Monday, 28 July 2025

EF5 Class 19

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Dialogue presentations 1

·      Continue adjective clauses

Quiz tomorrow- FINAL QUIZ

Choose vocabulary to review

·      Verb tense- present perfect

·      Essay work-

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4- adjective clauses- FINAL QUIZ

·      Dialogue presentations 2

·      Verb tense- present perfect

·      Essay work

 

Wednesday

·      Dialogue presentations 3

·      Test 3- multiparagraph writing- NOT A FULL ESSAY

We haven’t covered essays in detail.

Test- several paragraphs

 

Thursday

·      Dialogue presentations 4

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

Chance to replace one quiz and/or one test.

 

Friday

Final day

·      Dialogue presentations 5

·      Return essay, multiparagraph writing

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Return optional replacement quiz/test

No optional RW for bonus point

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and reports

I will submit final marks and reports to the office on Friday.

 

COMING UP

·      FINISH        “Odd Word Out 2” from two weeks ago

·      Verb tense- modals

 

 

Dialogue presentations 1

The people who are doing their dialogue today, please pass in the writing.

 

Advice on Public Speaking

 

It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.

Everybody is scared or at least wary of speaking in public.

 

wary of = nervous/worried about   

 

#1 fear of most people is public speaking

 

If you feel nervous, you are in good company.

 

-when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking

-autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses, we can’t control them

-                      nervousness

-                      heart racing

-                      upset stomach

-                      knot in your stomach

-                      butterflies in your stomach

-                      jittery, shaky hands

-                      sweating

-                      clammy hands

-                      vision blurred

-                      tunnel vision

-                      voice cracks

-                      have to go to the bathroom

-                      red face, blush, flush

-                      mind goes blank

-                      feel faint, dizzy, light-headed

-                      crying, laughing?

-                      pacing, moving a lot

 

 

These are normal and predicable responses.

Most of us are all in the same boat here. We are in the same shoes.

 

IDIOM in good company, in the same boat, in the same shoes- we all share the same experience

 

REMEMBER: We’re all on your side. Everybody wants you to do well.

 

Try to relax, if possible. We are interested in what you have to say.

If you mess up, just take a second. Take a moment. Take a deep breath.

We’ll wait.

Then keep going.

Don’t apologize.

 

 

Four Tips/Pieces of Advice I Gave My Children for Public Speaking

 

1. Deaf grandmother- speak up, speak a bit louder than usual, slow your rate of speech down a bit, slower than usual

2. Good dog!- energetic tone, energy in your voice, animated, avoid monotone

3. Magic eye – eye contact, right between the eyes

4. Wavy hands- hand gestures, be careful of pacing

 

It gets easier with practice.

If you see a presenter that you like, copy some aspects of their style.

 

EXTRA TIP: Reframe in my mind- no group, just individuals

Everybody is on your side.

 

Memorizing-

Extemporaneous speech- talking freely and naturally about a topic

Ad lib-  making up things on the spot

 

 

 

** From homework**

“Adjective Clause Exercises”

 

1. The cat that is sitting on the windowsill is very cute.

2. The book that I borrowed from the library is excellent.

3. The student who handed in the report late apologized sincerely.

4. The house that has the big garden is for sale.

The heritage house, which has the big garden, is for sale.

heritage building

5. My best friend, who is a doctor, is coming over.  one best friend

My friend who is a doctor is coming over. 2+ friends

6. This is the person who lost the keys.

MY WAY: I use ‘who’ for people. It sounds polite.

 

7. The kids who were playing outside came inside when it started raining.

8. My oldest friend, who lives in New York, is visiting next week.

9. We decided to try the restaurant that/which has great reviews.

 We decided to try the restaurant where you went last week.

 

10. The package that was supposed to be delivered yesterday finally arrived.

really special- which

regular – that

 

B. Combine the sentences using an adjective clause using 'who', 'that' or 'which'. Write your sentences on your own paper.

1. Mary is my friend. She lives next door.

Mary is my friend who lives next door.

Mary, who is my friend, lives next door.

Mary, who lives next door, is my friend.

2. The movie was boring. We watched it last night.

The movie that we watched it last night was boring.

 

3. The girl has a dog. Her dog won a prize.

The girl has a dog that won a prize.

The girl whose dog won a prize was ADJ happy/annoying/ excited/short/friendly/surprised.

The dog that was owned by the girl won a prize. OVERWRITTEN

 

4. The car is blue. My brother bought it.

The car that my brother bought is blue.

My brother bought a car that is blue.

My brother bought a blue car. SIMPLE

That blue car was bought by my brother. COMPLICATED

 

My rule for myself: Simpler and clear is better.

 

5. The girl is playing the piano. She is my sister.

The girl who is playing the piano is my sister.

The girl is playing the piano who is my sister. The piano is my sister.

 

Misplaced modifier- the adj cl describes that wrong word

The man saw a cat who was riding a bicycle. XXX

The man who was riding a bicycle saw a cat.

I gave a stool to my sister who has three legs. XXX

I gave a stool that has three legs to my sister.

 

tripod  tri-three

pod-foot ped-foot

 

monopod

a selfie stick

 

bipedal- a two-legged animal

A bicycle has pedals. A car has a gas and a brake pedal.

 

 bicycle- bi-2 cycle-wheel

tricycle- 3 wheels

quad- four-wheel vehicle

The little girl has training wheels on her bike.

ebikes-

Lessons for cycling https://bikehub.ca/education/streetwise-cycling-education

 

 

6. Jun bought a shirt. It is too small.

Jun bought a shirt that is too small.

The shirt that Jun bought is too small.

 

7. I visited a city. It has a famous cathedral.

I visited a city that/which has a famous cathedral.

 

8. The movie was interesting. We watched it last night.

The movie that we watched last night was interesting.

 

9. He had an accident. It happened yesterday.

10. She completed the project. It surprised everyone.

She completed the project which surprised everyone.

 

 

Part B

9. He had an accident that happened yesterday.

An accident that it happened yesterday he had. XXX

An ice cream he ate. XXX He ate an ice cream.

 

 

 

 

**

Commas with adjective clauses – higher level, not for the quiz, not for EF5

A.   Mae’s sister who lives in Calgary is a nurse.

B.    Mae’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse.

A and B mean different things.

How many sisters does Mae have? 1 or more than 1

A-more than 1

B- 1

 

adj cl with commas – can be removed from sentence

B.    Mae’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse.

non-essential OR non-restrictive clause- additional information

 

A.   Mae’s sister who lives in Calgary is a nurse.

essential OR restrictive clause- narrowing down the meaning

 

Sarah’s mother , who lives in Edmonton, is retired. How many mothers?

, who lives in Edmonton,- extra information, non-essential, non-restrictive

 

Her son who is six likes soccer. Her son who is 12 loves Pokemon.

who is six essential, restrictive

who is 12 essential, restrictive

 

EASY WAY TO THINK ABOUT – If there is only one of them, use commas.

 

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge city.

He bought some apples that were very tart.

My wife, whose name is Ling, is a very nice person.

His wife whose name is Carol is very tall.  sounds like 2+ wives

 

Betty Azar Understanding and Using English Grammar – grammar book – restrictive and non-restrictive clauses OR essential and non-essential clauses

 

 

Quiz tomorrow- Let’s choose 10 words of vocabulary to review.

1.    model(v,n)

2.    country(n)

3.    believe(v)

4.    play(v,n)

5.    drink(v,n)

6.    available(adj)

7.    digital(adj)

8.    report(v,n)

9.    borrow(v)

10.                       house(v,n)

 

who that which whom whose where

 

 

 

 

Essay writing, essay structure-

self-study

 

 

HOMEWORK

Brainstorm three good ideas for one of these topics.

Write a rough draft of an essay.

We can look at them tomorrow.

 

TOPICS:

1. How to be a good friend

2. How to stay healthy for your whole life

3. What is your favourite place to visit? Why?

 

 

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