EF34 11:00 April 13

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Today’s agenda:

1. Verb tense homework- 

Quiz#7 verb tenses tomorrow

2. Process writing

Verb tense homework:

4.We will leave for Calgary as soon as __________________. (present)

Your examples:

a. We will leave for Calgary as soon as we book the hotel. adv cl

b. We will leave for Calgary as soon as we are ready.

c. We will leave for Calgary as soon as we glad. ?? RW

d. We will leave for Calgary as soon as the children finish school.

e. We will leave for Colgary as soon as we get up tomorrow morning.

5. The youngest student __________________. (present)

6. Yesterday our track team ___________________. (past)

7. Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always ____________________. (present)

8. Before the doctor sees that patient, she ______________________. (future)

9. When the letter arrived, _____________________. (past)

10. When the final report is published, _____________________. (future)

Your examples from 6-10:

a) We will leave for Calgary as soon as we pack all of our stuff.

b) We are leaving for Calgary as soon as, and we booked the room for rent. RW

c) We will leave for Calgary as soon as I finish my job.

d) The youngest student is very smart.

e) The youngest student is showing her project.

f) The youngest student is reading a book.

g) Yesterday our track team won the championship.

vf champion – person

championship – prize

h) The youngest student turns 16 today.

i) When the letter arrived, I went to the supermarket.

j) The youngest student  is playing outside now. (present)

k) Yesterday our track team won the competition . (past)

l) Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always _plays in the yard_. (present)

Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always measures the wood.

m) Before the doctor sees that patient, she will wait outside. (future)

n) When the letter arrived, I wasn’t at work. (past)

o) When the final report is published, the market value will go up. (future)

p) Yesterday our track team won the game.

q) The youngest student finish he homework first.

The youngest student finished her homework first.

r) The track team was past. ww Meaning?

s) When the letter arrived, I immediately read it.

t) The youngest student is very Intelligent. cap

u) Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always checking the design paper. vf

Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always checks the design paper. the blueprint

v) Yesterday our track team won the tournament.

w) When the letter arrived, I opened it.

x) The youngest student is newly appointed as the monitor for the class.

y) Before the doctor sees that patient, she will send the sample to the lab.

z) Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always measures first.

aa) The youngest students are looking for a private teacher, so they did understand the last exam. LOGIC

The youngest students did understand the last exam, so they are looking for a private teacher.

bb) When the final report is published, I will send it to you.

cc) When the letter arrived, that would be the end of this month. Meaning? RW

dd) Before the doctor sees the patient, she is going to be happy. Meaning? RW

More work on verb tenses.

There is a ton of material you can find online.

Search for ‘verb tense exercises’

Looks like a good site: https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Excellent extra work.

Tomorrow – Quiz#7- verb tenses.

6 sentences

1. The baby is asleep, so  (present)

The baby is asleep, so don’t make any noise.

2. The baby is asleep, so (future)

The baby is asleep, so we will have to postpone our walk.

The baby is asleep, so we will wait for her to wake up.

3. It is raining, but (future)

It is raining, but it will stop soon.

4. Shira is happy because (past)

Shira is happy because her husband won the lottery yesterday.

...

Paragraphs- modes of writing

writing for different purposes

* narrative writing – telling a story, “I” first person

* descriptive writing – appeal to the five senses, no “I”

* process writing – teaching, explain how to so something, step by step

process writing – teaching someone how to cook, recipe

How-To 

Break the task into several pieces

Step 1 aaaa

Step 2 bbbb

Step 3 ccccc

Step 4 dddd

Step 5 eeee

Write these into a paragraph.

Begin with a topic sentence.

Body sentences- step by step

End with a concluding sentence.

Practice topics:

How to Put on Makeup

How to Prepare for a Math Test

How to Learn to Drive

How to Learn to Dance

Choose one of those topics.

Come up with 4-5 steps to accomplish that goal.

Write a short paragraph.

Begin with a topic sentence.

Body sentences- step by step

End with a concluding sentence.

e.g. 

1. get the driving knowledge book, study the knowledge book

2. do the knowledge test

3. get a driving teacher

4. practice in parking lots, driving, backing up, parking

5. do the driving test

Driving in Canada is important because we do not have good public transit outside of the cities. In order to learn how to drive, you can follow these steps.

no #s 1. 2.

first, next, then, after that, step one is, finally

Homework- Pick one of those topics. Come up some steps. Write 

the first draft of the paragraph. Email me your paragraph some time today. Just for practice.

EF6 8:30 April 13

 Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Today’s agenda

1. Continue “Literary Terms” – conflict

2. “Roses Sing on New Snow” – test (para) later this week

3. Sentence combining quiz tomorrow

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conflict - external conflicts- person vs person, person vs society, person vs nature, person vs technology, and person vs supernatural

-internal conflict - person vs himself or herself.

vs – versus, against

Manchester United vs Chelsea

Batman vs Superman

Pacquio vs Merryweather

Canucks vs Flames

fiction, poetry, short story, novel, movie, music, arts, painting-  tension, struggle

external conflicts – coming from outside of us

-person vs person- two people feeling some tension, fight, argument

p vs p conflict in RSoNW- any two characters who are in conflict

-person vs society, person vs culture- politics, religion, law, customs, societal rules, language

p vs s conflict in RSoNS?

-person vs nature – weather, climate

natural disasters- typhoon, tsunami, tornado, earthquake

wildlife- bears, coyotes, cougars, lynx

Covid19, epidemic, pandemic, infectious disease

contagious- a disease that is easy to catch

p vs n conflict in RSoNS?

-person vs technology

computer, science, robot, gadgets, phones, video games, internet

GMO- genetically-modified organisms, genetically-modified food (e.g rice that will grow in salty water)

Is it safe?

vaccinations – anti-vaxxers

artificial intelligence – possible dangers of computers that are more capable and intelligent than humans

neural networks – cutting-edge science

-person vs supernatural – ghosts, spirits, devils, superstition, religion?, vampires, bad luck/good luck, soul, spirit

internal conflict- person vs himself, person vs herself

inside you – some tension in yourself- something not sitting well within you- 

everybody has internal conflict – want to change about yourself, improve, not satisfied

problem internal conflict – strong anxiety can be debilitating, stops you from doing the things you want to do

Therapy and counselling can help you learn how to live better.

- weight loss, stop smoking, be more active, have more friends, be more patient, work harder, don’t be lazy, be more confident, have more self-esteem, not worry about social judgement

e.g. Many students in this class have note said a single word in eight weeks of us meeting together.

Reason #1- They don’t care.

Reason #2 They are afraid of being judged (shyness).

Reason #3 They were raised in different educational culture. 

-person vs society

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Free Advice #7 – Work within the system to find success.

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Homework – review the sentence styles- simple, compound and complex

EF34 11:00 April 12

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Today’s agenda:

1. Review descriptive paragraph

2. Verb tense homework

I forgot to post the verb tense homework on the blog. Only two people noticed. That tells me that nobody checked their homework.

I posted it yesterday afternoon after I got home from camping.

Descriptive paragraph

- 100-150 words

- good sentences -simple, compound, complex

- begin with a topic sentence

- descriptive sentences that talk about what is in the picture

- end with a concluding sentence

Some points for improvement:

- paragraph format – indent first word

- not individual sentences, a block of writing

- doublespace

There is a wonderful picture that has light pink color around the mountain and the sky. 

paragraph content -top to bottom, bottom to top, side to side

- describe what you see- colour, shape,

object

- avoid first person, no “I”

Comment – Good first draft.

draft, copy  – writing a paper, first draft, second draft, third draft, final draft

In class, you only have time to write a decent first draft. You don’t have time to rewrite the first draft into a second or third draft.

However, drafting is essential to writing. You have to write multiple draft before the writing is any good.

My process for writing–

1. Research and planning

2. Write first draft – not good quality

3. Revise and edit – fix grammar, fixing vt, vf, punc

reorganize your ideas, develop your description, revise vocabulary

4. Write second draft

5. Revise and edit

6. Write third draft

7. Revise and edit

8. Write fourth draft

9. Revise and edit

10. Write final draft.

In university, I would easily write five or six drafts of a paper before submitting it. You have to do that to make it good quality.

For any letter that I have to write, I write multiple drafts before submitting it. I want it to be as good as I can get it.

If you want to be a good writer, writing multiple drafts is essential.

I have a small business in which I proofread and edit papers for university students, usually nurses who are doing the graduate degrees.

My advice is to always get some other eyes on your writing (not for a test).

Any questions about the paragraph?

We will write another paragraph this week. This paragraph will be a process paragraph- teaching or explaining how to do something.

2 weeks left –2 tests and 2 quizzes left, should be enough

No big final test.

Would you like a big final exam? 3 hours!!

No. Just makes us stressed out.

Shifts in Verb Tense

A. Fix any confusing shifts in verb tense. These may be challenging.

1. If the man buys a new car, he sells his old one.

If the man buys a new car, he will sell his old one.

2. While Barbara puts in her contact lenses, the telephone rang.

While Barbara was putting in her contact lenses, the telephone rang.

3. Billions of people will watch the Olympics before they will be over.

Billions of people will watch the Olympics before they are over.

4. When the movie opened, many fans buy tickets for it.

a) When the movie opened, many fans bought tickets for it.

b) When the movie opens, many fans will buy tickets for it.

5. After my aunt visits her mother in the hospital, she spoke to the doctors.

a. After my aunt visited her mother in the hospital, she spoke to the doctors.

b. After my aunt visits her mother in the hospital, she will speak to the doctors.

c. After my aunt had visited her mother, she spoke to the doctor.

had visited – past perfect, rarely used by English speakers- We usually just use simple past.

past perfect – grammar book tense, not used very often

Shira had lived in Japan for five years. past perfect, not commonly used

Shira lived in Japan for five years. simple past, more everyday, authentic English

6. I was very mad at my sister because she was rude.

Ok- no problem

a. I am very mad at my sister because she was rude. ok

It’s ok to mix verb tenses. I am mad now because she was rude yesterday.

I am tired today because I didn’t sleep well yesterday.

7. The teacher marked the tests as soon as the students leave.

a. The teacher will mark the tests as soon as the students leave.

b. The teacher marked the tests as soon as the students left.

I will buy a guitar as soon as I have saved enough money.

Jun will have lunch as soon as the class is over.

8. He hopes the Canucks would win.

a. He hopes the Canucks will win.

b. He hoped that the Canucks would win.

Sam hoped that he would get the job.

Sam hopes that he will get the job.

I hope that I will have a good life in Canada.

When I was a kid, I hope that I would be able to fly.

9. She wants to show you the green dress that she bought.

a. She will want to show you the green dress that she bought.

b. She wanted to show you the green dress that she bought.

c. She wants to show you the green dress that she bought.

d. She wants to show you the green dress that she has bought.

has bought – present perfect

present perfect – started in the past, continue until now, not about the future

Mai has lived in Canada for five years.

Sheila has played piano since she was 4 years old.

10. The boy said that he will drink the juice.

Ok.

a. The boy says that he will drink the juice.

b. The boy said that he would drink the juice.

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People in class are saying that this is a bit easy. However, I see lots and lots and lots of verb tense errors in the writing.

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B. Complete these sentences using the tense suggested.

1. She is a patient person, so ____________________. (future)

She is a patient person, so she will make a good doctor. (future)

2. The dog ______________________. (present)

The dog bites people. (present)

The dog is sleeping on the floor.

3. After the fog lifted, ___________________________. (past)

After the fog lifted, the campers went on a hike.

4. We will leave for Calgary as soon as __________________. (present)

a. We will leave for Calgary as soon as we book the hotel.

b.

5. The youngest student __________________. (present)

6. Yesterday our track team ___________________. (past)

7. Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always ____________________. (present)

8. Before the doctor sees that patient, she ______________________. (future)

9. When the letter arrived, _____________________. (past)

10. When the final report is published, _____________________. (future)

EF6 8:30 April12

 Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Today’s agenda

1. Review Quiz#6 sentence combining

2. Continue “Literary Terms”

3. “Roses Sing on New Snow”

Our goal: To write sentence that are authentic English.

authentic English – follows English grammar

- follows the structures of the sentence styles

(simple, compound, complex, compound-    

complex)

- sounds like the kind of sentence that a native- 

  speaker would use.

For some people, their experience of using English is mostly in a classroom.

If you want to learn to swim, you have to jump into the pool (start into the shallow end with the kids).

If you’re scared of using English, stay home and hide under the bed.

I’m encouraging you, not trying to scare you.

FREE ADVICE #4: Join a club or sports team where people use English as the main English.

The people who learn English well are the people who use it socially on a daily basis.

Covid has messed everything up.

Quiz #6

1. Michael is in the crowd. 

The crowd sways from side to side. 

His voice is chanting.

It is calling for a goal.

2. He is one of the hockey fans.

The fans want their team to win the game. 

The game will decide the league championship.

3. They leap to their feet. 

They groan at the missed shot.

They slump back into their seats.

4. There is a sudden roar.

The roar is loud.

A home town player breaks away.

5. The fans are on their feet again.

The fans are expectant.

The fans are shouting.

6. The goal brings a cheer.

The goal is slammed into the net.

The cheer is explosive.

Do you have any examples from the quiz you want me to go over?

1. They leap to their feet and then slump back into their seats  while groan at the missed shot. vf

They leap to their feet and then slump back into their seats while groaning at the missed shot.

They leap to their feet and then slump back into their seats  while they groan at the missed shot.

2. The fans are on their feet again and are expectant while they are shouting. phrasing

The expectant fans are on their feet again while they are shouting.

The fans are on their feet again while they are shouting expectantly.

3. Michael’s voice is chanting, and it is calling for a goal and he is in the crowed which sways from side to side. clauses strung together, combine more fully

Michael’s voice is chanting in the crowd which sways from side to side as it is calling for a goal. more compact, tighter, denser

4. Michael who is in the crowd that sways from side to side; in addition, her/his voice is chanting and calling for a goal.

Michelle/Michele

5. Michael is in the crowd chanting call for a goal and sways side to side. Not an English sentence style

Michael is in the crowd that is chanting, calling for a goal, and swaying side to side. adj cl

6. The fans are shouting and on their feet again as they are expectant.

7. The fans are expectant, shouting, and on their feet again.

8. The goal which slammed into the net will brings an explosive cheer.

9. He is one of the hockey fans who want their team to win because the game will decide the league championship.

10. Michael is in the crowd ,and his voice is chanting for a goal; furthermore, the crowd sways from side to side. rep, overwritten

11. The fans are expectant, shouting and on their feet again.

12. Michael is in the crowd that sways from side to side, so his chanting voice is calling for a goal.

13. There is a sudden loud roar when a home town player breaks away. Excellent. compact, dense

14. Michael is in the crowd that sways from side to side while his voice that is calling for a goal is chanting.

We will do another sentence combining quiz this week (Quiz#7).

Plotline:

 

conflict - external conflicts- person vs person, person vs society, person vs nature, person vs technology, and person vs supernatural

-internal conflict - person vs himself or herself.

vs – versus, against

Manchester United vs Chelsea

Batman vs Superman

Pacquio vs Merryweather

Canucks vs Flames

EF34 11:00 April 9 Homework

 

Sorry, everyone. I forgot to post it.

Shifts in Verb Tense

A. Fix any confusing shifts in verb tense. These may be challenging.

1. If the man buys a new car, he sells his old one.

If the man buys a new car, he will sell his old one.

2. While Barbara puts in her contact lenses, the telephone rang.

While Barbara was putting in her contact lenses, the telephone rang.

3. Billions of people will watch the Olympics before they will be over.

Billions of people will watch the Olympics before they are over.

4. When the movie opened, many fans buy tickets for it.

5. After my aunt visits her mother in the hospital, she spoke to the doctors.

6. I was very mad at my sister because she was rude.

7. The teacher marked the tests as soon as the students leave.

8. He hopes the Canucks would win.

9. She wants to show you the green dress that she bought.

10. The boy said that he will drink the juice.

B. Complete these sentences using the tense suggested.

1. She is a patient person, so ____________________. (future)

She is a patient person, so she will make a good doctor. (future)

2. The dog ______________________. (present)

The dog bites people. (present)

The dog is sleeping on the floor.

2. After the fog lifted, ___________________________. (past)

After the fog lifted, the campers went on a hike.

4. We will leave for Calgary as soon as __________________. (present)

5. The youngest student __________________. (present)

6. Yesterday our track team ___________________. (past)

7. Before the carpenter builds a wall, he always ____________________. (present)

8. Before the doctor sees that patient, she ______________________. (future)

9. When the letter arrived, _____________________. (past)

10. When the final report is published, _____________________. (future)

We will share our solutions on Monday.

EF6 8:30 April 9

 Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Today’s agenda

1. Sentence combining from homework

2. Continue tomorrow- “Literary Terms”

We will begin short stories on Monday

3. Quiz#6 sentence combining, 6 sentences

4. HW Read “Roses Sing on New Snow” for Monday. I emailed this 

to you this morning.

Sentence combining left over from yesterday:

4. He held on KERNEL

Find new information

He didn't know why. 

He swallowed water. 

It seemed like gallons. 

He found himself unable to breathe.

He didn’t know why he held on because he swallowed what seemed like gallons of water and found himself unable to breathe.

He didn’t know why he held on after he swallowed what seemed like gallons of water and found himself unable to breathe.

4. He went under. 

He let go. 

He came to the surface. 

He wondered why people thought that this was fun.

After he went under, he let go; when he came to the surface, he wondered why people thought this was fun.

5. He tried again.

He tried later. 

He stayed up for a minute.

He knew that he was hooked on this sport.

Later, when he tried again, he stayed up for a minute; then he knew that he was hooked on this sport.

These are good models of sentences. This is our goal to be able write like this consistently.

When you read “Roses Sing on New Snow”, think about the importance of the setting? Think about who are the major and minor, dynamic and static characters.

Quiz #6

Cameras on.

Combine each exercise. Use a variety of sentences. Six sentences in total.

Email to me by 9:40

I will try to get these back to you today, but it might be Sunday.

1. Michael is in the crowd. 

The crowd sways from side to side. 

His voice is chanting.

It is calling for a goal.

2. He is one of the hockey fans.

The fans want their team to win the game. 

The game will decide the league championship.

3. They leap to their feet. 

They groan at the missed shot.

They slump back into their seats.

4. There is a sudden roar.

The roar is loud.

A home town player breaks away.

5. The fans are on their feet again.

The fans are expectant.

The fans are shouting.

6. The goal brings a cheer.

The goal is slammed into the net.

The cheer is explosive.

EF34 11:00 April 8

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Today’s agenda:

1. Review Quiz#6 sentence combining

2. Descriptive writing

Test#4 -Descriptive paragraph on Friday

Quiz#6

Combine each exercise in two different ways.

1. Jackie's dad is a truck driver. 

He is taking a year off. 

He will be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad is a truck driver KERNEL

He is taking a year off. 

He will be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad is a truck driver

taking a year off

will be with Jackie

Jackie's dad is a truck driver and is taking a year off to be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad who is a truck driver will be taking a year off and will be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad is a truck driver, and he will be taking a year off

to be with Jackie.

2. Every day they do something.

They play. 

They paint. 

They cycle.

3. Jackie is four. 

She enjoys each day.

Each day is spent with her dad.

Solutions that you want me to check:

-Every day, they do something like playing, painting, and cycling.

-Jackie, a four-year-old girl, enjoys each day that she spends with her dad.

-Every day, they are playing, painting and cycling.

four-year-old

Jackie is four years old.

Jackie is a four years old girl. XXX

Jackie is a four-year-old girl.

- hyphen

The new Avengers movie is three hours long.

It is three-hour movie.

Shira ran 10 kilometers.

Shira went for a 10-kilometer run.

More of your examples:

-Jackie who is four enjoys each day, and she spent with her dad. vt

Jackie who is four enjoys each day, and she spends them with her dad.

-Every day they play,,paint,cycle of somthing. XXX

Every day they play, paint, cycle or something.

-Jackie enjoys spending each day with her dad since she is four.

The f Four-year-old Jackie was spent  each day with her dad, and she enjoys it. vf  was spent

Four-year-old Jackie spends each day with her dad, and she enjoys it.

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I will teach about verb tenses next week.

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-Every day they do something they play, paint, and cycle.

Every day they do something. They play, paint, and cycle.

Both ways are ok.

Every day they do something like play, paint, and cycle.

Every day they do something like playing, painting, and cycling.

-gerunds sound more natural to me

gerund- noun with -ing   hiking (noun) gerund

I like hiking.

I like to do outdoor things like hiking, cycling and camping.

When we get together we do things like sing, dance, and eat.

When we get together we do things like singing, dancing, and eating.

Different usage of ‘like’

I like to eat. You like to take a nap. She likes to dance.

-Jackie is four, so she enjoys each day spent with her dad. 

Great.

-A four year old Four-year-old Jackie enjoys spending each day with her dad.

-When Jackie is four, she enjoys spending with her dad each day.

When Since/Because Jackie is four, she enjoys spending each day with her dad. *This sentence suggests that little kids enjoy spending time with their parents.

-Four year old Jackie enjoys each day with her dad. punc

Four-year-old Jackie enjoys each day with her dad.

I have noticed that your sentence writing has really been improving over the last few weeks. I feel like you have stepped up to another level.

These good English sentences can be used in school, work, life, etc.

Keep working. Practice every day.

Descriptive Writing- describing the world – five senses

five senses: the means by which our bodies communicate with the outside world

1. smell - nose

2. sight - eyes

3. taste - tongue

4. touch - skin

5. hearing - ears

descriptive vocabulary – adjectives

need a rich vocabulary- challenging

-smell – (adj) stinky, awful, fresh, sweet, floral, salty, spicy, good, bad, musty

-sight- (adj) colour- dark, light, grass green, sky blue, robin’s egg blue, turquoise, silver hair, pale,  rainbow

shape- round, square, oval, triangular, rectangular, 

-touch (adj) smooth, soft, hard, rough, cold, warm, silky “Her hair is silky.” oily, dry

-hearing (adj) – loud, quiet, soft, golden-voiced, sharp, melodious, musical,

-taste –(adj) sour, spicy, salty, sweet, bitter, yummy, delicious, yucky, bland, crispy, oily, strange, juicy

We’ll pick this up tomorrow and start writing some descriptive writing.

Tomorrow I will ask you to write a short descriptive paragraph (100-150 words). I will show you a picture. You will describe that picture.

Practice

evergreen trees, fir, spruce, pine

reflecting

horizon

Descriptive paragraph –

** Think of descriptive words- colour, shape, size

Begin with a topic sentence

-3,4,5 descriptive sentences

top to bottom

bottom to top

side to side

Concluding sentence

There is a beautiful picture of a lake next to some hills. On the bottom, green trees...... In the middle are two lakes that ....... At the top is the blue sky........ It is a lovely scene.

 

** Special day: Tomorrow for the test, you can use a dictionary to get vocabulary. You can choose some nice descriptive words.