Wednesday, 7 May 2025

P2 EF56 Class 9

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      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

 

 

 

 

Verb tense

must- MODAL AUXILIARY/MODAL

-no tense no past present future

must + to go = must go

suggest a time frame

 

learn  learned   will learn

 

MODAL must + to learn = must learn

He must learn how to drive.

 

ONE-WORD MODALS can   could   might   must   shall   should   will

TWO-WORD MODALS have to   ought to   need to

THREE-WORD MODALS be going to   have got to

*I will teach modals in a few weeks.

 

learn   learned/learnt   will learn/be going to learn

He learned to drive a motorcycle. Canada/US

He learnt to drive a motorcycle. UK/British

 

Both countries have nuclear weapons.

 

 

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

 

Your printer has different modes- ready mode, sleep mode.

 

IDIOM         I am in teacher mode.

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

mode-role, behaviour

 

IDIOM wear different hats.

a very busy person “She wears a lot of hats.”

You are wearing your student hat now. Later, you put on your grandma hat. You can also put on your good-listener 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.    YVR

2.    got off plane

3.    immigration- quick

4.    lost luggage

5.    family/sister/friend pick up OR taxi/Skytrain

6.    family home/AirB&B/rented apartment

7.    phone home

8.    family dinner home, restaurant

9.    felt jet lag

10.                       stayed up gabbing, watching a movie

11.                       go to bed, couldn’t sleep- excitement, jet lag

jet lag – feeling tired due to time zones

(Length 150-200ww- Goldilocks Zone)

 

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

 

Another narrative paragraph:

Write about a funny/sad/embarassing/scary thing that happened to you.

 

 

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

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

6th sense? ESP

IDIOM women’s intuition – deep feeling, gut feeling

 

 

 

GOOD TOPIC: Describe your apartment.

1.entryway

2.hallway

3.living room- colour, floor, furniture

4.kitchen

5.bathroom- full bath, half bath, powder room, ensuite bathroom

6.bedroom- master bedroom, vanity mirror,

7.spare room/guest room/guest suite

8.shared party room

9.size, age, like?

 

More interesting topic- Describe a mountain view.

 

 

 

*process – explain how to do something, teach

- step by step, how-to

- YOUTUBE- how-to videos

- 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.

How to fix your computer.

 

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

e.g. Good topic: 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

6.tax revenue

 

AREAS OF AGREEMENT for YES and NO groups

-         should be limited access

-         keep away from children

-         designated places, away from schools

 

Yes, but

No, but

 

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

This course- narrative, descriptive, process, persuasive

 

 

HANDOUT “What is a narrative paragraph?”

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

 

 

 


  

 

 

P2

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 run                  business

2.          SIMPLE PRESENT provide   office

3.          SIMPLE PAST write              information

4.          SIMPLE FUTURE buy           family

5.          SIMPLE PAST expect           money

6.          SIMPLE FUTURE serve        party

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