WI567 Class 10

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz#2 – compound sentences

·      Continue paragraphs

Brainstorming on the topics

Test#1 Tuesday

 

Tuesday

·      Continue with sentence types- COMPLEX- ADVERB CLAUSES

·      End of class (last 45m)

Test#1- Write a paragraph of at least 150 words (6-10 sentences) on the following topic.

Everyday topic

 

 

 

Quiz#2

Lined ruled paper

Devices away

Doublespace

Full name and class top right corner

Write a compound sentence for each.

Pass in by 12:29

1.    so                           project

2.    however               neighbour

3.    also                       create

4.    on the other hand meet

5.    nevertheless       complain

6.    as a result            celebration

 

Did you review the vocab for the quiz? The key to success is preparation.

Daily practice is the secret.

 

 

**  Simple present tense

SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE-

-habitual action, regular, everyday, routine

-fact, truth

The sun rises in the east. The sun sets in the west.

Seven times three equals twenty one.

MATH CLASS 7X3=21

Make a judgment call.

NUMBERS one two three four... nine – spell out the words

24 367  12684 – use numerals

Choose a style/rule that you like and follow it. Be consistent.

 

Dates - confusing

11/25/2024

25/11/2024

2/3/2024- unclear

3/2/2024- unclear

There is no one answer.

Nov.25/24 – my solution

November 25^th, 2024 is the day of the party.

November 25, 2024 is the day of the party.

 

The 29^th of November is our wedding anniversary. fancier, more formal

wedding invitation, for example “on the fifth of May, two thousand seventeen at one o'clock in the afternoon”

 

simple present verb tense- habitual action

habit- normal behaviour

“Joe buys a car.” vt sounds odd

Joe sells cars.” vt sounds like his job

 

“Joe bought a car.” vt completed action- simple past

 

“Joe buys and sells cars for a living.” simple present – sounds like his job  SVV

 

ADVERBS- now often

always

IDIOM religiously- always

usually

often

sometimes

occasionally

seldom

rarely/hardly ever

almost never

never

 

Mei goes to the gym three times a week religiously.

IDIOMS rain or shine, no matter what happens, no matter what, come hell or high water

She studies English everyday rain or shine.

 

You will take care of your kids no matter what.

I will get to BCIT no matter what. Nothing can stop me. There is no mountain high enough or river wide enough to stop me

 

Jun shares his ideas at the meeting. every meeting, every time

Jun shared his ideas at the meeting today. once, finished action

 

I prepared for my Quiz1 this morning. I walk my dog every day.

 

I come to school every weekday. I talked with my friends earlier.

I eat have my breakfast everyday at home, but I ate had breakfast at a restaurant yesterday.

I drink have tea/coffee every morning.

I eat have soup.

I had a glass of wine.

 

I ate took some medicine for my headache.

 

He had some soup for supper.

 

Authentic-sounding, natural-sounding- like a native speaker

 

I’m having my dinner right now. I’ll call you back.

 

We went out to a restaurant.

What did you have?

I had the shrimp spaghetti.

 

 

To be a certified teacher for K-12:

Bachelor degree- Arts, Science, Commerce (3-4 years)

Bachelor of Education- BEd (1-2 years)

 

College or university- Usually Masters degree, PhD

Adult Education diploma

 

art- painting, drawing

Language Arts- literature, poetry, humanities

 

taste(v) – get a sense of the flavour

Taste this.

It tastes good.

Honey tastes sweet.

He tasted the honey.

Honey smells sweet.

 

taste(n) – informed opinion

She has good taste in clothing.

We have the same taste in music.

 

She has terrible taste in men.

He has terrible taste in women.

 

IDIOM Bite your tongue.

 

 

 

 

 

** Great Paragraphs name?

 

Test#1 -paragraph of at least 150 words

 

“What is a Paragraph”

 

Topic sentence- addresses the topic directly

-         1.gives the topic

-         2. gives the controlling idea

 

Braille- topic

special system, write and read, blind people- contolling idea

 

One paragraph is about one idea – one topic,one controlling idea

 

The supporiting sentences only address the topic sentence

 

 

WRITING PROCESS

PREWRITING- planning stage

1.Read the question. Read every word. Read it ten times. Make sure you know what the teacher wants you to do.

2.Brainstorm- list, group spitball, mindmap

3.Organize your ideas: time, space, importance

TIME ORG- narrative, process writing

SPACE ORG- decriptive

 

 

 

WRITING- sentence writing stage

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6.

 

get far away from the topics, drift from the main idea- going off-topic