Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Week Two Notes: Psychology and Personality

 

The homework is worth 10/10.

Tomorrow is a holiday. The holiday is Mid-Autumn Festival. Do not come here. You’re going to be lonely.

Grammar: to verbs

Infinitive: I like to eat Macadamia ice cream.

Gerund: I enjoy eating Macadamia ice cream. “in”

Meaning (moral) of the story: “Slow and easy wins the race.

 

 

Personality:

Extrovert: outgoing person

Introverted: shy

narcissist  \

 

18 is playing hooky.

 

Rarely means seldom.

Multitasking is do two things at the same time.

Idiom: “too much on my plate” too much work to

do

Object: refuse; say “no”

Conjugate the verb:

I do

You do

She/He/It/One does

We do

They do

Instructions: Ask your partner the question. Write down his/her answer with a sentence.

Zodiac

 

If your partner says “yes” with a sentence, write down

His/her name. If your classmate says “no” with a sentence, do not write down his / her name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Answer with a sentence to practice grammar.

Zodiac / star sign

 

1. Like to go swimming in their free time.

 

Listening Practice:

1. Could you please repeat that?

2. How do you spell _________?

Psychology v. Personality

Documentary

Feliks: boy’s name

World record

Usain Bolt’s world record for the 100 meter

is 9.58.

4. Is Max extroverted? 

9. How do you solve a Rubik’s Cube?

World Championship

5. How do you solve a Rubik’s Cube?

Max: boy’s name

 

 

 

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Rules: Week One Class Notes

 

Introduction

This is a classroom, not a

bedroom. If you want to sleep,

please go to a bedroom to do that

or wait until the break.

Grades

30% Final Exam

10% Midterm Exam

15% Placement test: last week

10% Writing

10% Presentation:

We need to prove we did a presentation; so,

we have film it.

10% Attendance. Come to class. 

(for every hour you miss, I deduct  -1%)

If you miss nine hours, you fail

this class. If you miss eight hours,

you get 2/10. You get 2%.

If you come to

every class, you get 10/10. 10%

15% Classwork and homework.

I just give 10/10 if you do it. 15%

Please speak with a sentence. I

know it’s not natural. But we can

practice grammar.

I will introduce myself. I was born in

Berkeley, California. I grew up in

Prince George, Canada.

I studied in Taipei for four years.

I have lived in Taipei for a long time,

because my wife is Taiwanese. I also went

to university here for 4 years. I have a

daughter. My wife and I own a restaurant.

If your friend is sad, you make them

happier. This is called “cheer up.”

In English, we don’t drink soup. We

eat soup. Collocation is the order of

words, like a habit with no reason.

This is a university; therefore, we don’t

say “I don’t know.”

No is not the answer. Yes is the answer.

There are no problems, just solutions. 

 

 

Please speak with a sentence.

If your classmate has the same

answer, write down their name. If

it’s different, do not write.

Talk to your partner.

Write down your partner’s answer.

1. Shy: introverted

2. Outgoing: extroverted

 

 

 

I will give 10/10. 

Cheer up means make someone happy.

Talk    Toke

Coast    Cost

Collocation is a habit for talking,

with no reason.

In English, we eat soup.

This is a classroom, not a bedroom.

Classroom is for learning.

Bedroom is for sleeping.

 

Please don’t write “no” or “I don’t know.”

Please write English.

Write under “you,” not “classmate.”

Stand up and talk to your classmates. If they

have the same answer, write down their name.

If they have a different answer, don’t write their

name. Answer with a sentence, to practice grammar.

Why do you think clowns are terrible?

 

 

 

Collocation is the order of words from habit.

In English, we eat soup

Instructions: Please read to me the

sentence.

Introverted: shy

Extroverted: outgoing

Photograph     Photography

Did everyone take the test last week?

15 percent of your grade

 

 

 

 

 

Write down your partner’s answer

in English.

 

1. Aboard: on a ship

2. Abroad: another country

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take out some paper.

Write down what I say.

If you don’t understand, ask:

1. Could you please repeat that?

2. How do you spell _____?

Harry: boy’s name

Steve: boy’s name

Lightsaber

1. They are outside a warehouse.

 

What happened…?

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The Night of the Fight, You Might Feel a Slight Sting

What does the basement represent in The Sixth Sense?

I said hell. Why does the psychiatrist keep going down there?

He feels guilty that he could not help the man that committed suicide. I think he believes he belongs in hell.

The door is normally locked when he is a ghost. Somehow the protagonist opens it, but we do not see keys. After, we see someone pushed a table in front of the door. The reason the ghost can’t see the table is it was not there when he was alive. I said it was a religious movie. The church represents safety, so this is also goodness. I think God maybe locked that door. He does not blame the psychiatrist and wants him to let his guilt to evaporate. 

666 is the sign of the beast (Devil)

There is a myth in literature about going to the crossroads to make a deal with the devil. The devil gives you whatever you want. Usually it is fame, talent or money. When they get old and die, the devils gets their soul.

“The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting.”

Literally it means to get hit or punched.

Metaphorically it means the shame of losing.

“That’s pride fuc&^%$ with you.” Psychological game.

“Paying homage to” is when a director copies a famous scene from another

movie to show respect to that director and his/her work. This is to Stanley Kubrik’s A Clockwork Orange.

You’re square means you are not cool. I was talking before about opening credits. They do more than tell the cast or producer, director, etc. They set the tone and make the movie memorable. Tarantino pays homage to Saturday Night Fever.

I am going to powder my nose. I means “I am going to use the restroom.”

 

 

 

  

Monday, May 29, 2023

REVIEW FOR THE TEST

 

We are getting close to the end of this class. So, we will

start doing review. I want to review vocabulary. The words in the textbook. Unit Six: food. Unit 8: ethics (society / law) and morality (for yourself). Unit 9: arts and now Unit 10: technology. The final exam / test is in two weeks (later). Attendance is 10%. So, if you miss five hours, I give you 5%. If you miss one hour, I give you 9%. If come to every class, I give you 10%.

Cyber is Internet.

Predator is a hunter.

Cause means make or force.

Hurtful is unfriendly.

Privacy means alone.

Anonymously means nobody knows your name; secret

Victim is someone who gets hurt

1.   Troll is somebody who tries to make other people angry on the Internet and they think it is funny

2.   The story on page 118 has lots of new words, but it is relevant.

Upside: good things; positive

Downside: bad things; negative

Write down a lot of words (many words) for your answer and I will give you 10/10. Write down your partner / classmate’s answer.

Please answer with a sentence.  We need to practice grammar. That is why we need a sentence.

16. What is your favorite app? My favorite…

If it exactly 11, we 11 sharp.

Often

Are you addicted to your smartphone?

Why do you like to be a cyberbully?

1.  I like to be a cyberbully because I don’t like sissies.

2.  Did you upload some photographs to Instagram.

3.  App

4.  Anti means no

Listening Practice

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell?

Predict: smart guess

q. Hurricane is a typhoon in the Atlantic Ocean. They are both storms.  Do     birds

I give you 10% for attendance. Every class you do not come to, I take off 1%. For example, if you skip 2 hours, you only get 8%. You don’t get 10%.

Write two paragraphs. The first paragraph is about a restaurant you like. The second paragraph is about a restaurant you hate. Explain.

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Our Last Class About Art, Art

 

Active Voice: We studied English on Friday.

Passive Voice: English was studied by us on

Friday.

By is the hint for passive voice.

Interview=ask questions

Moscow is the largest city in Russia.

1.    Decorative means beautiful.

Typically=usually or often, commonly

Individual: one; each

Device: small machine

Frustration: unhappy about a small problem

that cannot be solved

1. Education: school, to study

2. Entertainment: movies, music, TV, reading, etc.

3. Communication: talking, writing, phone, etc.

4. Employment: job or working

5. Finance: money

6. Shopping: buy something

Three Bingos

Horizontally / Vertically  / Diagonally

A.    Please answer with a sentence to practice

Grammar and to achieve self-improvement.

Once means when

He checks social media once every two hours.

Often   Honest

Who has used an app to find a sweetheart?

He checks social media once every thirty

minutes.  She checks social media once an

hour.

She prefers a white phone (to a silver phone).

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?

released: let go

accurate: correct

satellite navigation

million 1,000,000

billion 1,000,000,000

trillion 1 X 12 1,400,000,000,000

Zillion 15    October

Pentagon

In 1973, the US invented G.P.S. (Global

Positioning System).

Friday, April 28, 2023

Gold, Silver, Bronze

 

Attending: going to; participate

1. You are attending English class

now.

2. The camera is nothing

more than a tool.

Nothing more than = only

What’s important is

the story, the message, the

feeling.

Conference: big meeting,

lots of people getting

together to talk

Featured: we can see it; show

Fascinated by: interested in

Exhibition: what you can see in a

museum, for example, paintings,

ceramics, old things, etc.

Furniture: sofa, chair, table

Possession: something you own,

it belongs to you

There is a good movie about Frida,

the Mexican painter

Vocabulary: means new words

Selecting: choosing or picking

Featured: shown or we can see it

Indicate: show or to tell

1. How do you pronounce    ?

Reminded: remember

1. I want to practice grammar, so

the plan: please write a complete

sentence. S. V. O.

Style of means kind of

Abstract

Increase means more

 

 

Prefer means “like more”

 

2. Which style do you prefer,

A or B? I prefer photography to

drawing.

 

The accent for Taiwan is often wrong on

modern.

Aboriginal: the first people to come

Bright or colorful

Traditional seems more complicated while

modern is simplistic.

Handcrafted art is bright and colorful.

Bracelet is jewelry for the wrist.

Figure or figurine is a beautiful doll.

Quarter past 4

2. Tool

3. Story, message, feeling

 

 

 

 

Could you please repeat

that?

How do you spell    ?

 

Documentary   camera

1. Platon is a famous

photographer. Name.

2. Portrait: painting or

photograph of a person   

   sit sat  special

A shoot is the time you spend

photographing.

 

Photography   

Photograph

 

Object = thing

Cloth is used to make clothes.

Leather is from a cow.

Necklace is jewelry around your

neck while bracelet is jewelry

around your wrist.

Bathroom needs a bath.

Restroom; washroom.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

English Class Notes on Art Vocabulary, Etc.

 Writing Mistakes:

1.   Every paragraph is five or more

sentences.

2.   No space before punctuation. One space

 after punctuation. . , ? ! “” :  ; etc.

3.   I ate strawberries, bananas,

watermelon, and pea

nuts. He did too. Class 201, 1:10

4.   Write a topic, date, etc.

5.   Your writing is 10% of your final

grade / score.

6.   I want to rewrite the paper and

fix the mistakes. Please do not write

with pencil. Please use a pen.

Visual means you can see or look at

Appealing: like, enjoy, pretty, nice

Photograph    Photography

Active: I took a photograph.

Passive: The photograph was taken

by me.

Fascinated: means interesting

Moved by: it is sad, but beautiful

1.            Could you please repeat

 that?

2.   How do you spell     ?

 

The artist is Pollock. Talked.

Horizontally    vertically

Picture Genre   stopped

What is Jackson Pollock's

style of art or painting?

A: Abstract expressionism

1. He felt annoyed when she

talked to him.

2. He became inspired when

he stopped smoking.

5. 90% vertically

6. No idea. Maybe it’s the sun.

7. Flowers

8. Drama.