Thursday, 26 February 2026

P2 EF710 Class 17

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Distribute “Thought Questions” for Animal Farm

·      “Parallelism”

·      Begin “Dead Man’s Path”

 

Friday- end of 4th week

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

·      Begin final kind of sentence “Compound-Complex Sentences”

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

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Monday

·      Continue final kind of sentence “Compound-Complex Sentences”

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

Prepare for Test 4

 

Link to the text: https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/orwellanimalfarm.pdf

We will begin our novel later next week.

Starting late next week, we will do approximately one chapter a day. There are 10 chapters. Add a few days for test, essay, etc.- I expect we we get in done in three weeks.

 

DISTRIBUTE “Thought Questions Chapters 1-10”

 

Later next week, we will begin the novel Animal Farm. We should get it done in three weeks of so.

I will pass out the novels early next week. Usually, students have pay to use the novels. They have to leave a deposit in the office. I am not going to do that. I will hand out the novels to you. I trust that you will take care of them and return them to me.

If you decide to leave the class, please give me my novel back.

I will email you a link for a pdf of the novel if you want to get started on it.

Link to the text: https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/orwellanimalfarm.pdf

 

Please prepare Chapter 1 for the middle of next week. The plan is to do one chapter a day.

You can read ahead and prepare ahead.

If you print it out, you can write all over it with your notes.

 

Hopefully you will take this as an opportunity to read a fun but serious novel in English. It will be a challenge.

 

Some of you may be familiar with it already, in another language.

Longman? ESL rewrites of hard English novels

Charles Dickens Great Expectations

 

Novel about animals taking over a farm from the farmer. Then they run their own farm. Will they be successful?

 

It sounds like a children’s story. It has deep themes, deep ideas.

 

Audiobook – effective way to learn English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc78arfcmRo

 

movie version- We will watch the British animation (1954) in class on the last day.

 

 

 

 

 

novel- fiction- a made-up story

non-fiction- history, biography, science, psychology, memoir, autobiography

 

biography  bio graph y

bio - life

biology – the study of life

graph- a picture

 

autobiography-

auto- self

 

automobile-

auto- self

mobile- move

 

automatic

matic- machine

 

studies

biology

geology  geo- the earth

geography- pictures of the earth

psychology- psyche- the mind

sociology- societies

seismology

physiology- physio-the body

anthropology

criminology

kinesiology- kinesiologist

 

Latin roots

 

aquarium- aqua-water   rium-room  

egocentric(adj)-  ego- centre

He is egocentric. He is narcissistic. He is self-absorbed. He is self-centred.

absorb- soak up water, soak up information

Is she self-aware?

 

She is generous, thoughtful, considerate, etc.

community-minded, helpful, kind, selfless, caring, etc.

 

Narcissus- Greek myth

Echo-

 

Trump is a narcissist.

He is narcissistic.

 

 

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Exercise 1- Easier sentences.

Fix the parallelism error in each sentence. Write the corrected sentences on your own paper.

1.                She likes reading, to swim, and biking.

She likes reading, swimming, and biking. gerunds ‘ing’ nouns

She likes to read, (to) swim, and (to) bike. infinitives

 

2.                He is smart, hardworking, and has kindness.

He is smart, hardworking, and kind. adj

 

3.                My goal is to graduate, getting a good job, and I want to travel.

My goal is to graduate, (to) get a good job, and (to) travel.

My goals are graduating, getting a good job, and travelling. gerunds

gerund- ‘ing’ noun  e.g. Skiing is fun.

 

4.                The teacher asked us to finish the homework, to study for the test, and to review (the) notes.

The teacher asked us to finish the homework, study for the test, and review (the) notes.

 

He asked you INFINITIVE. He asked you to pick up the kids.

causative verbs- ask, tell, invite, get, advise, etc

She invited you to come for a hike.

causative- cause something else to happen

Tuesday, I told my daughter to put the dishes away.

 

Joke about Spanish people- Manana.

Spain has a relaxed vibe.

They take a siesta every day.

 

5.                They spent the day cleaning the house, cooking dinner, and watching movies.

6.                The new student is friendly, helpful, and caring about others.

caring- think about other people

She cares about others. She is very caring person. She is caring about others.

He is uncaring.

 

careful- avoid making mistakes, alert,

Keep your eyes open. Make wise decisions.

roofied- rufilin- drug that will knock you out

creeps- creepy guys – make you feel uncomfortable

 

7.                I enjoy to draw, painting, and to design clothes.

8.                She wants fame, to be rich, and being successful.

She wants fame, riches/wealth/money, and success.

She wants to be famous, to be rich, and to be successful.

She wants to be famous, to be rich, and to be successful.

She wants to be famous, to be rich, and to be successful. REP

 

9.                The dog was running in the yard, barking loudly, and chasing a squirrel.

The dog was running in the yard, was barking loudly, and was chasing a squirrel. REP

 

10.           He promised that he would study hard, to exercise daily, and eating healthy food.

He promised that he would study hard, exercise daily, and eat healthy food.

He promised that he would study hard, do exercise daily, and eat healthy food.

 

eat healthy food.  V ADJ N

eat healthily. V ADV

 

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*Tuesday, March 10

Opportunity to replace one quiz, test, both or neither

 

*Wednesday and Thursday, March 11 &12

Midterm recommendations

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Let’s change gears.

Let’s get into our chat groups (4-5 people)

We can discuss “Dead Man’s Path Thought Questions”

 

 

 

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Test 3

Divider

Phones, devices away

You can have your story out for the test.

 

Write a paragraph of least 150 words on the following topic. Include quoted material.

 

 

Why did Mr. Wei, the teacher, choose to confess his mistake to his class of students?

 

 

 

 

 

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Return Test 3

 

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