English Comprehension Patterns and Summary April Fools Day
welcome to speak English with Tiffany
the CPS addition comprehension patterns
and summary I’m teacher Tiffany let’s
jump right in
today’s topic is April Fool’s Day all
right
comprehension now to start off with
comprehension we must first look at the
five W’s so again remember the five W’s
are who what when where and why but we
are going to start with the who now what
you want to do is look at the article
and first recognize the information so
we’re gonna look for the who within this
article so let’s begin April Fool’s Day
is an annual celebration in some
European and Western countries that are
celebrated on April 1st some people so
we have people right here say it is
based on a book by a French poet okay we
have French poet written in 1508 but no
one knows for sure let’s keep going it
is different for many other holidays
because no gifts or special services are
held instead April first people they
have people one more time try to come
with ways to play practical jokes or
more time practical that’s the
pronunciation practical jokes on their
friends so we have friends right here
the jokes and there so we have victims
or then called April Fool’s okay some
people believe well we can highlight
that because it’s the title given to
certain people so April Fool’s some
people we see people again some people
believe it is one of the best holidays
because again we see people have a lot
of fun tricking their friends next year
my co-workers now we see another group
of people for the who my coworkers are
planning to play a big particle joke on
our boss they get him every year so he
has given up trying to stop them I on
the other hand usually always avoid my
co-workers ok we can stop here so you
see we’ve highlighted all of the who now
let’s look at
what we’re gonna look over the article
one more time and find out what it’s
talking about
okay so April Fool’s Day well that’s the
first thing April Fool’s Day is an
annual celebration remember annual means
every year in some European and Western
countries that are celebrated on April
1st some people say it is based on a
book by a French poet written in 1508 so
we have a book that’s something but no
one knows for sure it’s different from
many other holidays so we mentioned
holidays because no gifts or special
services are held instead on April 1st
people try to come with ways once again
come up with ways to play practical
jokes on their friends the jokes so we
have jokes as well as a piece of
information that seems to be something
that is repeated we have jokes and also
let’s go back practical jokes
also seems to be something that is
information that we can hold for our
comprehension ok let’s keep going the
jokes and their victims are then called
April Fool’s some people believe it is
one of the best holidays so we have one
of the best holidays because people have
a lot of fun tricking their friends and
again we have practical joke again so
this is and at the end we have but in
all honesty it is quite a fun holiday ok
now we’re gonna go over when so let’s
look at the article one more time and
see what times are mentioned here we go
April Fool’s Day is an annual
celebration in some European and Western
countries that is celebrated on right
there April 1st some people say it is
based on a book by a French poet written
in 1508 so we have a year now but no one
knows for sure let’s skim through it is
different or many other holidays instead
on April 1st once again April 1st is
mentioned again let’s look for another
time period but Joseph Collier fools
some people believe it is one of the
best holiday
because people have a lot of fun
tricking their friends okay we see one
more piece of information for when next
year my coworkers are planning to play a
big practical joke on our boss okay
let’s move on now we’re going to look at
where so we’re gonna see if we can find
information that answers we’re okay from
the very beginning April Fool’s Day is
an annual celebration in some European
and Western countries okay we got where
that is hella braided on April 1st some
people say it is based on a book okay do
we see any other information for where
let’s move down next year my coworkers
are planning to play a practical joke or
a big practical joke on our boss okay so
we have the information for where and
let’s move on to why so let’s see the
reasons that we can find inside of this
article okay so we have April Fool’s Day
is an annual celebration that is
celebrated in April first some people
say it is based on a book by French poet
but no one knows for sure it is
different from many other holidays
because no gifts or special services are
held instead on April 1st people try to
come up with ways to play practical
jokes on their friends now we’re gonna
get the reason the jokes and their
victims are then called April Fool’s
some people believe it is one of the
best holidays because people have a lot
of fun tricking their friends okay
that’s the reason why okay now let’s
look at the patterns within this article
let’s begin with the first sentence
April Fool’s Day is an annual
celebration in some European and Western
countries that is celebrated on April
1st this sentence is kind of basic so
let’s keep going to the second sentence
some people say it is based on a book by
a French poet written in
18:08 now in this sentence we have a
very useful English pattern is based on
this English pattern is used when you
want to talk about where something
starts or where something came from okay
let’s do this where something let’s
change this from starts to start Ted so
where something started or where it came
from so for example this movie is based
on a true story or in other words this
movie came from a true story another
example this book is based on my life
okay where it started or where it came
from
okay let’s keep going the next sentence
but no one knows for sure okay we see
another pattern in this sentence knows
let’s do that over again here we go
knows for sure now this means to be
confident to be confident in what you’re
saying to have no doubt so for example I
can say I know for sure that my husband
is going to love this cake or I can say
I know for sure that it’s not going to
rain tomorrow so know for sure is used
when you are confident about something
so let’s give one more example they know
for sure that class will be canceled
okay so when you’re confident about
something all right let’s move on to the
next sentence it is different from many
other holidays because no gifts or
special services are held now at the
very beginning of this sentence we have
it is different from now this pattern is
used when you want to compare two things
so we’ll write
to come have to go to the next line
to come pair so for example it is
different from my old computer once
again my new computer is different from
my old computer so remember this it can
change
she is different from my mother he is
different from his brother whenever you
want to compare someone or something
you can use blank is different from
blank ok let’s move on instead on April
1st people try to come up with ways to
play practical jokes on their friends
now within this sentence we see come up
with okay come up with means to think of
or to have an idea
ok to think of or to
have an idea so for example we try to
come up with a solution to the problem
so let’s say for example we are at our
office and the boss says I need you guys
to have this project done by tomorrow so
what happens myself and my team would
come together
why so that we could come up with a
solution so to think of or to have an
idea
okay come up with all right let’s move
on to the next one the jokes and their
victims are then called April Fool’s
that’s pretty simple let’s keep going
some people believe it is one of the
best holidays because people have a lot
of fun tricking their friends now this
is a very important pattern here we go
is one of the now you use this pattern
when you’re trying to talk about one
thing among many let me explain for
example there are many books but among
these 10 books one of them is my
favorite so this book is one of the best
books in my collection so one of the so
one among many so I have many different
things and I want to talk about one of
them okay so again is one of them so we
can also use a talk about people he is
one of the most famous people in Korea
what does that mean it means there are
many famous people in Korea but he is
one of them ok very good let’s keep
going next year my coworkers are
planning to play a big practical joke on
our boss
okay and this when we see planning to
now planning to just means something you
want to do in the future okay so for
example I talked to my friend the other
day and she really wants to get married
so what did she say my boyfriend and I
are planning to get married so in the
front you will have a person behind or
after planning to you will have an
action so right here he is planning to
go to America
he is the person planning to and go to
America is the action alright very good
let’s keep going they get him every year
so he has given up trying to stop them
okay so the pattern we see right
underneath planning to is given up now
given up means to stop it means to stop
trying or to stop doing let’s write it
right here
alright so for example I used to eat ice
cream every day but I don’t now I
stopped doing that so I can say I gave
up ice cream or he has given up ice
cream it means he stopped eating it or I
stopped eating it so given up or give up
means to stop trying or to stop doing
now let’s look at the last two sentences
here we go I on the other hand usually
always avoid my co-workers on that day
let’s keep going but in
honesty it is quite a fun holiday now
there are two patterns that I want us to
look at okay so the first pattern in
these two sentences is on the other hand
now on the other hand just refers to the
opposite opinion or the opposite side of
something so for example I really enjoy
taking walks on the other hand I don’t
enjoy when my feet hurt okay opposite
opinion I like but I don’t like okay
when you have two opposite opinions okay
and the last pattern is in all honesty
okay we use in our honesty to emphasize
that what we’re about to say is true or
our real feelings for example in all
honesty I love to eat at night or in all
honesty I really enjoy spending time
alone
okay I’m emphasizing the truth of that
statement okay so we have a lot of
patterns from this one short article
let’s move on okay
for the summary portion the first thing
we must do is recap the comprehension
section we did remember for
comprehension we looked at five things
we looked at the who the what the when
the where and also the why so what you
want to do for the summary is pick one
or two from each of these categories and
you’re gonna make that a part of your
summary remember a summary is just a
short snippet of the article you read
okay for the who I’m going to choose a
French poet that’s the part I want to
focus on
and also april fools so the French poet
and april fools for the what I’m going
to focus on April Fool’s Day for the win
I’m going to focus on 15:08 and also
April 1st for the where I’m gonna focus
on European and Western countries and
for the why I’m going to focus on people
have a lot of fun tricking their friends
ok so now let’s start summarizing this
using these pieces of information ok
let’s write it right here a little bit
above the text ok now let’s look at the
summary April Fool’s Day is on April 1st
and some people say it comes from a book
written by a French poet in 1508 it is
celebrated in some Western and European
countries because people have a lot of
fun tricking their friends and calling
them April Fool’s and that’s how you
summarize an article