Today’s agenda- Week 6
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Attendance
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Talk about subjunctive mood
Dave suggested that Sarah talk to her
friend. Subjunctive mood
EASIER Dave suggested that Sarah should talk
to her friend.
EASIER, NOT AS CLEAR Dave suggested talking
to her friend.
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Quiz4
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Return Test 2
Go over
RW for 1 point
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Test the registration link at 1:30.
Hand out slips of paper with your PIN
Personal identification number- all
students in VSB.
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Leftover verb tense exercises
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Midterm “Self-Reflection”
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Wednesday
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Midterm recs- one-on-one meetings, first half of
the class
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Reading “Christmas”
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Begin adjective clauses- final type of clause
Thursday
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Midterm recs- one-on-one meetings, second half
of the class
Friday
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Last day before Winter Break
*Two-week Winter Break*
Back on Monday, January 5th
After Winter Break, we have three more weeks.
We will keep doing quizzes and tests until the end.
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Subjunctive mood – imaginary situation, suggestion
*imaginary situation
If I won the lottery, I would buy a solid gold toothbrush.
He would be a good basketball player if he were 210 cm tall.
COMMON USAGE If I were you, I would call your sister.
also subjunctive mood?
Dave suggested that Sarah talk to her
friend.
EASIER Dave suggested that Sarah should talk
to her friend.
EASIER, NOT AS CLEAR Dave suggested talking to
her friend.
subjunctive mood- find a grammar book
-talk
to a grammar expert
Quiz4
Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.
Pass in by 12:35.
1. think boring
2. wonder flight
3. say appointment
4. believe excellent
5. promise mother
6. know traffic
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Let’s test the reg link.
Click on the URL.
Fill in the information.
If you get an error, let Hollie know.
We call this troubleshooting.
VOCAB troubleshooting(n)- narrowing down a problem, step-by-step
solving a problem
troubleshoot(v)
Two main things I’m looking for:
1. Good
sentences
PLOs
-simple, compound, and complex sentences
-past, present, and future verb tenses, including
simple, progressive, present perfect
2. organization
of the paragraph
Topic sentence
3,4,5 supporting points, details
Concluding
Some people just write without a plan.
vf- errors
Young people are easy to
get confused. vf
Your new friends will be easy to understand your feelings.
vf
Young people are easy to
get confused. vf
FIX
Young people easily get
confused easily.
Your new friends will be
easy to understand your feelings. vf
FIX
Your new friends will easily
understand your feelings easily.
vf I am easy to learn math. XXX
FIX
I can learn math easily.
Math is easy for me to learn.
Math is easy to learn for me. AWK
-run-on sentences- long long sentences, 2-3 sentences
smooshed together
First of all, the main reason why newcomers should learn
English fluently is that they could integrate better with the new society in
Canada if they have a high level of English.
RW
First of all, newcomers should learn English fluently. They
could integrate better with the new society in Canada if they have a high level
of English.
Learning English takes a long time to do especially when you
are working or are a new immigrant and if you have children you want to be able
to talk to the teachers of your children because that is very important so that
you can communicate clearly, and you also can get a good job and then you will
have a good life and meet lots of new people and have a better life in Canada.
RW
Learning English takes a long time to do. This is especially
true when you are working or are a new immigrant; also, if you have children
you want to be able to talk to the teachers of your children. That is very
important so that you can communicate clearly. As well, you also can get a good
job, Then you will have a good life. Furthermore, you can meet lots of new
people. If you learn English well, you probably
will have a better life in Canada.
I put together two model paragraphs. This my writing. If
this comes back to me in a test, it will get a 0.
Opinion paragraph. Should newcomers become fluent in
English.
From my point of view, newcomers
to Canada should become fluent in English. There are three reasons why. /
There are three reasons why this would benefit them. Firstly / Firstly /
First of all, fluency/being fluent in English will greatly
increase the person's chance of getting a good job. When I came to Canada, I
thought my English was very good. However, I soon realized that it was not as
strong as I thought. Now that my English is improving, I feel I have more
opportunity and confidence to improve my job/ get employment. Secondly/Next,
going to a school to learn a new language can help you become exposed to new
friends, new cultures, new languages, etc. Canada is a multicultural country. An
English-learning classroom is a fantastic place to learn about people from all
around the world. Also, you may find a few new friends. Thirdly, being
fluent in/learning English can help you to have independence/do things
by yourself. Often we have to talk to a doctor. Sometimes we have to talk
to our children's teacher. In the same way, when we go shopping, being able to
speak English well would be a great benefit to us. For these few reasons, I
definitely agree that newcomers should become fluent in/ learn/get good at/
become proficient in English.
Should people live together before they get married.
People living together before
they get married is a very divisive/difficult/interesting issue. Some
people feel it's OK. Other people think it's a terrible idea. For me, I think
living together before you get married is a good idea. There are two main
reasons why I feel this way. First of all, when you live together, you get to
see how the other person acts on a daily basis. You get to learn about their good
and bad habits. For example, are they a quiet person? Are they a clean person?
Do they pick up their clothes off the floor? Do they wash their own dishes?
These are things that are very important to know about a person you're thinking
about marrying. Secondly, when you live with the person, you get to learn how
they spend money. How healthy is the person’s relationship to money? Money
arguments are the number one problem
that couples fight about, so you have to know these things. Is the person a
spender? Is the person a saver? Does the person pay off their credit card debts
every month? Does the person have huge amount of debt month to month? Better to
know before you get married then when you do get married and realize you've
walked into a financial mess. To conclude, if the two of you are compatible on
cleaning and spending, get married. If not, move on.
Tone- casual, light, humorous
-
serious, academic, dry
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Verb Tense Exercises
16. He will run
/ is going to run in the marathon next week.
He is gonna run in the marathon next week. casual
talking
He will be running in the marathon next week. future
progressive
future progressive- vary active, lots of energy in the
future
She will study for the test.
She will be studying for the test. suggests a lot of
work, energy
I cannot go to the party; I will be working that night.
I’ll be studying for my IFR test.
17. Ali met
his best friend when he was in college. simple past
18. Shira was
in the middle of a meeting when her
phone rang.
Shira was talking in the meeting when her phone rang.
19. Junko has not seen that movie yet, but she
really wants to. present perfect- from the past until now ‘yet’
Junko did not see that movie yet, but she really
wants to.
-casual talking
He saw/watched/took in a movie last night.
He sees/watches a movie
every Tuesday night.
He is watching a/the movie
now.
20. Boris walks to work every day. simple present
21. He (just,
finish) his degree and is now looking for a job.
He has just finished
his degree and is now looking for a job.
CASUAL He just finished
his degree and is now looking for a job.
How formal do you want to be?
22. She taught/had been teaching English for ten
years before she moved to France.
had taught- past perfect- not as common substitute simple past
23. I was reading this book for a week, but I still
haven’t finished it. casual tone
I have been reading
this book for a week, but I still haven’t finished it.
formal tone
24. They travelled/have
travelled to over twenty countries in the last five years.
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