Good morning, everyone.
Today’s Agenda
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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
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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.
**
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
**
“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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