Monday, 8 September 2025

EF45 Class 5

 

Someone hit the red button by mistake.

 

artist- photographs of your work- your portfolio

artist, architect, photographer- creative work

 

It rained heavily for 25 minutes.

IDIOM heavy rain It poured. It rained cats and dogs.

light rain- It sprinkled. It drizzled.

 

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Distribute “Correction Codes”

Go over

·      Return Practice Paragraph

Go over format

Optional rewrite (RW) for one point

Pass it in today or first thing tomorrow.

·      Continue sentence work- Go over exercises from HW

Quiz1 on simple sentences Wednesday

Explain format of quiz

·      IF NECESSARY Continue “Making Small Talk” dialogues

·      NEW DIALOGUE “Interviewing for a Job”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue sentence work- simple sentences

Quiz Wednesday

We will choose ten vocabulary words to review for the quiz. I will choose six of them for the quiz.

 

 

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“Correction Codes”

 

Used for quizzes and tests. writing- sentences, paragraphs, essay

VOCAB exam-

quiz- short, 15m

test- longer, 45m-1hour

exam – 2-3 hours

We are not going to do an exam in this class.

 

 

-art

                        art

Helen visited the Canada. XXX

                      art

Helen visited US. XXX

 

the Philippines

the UAE

the UK

New Zealand

 

-awk phrasing-  translating from another language

“I have 22 years.” Spanish

“I am 22.” “ I am 22 years old.” English

 

-cap

-cs

He is from Japan, he has two sisters. XXX

FIX

He is from Japan. He has two sisters.

 

-prep – show place and direction, tricky, no rules

-RO

He is from Japan he has two sisters. XXX

FIX

He is from Japan. He has two sisters.

 

I will teach goof writing and talking for school and job.

I will not teach very much casual talking or writing.

 

-sp

Canadian spelling- favourite, centre, colour,

American spelling- favorite, center, color,

Canada- pop US- soda  Coca Cola, Pepsi, Sprite, soft drinks

Canada -elevator, hood of the car UK-lift, bonnet of that car

 

dinner & supper

 

garbage & bin

 

soccer and football

American football

 

coach, sofa, chesterfield

 

You can choose which spelling you want to follow.

ADVICE Don’t mix and match.

 

 

-agr  He have two dogs. XXX

FIX

He has two dogs.

 

 

 

-tr transition words EF5 however   therefore   nevertheless   in conclusion LEARN THIS WEEK 

 

-v  I V two sons. XXX

I have two sons.

 

 

vt – He is a good student when he is 12. XXX

He was a good student when he was 12.

 

 

vf – verb form

         vf

She was go to the party. XXX

FIX

She went to the party.

She was going to the party.

 

wf- health(n) healthy(adj) healthily(adv)

Canada is a freedom country. XXX

freedom(n) free (adj)

FIX

Canada is a free country.

 

-wo She has a pen red. Spanish and Farsi

 

-ww

-# 

                              #

She has two daughter.

 

-Meaning?

 

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Practice Paragraph

 

“Test #1”

This is what a paragraph should look like.

 

1.    Use 81/2 X 11 lined ruled paper.

2.    Rightside up, not backwards

3.    Full name, class, and date top right

4.    Write in pen- blue or black.

5.    Title in centre of top line

6.    Doublespace

7.    Write between the margins (red lines)

8.    Indent the first word of the first line. Keyboard TAB key

9.    Write one block of writing.

*You can cross out mistakes and keep going. It doesn’t have to be really super neat. You don’t have to use Whiteout or Liquid Paper.                      

As long as it is legible, it’s ok.

VOCAB legible(adj)- able to be read, clear enough to read

His writing was illegible.

 

I will return the Practice Paragraph.

This was not for marks. If you fix it up and rewrite , you will get one RW point. You can give it me today or first thing tomorrow.

 

Title “Practice Paragraph RW”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES FROM HOMEWORK

Simple Sentence Exercises

 

Write a simple sentence using the vocabulary in each exercise. Try a variety of simple sentence types. Use a variety of verb tenses.

Remember: SV  SSV  SVV  Imperative  Interrogative

Write your sentences on your own paper.

1.    cat   sleep

The cat sleeps on the bed. SV

The cat and the dog are sleeping on the floor. SSV

2.    laugh   joke

He always laughs at boring jokes. SV

My father tells a joke and laughs. SVV

IDIOM dad jokes

3.    children   play

The children play piano and listen to music. SVV

To play different games, children go out. SV

4.    sing   song

You should sing your new song at the concert tomorrow. SV

(You) Sing a new song. Imperative

Come and sing a song. Imperative VV

Do you know how to sing that song? Interrogative

5.    do   homework

I do my homework every evening. SV

Do your homework. Imperative

She does homework. SV

When do you plan to do your homework? Interrogative

My friends and I do homework together. SSV

6.    read   book

I found the book that you want to read on the internet. COMPLEX

Alice and Venessa read a lot of books together. SSV

I read a book, but I am tired. COMPOUND

I read a book but didn’t like it. SVV

I read a book and got tired. SVV

7.    play   piano

Maris plays piano well and sings terribly. SVV

The mother and daughter pretend to play piano together. SSV

8.    listen   sound

Listen to the sound of the piano/ocean/wind. Imperative

You sound happy. SV

I was dancing and listening to the sound of the music. SVV

9.    walk   park

My daughter and I walk around the park at night. SSV

Dogs need to walk in the park every day. SV

They walked and rode their bicycles in the park. SVV

When I was in the park, John Cena walked around me. COMPLEX

She and her dog running run/ are running around the park. SSV

10.                       bird   fly

The bird is flying in the sky. SV

Birds fly to California every fall. SV

 

I was watching the movie when he called me. COMPLEX SENTENCE

 

 

 

 

**

“Making Small Talk”

 

**

Pass-in writing. This is not a test. I want to see what your sentence writing looks like, so I will know what to teach you.

 

1.    Take out a piece of lined, ruled paper.

2.    Write your full name and class in the top right corner.

3.    In the centre on the top line, write Practice Paragraph.

4.    Write in pen.

5.    Doublespace.

6.    Phones and devices put away.

 

Write a short paragraph of at least 150 words.

 

TOPIC: Introduce yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

**Prescribed Learning Outcomes

 

The skills that I must teach.

 

ORAL LANGUAGE

 

 

 

A1

 

 

 

READING AND VIEWING

 

B1

 

 

 

WRITING

 

C1

 

 

 

EVIDENCE OF THINKING

 

D1

 

 

 

 

 

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