This lesson contains 24 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Items in this lesson
H5 - Plural forms
Car - Cars
House - Houses
Tomato - Tomatoes
Shelf - Shelves
Handkerchief - HandkerchieFs
Sheep - sheep
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Plurals
Blue booklet
ex. B/C - p. 25/26
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Nouns - plural forms - part I
-S What is the common plural form?.
When do nouns take "-ES" as their plural form? (Rule + exceptions)
When do nouns take "-IES" as their plural form (Rule + exceptions)
When do nouns take "-VES" as their plural form (Rule + exceptions)
Which 3 other plural forms other than the above exist? > chairs/trees/dogs etc.
-ES -> kisses/buses/watches/boxes etc.
-ES -> tomatoes/potatoes/heroes etc. -> STUDY THE EXCEPTIONS (e.g. photos)
-Y -> ie -> ladies/babies/cries etc. -> STUDY THE EXCEPTIONS (e.g. turkeys
-F -> ves -> thieves/loaves/lives etc. -> STUDY THE EXCEPTIONS (e.g. handkerchiefs)
-EN -> children/oxen / Change in vowel -> foot-feet, mouse-mice, louse-lice, goose-geese, woman-women etc. -> STUDY!!!!!/ Singular = Plural -> sheep/series/means/deer/Chinese (-ese) etc. -> STUDY!!!!
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Nouns - plural forms
Agreement Subject/noun (countable) -> Both men put out their cigarettes/ Women love cats (Women love coffee/Women love their cups of coffee in the morning.)
Plural noun as adjective takes singular form -> a twenty-pound note, a hundred-dollar bill
Crew/family/team/cattle/people/police -> plural form when referring to all members -> The police have arrested the thieves./Dutch people don't want to give up Sinterklaas.
People (volk)/Peoples (volkeren) -> the indigenous peoples of North Africa
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T
Short stories
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Today's objective - second hour
You will know about :
Short story
Setting
Characters
Incident
Read Lamb to the Slaughter
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Short story
A brief story (3-5 p. up to 12-20 p.)
with a few characters, a simple plot, a conflict,
and suspense
which leads to a climax & swift conclusion
Can be read in one sitting
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Short story
Four elements of a short story:
Plot
Setting
Characters
Theme
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Plot
introduction (setting/characters/narrative hook = question/statement that grabs the reader's attention)
inciting incident (an action that sets the story in motion)
rising action
climax (pivotal moment; highest point of emotion)
falling action
resolution
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Narrative hook
A question or statement that grabs the reader's attention
(in plot's introduction)
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Inciting incident
An ACTION (what someone does/says)
that gets the ball rolling,
sets the story in motion
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Setting
The time (day/season/present/future)
The location (country/planet/town/buildings/surroundings)
-> creates mood (author's attitude towards subject matter)
-> creates atmosphere (feeling that setting evokes, e.g. eerie)
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Characters
Work in pairs to answer the following:
What types of characters are there in a short story?
What are their roles in the plot?
How does the reader find out about the character traits (physical/personality)?
timer
5:00
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Characters
Protagonist - "good guy", main character that solves conflict
Antagonist - "bad buy", creates conflict for the main character
Secondary characters - move the plot along, may not be involved in conflict
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Character traits
What the character him/herself does & says
What the other characters say or do about the character