EF56 24 class- paragraph review, verb tense work

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Test2- paragraph RSoNS

·      Finish verb tense exercises

·      Adjective clause work- two work sheets at front of class

·      Midterm recommendations – one-on-one meetings

·      HW   I will send you a story to read for when we get back.

 

Monday, March 28th

·      “Literary Terms”

·      Continue with adjective clauses

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Test2 – paragraph

“Why did Maylin argue with the governor?”

TIP: Focus on that question. Everything you write has to be about ‘why’ ‘argue’ governor’

-only 125-150 words- no room for extra stuff, plot, personal, narrative,

- academic tone-  no first person “I”

- AVOID PLOT SUMMARY

 

Verb tenses:

 do #9

 

10. was watching – interrupted

I watched a movie last night.

When I was watching it, someone knocked on my door. interruption

 

 

Midterm recommendations:

Registration for Quarter 4 will begin after Spring Break.

I will be teaching these courses:

P1 (8:30-10:45) EF7/10/11

P2 (11:00-1:15) EF6, CW567

 

Midterm recommendations based on quizzes, tests, and spoken so far.

Quiz1          6pts

Q2               6pts 

Q3               6pts

Q4               6pts

Test1          12pts

T2                12pts

Spoken       10pts

AVERAGE OF ALL

 

Final passmark on the last day of class is 50%.

Early recommendation, cutoff is 65%.

Student who are doing at a higher level get to register early.

 

 

Verb tenses:

 do #9

 

 

10. was watching – interrupted

I watched a movie last night.

When I was watching it, someone knocked on my door. interruption

 

12.has been ringing – present perfect progressive

candidacy- wants to be elected, candidate(n-person)

13.depends – simple present-usual, always, fact

14.I am staying home from work tomorrow.

I will stay home from work tomorrow. decison made right now

I am going to stay home tomorrow. decision already made- sounds natural

I think I am going to ... AUTHENTIC SOUNDING

I think I am going to go to Jen’s party in Surrey tonight.

15. has made – present perfect

16. stepped – simple past

 

Astronaut- English word

Cosmonaut – Russian astronaut

person/aeronatics/space – Chinese translation to English

person/flying/outside Earth – Japanese translation to Earth

space man- Farsi

17.had been waiting – past perfect progressive – NOT COMMONLY USED

18.isn’t going to exist/ won’t exist

19.has never won- past perfect   SUBSTITUTE simple past ‘didn’t win’

20.will have been studying – future perfect progressive – VERY RARE