AM ESOL Online 10-12-23 Agenda Unit: Getting to Know You -News & Housekeeping -Testing, Consent forms, ellii, etc. -Journal Writing -Lesson: Comparative Adjectives (ellii lessons) ================= NEWS Testing - schedule Tell me you are at the school to test.... I can count you for attendance. Consent Forms List of students who have not completed the form yet. ================== Journal Writing - Introduction Photo https://www.skillshare.com/en/blog/10-pictures-as-writing-prompts-to-spark-new-ideas/ (Read) Today’s date is ____________________ . Today’s weather is ___________________ What’s the story? 1. Describe what you think happened before, during, and after the photo. a. Pay attention to verb tenses. b. Try to use one or more of the new vocabulary words. 2. For fun: Add a thought bubble for the person in the picture. Verb Tenses before during after Vocabulary bored confused concerned disoriented glum hurried ‘in a hurry’ lost perplexed puzzled stuck stumped surrounded worried Vian (Read) Today October 12th 2023. today's date is October twelveth, two thousand twenty-three. 2023 The weather is cloudy. Larissa (read) vocabulary vo ca bu la ry voh cah buuu lah reeee Valerie (read) Add ahddd thought thoht bubble buhb behl the the Vocabulary Who knows what bored means? Ama bored everybody goes out you go home and feel bored Who knows what surround means? Berenice surround = surroundings (noun) the environment of the place that you are at surround = cover, wrap around, ... (verb) surrounded verb past tense: surrounded; 1. be all around (someone or something). "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens" Similar: neighboring nearby near neighborhood local adjoining adjacent bordering abutting encircling encompassing 2. encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape. "troops surrounded the parliament building" Similar: encircle enclose encompass ring go around fence in wall in hedge in hem in close in confine ring (around) bound 3. be associated with. "the recent news was surrounded by controversy" surroundings noun 1. the things and conditions around a person or thing. "I took up the time admiring my surroundings" Similar: environment setting milieu background backdrop bored /bôrd/ adjective 1. feeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity. "she got bored with staring out of the window" bor·ing /ˈbôriNG/ adjective 1. not interesting; tedious. "I've got a boring job in an office" Similar: tedious dull monotonous repetitious repetitive glum /ɡluhm/ adjective 1. feeling sad, feeling, feeling down or feeling dejected; morose. "they looked glum but later cheered up" Similar: gloomy sad down downhearted dejected dispirited hur·ry (huhr reee) verb 1. move or act with great haste. "we'd better hurry" Similar: be quick hurry up move quickly go fast hasten make haste in a hurry phrase of hurry 1. rushed; in a rushed manner. "the city offers fast food if you're in a hurry" 2. eager to get a thing done quickly. "no one seemed in a hurry for the results" INFORMAL 3. "an experience you won't forget in a hurry" Thought bubble First person "I" not second person "he" He is saying/thinking something, what is it? Example: "I am bored" ------------- Journal Writing 10 Minutes 20 Break 10:00 - 10:30 Write lots of sentences if you can ------------- Share our Writing Diturie I see in this photo a boy who is sitting and looking at people. I think he looks very worried and I don't know what he is thinking. worried (=concerned, anxious) Vian This is picture They are listening with family. She is watching tv, because she is watching movie. listening watching This is 'a' picture. They are listening with family. She is watching tv, because she is watching 'a' movie. Ana The children were surrounded by a group of people who were giving they are talk. the boy was very concerned, listening, thinking, how interesting the talk was, but the girl was lost. surrounded concerned lost giving listening thinking interesting The children were surrounded by a group of people Good. people who were giving them a talk. a talk (a lecture, a speech) people who were talking to them. The boy was very concerned, listening, thinking, how interesting the talk was, Good but the girl was lost. Good Valerie In the picture I see the boy is sitting on the floor. He is looking at the woman in front of him. He puts his hand on his chin. /He puts his chin in his hand. chin sitting looking puts Larissa We were going to my grandmother house and the bus broken down. My mom is perplexed. We got stuck. Lost somewhere. I am bored and confused. I just want to go home. What is my mom thinking? Good story perplexed stuck lost bored confused We were going to my grandmother's house and the bus "broke down". broke down = does not work anymore Students send me your sentences for feedback. Bernice - Remind Eliana - Remind ================= Comparative Adjectives - Fun Grammar Lessons - continued ellii https://app.ellii.com/lesson/2531-comparative-adjectives Review rules (posted on our Class Page) https://www.worc-alc.org/web/sites/default/files/2023-10/Comparative%20Adjectives%20-%20Grammar%20Rules%20%281%29.pdf Fill in Blank (individual student responses) 5. warm warmer 6. bad worse 7. simple / simpler or more simple er or more 8. comfortable more comfortable 9. difficult more difficult 1. short shorter 2. good better the best (superlative adjective) 3. sleepy more sleepy sleepier 4. tired more tired ------------------ Spot the Error (Find the mistake) (individual student responses) 1. Science is more interesting than math. 3 syllables - add more 2. Antartica is colder 'than' Africa. 3. Who is more famous, Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp. faaaaaaa muhs 4. do you think his paintings are prettier than my paintings? pretty 5. My friend is more adventurous 'than' my brother. 6. the second Pirates of the Caribbean was worse than the first one. 7. What pizza topping do you like better, pepperoni or ham? good better best best is superlative word End Class =================