The document asks the reader to write down as many facts as they know about Afghanistan or living in a Muslim nation. It prompts the reader to write a five sentence summary, look up 3 new words, and connect any challenges mentioned to their own experiences. The purpose seems to be to have the reader reflect on and summarize information about Afghanistan or Muslim-majority countries.
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Week 2 thurs
1. Write as many facts as you know about
afghanistan or about living in a Muslim
nation.
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2. Summary
Write a five sentence summary.
Look up 3 words that were new to you.
Connect the person’s challenges to you own.
Present.
3. I have a cat.
I once had two cats.
I used to fee my cats food.
Tuna was my cats’ favorite food.
Yet, my one cat’s second favorite was
corn and I thought that was weird.
You know that nouns can be a person, a place, a
thing, or a thing. But, can you notice something
that all nouns have in common-- a common
rule?
4. Noun Rule
• A noun is a word that can be made plural and/or possesive
• Singular: Cat, Horse Singular Possessive: Cat’s, Horse’s
• Plural: Cats, Horses Plural Possessive: Cats’, Horses’
• Remember to watch for nouns that do not follow these rules: Man, Men,
Man’s, Men’s
• Nouns are essential to all sentences, they provide the subject.
5. Noun Phrase
• A noun phrase (NP) is a word or a group of words
that function as a unit within a sentence.
• A phrase always has a headword and this is the
noun.
• Nouns are signaled by the determiner
• Common determiners include articles (a, an, the),
Possessive nouns and pronouns (Camille’s, his), and
demonstrative pronouns (this, that, those)
6. • Let us add to the noun definition:A noun is a word
that can be made plural and/or possessive, it
occupies the headword position in a noun phrase,
it is usually signaled by a determiner
• Locate each noun phrases headword and determiner:
• The students rested after a long trip.
• Our new neighbors became our best friends.
• A huge crowd lined the streets for the parade.
• This new lasagna recipe feeds an enormous crowd.
7. Count vs. Noncount
Nouns
• Knowing the difference between count and
noncount nouns will help you do the following:
• Use the noun plural ending -s correctly
• Use the appropriate type of article: definite (the) or
indefinite (a or an)
• Use words that express quantities, such as little,
much, . . .
8. Count vs. Noncount
• The main difference between count and noncount
nouns is whether or not the things they refer to can
be counted.
9. Count Nouns
• Count nouns refer to things that can be divided up
into smaller units which are separate and distinct
from one another. They usually refer to what can
individually be seen or heard:
table
chair
word
remark
finger
10. Noncountthings that cannot be counted
Nouns
• Noncount nouns refer to
because they are regarded as wholes which cannot be
divided into parts. They often refer to abstractions and
occasionally have a collective meaning:
anger
furniture
warmth
leisure
education
courage
progress
11. The Rules
• The Rules
• Count nouns can be pluralized by adding a final -s to
the nouns.
• Noncount nouns cannot be not pluralized at all.
12. Special Cases
• Special Case: A special case is the use of the mass/
count distinction for the purpose of classification.
The nouns which function both ways mainly
denote foods and beverages: food(s), drink(s),
wine(s), bread(s), coffee(s), and fruit(s).
13. Describe a holiday that your family
celebrated. Is this celebrated in America?
How do you celebrate it? Why do you think
people celebrate this holiday?
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14. Summary
Write a five sentence summary.
Look up 3 words that were new to you.
Does this sound like fun? Would you do this?
Why do you think people do this?
15. The last time I cooked was...
I arrived in America (when?)...
I studied English for (years?)...
Finish these sentences out loud!
16. Simple past tense
• Use simple past tense to talk about something that
happened in the past
• You do this by using the past version of the main
verb
• What is a verb?
• It is also, a word that can be used in present and
past tenses, it has an s form and an ing form
17. Past Tense
• in simple past the verb takes these endings: -d, -ed,
-ied (baked, cooked, studied)
• I visited, She visited,We visited: no matter who, the
verb is the same
• Time Markers (adverbs) are used: Yesterday, Today,
This morning, ...for three years.
• To make a past statement negative use
• did not + base form of verb
18. Practice
• Underline the simple past verb and then
write it’s base form:
• We arrived last Wednesday night. ____
• Norma baked a cake. _____
• The bus stopped at the corner. ______
• We studied history this morning._____
19. Write one word you learned this week and
what it means. Write one thing you learned
about Lance Armstrong. Write one thing
about nouns that you learned.
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20. Find the missing words
1. Mother ___(Sing or Sang)___ to the baby.
2.Milk __(Flied or Flew)__ everywhere when
the carton broke.
3.I had__(an or a)__ apple for lunch.
4.Put __(them or those)__ boxes over there.
5.They __(can’t or didn’t)__ get to go to the
lake.
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21. Which words have the /o/ sound in “go”?
Goat So Drop Bone
Find the pattern and find the words that
go together:
Fork Spoon Knife Hammer
Correct the Sentences:
Will you came to my house
I brush my tooth everyday
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22. Conversational
Practice
Do you enjoy sports?
Do you enjoy playing baseball?
Do you enjoy playing soccer?
Do you enjoy relaxing?
Do you enjoy playing
Do you enjoy watching TV
basketball?
Do you enjoy playing video games?
Do you enjoy Learning?
Do you enjoy watching
Do you enjoy learning English?
movies?
Do you enjoy learning Math?
Do you enjoy learning
Science?