Today’s Agenda
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Overview of paragraph types
Begin
narrative paragraphs
“Modes
of Writing’ Narrative EF56”
“Narrative
Writing WI567” HANDOUT
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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
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2
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Multiple-choice exercises
·
Continue narrative writing, Test1 Monday
·
Continue progressive tenses- present
progressive, past progressive
perfect
tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive
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Fun work
Monday
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Continue progressive tenses- present
progressive, past progressive
perfect
tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive
Quiz2
tomorrow- choose vocab to review
·
Test1 – narrative paragraph
Tuesday
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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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