Good morning, everyone.
Today’s Agenda
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Quiz2- compound sentences
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Hyphenated modifiers
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Begin persuasive/opinion paragraphs
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Continue verb tenses- present progressive
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Dialogue “Going to a Dental Specialist”
Thursday
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Return Quiz2
Go over
Optional RW for a bonus point
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Continue persuasive paragraph
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Continue verb tenses- present progressive, past
progressive
Friday
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Midterm recommendations
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Vocab “Odd Word Out 2”
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Test2- paragraph- persuasive writing (final 50m)
Monday
First day of registration for September
COMING UP
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Modals/modal auxiliaries
Quiz 2
Phones and devices away
Full name and class
Doublespace
Write a compound sentence for each.
Pass in by 9:02
1. so make
2. but enjoy
3. also parent
4. however think
5. therefore education
6. as
a result work
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hyphenated modifiers
adjective + noun
a blue sky
SPANISH, FARSI a sky blue
She is looking at the sky
blue sky.
She is looking at the blue sky.
dark sky cloudy
sky sunny sky
one-word adjectives/modifiers
two-word modifiers + noun
He has a blue-eyed cat.
blue-eyed - hyphen
dash -- longer than a
hyphen
-
hyphen
That woman with long hair is my sister.
That long-haired woman is my sister.
That blonde-haired woman is my sister.
red-haired grey-haired
hair(n) haired(modifier, adjective)
My dog is a medium-haired Groodle.
MATH – minus sign, subtraction
+ plus sign, addition
9-6=3 Nine minus six
equals three.
X multiplication sign, times
/ division sign, dividing
She found a good job. adj
She found a full-time job. two-word modifiers,
like an adjective
full & time -
becomes one term “full-time”
Often you will see ‘ full time’ or ‘fulltime’. My style and
a commonly-used styles is ‘full-time’
He has a part-time job.
He has three part-time jobs.
EXAMPLES of hyphenated modifiers:
sister-in-law
I love my sister-in-law.
I love my two sisters-in-law.
brother-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law
The two mothers-in-law got into a fistfight at the wedding.
AGE
Her daughter is fifteen years old.
Her daughter is a fifteen years old. XXX
Her daughter is a fifteen-year-old (girl).
She has fifteen years. SPANISH TRANSLATION
My home is 10 kilometres away.
The race was 20 kilometres.
He ran a 20-kilometre race.
He is a ten-year-old kid.
My dog is nine years old. He is a nine-year-old dog.
ex-girlfriend
I ran into my ex-girlfriend last night in the mall.
check-in check-out
Check-in at the hotel is at 3PM.
She registered for a math course in September.
We have a sign-in sheet at this school.
home-made
homemade
Maris made some homemade peanut-butter
cookies.
hand-made handmade
He sells handmade chairs.
COMMON ERROR
She is three-years-old. XXX
FIX
She is a three-year-old (girl).
He opened a small business.
He is a small business owner.
This class is three hours long.
This is a three-hour class.
He had a five-minute wait for the elevator.
She took a one-hour flight to Calgary.
He took a five-hour flight to Toronto.
Let’s take a ten-minute break.
It is a 30-minute bus ride to school.
It is 30 minutes to get to school.
‘30 minutes’ not describing anything
Maria will spend two weeks in Hawaii.
Maria will take a two-week vacation to Burnaby.
Be careful of fast-moving vehicles.
Be careful of fast-talking salesmen.
IDIOM fast-talking – not trustworthy
Be wary of smooth-talking men people. They are
snakes.
short-term long-term
He has a
short-term lease on his apartment.
She moved in with her long-term boyfriend.
He has an open mind about marijuana laws.
He is open-minded. He
is an open-minded person.
She is very closed-minded about life.
re-enter OR reenter Your choice. I like to keep my hyphen usage
consistent.
Joe re-entered the building.
They came up with a win-win solution to the problem.
We will play a 40-minute set tomorrow night.
self-employed
self-absorbed
self-motivated
self-study
self-confidence
self-respect
They had a face-to-face, one-on-one meeting.
We don’t see eye-to-eye.
IDIOM don’t see eye-to-eye – we disagree
My wife and I see eye-to-eye about raising children.
This is a small-animal hospital. *The animals are
small.
This is a small animal hospital. *The hospital
is small.
He is small-business owner. *The business is small.
XXX He is a small business owner. Sounds like the owner
is small.
MOST FREQUENT USAGES:
He is a three-year-old boy.
This is a two-hour ferry trip.
He ran a ten-kilometre race.
My old phone has a five-inch
screen. The new one is 6.5 inches.
My friend has a three-legged dog.
Have you ever seen a four-legged chicken?
This is a high-quality computer.
He is a high-quality man. She is a high-value woman.
He lives in a low-rent building. She lives in a high-rent
area.
I spent a few minutes to calm down.
calm ‘com‘
We will have a five-minute meeting with the teacher
on Friday.
We had a few-minute wait to see the boss.
He got a ten-piece Chicken McNuggets at McDonalds.
The little kid drank a 30-ounce Big Gulp/pop all by himself.
all by myself
She moved all of the boxes all by herself.
You did that all by yourself?
self-care
Taking time for self-care is very important.
me-time
She took some me-time.
Coming to SHEC is me-time.
quality-time
teatime
free time
This is a brand-new phone.
Let’s take our final 10-minute break.
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euthanasia(n)- PRON ‘youth in asia’- ending a life on compassionate
grounds
euthanize(v)
She had her 20-year-old dog euthanized.
MAID- medical-assisted death for a person
In Canada, MAID is a legal option.
MAID is allowed in Canada.
You can get power-of-attorney for a relative who is not able
to take care of themself.
It’s her money. She can do what she wants with it.
I think she made the right decision.
common-law relationship – common-law marriage – cohabitate (live
together) BC two year marriage-like relationship
When you split up, everything might get divided 50-50.
Opinion paragraph
Persuasive writing
opinion(n)- your idea, perspective, suggestion,
point-of-view, what you think
WF- word form
persuasive(adj) She
is a very persuasive person. She can talk people into anything.
IDIOM She can talk the hind leg off a dog.
She could sell ice to Eskimos Inuit.
persuade(v) The
little kid persuaded his parents to buy him a toy.
persuasion(n)
Students are very good at persuasion about marks.
debate(n,v)
NEGATIVE manipulate(v)
manipulative(adj) My
friend, Sarah, is emotionally manipulative.
manipulation(n)
emotionally manipulative, emotional blackmail-
e.g. the silent treatment, the cold shoulder
procrastinate(v) to wait, to waste time when you have work
to do
positive meaning – express your opinion clearly, give
reasons why you think the way you do
MAYBE controversial topic- many strong opinions, debatable
e.g Trump is a very controversial person.
e.g Should marijuana be legal in Canada?
-strong opinions YES or NO
- less common MAYBE, undecided
OPINION
YES – should be legal
-your personal choose
-can be helpful for anxiety, depression
-medical benefits
-business opportunities
-tax money to gov
-pain relief
-stop illegal trafficking
-quality control is regulated
Choose 3-4 best reasons.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
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Listening fun
1.
Are most people under two meters (six feet)
tall or over two meters (six feet) tall?
2. Does the
moon revolve around the earth?
3. What do you
mix with black paint to get the grey paint?
US color gray
4. Which
continent lies directly west of Asia?
5. How many
grams are in a kilogram?
6.
When you estimate, is your answer exact or
approximate?
7.
How many holes do golfers play in a regular
game of golf?
8.
Name two kinds of precipitation.
9.
What living things absorb carbon dioxide from
the air and replace it with oxygen?
10.
What is 2/5 of 25? two fifths
