EF23 Class 9

 

Good morning, everyone.

This is the end of our second week.

 

concert at the Orpheum

get garden ready for winter

theatre class (acting)

volleyball tournament, Kits

Lynn Creek – North Van trails, hiking

working

barbecue with friends

Golden Ears Provincial Park

family party, a get-together (casual party)

church, volunteer for homeless people

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

·      “Multiple-Choice Vocabulary 1” 11-20

·      Go over “Correction Codes”

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over the quiz. Show examples.

Optional rewrite (RW) for one point

Title: Quiz 1 RW

·      DISTRIBUTE “Compound Sentences Using SOBA” HANDOUT

Look it over. We will start working on this on Monday

·      Fun listening to song lyrics

 

Monday

·      Continue verb tenses “Simple Present Verb Tense EF23”

Adverbs of frequency

·      Continue NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

·      Begin compound sentences

“Compound Sentences Using SOBA”

 

 

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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

Strengths   Challenges   Goals    Steps

This is for you. I read these, but I don’t correct them.

 

 

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“Multiple-Choice Synonyms 1” 11-20

 

synonym- two different words that have the same meaning

cinnamon

 

homonym- two words sound the same, different meanings

their there they’re  

patients   patience

 

close clothes- different pronunciaton

close – z

clothes  th-z

 

new knew

where wear

 

right write

 

11. She gave a quick answer without thinking much.

(a) slow

(b) fast, speedy, rapid

(c) detailed

 

12. He was hungry after skipping breakfast.

(a) starving, famished, peckish

 

SLANG hangry(adj)  hungry + angry

 

(b) full

(c) happy

 

13. The sunset over the mountains was absolutely beautiful.

(a) ugly

(b) gorgeous, wonderful, adorable-cute, amazing, breathtaking

(c) plain

The sunset was breathtaking, It was lovely.

 

 

 

14. The children’s clothes were dirty after playing in the mud.

(a) tidy

(b) messy, filthy(adj)

(c) clean

 

cluttered- disorganized

 

mud- dirt with water, wet

dirt- dry

The kids jumped in a mud puddle.

 

 

15. She felt happy when she won the competition.

(a) sad

(b) cheerful, glad, delighted

(c) angry

 

 

16. He was sad after hearing about his friend's bad luck.

(a) excited

(b) joyful

(c) upset, in a low mood, discouraged, down, blue, unhappy

IDIOM bummed out

 

bad mood- angry

low mood- sad

 

Mei is feeling blue because her son is away at school.

 

 

17. The diamond necklace was very expensive.

(a) cheap

(b) costly, pricey

(c) common

 

18. The comedian told a funny story that made everyone laugh.

(a) amusing

(b) boring

(c) serious

 

amazing- wonderful

amusing- funny

 

EASILY-CONFUSED WORDS

fun  /  funny (adj)

fun – enjoyable

funny- humorous

Playing basketball is fun funny.

The comedian was funny.

 

 

19. The music at the concert was so loud it hurt my ears.

(a) quiet

(b) noisy, ear-splitting, deafening

(c) soft

 

 

 

 

The ambulance siren was ear-splitting.

The teenager were rowdy.

VOCAB rowdy – loud talking, having loud fun

The birthday party got rowdy after 10 o’clock.

 

 

 

20. She made sure her room was clean before guests arrived.

(a) tidy, neat, well-kept, organized

(b) messy

(c) cluttered

 

VOCAB put-together (adj) -She is always put-together. She is always carefully dressed. Her hair is nice, etc.

IDIOMS He looks like he just rolled out of bed. He has bed-head.

 

 

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Quiz1- simple sentences

 

1.    SV      store

Mei went to the store last night.

Mei bought some milk at the store last night.

Mei will go to the apple store.

2.    SVV   buy

I buy and sell clothes/sneakers.

Mavis found a new dress and bought it.

 

3.    SV      book

Sarah reads books in her spare time. She is a bookworm.

IDIOM a bookworm – a person who loves books, loves to read

 

4.    SSV    watch

Me and my son My son and I watched a movie last night.

 

5.    SSV    beautiful

Her mother and her sister look beautiful in the picture.

She and her cat look beautiful.

Vancouver and Paris are beautiful cities.

 

6.    SVV   sky

The sky is blue and clear. SV

The sky is clear and full of stars. SVV

 

You can fix up your sentences and rewrite them. Give them to me today or first thing Monday. You will get one point.

Title: Quiz1 RW

I’ll come around in a minute.

 

 

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“Correction Codes”

art- a, an, the

sp- spelling

vt- verb tense

agr- subject verb agreement  Sam reads a book.

 

 

pick(v) – pick fruit, choose

pick up(v) – lift with your hand, give somebody a ride in your car

 

 

 

 

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She reads book.

FIX

She reads a/her book.

She reads books.

 

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“You’ve Got a Friend”

down and troubled

care

nothing is going right

close your eyes and think of me

soon

darkest night

 

call out my name

you know

I’ll come running

see you again

winter, spring, summer or fall/autumn

All you have to do is call.

I’ll be there.

You’ve got a friend.

 

sky

full of clouds

north wind begins to blow

IDIOM Keep your head together. Don’t get too upset.

call me name out lous

hear me knocking at your door