Monday, 29 September 2025

EF23 Class 20

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz3

Go over

Optional RW for a bonus point

·      Finish “Verb Tense Review 1”

·      Talk about First Nations Peoples

“National Day for Truth and Reconciliation”

 

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL

“National Day for Truth and Reconciliation”

 

Wednesday

·      Begin complex sentences- last kind of sentence

- adverb clauses- because if when after before

·      New dialogue

·      Begin new verb tense- present progressive/present continuous

e.g. She is walking down the sidewalk.

 

Thursday

·      Continue complex sentences- last kind of sentence

- adverb clauses- because if when since

          Quiz 4 soon

 

 

BEGIN NEXT WEEK Begin paragraph writing -short paragraphs

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz3 – mix of simple sentences and compound sentences

Quiz1- simple sentences

Quiz2- compound sentences

 

1. SIMPLE  SV      job

Mei’s job is very interesting.

Sarah got a new job.

 

2. SIMPLE SSV    slowly

Joe and I walk slowly in the park.

The kids and the teacher ran slowly around the track.

         

3. SIMPLE SVV   every day

Shira stretches and does yoga everyday.

Mo drops off and picks up his kids from school every day.

 

 

4. COMPOUND but      fast

SV, SOBA SV.

The turtle is slow, but the rabbit is fast.

The Lanbo is fast, but it is expensive.

The math class is fast, but it is interesting.    

 

5. COMPOUND and     friendly

Maris is friendly, and people like being around her.

The dog is friendly, and he likes to get/be patted on the head.

SIMPLIFY

The dog is friendly, and people pat her on the head.

The dog is friendly, and he likes kids.

VOCAB pat(v,n) touch a dog or a person in a gentle way

I patted my son on the back.

 

 

 

6. COMPOUND so        game

We played the game well, so we won.

We were bored, so we played a game of cards.

 

Quiz3 – Review of simple sentences and compound sentences.

 

Optional RW for a point. Pass in today or first thing Wednesday.

I’ll come around and help if you want help.

 

The boys played a game, so they won it. ww

so- reason why

 

The boys played the game well, so they won it.

 

Sarah and Michelle walked at the park. prep XXX

FIX

Sarah and Michelle walked in/around the park.

 

SIMPLE VERB TENSES

He practiced all week, and he won the game. SIMPLE PAST

I will walk to work tomorrow. SIMPLE FUTURE

She talks to her mother on the phone every day. SIMPLE PRESENT

 

SIMPLE AND COMPOUND SENTENCES

I eat breakfast and go to work. SIMPLE SVV

I eat breakfast, and I go to work. COMPOUND

 

CAP

capital letters

We have to improve writing capital letters and small letters.

shapes and sizes of letters

s S l L

 

 

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“National Day for Truth and Reconciliation”

1.    Indigenous- people who from a land originally

Canada – First Nations, Inuit, and Metis

2.    school – Residential Schools

3.    government- the people in charge of the laws of a country

The head of the government of Canada is the Prime Minister in Ottawa.

The head of the government in BC is the Premier in Victoria.

 

Vancouver Island  Victoria Island

The city of Victoria is on Vancouver Island.

4.    church-  a place to have religious ceremonies, a place for worship, prayer

mosque-Muslim   synagogue-Jewish   temple-Buddhist, Sikh

5.    customs- the traditions of a people, the activities of a culture

It is a custom to wear a costume for Hallowe’en.

 

custom-made , custom design- specially made for you

She got a custom-made suit.

VOCAB unique- only one

She has a unique custom-made tattoo.

 

6.    teachers

7.    die – pass away

She is die died.

She dies. XXX every day

 

homonym-dye- to colour your hair

homonym- same pronunciation, different spelling and meaning

e.g. there their they’re

right write

 

8.    shirt- t-shirt   button-up shirt   polo shirt

9.    pain(n)  discomfort

His arm hurts. His arm is painful.

He has pain in his arm.

He felt a lot of pain when he fell down.

10.                       history(n)- events that happened in the past

historical(adj)

VOCAB past(n)

          passed(v)

 

 

Reading

Let’s read this out loud.

We can talk about pronunciation and vocabulary.

1.

September 30   thirtieth

October 1    first

national(adj)- the whole country

provincial- the whole province

 

reconciliation(n)

reconcile(v) to talk and make peace after an argument, to become friend again

The husband and wife reconciled after they had an argument.

They were mad, and then they got over it.

 

reconciliation(n)- First Nations Peoples were treated badly for hundreds of years in Canada. We all want to change that.

 

Many countries treat minority groups badly.

They aren’t given the same rights.

 

150 000 one hundred and fifty thousand

 

150 – one hundred and fifty, one hundred fifty

1500 – one thousand five hundred, fifteen hundred

15000 – fifteen thousand, fifteen k(casual)

15000000 – fifteen million

 

 

Map of Residential Schools in Canada:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1FQT02WuinFtAe6bgWrJm74G97uie_gA7&femb=1&ll=49.31393857722698%2C-123.03778314265185&z=12

 

 

The church ran the school.

VOCAB ran(v) – managed, organized

She runs the store. Hollie runs the school.

VSB owns SHEC. Hollie runs SHEC.

 

The government wanted to break the culture of the First Nations Peoples.

 

This was a big terrible secret. Now everybody knows.

“Every Child Matters” Orange Shirt Day

 

80000 eighty thousand

 

pain- trauma- the effects of a terrible experience

panic-attack-

anxiety-

stress-

Trauma can lead to addiction issues on some people.

coping mechanisms- alcohol, drugs, eat, run, walk, meditate, sleep

He is a stress-eater. She uses shopping as therapy.

There are healthy ways to deal with stress.

 

I’ll read the whole thing again nice and slowly.

 

reconciliation  - re con sil ee ay shun- six syllables

 

Holiday- proper nouns, capital letters Thanksgiving   New Years’ Day

stores- Starbucks, Whole Foods, Tim Hortons, Nissan Pathfinder, Nike, Adidas

We went to the Nike store.

She likes to shop at Capilano Mall.

She likes to shop at the mall.

We went to Capilano Suspension Bridge.

He crossed Lions’ Gate Bridge on his bike.

 

She read The Little Prince.

 

 

 

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