AM ESOL Online 1-19-23 Community: Civil and Civic Society News & Housekeeping Journal Writing Conjunctions - Subordinating Conjunctions continued Conversation Practice ============================ News/Housekeeping Career/Post Testing ========================= Journal Writing - Introduction Write a paragraph about the city, state, and region of the country you live in now. Use the 5 W Questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to expand your story. Example: What do you like the most? What do you like the least? Try to include lots of different types of conjunctions. [reading] Review W Questions ---------------------- Journal Writing 10 minutes more time? 3more minutes ------------------------- Share our Journals Ana Berenice Diturie Rajaa Vian Victoria Ana Hello my name is Ana. I came to the US in 2006. My dream was to come to work to help my father. I live in the state of Massachusetts, but I live in the city of Worcester the Northeast region. Here I really like to live. But I don't like it very cold. I would like to move to another state that is not so cold or that will not snow. Conjunctions but but Hello my name is Ana. I came to the US in 2006. My dream was to come to work to help my father. I live in the state of Massachusetts, but I live in the city of Worcester the Northeast region. Here I really like to live. But I don't like it very cold. I would like to move to another state that is not so cold or or snowy. or that has no snow. or where it will not snow. In the state, Worcester is in Central Massachusetts region. Northeast = the region of the country you live in. US U.S. you esss uuuuu ehssss us = you and me USA uuuu ehssss aaaaaaa United States of America USA the US the USA the United States of America America no 'the' Massachusetts Mahs sah chuuu sehtzzzzzzzzzzz Northeast Nohrthhhhhh eeeeeezttt Berenice the city where I live now is NYC. I am here for a few months, and then I am going to come back to Worcester, Massachusetts. both city's are nice but NYC is very noisy and there is a lot of people and traffic, In my personal opinion I prefer lives in Worcester because y more peaceful and the people are nice also you can find parking easily the environment is peaceful. If it were my decision I lived on a quiet farm in Massachusetts because I prefer the countryside to the big cities. Conjunctions The city where I live now is NYC. I am here for a few months, and then I am going to come back to Worcester, Massachusetts. Both cities are nice, but NYC is very noisy and there is a lot of people and traffic. In my personal opinion I prefer to live in Worcester living in Worcester in Worcester because it's more peaceful and the people are nice Also you can find parking easily. The environment is peaceful. If it were my decision I would live I prefer to live I prefer living If it were "up to me" I would live on a quiet farm.... on a quiet farm in Massachusetts because I prefer the countryside to the big cities. type the word "up to you" = your decision If other students hear American expressions ... bring them to class so we can discuss and all learn about them. Diturie I live in Worcester, my country is America and the region is located in the Northeast. So when I came for the first time, I was impressed where all this greenery was found. When you travel by car, it is a very beautiful thing because your eyes only see greenery. One thing that I don't like it. It's very cold in winter. Conjunctions and so because I live in Worcester. My country is America and the region I live in is located in the Northeast. I live in the Northeast region of America. So when I came for the first time, I was impressed where all this greenery was found. with all the greenery I found with all the greenery I saw. When you travel by car, it is a very beautiful thing because your eyes only see greenery. One thing that I don't like is, that it's very cold in winter. One thing that I don't like is that it's very cold in winter ========================== Break 10- 10:00 20 minutes ==================== though Even though you say you don't like dairy, you still are ordering ice cream. ------------------ you say you don't like dairy, but you still are ordering ice cream. slang "though" at the end of sentences Why do Americans use though? Now, it also means “however” if I use it at the end of a sentence like, “I wanted to go to the beach but today I have to work though.” So, it's just more idiomatic, more conversational to use at the end of a sentence but when you're writing it's great to use “though” at the beginning of your sentence ======================= Rajaa I live now in Worcester city which is located in the Northeast region of America, in the state of Massachusetts. I love the beautiful nature here, especially Autumn with its different beautiful colors. Conjunctions ? city of Worcester Worcester We don't say... Worcester city Boston city We say .... the city of Worcester the city of Boston or Worcester Boston ------------------ Live short i / Live long i I live (to breath and exist in the world) to live (short i lihvvvv) living lived It depends on the context of what we are writing/saying/reading. read read reeeeed / rehd Live live lihv / liiiiiv live (long i liiiiiiv) the tv show was live we are live on air today at 12 pm live = to be present leave ( to go away from something) Victoria? I live in Worcester city, Massachusetts but currently living in Holden for a short period. Both cities in Massachusetts are good but have different environments. Worcester is a very busy place yet calm with lovely people. Holden is not busy and extremely calm with few people. Overall, Massachusetts is a lovely state with lots of benefits, eg, good schools, hospitals, facilities, good roads, good salaries on jobs, etc. I love both winter and summer seasons of the year. Winter is good because it keeps the state calm. Summer, is alright but makes the state too busy and hot . I Love to be here in Massachusetts. ------------------ Vian I live in the state of Texas in the city of San Antonio, it is a beautiful and wonderful city with its mild atmosphere and it has a river that runs in the middle of the city that looks like Venice in Italy and we go to it twice a week And my husband and I got on the boat, where the boat walked for half an hour, then we got off the boat near the dinosaur museum I live in the state of Texas in the city of San Antonio. It is a beautiful and wonderful city with its mild atmosphere/climate and it has a river that runs in the middle of the city that looks like Venice in Italy. We go to it twice a week. ? adding more punctuation And My husband and I go on the boat. We ride/sail on the boat for half an hour, then we got off the boat near the dinosaur museum. board walk my husband and I go on the boat that/which sailed for half an hour, then we got off the boat near the dinosaur museum What region of the country you live? Your region is the South. ================================ Subordinating Conjunctions (slides) Review -Conjunction types Coordinating Correlative Subordinating -Conjunctions join together 2 word phrases clauses - Subordinating Conjunctions join 2 clauses - WABBITS = list of most common subordinating conjunctions - There are 50+ subordinating conjunction words and phrases - The subordinating conjunction word 'always' goes at the beginning of the subordinating clause. A Subordinate clause = a dependent clause an incomplete sentence * an adverb clause A Main clause = an independent clause a complete sentence Examples (slides) Identify the dependent and independent clauses --------------------------- Practice Activity After (time) After the teacher explain the meaning of "live" an "live" I learned how to say it in different ways. It is easy to write it correctly. After I lose weight I start to exercise every single day because I want to be fit. After class ends I will go for a walk. After the rain the sun rises. ------------------------ If (conditional) If you have time come to the party tonight. If you listen to the teacher you can solve the problem If you want to succeed you need to change your character. If it rains today I will need to find my rain boots. If you want to learn a new language you need to start to practice speaking. It will be more tasty if you put less salt. If you put less salt it will be more tasty. -------------------------- Since (reason) Since I started learning English my English is improving and I feel more confident speaking with other people. --------------------------- Subordinating Conjunction - Exercise 7 matchup (ellie) We did not complete this activity. We will pick up on this next week. ----------------------------- Next week we will practice more identifying subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses. We will also learn about a 4th type of conjunction: conjunctive adverbs. This will help us with other words (ex: however). Good job today. End class. ============================