Good morning, everyone.
Today’s Agenda
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“Self-Assessment Reflection”
Link to PLOs
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Continue to work on paragraph writing
Teach “Structure of a Paragraph”
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Continue small group chatting- icebreaker
exercise
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HW
Monday
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Test#1- pass-in paragraph (last 45m)
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Investigate PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)
Tuesday or Wednesday
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Return Test#1
Go over
Optional RW for bonus point
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Teach grabbers
“Self-Assessment Reflection”
weekly, every Friday
-self- personal, ‘me’, yourself
-assessment(n) assess(v)- test, exam, score,
quality, mark
-reflection(n) reflect(v)- wonder, remember,
think about, consider, review, check out(phrasal verb), revise -
internal process
Self-Assessment Reflection- think about how
things have been going the past week, make plans for the following week
Please return it to me by the end of class
today.
I always wear hearing protection at concerts.
The whole family is going to hang out
together.
IDIOM hang out-
He will have a relaxed, chill weekend.
relieved(adj)- worries taken away He felt
relieved when he got good news from the doctor. He left a load off his
shoulders.
IDIOM a load off your shoulders-
tennis racquet- has strings
badminton racquet
hockey stick
baseball bat, baseball glove
golf club
pingpong paddle - solid
pickleball paddle
cricket – not popular in Canada, extremely popular
in India, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, New Zealand
football
soccer
American football
IDIOM get together
Peruvian friend – good chef
house chores-
window shopping- just looking, browsing
hem my pants
hem(v)- shorten pants legs or a skirt
She sews by hand.
handicrafts- knitting, sewing, crochet, needlepoint,
cross stitch, macrame
knitting needles, ball of yarn
You have “me time”.
Organization:
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
“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.
Review of the
structure of a paragraph
*6-8,9,10
sentences
*at
least 150 words-250 words, Goldilocks Zone- not too much, not too little,
English 12- how many words?
Goldilocks-
fairy tale, finding a comfortable middle option
*one
block of writing
*Indent
the first word of the paragraph- space bar, TAB key
*Double
space
*Black
or blue ink
*Lined
ruled paper ruled-with red lines for
margins
What
goes into a paragraph?
1.
Grabber- learn later
2.
Topic sentence – usually the first sentence of
your paragraph, gives the topic and the controlling idea (your take on the
topic)
3.
Supporting sentences-
4.
Concluding sentence- wrap up, end the paragraph
Gold, a precious metal, is prized for two important characteristics. First
of all/Firstly/First/To begin with, gold has a lustrous beauty that is
resistant to corrosion. Therefore, it is suitable for jewelry, coins, and ornamental
purposes. Gold never needs to be polished and will remain beautiful forever.
For example, a Macedonian coin remains as untarnished today as the day it was
made 25 centuries ago. Another/Next/Secondly/In the second place, an important
characteristic of gold is its usefulness to industry and science. For many
years, it has been used in hundreds of industrial applications, such as
photography and dentistry. The most recent use of gold is in astronauts' suits.
Astronauts wear gold-plated heat shields for protection when they go outside
spaceships in space. In conclusion/To conclude/To sum up/, gold is treasured
not only for its beauty but also for its utility.
Don’t stress about the vocabulary.
Brainstorming helps to ‘wake up’ dormant/sleeping vocabulary words.
Passive and active vocab.
Write down your brainstormed key words- it
will help to wake up you passive vocab.
A more direct way of building vocab would be
to use a thesaurus.
synonyms, antonyms
Vocab are your ingredients.
Paragraph –
collection of sentences on one topic (approx. 4 minimum, often 7,8,10)
-EF6, EF7/Eng 10, Eng 11,
Eng 12 about 150-250 words
Grade
12 Provincial Exams-
“In
paragraph form and in at least 150 words, answer question 1...”
-150-250
ww- the Goldilocks Zone- not too long, not too short
IDIOM the Goldilocks Zone, a happy medium, a good
compromise
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears
com-
together
promise-
agreement
-a
paragraph is a pretty short piece of writing, compact
-not
an essay -300ww at least
CHARACTERISTICS
OF A PARAGAPH
**has
to be focussed on the topic
**get
to the point quickly, stay on the point
no
room for wandering around the topic
**has
to be well-organized- make a plan before
you write, make a few notes, brainstorm some key words, getting vocab, make a plan before to write sentences
-longer
pieces- long essay, paper (5-10-20 pages), more room to manuevre, scope for
exploration
A
paragraph is about one thing, one topic.
paragraph
– so short- has to really focussed, well-organized, laser sharp
TIMES
EF3/4
– (70-90m)
EF5/6-
(50m-55m) paragraph (150-250 ww)
EF67-
(45-50m)
English
12 -much shorter amount of time (~20-25m)
Over
the next few courses-EF5/6, EF7, Eng11, Eng12- there will be a speeding up for
the writing time.
Time
allotments will get shorter.
OUR
NATURAL REACTION -feel stressed, anxiety, worry, panic!
People
put a lot of pressure on themselves.
Failure
is the best teacher. You can build on, improve your weakness.
*phobia-
unreasonable fear
phobia-
claustophobic- fear of small places, CT scanner
turophobia-
fear of cheese
arachnaphobia-
fear of spiders
hydrophobia-
fear of water
fear
of heights
fear
of darkness
fear
of blood
musophobia-
fear of mice
fear
of beetles-
post-traumatic
-You had bad experiences in the past.
Writing
paragraphs
*
Source of anxiety, feel rushed, feel nervous, worried, emotional reaction – time pressure, pressure to write good
sentences, pressure to write good verbs, pressure to use good punctuation, pressure
to give a good answer, pressure to come up with good ideas
brain
fog- mind goes blank, no ideas
MY ADVICE:
Practicing may/will help to reduce the
nerves. Practice what you want to be good at.
Everything will be ok. I am/We are on your
side!
You can mitigate these responses with good
planning.
***take a few minutes and make a plan before
you start writing the sentences of your paragragh
-word bank
VOCAB mitigate(v) – make a difficult
situation easier
e.g. In order to mitigate this problem, we
are going to delay the project for two weeks.
*Writing a good paragraph and writing it
quickly is a challenge. It is a challenge that you can rise to.
EUPHEMISM – a polite word that we use when
we don’t want to use the real word
bathroom, restroom, washroom
pass away
challenge- difficult
There are steps we can take to make it
easier.
Process and practice will make writing
paragraphs less stressful, more routine.
routine – everyday, not emotional, not
stressful, run-of-the-mill
We can learn to ameliorate that stress that
we feel when we face difficult new tasks.
VOCAB ameliorate- make something bad better
Practice is the secret to improving.
Practice makes perfect.
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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
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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.
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