English Literature September 24-28‚ 2012 Duration: 1hr and 30mins Grade 8M Topic: Understanding a novel- My Father Sun- Sun Johnson * Characterization and Setting N.B. This lesson was not taught as teacher and students read through chapter one and two; making note of specific terms and unfamiliar terms and expressions. General Objective: To further develop students understanding of prose. Specific Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. read chapter 2 and
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Syntax: A very little girl entered into the class. + + + + + + + Det. Adv. Adj. noun verb prep. Det. Noun Noun Phrase Verb Phrase Prepositional Phrase Preposition0/1 Noun Phrase Sentence Modifier‚ placed at the beginning or at the end of any sentence‚ is an Adverb. Yesterday‚ a very little girl entered
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INTRODUCTION English is one of the most important and most spoken languages in the world. It is the native language of more than 350 million people. Undoubtedly‚ the popularity of the language has termed English as the international language of business‚ education‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ engineering‚ tourism‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ Hollywood films and the best pop and rock music of the world. So‚ it is seemed to be the only language that truly links the
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earth and round do. We call such words as the and is form-words‚ because they are words in form only. When a form-word is entirely devoid of meaning‚ we may call it an empty word‚ as opposed to full words such as earth and round." Content words: noun‚ adjective‚ adverb‚ main verb Function words: auxiliary verb‚ modal verb‚ pronoun‚ preposition‚ determiner‚ conjunction. According to Prof. John Sinclair‚ there are two principles at work in language: The open choice & the idiom principle
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Noun Clauses as Subjects The first grammatical function that noun clauses can perform is the subject. Subjects are defined as words‚ phrases‚ and clauses that perform the action of or act upon the predicate. For example‚ the following italicized noun clauses function as subjects: * Whoever ate my lunch is in big trouble. * How you will finish all your homework on time is beyond me. * That the museum cancelled the lecture disappoints me. Noun Clauses as Subject Complements The second
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statements that must be finished with information from the paragraph. There are 3 choices. Example: Rogelio hace ejercicios en a. El club b. en el gimnasio c. en su casa. From Lesson 1 2. Definite articles: You will see five nouns. In front of each noun‚ write the correct Spanish word for ‘the’. Example:_______ conductor. You write ‘el’. Be sure to study the irregular ones that don’t end in ‘o’/’a’(el‚ la‚ los‚ las) 3. Indefinite articles-just like definite articles‚ except you write
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PARTS OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVES WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? An adjective is a word that describes a noun (person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea). Adjectives help us communicate our ideas more precisely and artistically. By knowing how to identify adjectives‚ we can avoid problems such as sentence fragments‚ excessive wordiness‚ and adjective/adverb mix-ups. Adjectives are far too numerous to name‚ but here are some examples: blue‚ cold‚ ancient‚ frustrating‚ dark‚ stormy‚ delighted‚ afraid‚ hairy‚ stressful
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connection Moral Values : Alert to the surroundings‚ tolerance‚ and confidence. Teaching Aids : Picture masks‚ ABC poem‚ dictionary‚ Instruction Cards‚ Adjective song and DVD Player. Previous Knowledge : Pupils already learn about common nouns. Activity Teaching & Learning Strategies Notes Set induction – Mask oh Mask 1. Teacher wears picture masks and asks pupils to say out loud what the pictures are. 2. Teacher asks several questions about the characteristics of the pictures. Read
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all the faster. The same process can be used to downplay the degree: The weather this week has been somewhat better. He approaches his schoolwork a little less industriously than his brother does. And sometimes a set phrase‚ usually an informal noun phrase‚ is used for this purpose: He arrived a whole lot sooner than we expected. That’s a heck of a lot better. If the intensifier very accompanies the superlative‚ a determiner is also required: She is wearing her very finest outfit for the
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of the independent clauses. The squirrel in our front yard is a playful sort; he mocks us from his tree‚ but I can entice him from his treetop home with a few crusts of bread. Pattern 1c- 3 independent clauses joined by semicolons. They begged to be taken in; they promised they would help with the housework; they tugged mercilessly at her heart. Pattern 2: compound sentence with elliptical construction. This pattern is used to avoid using the same verb in the second clause. Listen to ensure
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