Saturday, December 7, 2024

Thanksgiving Came and Went



Talking Heads



 We will check the homework on page 27 after we take a break. We will check at 11:20. I will give you 10/10 if you did the homework. 

Now, we need to correct the writing. The writing is 10%. 

I want you to write again. Then I will give you a higher grade. 

1. No pencil.

2. Double space. 

3. Two paragraphs. Every paragraph is five or more sentences.

4. Do NOT use a contraction:

I'm    I am

They're     They are

He'll      He will

5. Spacing on punctuation. There is no space before. 

.    ,     ?     !    :      ;    ""


Hank likes a Big Mac, French fries, and vanilla ice cream.

No space before. Space after. 

Hina said to Tina: "Our names are similar. What a coincidence! "







Class & Period: 10:10/Friday

Name:

Student ID

Major

Room No. 304

Seat No. 

Teacher: Patrick Cowsill

Topic: Please write a Topic or Title


If you join the Spelling Bee and prove it to me, will give you +2% on your final grade or score.  If your final grade in this class is 69% and you prove you joined the Spelling Bee, I will give you 71% in this class. 


I wonder: I think, why?

Go ahead: start or do

A bit: a little

I'm beat: I'm tired

I can't stand: I hate, I don't like

What the heck: OK

"Can I get the bill?" I want to pay

We insist: we must

Our treat: we will pay for you 




Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ? 






Crab    Dumplings 












They are talking about the difference between since and for. PP grammar.

1. Since starts in an exact point of time. 

Quebec City has been a city since 1608. 


She has been talking English since she started high school.

2. For is an amount of time.

I have been running for thirty minutes.

Bong is a Korean director. He made the movie called Parasite. 

Horror: movie that is scary

Few: three or four 


For years: for ages, a long time 

Stop spacing out. 

He directed Parasite.












Yesterday was Thanksgiving. Let’s talk about Thanksgiving for five minutes. Take notes. Please write down 1 to 7. I will give you 10/10:








1. Thanksgiving is the ________ Thursday of November.

2. Traditional Thanksgiving dishes (food) include __________, _________, _________, _________. 

3. The pilgrims were ________.

4. The girl says they came to America to escape persecution due to (because) their __________.

5. Their ship was called the Mayflower. It arrived in America in _________.

6. The native people were called the __________. 

7. 










What time is it on that clock?

It's 9 oh 4. 



This is your GEPT test.

1. You need 65+ on listening.

2. You need 65+ on reading.

3. You need 140+ total.






Mashed potatoes, gravy, turkey, 

Pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts, spinach and apple salad, yams, etc. 

English Christians    Religion

How much money did you spend for your haircut? 

I spent NT$10,000 for my haircut. 

What color did you dye your hair?

I dyed my hair blue because I wanted to be a smurf. 

Did you wear deodorant today? 

What kind of tattoo do you want?

Do you want a dragon tattoo or flames' tattoo? 


Appearance: what we look like on the outside

Personality: inner


Comb: b is silent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3URXjHMQsUA

Lipstick

Dye

Hairstylist 

Barber 


Cosmetic: face

Procedure: surgery/change how you look 

I don’t wear contacts.

Unusual: strange or weird. 

They can’t stand. They hate it. 

Matt 

Listening practice:

A. Could you please repeat that?

B. How do you spell      ? 

Genre     Tattoo artist






They slandered me. 

I didn’t get a manicure so it cost zero.

Pedicure



That changing process is called evolution. 


I will send the notes tonight for the past few weeks. We need to study the grammar in the textbook because it is on the final exam. We will do 15 minutes of textbook grammar every week. 

1. We also need to think about the difference between appearance (outer beauty) and personality (inner beauty), creativity, etc. 

First, page 51

Skim: fast reading to tell you the new words

Vocabulary

Dye the hair: change hair color

Distinguished: smart and well educated, go to university for a long time

Gorgeous: beautiful or handsome, etc. 

Bald: no hair

Bold: brave 

Take the plunge: try something new or change something 

Risk: dangerous

I got a haircut (someone cut it for me, like a barber or hairstylist).

I cut my hair (I did it myself looking in a mirror). 

Ann is playing hooky today. 

Permanent: forever, always 

1. Can you hear the woman’s accent? 

Americans curl. England’s accent is flat.  Horror 

Corporate: big, famous company

Executive: boss or manager

Victor is playing hooky. 

I don’t mind: it’s OK

Perspective: idea, thinking, opinion 

Enthusiastically: energy, you really like it, etc. 

Announce: tell everybody

To act: do something 

Appearance: what we look like 


Grammar Lesson

1. Some: yes, positive, affirmative

I have some deodorant 

2. Any: no, negative

I do NOT have any sunscreen. 


3. Both are okay for a question:

Do you have some hair dye?

Do you have any hair dye? 


4. Plural: more than one, for example, apples 


Take a break until a quarter past two.  1/4


Stress: emphasis

Vowel: a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y

Dye

Syllable   Syl   la   ble 


Define: meaning 




Listening Practice based on creativity (imagination or inner beauty).




1. Could you please repeat that? 

2. How do you spell     ? 

Sculpture    40,000    Species 

David Byrne     Tusk    Pick up

Video    page       Homework

Record or vinyl     Bye   Creativity

Weekend   Tell us?   Alien: UFO





 


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