Wednesday, 7 May 2025

P1 EF5 Class 9

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Talk about topic sentences and grabbers for paragraphs

·      Overview of paragraph types

Begin narrative paragraphs

“Modes of Writing’ Narrative EF56”

“Narrative Writing WI567” HANDOUT

·      Everyday dialogue “Asking for a Job Promotion”

·      Quiz1 (last 25m)

 

Thursday- Earthquake drill at 10am?

·      Talk about earthquake drill

·      Continue narrative writing

·      Begin progressive tenses- present progressive, past progressive

perfect tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive

Quiz2 next week

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

·      Multiple-choice exercises

·      Continue narrative writing, Test1 Monday

·      Continue progressive tenses- present progressive, past progressive

perfect tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive

·      Fun work

 

Monday

·      Continue progressive tenses- present progressive, past progressive

perfect tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive

Quiz2 tomorrow- choose vocab to review

·      Test1 – narrative paragraph

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz2

·      Begin overview of sentence types

 

 

 

 

Different kinds of paragraphs-

1.narrative

2.descriptive

3.process/expository

4.persuasive

Test for each one- pass-in paragraph for each

 

Modes of writing

mode- different style, purpose, intention

 

IDIOM         I am in teacher mode.

You are in student mode right now. Later, you will be in mom/dad mode.

 

IDIOM wear different hats.

a very busy person “I wear a lot of hats.”

You are wearing your student hat now. Later, you put on your grandma hat.

 


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Kinds of paragraphs/ Modes of writing:

 

*THIS WEEK narrative- tell a personal story, narrate(v), narrator(n)-person who tells a story

narration(n)- the act of telling a story

e.g. reading bedtime story to kids, narrate- do the voices, etc

e.g. EXAMPLE TOPIC: Write about your first day in Vancouver.

-personal story, tell a story about what happened to you

 

 

 

 

Things that happened on that first day:

1.give date

2.flew from your country to YVR

3.immigration- short time

4.went outside- felt cold

5.sister, family met you, picked you up OR taxi

6.hotel OR Air B&B OR sister’s home

7. phoned back home

8.took a rest/shower/dinner

9.extended family came over OR watch a movie

10.felt jet lag- tired because of the time zone change

11. went to bed, couldn’t sleep

(150-200ww)

-narrative easiest kind of paragraph- favourite topic- You!

 

*NEXT WEEK descriptive(adj) – description(n), describe(v)- appeal to five senses, adjectives, descriptive words

five senses- points of contact with the world: sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch

6th sense? ESP

GOOD TOPIC: Describe your apartment.

1.entryway

2.hallway

3.living room- colour, floor, furniture

4.kitchen

5.bathroom

6.bedroom

7.size, age, like?

 

More interesting topic- Describe a mountain view.

 

 

 

*process – explain how to do something, teach

- step by step, how-to

- teach the steps, explain what to do

Easy topic: How to mail a letter.

1.get an envelope

2.fold the letter

3.write the address front middle

4.write return address top left corner

5.put on a stamp top right corner

6.seal the envelope

7.put in a mailbox or take it to the post office

 

Harder topic: How to use an ipad.

 

*persuasive/opinion- explain your point of view, your perspective, maybe convince the reader of your opinion, give/represent your ideas clearly

e.g. Do you agree that marijuana should be legal in Canada?

Give opinion

Yes OR No

Give 3-4 reasons to support your opinion

No

Reasons

1.not good mental health

2.make people disoriented

3.make people anxious

4.bad smell

5.addiction – no physical addiction, psychological addiction

etc

 

Yes

1.calm people

2.good for mental health- depression, anxiety

3.pain reduction

4.helps with sleep

5.medical treatment

 

AREAS OF AGREEMENT for YES and NO groups

-         should be limited access

-         keep away from children

-         designated places

 

Easier topic: Should newcomers to Canada learn English?

Yes

-jobs

-communication

-be part of society

-work, business

 

Controversial topics:

-Climate change

-Immigration

-Housing

-Vaccines

-Best flavour of ice cream

-Best pet: dogs or cats

 

 

OTHER TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS

*definition – explain what something is, explain is detail

*literary- writing about a poem, short story, novel, movie

*compare/contrast paragraph      - compare- show similarities between two things

                                                              -contrast-- show differences between

two things

 

You can choose what type of writing is most approriate for your purpose.

type of writing – mode of writing

 

 

 

HANDOUT “What is a narrative paragraph?”

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

 

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“Asking for a Job Promotion”

employee-worker

employer- boss

supervisor- manager, director, in-charge

 

Vocabulary Preview

1.promotion(n) promote(v)- higher job position, usaully come with a raise

2.responsibilities(n) responsible(adj)

3.train(v) training(n)—

4.procedure(n)

medical procedure- operation, surgery

5.reliable(adj)

6.raise

wage- hourly, minimum wage

salary- fixed amount per year

Asian countries, Iran, Mexico- per month

Canada and the US-per year

pay period- paid every two weeks, biweekly

                     -monthly, once a month

7.willing(adj) happy to do something,

SLANG NP No problem!

8. cover   I will cover your shift. Can you cover me on Monday?

9.availability(n) available(adj)  She is not available on weekends.

10.performance review- official assessment of how you are doing in the job

She had her first performance review yesterday. The manager told her what she was doing well and what can be better. She will have another performance review in six months.

 

Dialogue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P1

Quiz 1

Write in pen.

Write full name and class in top right corner.

Doublespace.

Write between the margins.

Phones and devices put away.

Write a sentence with an appropriate verb tense for each.

1.          SIMPLE PAST write              student

2.          SIMPLE PRESENT run          day

3.          SIMPLE PAST wait                time

4.          SIMPLE FUTURE help          family

5.          SIMPLE PAST give                 money

6.          SIMPLE FUTURE show        game

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