ESL Unit 2: Understanding Paragraph Basics

October/November

WEEK 1 Practicing Adjectives and Paragraphs
Class 1: pg. 37-38
Class 2 pg. 39-42

WEEK 2 Paragraphs: Titles and Topic Sentences
Class 1:pg. 43-45
Class 2: pg.

WEEK 3 Topic Sentences
Class 1: pg. 46-49
Class 2 pg. 50-52

WEEK 4 Body of Paragraph
Class 1: pg. 53-55
Class 2 pg.  56-58

WEEK 5 Self -Editing and Concluding Sentences
Class 1: pg. 59-60
Class 2: pg. 61-64

WEEK 6 Original Student Writing
Class 1:pg.65
Class 2: pg. 66-69

MIDTERMS

Whispering Palms and Paragraphs

I. Listening

1.  Friday I'm in Love (English Lyrics/ Chinese Subs, 2, Chinese Video)

II. Grammar

 Be vs. Have Got

Got is commonly used incorrectly by native speakers of English and by those learning English.  Correctly used, got is the past tense of the verb (to) get.

Had is the past tense of the verb (to) have. 

Main Verb: Base Form	Simple Present Tense	SIMPLE PAST TENSE
原形 (infinitive)
(to) get	GET (don't get) GETS (doesn't get)	GOT (didn't get)
(to) have	HAVE (don't have) HAS (doesn't have)	HAD (didn't have)

Have + object + past participle 過去分詞 (have something done)

• I had my car washed.
• John will have his house painted.

Get + object + past participle 過去分詞 (get something done)

• The students get their essays checked.
• I'll get my hair cut next week.
• He got his washing machine fixed.

Have someone do something (have + person + infinitive 原形)

• I had the electrician look at my broken light.
• The doctor will have the nurse call the patients.
• The teacher had the students write the answers on the whiteboard.

Get someone to do something (get + person + to + infinitive原形)

• She gets her son to do his homework by promising him ice cream when he's finished.
• I got the cleaner to clean under the cupboards.

WRONG: We really got fun with our friends and we really like Friday night.

RIGHT: We really have fun with our friends and we really like Friday night.

What about: At 7 pm, every other Friday, we got this family meeting where we talk about our problems.

Extra Practice, Forming Have Got questions,

III. Conversation: Present Perfect Tense 現在完成式

When to use the present perfect 現在完成式 (video)
Extra Explanation

Intro Conversation: VOA's "Have you ever been?"
Class Activity: Conversation page 1, page 2

IV. Writing a Paragraph

1. Closing Sentence : Restates the main idea, summarizes the paragraph, gives an opinion, makes a prediction

Activity 1: Focus on rewording topic sentence,

Key Words: All in all, As you can see, Clearly, In conclusion, To sum it up, Thus, Therefore, In summary, Indeed, As a result, Finally ....

Extra Practice,

1. Planning a Paragraph
2. Narrative Paragraph
3. Persuasive Paragraph
4. Expository Paragraph
5. Personal Letter

V. Reading

The Whispering Palms ( PDF/ Video)
Vocabulary:

1. coconut
2. grove
3. balance (v.)
4. drag  (v.)
5. collect (v.)
6. bring up [a child] (v.)
7. weave (v.)
8. puzzled (adj.)
9. pluck (v.)
10. jasmine
11. fiber
12. carve (v.)

Extra: All the uses of the coconut

RESOURCES:

http://www.eslhelpdesk.com/Grammar_Help_Handbook_Online/Troublesome_Verbs_Got_versus_Have.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/have-and-have-got-for-beginners-1208968
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/causatives-have-get.html