PM ESOL Online 10-12-23 Agenda Unit: Getting to Know You -News Consent forms -Journal Writing -Lesson: Comparative Adjectives (ellii lessons) ========================= News Consent Forms needed: Angelica Edmond Gertrude Jennifer Katerina Rafaelina Romaulde Nancy Senta Wanda Wilfort Max Zuleyma (move request for missing forms to next class) ======================= Journal Writing - Introduction What is today's date? What is today's weather? 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 Vocabulary native local tourist visitor foreign ---------- ‘at a loss’ ‘at a crossroad’ confused concerned disoriented hurried ‘in a hurry’ lost perplexed puzzled stuck stumped worried ------------- Wanda (Read and respond) Today is Thursday October 12th 2023 Today's weather is beautiful in Worcester. sunny 68 degrees 68 degrees Fahrenheit 68oF ---------------- Wilfort (Read #1) --------------- Review new vocabulary Native noun a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not. "a native of Montreal" adjective 1. associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth. "he's a native New Yorker" Similar: mother vernacular 2. (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth. "these plants are native to North America" Similar: domestic homegrown homemade home local indigenous Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day indigenous = native xxxx American Indian Indigenous People ------------- local adjective 1. belonging or relating to a particular area or neighborhood, typically exclusively so. "researching local history" Similar: community district neighborhood regional city town municipal provincial village parish parish-pump parochial domestic internal home Opposite: national global noun 1. an inhabitant of a particular area or neighborhood. "the street was full of locals and tourists" Similar: local person native inhabitant resident parishioner citizen ------------ tourist tourist go somewhere for a vist or vacation noun 1. a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure. "the pyramids have drawn tourists to Egypt" Similar: traveler sightseer visitor excursionist backpacker globetrotter ------------ vis·i·tor noun 1. a person visiting a person or place, especially socially or as a tourist. "she's a frequent visitor to London" Similar: guest caller company visitant tourist traveler day-tripper ---- for·eign /ˈfôrən,ˈfärən/ adjective 1. of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own. "a foreign language" Similar: overseas distant remote far off far flung external outside alien nonnative adventitious Opposite: domestic 2. strange and unfamiliar. "I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you" Similar: unfamiliar unknown unheard of strange alien exotic ------------------- at a loss phrase of loss 1. puzzled or uncertain what to think, say, or do. "she became popular, and was at a loss to know why" Similar: baffled nonplussed mystified stumped stuck puzzled confused puzzled at a loss for words I cannot find the words to express how I feel. --------------- at a crossroads At a point of decision or a critical juncture. make a big decision about which way to go If you are at a difficult moment of your life and you need to make an important decision, we can use this English idiom. I am at a crossroads, and I don't know what to do! ---- confused con·fused adjective 1. (of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered. "she was utterly confused about what had just happened" Similar: demented bewildered muddled addled befuddled disoriented disorientated (all) at sea Opposite: lucid precise 2.showing bewilderment. "a confused expression crossed her face" Similar: bewildered bemused puzzled perplexed baffled stumped --------------- con·cerned adjective 1. worried, troubled, or anxious. "the villagers are concerned about burglaries" Similar: worried anxious disturbed perturbed troubled bothered -------------- disoriented adjective 1.having lost one's sense of direction. "she was so disoriented that Joe had to walk her to her room" Similar: confused bewildered perplexed nonplussed at a loss (all) at sea in a state of confusion lost having lost one's bearings going round in circles all over the place spaced spaced out 2.confused and unable to think clearly. "jet lag leaves you irritable, disoriented, and tired" hurry (in a hurry) hur·ry verb 1. move or act with great haste. "we'd better hurry" Similar: be quick hurry up move quickly go fast hasten make haste speed speed up lose no time rush get a move on step on it Opposite: move slowly noun 2. great haste. "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books" Similar: haste bustle confusion commotion hubbub hustle ----------------- lost verb past tense of lose. adjective 1. unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts. "Help! We're lost!" Similar: stray astray off-course off-track off the right track disorientated ---------- per·plexed adjective 1. completely baffled; very puzzled. "she gave him a perplexed look" confused and slightly worried by something because you do not understand it. --------------- wor·ried adjective 1. anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems. "there was a worried frown on his face" Similar: anxious disturbed perturbed troubled bothered distressed --------------- Journal Writing Writing 10 Minutes plus 15 BREAK 6:20 - 6:45 ----------------- Share our Journal s Ana Maria I see a woman in the picture. She look worried. I think she's visiting a country for the first time and she went out to meet the city herself and she lost and doesn't know how to return. Maybe she doesn't speak the language of the country and doesn't know how to ask someone for the direction where she has to go. thought bubble I think she "Why I go out alone and I didn't take someone to go with me to show the city?" vocabulary worried visiting lost I see a woman in the picture. She looks worried. I think she's visiting a country for the first time and she went out to see/visit (meet someone at someplace in) the city herself and she is lost and doesn't know how to return. Maybe she doesn't speak the language of the country and doesn't know how to ask someone for the directions 'about where she has to go. thought bubble "Why do/did I go out alone and I didn't take someone to go with me to see/visit the city?" not native of this country she is a foreigner ------------------ Jennifer I see a woman standing on the street it looks like she doesn't have the country map and she lost the hotel address and the street and she looks hungry too and she don't know what to do. "oh my. I don't know what to do." She doesn't speak the language. She says to herself that she is in trouble. Vocabulary lost trouble hungry standing I look hungry She looks hungry The ---------------- Wanda I see a woman in this picture she may be in shooting. She doesn't know the place and address. Maybe she doesn't have the phone. She look exciting She looks excited. Vocabulary excited exciting look exciting = sexy look excited = worried, anxious, very very happy. Students send me your writing and I will give you feedback. Remind, text, email. ===================== Comparative Adjectives -Fun Grammar Lessons (ellii, pdf) https://app.ellii.com/lesson/2531-comparative-adjectives Review the Grammar Rule p2 Review Exceptions p3 Quiz p3 Adjective Formation Write the comparative form beside each adjective. tall er taller short er shorter big ger bigger old er older happy y-i happier pretty y-i er prettier famous more famous alert more alert awake more awake beautiful more beautiful educated more educated scary scarier more scoary adventurous more adventurous exciting more exciting old older lazy lazier more lazy tired more tired intelligent more intelligent quiet quetier more quiet pretty prettier more pretty calm calmer tall taller angry angrier more angry bored ends in ed more bored smart smarter hungry hungrier more hungry modern more modern delicious more delicious short shorter troublesome more troublesome End Class =======================