Wednesday, 17 September 2025

EF23 Class 12

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

quiz – very small, 15-20m

test- longer, 1 hour

exam- huge piece of work, 2-3,4 hours

 

Farsi- exam quiz, test

 

final exam- suggests a really big assessment

 

Assessment (Evaluation/Marking):

ASSIGNMENTS   Points

Approx 5 sentence quizzes  6pts each

Approx 3 paragraph tests     12pts each

1 spoken presentation          10pts

Spoken work in-class (marks at midterm and final) 10pts and 15pts

Optional rewrites (2nd draft corrections)       1pt each

Bonus pts  1pt each

Total Average of all

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue compound sentences

“Compound Sentences Using SOBA”

Quiz2 soon

·      New dialogue “Calling 911”

·      Continue verb tenses

Begin simple past verb tense

 

Thursday

·      Continue compound

Prepare for Quiz2 on Friday

6 sentences as usual

Choose 10 words of vocabulary to review. I will choose six of the words for the quiz.

 

Friday

·      Quiz2

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Vocab exercise

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPOUND  SV, SOBA SV

 

Compound Sentences Using SOBA

 

**REMEMBER**

Compound sentences look like these examples:

She is tall, but he is short.

 

, so   , or   , but   , and

, SOBA

 

This is the kind of sentence writing that you can use in high school, college, business, and life.

You can learn it and master it.

Be cautious of using ChatGPT for writing.

 

SV, SOBA SV.

 

Exercise 1: Combine the following pairs of simple sentences into compound sentences using SOBA. Write the compound sentences on your own paper.

e.g.    Sarah plays football. Jun plays hockey.

Sarah plays football, and Jun plays hockey.

Sarah plays football, but Jun plays hockey.

 

1.    It was rainy. We stayed indoors.

It was rainy, SOBA we stayed indoors.

It was rainy, so we stayed indoors.

It was rainy, and we stayed indoors.

It was rainy, but we stayed indoors. STRANGE MEANING

It was rainy, or we stayed indoors. DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

 

 

It is raining, so I will take an umbrella.

MIXED TENSES- SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE FUTURE

raining – now   going out - later

 

It is raining, but I don’t have an umbrella.

 

I was sick, so I stayed/am staying home.

 

This class: simple present, simple past, simple future, present progressive, past progressive

 

 

2.    He studied hard. He passed the exam.

He studied hard, so he passed the exam.

He studied hard , and he passed the exam.

He studied hard, but he passed the exam. DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

FIX

He studied hard, but he didn’t pass the exam.

 

He studied hard, or he passed the exam. DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

 

SV, SOBA SV.

 

Try some. Work together. I’ll come around.

3.    Sarah went to the grocery store. She bought some milk.

Sarah went to the grocery store, and she bought some milk.

Sarah went to the grocery store, so she bought some milk.

Sarah went to the grocery store, but she bought some milk. XXX

FIX

Sarah went to the grocery store, but she didn’t buy any milk.

Sarah went to the grocery store, or she bought some milk. XXX

 

 

4.    Tom likes to swim. He doesn't like to dive.

Tom likes to swim, but he doesn't like to dive.

dive(v) jump into the water from a high place maybe, jump in

head-first.

The little boy jumped in feet-first.

The little girl did a cannonball into the water.

The little boy did a belly-flop.

 

I want to try skydiving, but it is scary.

She wants to try bungee-jumping, but it is scary.

 

 

5.    I have a test tomorrow. I need to study tonight.

I have a test tomorrow, so I need to study tonight.

I have a test tomorrow, and I need to study tonight.

I have a test tomorrow, but I don’t need to study tonight.

I have a test tomorrow, but I don’t have time to study tonight.

I have a test tomorrow, but I don’t know the material.

I have a test tomorrow, but I am not ready.

common nightmare (bad dream) – You have a big exam, but you haven’t studied for it.

 

Do dreams have meaning? Can dreams predict your future?

 

OLD DAD  JOKE I had a dream that I was eating the world’s largest marshmallow.

When I woke up, my pillow was gone.

IDIOM dad joke- a old-fashioned joke, not very funny, dads like to tell the joke

 

I’m hungry.

Hello hungry. My name is Allan.

 

 

 

nightmare

, but   OPPOSITE IDEAS  She was not very hungry, but she ate five cookies.

 

6.    We can have lunch. We can go for a walk.

We can have lunch, and we can go for a walk. DO BOTH

We can have lunch, or we can go for a walk. CHOICE

 

 

Exercise 2

Turn each simple sentence into a compound sentence using SOBA.

Write the compound sentences on your own paper.

 

1.    The cat ran away.

The cat ran away, and it got lost.

The cat ran away, but it came back soon.

The cat ran away, but the pig didn’t run away.

 

2.    Mei loves ice cream.

Mei loves ice cream, but I love lemonade / frozen yoghurt.

Mei loves ice cream, but she is on a diet.

Mei loves ice cream, so she buys some for the weekend.

Mei loves ice cream, so she overeats.

 

Mei loves ice cream, so she will buy some on the way home.

MIXED SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE FUTURE

SIMPLE PRESENT- always

SIMPLE FUTURE- one event in the future

 

 

 

3.    The movie was long.

The movie was long, but it was very interesting.

The movie was long and boring. SIMPLE SV

The movie was long, and it was boring. COMPOUND

I watched a movie, and it was long.

The movie was long, and I got tired.

SV, and SV.

The movie was long, so I got tired.

The movie was long, so I didn’t want to watch it anymore.

SIMPLIFY

The movie was long, so I didn’t watch it anymore.

COMPOUND= SOBA

 

4.    He likes to play soccer.

He likes to play soccer, and she likes to read books.

He likes to play soccer, but he broke his knee / leg / arm.

 

Injuries

-break a bone, fracture

He broke his collar bone

-sprain – bad twist

She sprained her ankle.

He sprained his wrist.

-twist- little injury

He twisted his finger.

-pull a muscle

She pulled a muscle in her calf.

-muscle cramp

He got a cramp in his leg.

 

5.    The maple trees were beautiful.

The maple trees were beautiful, so I went to see them.

The maple trees were beautiful, and I took pictures / photos of them.

The maple trees were beautiful, and they were making maple syrup.

All maple trees can give sap,  but sugar maples give the most sap.

People collect the maple sap, and they boil it down into maple syrup.

When we were kids, we would eat sap from the trees as a treat. It is like candy.

We would also fiddleheads.

Some people like to pick wild mushrooms. Be careful! Some of them are poisonous. You have to know about them.

In Canada, people walk in the woods to find mushrooms.
Lynn Headwaters

 

6.    The kids went to the park.

The kids went to the park and had fun. SIMPLE SVV

The kids went to the park, and had fun. XXX

SV, and SV.

FIX

The kids went to the park, and they had fun.

 

 

COMPOUND:    SV, SOBA SV.

 

 

**

New dialogue “Calling 911”

Let’s get into small groups (4-5 people)

Go over Vocabulary Preview and practice Dialogue Reading

 

Vocabulary Preview

1.    emergency- crisis

We took our son to Emerg / Emergency / ER.

Urgent Care

 

2.    ambulance- an emergency vehicle, lights and siren

All cars must pull over for emergency vehicles: fire truck, police, and ambulance.

3.    pulse- heartbeat, resting heartrate- BPM (beats per minute)

What is a normal resting heartrate?

You can check your pulse on the side of our wrist and the side of your neck.

 

BP(blood pressure) Normal BP is 120/80.

I have a little bit high blood pressure.

She has low blood pressure. She feels dizzy and light-headed sometimes.

 

 

 

4.    CPR cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

cardio- heart

pulmonary- arteries and veins

AR- artificial respiration- mouth breathing

 

First Aid- helping someone who is injured, basic medical help in an emergency

 

5.    heel of your hand, palm of your hand, back of your hand, knuckles, fingernails

thumb, pointer finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger OR pinkie

 

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