PM ESOL Online 10-18-23 Agenda (for the week) Unit: Getting to Know You ❏ News - new student ❏ Journal Writing ❏ Lesson: Comparative Adjectives (ellii lessons) ========================= NEWS Introduce new student: Charline ========================== Journal Writing - Introduction Today is ____________________ . The weather today is ___________________ . Write a story for this picture. 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 animal in the picture. Charline (read) Today is 19 October 19 2023... Today is October 19, 2023. What's the weather today? The weather today is sunny. sunny partly cloudy rainy snowy windy stormy Max (Read 1.) Keny (Read 2.) Vocabulary breed noun 1. a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection. "the big continental breeds are eagerly being imported by British farmers" Similar: variety stock strain line family type kind sort class German Shepherd (breed of dog/type of dog) training in training dog - trainee trainer -person/owner doing the training Dog training includes teaching a dog to react to particular commands and cues as well as to act independently by deliberately changing their natural behavior. hungry dog bone treats ----------------- Practice sentences Diana Thought bubble The dog is thinking "I am, hungry, where is my trainer? I want my treats." Ana Thought bubble The dog looks hungry I think he's thinking dog bone "What time are they going to feed me." one bone bohn two bones bohnz Charline I think this German Shepherd dog looks tired and very hungry after his training and it is thinking about what it is going to eat. "I am hungry. What am I going to get to eat today?" ======================= Journal Writing 10 minutes ======================= Share our Journals Romaulde not ready send them to me later. Gertrude I saw a German dog standing behind the house. By now I saw his face. His face looks hungry. The face is not good. Maybe she needs food to eat. 2. A thought bubble = a place to put a sentence about what the dog is thinking. The dog is thinking maybe she needs bones to eat. hungry angry The trainer (the person that is training the dog) did not train the dog well. So the dog is hungry. "I am hungry. I need bones to eat." ===================== BREAK 6:34- 6:47 ================= Max The dog in the picture is a German Shepherd. He was left to the side of the street by his trainer after a long day of training to get dog bones for him. The German Shepherd looks tired and hungry wondering when his trainer will return with food. 2. "When is he going to return?" verb tenses German Shepherd training trainer hungry Diana okay... One 1. I think that the German Shepherd is/has escaped from home before the photo. The German Shepard is sitting on the grass during the photo. The German Shepherd will be returned home by its owner after photo. 2. The dog is thinking "I am hungry, where is my trainer? I want my treats." verbs tenses German Shepherd trainer hungry treats escaped escap't returned return'd very few past tense verbs that use the real -ed sound. prevented pre vent 'ehd wanted want 'ehd Students can send me your writing text zoom chat email take a picture and send it me. ========================= Comparative Adjectives - Fun Grammar Lesson (ellii) - continued Grammar Rules - review one syllable tall er talller small er smaller big er bigger fat er fatter two syllable (y ending) happy i -er happier pretty i -er prettier healthy i -er healthier two syllable (no y ending) famous more famous three or more syllable beautiful more beautiful wonderful more wonderful Exceptions 1. Some two-syllable adjectives don’t follow the normal rules friendly friendlier / more friendly simple simpler / more simple angry angrier /more angry gentle gentlier / more gentle quiet quieter / more quiet 2. -ed and -ing ending adjectives "always" use more + adjective bored more bored boring more boring tired more tired tiring more tiring exciting more exciting excited more excited 3. Irregular comparative adjectives good better (best) bad worse (worst) far farther (farthest) ------------------------- Exercise 3 Fill in the Blanks (p5) Write the comparative form of the adjective in the blanks. Group review plus Individual responses 1. The class was shorter than he expected. short shorter 2. Your party will be better than my party. good better 3. Were you sleepier than your sister after school today? sleepy sleepier 4. She feels more tired today than yesterday. tired -ed more tire 5. Mexico is warmer than Canada. warm warmer 6. He is a worse soccer player than she is. bad worse 7. Was today's quiz simpler than last week's quiz? simple simpler/more simple 8. I am 'more comfortable' at home than at school. comfortable three syllable adjective add more before adjective comfortable more comfortable 9. This test is going to be more difficult than usual. difficult more difficult -------------------------- Exercise 4 Spot the Errors (p6) Group review plus Individual responses. 1. Science is more interesting than math. interesting more interesting 2. Antarctica is colder 'than' Africa. cold colder is correct 'than' is missing 3. Who is more famous Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp. 2 syllable no y ending famous more famous 4. Do you think his painting are prettier than my paintings? pretty prettier 2 syllable y ending 5. My friend is more adventurous than my brother. 'than' End Class ========================= After class New Student: Charline Worcester Adult Learning Center Home page worc-alc.org https://www.worc-alc.org/ ESOL PM Online Class Page https://www.worc-alc.org/web/esol-pm-online