Wednesday, 21 May 2025

P2 EF56 Class 18

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      First thing- Quiz3- simple sentences

·      Begin descriptive writing

“What is a Descriptive Paragraph” HANDOUT

“100 Most Used Adjectives” HANDOUT

·      Continue role-plays

·      HW   Look over those adjectives.

Read “What is a Descriptive Paragraph”

 

Thursday

·      Continue descriptive writing

Continue adjectives

Teach order of adjectives

Test2 Monday

·      Begin compound sentences HANDOUT

·      Continue role-plays

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week4

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Continue compound sentences

Quiz4 Tuesday probably

·      Descriptive paragraph Test2 Monday

 

Monday

·      Test 2- descriptive writing

·      Choose vocab for Quiz4

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4- compound sentences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Quiz3- simple sentences

 

P1

Quiz3

Write an appropriate simple sentence for each. You can use any verb tenses.

Pass in by 9:46

1.  SV family                        kind

2.  SSV call                           office         

3.  SVV win                          team          

4.  Imperative wait            friend

5.  Interrogative open       door

6.  SSV believe                    story

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P2

Quiz3

Write an appropriate simple sentence for each. You can use any verb tenses.

Pass in by 12:30

1.  SV call                             morning

2.  SSV move                       country     

3.  SVV wait                         friend

4.  Imperative show          family

5.  Interrogative believe   story

6.  SSV learn                        reason

 

Types of paragraphs:

Narrative- tell a story

Descriptive- THIS WEEK

Process- teaching

Opinion/Persuasive-

 

Descriptive writing – describe something

WORD FORMS- wf

describe(verb)

description(noun)- give a description

descriptive(adjective)

 

descriptive paragraph – describing something or someone

 

-painting, photograph, person, scenery/landscape, animal, tree, car, food, etc.

 

-         azure blue water, turqoise blue, deep blue, wispy clouds, thin clouds, grey rocks, palm or coconut trees

-         white waves, whitecaps

 

-appeal to the five senses- means of connection between our brains and the world

five senses –

1.sense of sight – seeing with our eyes

2.sense of touch – nerves in our skin – pressure and heat

3.sense of taste – tongue (organ of taste) taste buds on your tongue– sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness, NEW IDEA umami (Japanese- meaty taste), spicy?

4.sense of smell- olfactory(adj) smell- nose- very evocative (easy to remember) of memory, go back in time- perfume, food

5.sense of hearing – ears, eardrums, three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup)

tinnitus(n)- ringing in your ears, hearing damage, exposure to loud noises

Wear ear plugs in noisy places

 

cochlear implant – internal surgery

hearing aids- external, no surgery

 

the 6th sense – ESP (extra-sensory perception)- communicate through your minds- connection between twins (magic)

-         intuition- gut reaction, Listen to your gut.

 

- physical disabilities with our senses, barrier:

*can’t see – blind, partially blind, visually impaired

- seeing-eye dog

read braille

colour blind- can’t distinguish between green and red, for example

Dogs can only see black and white. True?

Cats can only grey and green. ??

tunnel vision- limited peripheral vision

 

BREAK

 

*can’t hear- deaf, partially deaf, hearing impaired – hearing aid,

read lips, sign language, close-caption, subtitles

*can’t talk – dumb, mute (old-fashioned word, not used anymore), non-verbal

Sarah’s son is non-verbal. He is autistic. He is on the autism spectrum.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

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“100 Most Used Adjectives”

You will know many of them. There will be some new ones, probably.

1.Which ones do you know already?

2.Which ones do you kind-of know?

3.Which ones are new?

18. political- government

She studied political science.

politician(person)

policy(n)

40.whole- entire, all

He ate the whole cake.

He ate all the cookies.

The baby slept the whole night.

Yesterday, she couldn’t stay for the whole class.

42. military-army, navy, air force

All 19-year-old Korean boys have to do military service for two years.

50. recent – close in the past

recently(adv) I went to Metrotown recently.

We had a lot of guests at a recent event.

Prices have gone up in recent years.

I have improved my language skills in recent weeks.

51.certain- sure, definite

I am certain that I locked my door.

She is uncertain if she should marry this guy.

There is a certain place where you can find free money in the trees.

She cooks chicken is a certain way that is delicious.

57.likely(adv,adj)- probably will happen

He will likely go to BCIT after SHEC.

She will likely take a course in the summer.

70.significant- important

She makes a significant contribution to her family’s income. She is a breadwinner.

She has made significant progress in her English.

insignificant

gross(adj)- disgusting

82.environmental- air, water, nature

People are interested in environmental protection.

environmental issues-

85.democratic- ruled by the people, free and fair vote

-theocratic- ruled by religious people

-autocratic- dictator

-monarchy- ruled by a queen or king

-anarchy- no government

-oligarchy- ruled by rich people

Money talks!

87.various- different kinds, options

There are various types of iphones.

variety(n)

91.religious

She is a very religious person.

She reads religious books.

In Canada, people have become less religious over the past 20 years.

pray, worship, believe(v)

Karl Marx- Religion is the opiate of the people.

opiate-drug

 

 

 

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Order of adjectives

 

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