EF34 11am June 23

 

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

 

Hump Day! Wednesday

We are in home stretch. We are heading for the finish line.

 

 

Thursday- adjective forms, order of adjectives

Friday-                  Start reviewing grammar, sentences, paragraphs

 

Next week:

Monday-              Continue review of grammar, sentences, paragraphs

Tuesday-              Final Test#6 – paragraph (100-150w), general topic

Do you want to do another test next week?

We can do something else.  verb tenses

 

Wednesday, June 30, FINAL DAY

no instruction day, marks day, no computer meeting

Email me during classtime, I will email your mark to you

 

** QUESTION**

What do you want to cover that we haven’t covered yet? Tell me, and I will try to squeeze it in in the last few days.

 

 

Today’s agenda:

 

·      Adjective forms

·      Test#5 persuasive paragraph

 

 

Proverb – saying, expression

No pain, no gain.

Easy come, easy go.

 30 Most Popular Proverbs in English for Students & Learners

1. Many hands make light work.

2. Strike while the iron is hot.

3. Honesty is the best policy.

Liars have to have good memories.

4. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

5. Don’t judge a book by its cover.

6. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

7. Better late than never.

8. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

9. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

10. Actions speak louder than words.

Talk is cheap.

11. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

12. Still waters run deep.

13. Curiosity killed the cat.

14. My hands are tied.

15. Out of sight, out of mind.

16. Easy come, easy go.

17. You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

18. The forbidden fruit is always the sweetest.

 

forbidden fruit (allusion, reference to another text) –

Garden of Eden, Book of Genesis, Old Testament

 

Emily Dickinson (1830–86)

 

Forbidden fruit a flavor has

  That lawful orchards mocks;      

How luscious lies the pea within 

  The pod that Duty locks!   

 

 

19. If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

20. It’s the tip of the iceberg.

21. Learn to walk before you run

22. First things first

23. Don’t bite off more than you can chew

24. It’s better to be safe than sorry

25. The early bird catches the worm

26. Don’t make a mountain out of an anthill (molehill)

27. Where there’s a will, there’s a way

28. Always put your best foot forward

29. The squeaky wheel gets the grease

30. A rolling stone gathers no moss

Honorable Mention: 6 of Our Favorite Lesser-Known Proverbs

1. When in Rome, do as the Romans do

2. Birds of a feather flock together

3. A stitch in time saves nine

4. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

5. Those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones

6. Absence makes the heart grow fonder

 

 

 

 

Adjective Forms

Try these for homework:

 

Choose the appropriate form of the adjective:

 

1.    Wendy was interested/ interesting in that book.                              

2.    I was challenged/ challenging by my old job.                                        

3.    My old job was challenged/challenging. It was hard but fun.

4.    The movie was disappointing/ disappointed.

5.    The teacher was disappointed/ disappointing with her students' work.

6.    My dog gets confused/ confusing when I turn the lights off.                

7.    My cat's behavior is often confused/ confusing to me.

8.    John's habits are irritated/ irritating to his roommate.

9.    Seth feels irritated/ irritating by his roommate's habits.

10.                        I was bored/ boring at the movie.

11.                       That movie was bored/ boring. That's why I left the movie early.

12.                       The little boy was terrified/ terrifying by the scary movie.

13.                       The movie was terrified/ terrifying because it had many horrible, evil monsters in it.

14.                       The child was delighted/ delighting/ delightful by the delicious bowl of ice cream.

15.                       Everyone on the team was thrilled/ thrilling to win the championship!

16.                       The green, slimy fuzz growing on the old food was disgusted/ disgusting.

17.                       That movie is very depressed/ depressing because the father dies at the end.

18.                       Treasure Island is an excited/ exciting book because it has a lot of adventures, pirates, and sword fights in it.

19.                       The dog is always very excited/ exciting when we let her ride in our car.

20.                       The Wild Roller ride at the amusement park is very, very fast and very excited/ exciting!

 

 

 

 

 

Test#5 Persuasive paragraph

Cameras on.

100-150 words.

Email to me by 12:40

Choose one of the topics:

1.    People are the same all over the world.

2.    Marijuana should be legal.

3.    God is real.