennis/hide-and-go-seek in the park. SV

 

Try some of these for homework. We will share our simple sentences in class tomorrow.