Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Class on 1/27/15

Warm Up: Examples of generosity- Report out on your partner
Class Interviews
      Full name, birth town and country, first job you ever had or  describe your favorite dinner.
Paragraph Discussion
     Common Errors:

  • our
  • are
  • there    position place 
  • their    plural third person possessive adjective
  • they're   they are 
  • was
  • were
  • it is
  • it's   contraction of it is
  • its    second person singular possessive adjective 
  • cuz
  • because
  • I come from
  • I go to
  • I was born
  • Talk to
  • I moved to the United States. I moved to the U.S.  I moved to America (be careful of tone). 'merica!
  • I have been living here [here to stay!]     vs   I lived here [you are back to visit]
Re-reading Out loud pages 3 through 5
Teacher
Pairs

Importance of failure and making mistakes

Homework: Study the Past Tense Forms below for a Practice Quiz on Thursday. Write a paragraph about your family on paper (if you missed class on 1/22). 


RankBase FormPast Tense FormPast Participle
1saysaidsaid
2makemademade
3gowentgone
4taketooktaken
5comecamecome
6seesawseen
7knowknewknown
8getgotgot/gotten (US)
9givegavegiven
10findfoundfound
11thinkthoughtthought
12telltoldtold
13becomebecamebecome
14showshowedshown
15leaveleftleft
16feelfeltfelt
17putputput
18bringbroughtbrought
19beginbeganbegun
20keepkeptkept
21holdheldheld
22writewrotewritten
23standstoodstood
24hearheardheard
25letletlet
26meanmeantmeant
27setsetset
28meetmetmet
29runranrun
30paypaidpaid
31sitsatsat
32speakspokespoken
33lielaylain
34leadledled
35readreadread
36growgrewgrown
37loselostlost
38fallfellfallen
39sendsentsent
40buildbuiltbuilt
41understandunderstoodunderstood
42drawdrewdrawn
43breakbrokebroken
44spendspentspent
45cutcutcut
46riseroserisen
47drivedrovedriven
48buyboughtbought
49wearworeworn
50choosechosechosen



   

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