EF56 Class 3

 

Good morning, every 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Word forms:

specific(adj)

specifically(adv)

knowledge(n)

knowledgeable(adj)

able(adj) ability(n) ably(adv) I am not able/unable to come to class tomorrow.

capable(adj) capability(n) capably(adv) She is a capable manager. She does the work capably. He is not capable of winning the race.

disabled(adj) disability(n)

explainable / explicable(adj)- can be explained

unforgetable(adj) unforgetable(adv)

strange(adj) – weird, unusual, not normal, unexpected

strong(adj) strength(n)

 

tion/sion -nouns education(n) organization(n) examination(n) precision(n) precise(adj)- exact(adj) exactly(adv) precisely(adv)

 

*Adding ‘ly’ will often turn an adjective into an adverb.

most/mostly   slow/slowly   quickly/quickly   effective/effectively   hard/hardly-opposite meanings   She works hard. She hardly works.

 

efficient(adj) efficiently(adv) efficiency(n)

 

rarely(adv) rare(adj)

seldom(adj) seldomly(adv) He seldomly/rarely/always never goes downtown.

 

position(n) She got a new job position.

 

never(adv) He never smoking. He has never smoked. present perfect verb tense- vt

She never drinks alcohol. He never eats junk food. simple present vt

She has never drunk alcohol. He has never eaten junk food. Present perfect vt

 

We will talk about verb tense in this class.

*simple present verb tense- always, usually, every day, habitual action, fact

habit(n)habitual(adj)habitually(adv)

I drink coffee every morning. Every morning, I drink coffee.

I every morning drink coffee.

 

Sometimes, she sometimes drinks green tea sometimes in the afternoon sometimes.

 

*present perfect verb tense-

He has never drunk alcohol.

simple        past             past participle

drink           drank          drunk

drive           drove          driven

read            read            read

eat               ate               eaten

break          broke          broken

He breaks a lot of glasses. Simple present- habitual action

He has broken a lot of glasses in the last six months. present perfect- from some point in the past until now

I have looked at my phone 10 times in the last hour. time frame

She has played piano since she was a little kid. time frame

 

He has been breaking a lot of glasses in the last six months. present perfect progressive/continuous -not as important as present perfect

 

Today’s Agenda

-Questionnaire

-Paragraph writing "Golden Week"

Friday

·      Self-Reflections

·      Continue to work on paragraph writing

Teach “Structure of a Paragraph”

·      Continue small group chatting- icebreaker exercise

·      Fun exercises

·      HW   Read over the PLOs. We will start to use them in class

next week.

 

Monday

·      Test#1- pass-in paragraph (last 45m)

·      Investigate PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)

 

Tuesday or Wednesday

·      Return Test#1

Go over

Optional RW for bonus point

 

 

                                        

 

Organization:

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

 

 

 

Model Paragraph #1

“Golden Week” paragraph

 

Golden Week

How does it look on the page?

It looks like a paragraph- neat and organized

- one block of writing

- first word indented

- double-spaced

 

Use lined ruled paper.

White border at the top

Holes on the left

Test#1/Quiz#2 on the title line

Full name and class top right corner – Joe Chen EF6

Write between the margins. red lines

A paragraph should be at least 150 words. (150-200 words)

 

 

 

*Topic sentence – tells the reader what to expect

-sets up expectation for the reader

          TS- Golden Week, Japan, four days

 

topic and controlling idea

-topic- the subject of the paragraph, the topic that will be addressed

-controlling idea- your take on the topic, your focus, the direction you are going go with the topic, limits the scope of the paragraph, focusses, the reader knows what to expect

Our job as writers is to set the parameters of the paragraph and then satisfy those parameters.

 

Golden week is Japan is a combined celebration of four holidays.

 

*Supporting sentences

Support #1- ‘first’

 Point - subpoint

 

Support #2 ‘second’

 Point – subpoint

 

Support #3 ‘next’

 Point - subpoint

 

Support #4 ‘fourth’

Point – subpoint, subpoint, subpoint

 

Why is the fourth point longer? Why change the structure? -most important point, explain more, cultural value

There are reasons why you can break the pattern. Have a good reason. Be aware of your pattern.

 

Concluding sentence -wrap-up, way to end the writing, bring it to a conclusion, nice, gentle, land the airplane, like saying ‘Goodbye’ on the phone

The topic sentence and the concluding sentence may look very similar.

 

The stucture is clear and easy to follow.

 

 

** Establish a structure to follow: point+ subpoint

 

There is no grabber in this paragraph.  We will talk about grabbers later.

-missed opportunity

-good idea to use a grabber

 

IDEA: Practice writing a paragraph today and tomorrow. Test next week.

 

TOPIC: What is your favourite season?

 

spring summer fall/autumn winter

 

Make a plan before we write. Brainstorm ideas and vocabulary.

Think about and make notes  before writing sentences.

 

 

 

FIRST DAY ICEBREAKER:

Get into groups of 4-5 people. Choose some people who you don’t know yet. Ideally choose people who do not speak your mother language.

Chat with your partners.

·      Name

·      Home

·      Family

·      Job/Profession/Employment

·      Travel

·      Hobbies- pastime, activities in your freetime

·      Future plans

Of course, we will chat in English.

 

 

 

Choose one of your partners. Make notes about that person.

Introduce one of your partners to the class.