Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Collect RWT1
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Begin teaching sentence types- simple, compound,
complex
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Continue “Going to the Bank”- Everyday Dialogues
Friday
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2
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Continue simple sentences
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Teach grabbers- paragraphs
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IF TIME Continue PLOs “Prescribed Learning
Outcomes”
Monday
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Quiz#1- simple sentences
Simple Sentences
Four types of sentences-
-simple
-compound
-complex
MAYBE compound-complex
Foundations of all writing in English
-simple sentence- most basic form of a sentence in English
-simple but powerful, very useful
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e.g. good choice for topic sentence in a
paragraph or thesis statement in an essay
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anything you want someone to remember
A simple sentence is one independent clause that has a
subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
clause – a group of words with a subject and a verb, S+V
Most teachers says: one simple sentence – a complete idea
Grammar vocab
Subject and a Verb
Subject and a Predicate
The old dog was
walking.
The old dog was
walking slowly.
The old dog was
walking slowly around the park.
The old dog was
walking slowly around the park with a stick.
The old dog was
walking/walked slowly around the park with a stick in her mouth. SV
The dog was walking.
core SV
I saw the dog walking in the park. SIMPLE
The old dog is walking around the park everyday now/at
the moment. present progressive
The old dog is walking walks around the park
everyday. simple present
The old dog was
walking slowly around the park. yessterday
The old dog walks
slowly around the park. simple present verb tense-everyday, habitual action, routine
action
e.g. I like Mexican food. For example, I love to eat tacos, enchiladas, toritillas
and empinados.
main subject – just one word, noun ‘dog’
complete subject- main subject plus andy modifers,
adjectives, articles
‘the old dog’
verb – action word ‘was walking’
verb= simple predicate
complete predicate – verb plus everthing else
‘was walking slowly around the park with a stick in his
mouth.’
The old dog was
walking slowly around the park with a stick in her mouth.
EASY LEVEL The dog was
walking in the park.
SIMPLE SENTENCE- S V, Subject + Predicate
I request. NOT A COMPLETE IDEA
I request a new driver’s license.
Notice that there are some important requirements for a
simple sentence:
1. Must have a subject and a verb.
2. Must express a complete thought.
3. Must only have one clause.
4. ** Begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
** For all sentences.
SV
SSV
SVV
SSVV
Imperative- command
Interrogative- question
Examples of Simple Sentences:
1. Joe
went to the store. SV
2. BC
is experiencing severe flooding in many
areas around the province. SV
3. Sarah
and Jessie are going swimming. SSV
4. Xi
and Biden met this week for high
level discussions. SSV
5. The
frog jumped and landed in the pond. SVV
6. The
nurse took the patient’s blood
pressure and checked his heart rate. SVV –
verb tenses
The nurse checked her pulse. Her pulse 65 bpm.
beats per minute
60-100 normal resting heart rate
FIRST AID If someone falls unconcious,
first check if they are breathing. Than check for a pulse. Imperative
7. Keep your eyes open for bargains. NO SUBJECT-
implied subject “You” Imperative
Head’s up!
Watch out! Be careful!
When I go to
Winners, I keep my eyes open for bargains.
If you go
walking late at night, keep your eyes open. Be aware.
Imperative- command, tell someone
to do something
Please sit down. Sit down,
please.
(You) Be
careful! don’t say ‘you’, everybody
understand that it is there,
implied subject – imply(v) – suggest something but not say
it out loud
5. I went to the
mall and bought a dress. SVV
I went to shop in Metrotown. XXX
I went shopping in Metrotown. gerund
I went GERUND.
Gerund- noun ‘ing’
She went skiing.
She went shopping.
He went hiking.
I want to go downtown. SV
6. What are you doing next Monday night? Interrogative,
question
What time did you go to sleep/bed yesterday?
IDIOM hit the hay/ hit the sack- go to bed
She’s going to hit the hay/sack.
8. The
pizza smells delicious. SV
9. He
was a chef.
He was
a patisserie chef.
The fancy desserts are delicious.
8. Here/There= not subjects
Here is your phone.
Here are your keys.
There is a fly
in the car with us.
There is/are two flies in the car.
‘Here’ and ‘there’ are not subjects. They always point to
something else.
There is/are people
on the sidewalk. subject verb agreement
There is/are a
person on the sidewalk.
#1 error- subject verb agreement
Here is your cell phone.
Here are your keys.
***#1 mistake that everyone makes***
Here
are your [AH1] cell
phone. XXX
Here is your keys.
XXX
FIX
Here is your cell phone.
Here are your keys.
Here is your fob.
Strange plural words
Her glasses are new.
Her pair of glasses is new.
His pants are ripped.
His pair of pants is ripped.
The scissors are dull.
The pair of scissors is sharp.
The t-shirt is nice.
Her sweater is made of wool.
The students are high-level.
The group of students is celebrating.
The class is almost ready for UBC.
The team is doing well this year.
The police are coming to your house.
polices XXX
A police officer is talking to me.
policeman
Yes, officer. No, officer.
The police can use a Breathalyzer on you. The police have
checkpoints especially around on weekends around Christmas.
Some people panic when the police pull them over.
They wanted to expell/suspended you from school.
You get fired from a job.
TRICKY subject verb agreement – verbs change to match the
subject
e.g. Mary live lives in Vancouver. agr
NOTE: At a postsecondary level, mistakes in subject verb
agreement are a big deal.
REVIEW
Simple sentences
SV
SSV
SVV
SSVV
Imperative
Interrogative
Continue tomorrow
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Going to the Bank
Finish Vocab Preview
6. service fees- a little bite
The bank is nickel and diming me.
one cent- penny
five cents- nickle
ten cents- dime
25 cents- quarter
IDIOM nickle and dime- small amounts of money
My son nickles and dimes me.
8.overdraft
10. I would like to make a withdrawal, please.
sign- write your signature- whole name in a fancy script
initials- just the first letters – AH MJ
retinal scan- eye scan
fingerprint
facial recognition
Dialogue Reading
[AH1]agr
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