1.) His brother bought land last winter, but sold it to the neighbor when the economy went bad. John likes fishing, but wants to be mone successful. When he felt sad, he painted his boat, "Troubled Waters," blue and made it clean. John asked his brother if he liked the way the boat looked, but his brother laughed and said, "You're always looking for compliments."
John wanted to argue with his brother, but didn't have the energy. Instead, he began to make more nets, with hopes to increase the amount of fish he will catch the next day.
2.)The parts of the story that would give an ELL the most trouble would be the idiomatic expressions such as "John loves fishing, but longs to be more successful" and "Feeling down","shined it up"' "fishing for compliments" these would need to be broken down and explained exactly what is meant by these phrases.
3.)past present present progressive(immediate future)
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His brother bought land John loves fishing He is hoping to catch more fish
4.)Based on my research in my data anaylisis journal I feel that grammar is necessary in teaching language. Only so much can be acquired through immersion. Listening to my Vietnamese friend speak, and the decade plus she has lived in the U.S.and spoken English she still makes noticeable errors in her speaking. In her writing, errors are even more evident. She is easy to understand and speaks very well, but I feel a little more grammar instruction in critical times when learning English would have eliminated some of her speaking and writing errors.
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