EF12SL12 Class 19

 

 

weekend

I stayed home and watched anime. I ate hotpot with my sister.

I went walking with a friend.

My friend and I went shopping for a wedding dress.

I went GERUND ‘ing’.  He went skiing. She went swimming.

I saw a dance at the theatre.

I went to the Tamil people’s Christmas party at the hall in Vancouver yesterday.

Tamil- Sri Lanka

I was very tired. I bought a bed at Ikea. It was very difficult to choose.

I made food for my sister. I gave it to her. I made noodles for my sister.

I went shopping. I cleaned my whole house. I was very busy.

I did my homework yesterday.

I bought a new jacket yesterday.

I bought new Lego. I made it.

Yesterday, I met my friend. She works at UBC. She is a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

PhD – doctorate

I sent an email to my Chinese friend. She told me work is difficult.

Her job is not easy.

 

I tried to review for the quiz.

I sent an email yesterday.

I sent an email to my brother.  to a person

She sent a letter/message/gift to my friend.

You sent my baggage/luggage from the airport.

My husband and I went to a restaurant for dinner. It was really good.

The food was yummy.

People in Iran eat kebab.

kebab kabab kebob kabob

 

I bought food/groceries at the mall.

 

 

SIMPLE PRESENT          SIMPLE PAST          SIMPLE FUTURE

send            send sends                     sent                      will send  be going to

send

 

Exam- 2-3 hours long, major final tests

Test- 45-1 hr

Quiz- 20m, very small assessment

Farsi exam, test, quiz- same word

 

 

  

 

Week 5

We have already four weeks of our course.

 

Registration for February quarter will being Monday, January 5^th.

Next week, I will give you your recommendation for what course you should take in Quarter 3. We have a quick discussion.

Your recommendation will based on your quizzes, tests, and spoken work.

So far:

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3- today

This week – Test 1 – short paragraph

Next week – maybe another quiz or test

Also, you will get your first spoken mark out of 10. You spoken mark comes from your speaking in class.

 

MARKS

Quiz 1         x/6

Quiz 2         x/6

Quiz 3         x/6

Test 1          x/12

RW              1 point each

Spoken       x/10

                     x/40

 

Your mark will be an average.

 

In order to move on to the next higher level, you must have a passing average. You must be Proficient in the PLOs that we have been working on.

EF1

ORAL A1 “engage in informal conversations:

                     “telling a story or sharing an experience”

WRITING    “communicate meaning by using conventions of writing”

 

EF2

ORAL A1 “engage in conversation” “express ideas and feelings”

WRITING C1 “communicate meaning by using conventions of writing”

                               “simple verb tenses- past, present, and future”

 

Speaking and Listening 1/2

A1 “engage in conversations”

A2 “demonstrate effective listening skills”

A3 “demonstrate effective speaking skills”

 

These skills are what the teacher is looking for.

 

You can ask yourself:   How has my writing been? How have the quizzes

been?

How has my speaking been? Have I been talking in class?

 

Every class you have opportunities to speak and write. Hopefully, you are taking those opportunities.

 

EF1- EF2

EF2- EF3

 

SL12 – extra class. You still have to do EF1 or EF2.

 

You go step-by-step from where you started.

EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5, EF6, EF7/English 10, English 11, English 12.

 

 

 

Monday

·      Quiz3- simple past verb tense

·      Begin simple future verb tense

 

Tuesday

·      Continue simple future verb tense

·      Begin paragraph writing – several sentences on one topic

·      New dialogue “Asking about Days and Dates”

 

Wednesday

·      Continue simple future verb tense

Quiz4 soon

·      Continue paragraph writing

Test1 soon

·      Continue new dialogue

 

Thursday

 

 

Title: Quiz3

Take out a few pieces of lined ruled paper.

We need out dividers.

Phones, electronic devices out away.

Write in pen.

Double-space.

Write your full name, class, and date in top right corner.

Write a sentence with a past tense verb for each.

Pass in by  10:40

1.    send family

2.    like    museum

3.    buy   jacket

4.    see    family

5.    feel   happy

6.    call    school

 

 

Verb tenses for EF 1/2

 

SIMPLE VERB TENSES

 

-simple present – usually, always, daily, habit, truth

He cleans his kitchen every Saturday morning.

She drinks green tea.

He likes dogs.

She lives in Kuwait.

He likes dogs. – area of focus- the subject and verb must agree, match

She lives in Canada.

 

-simple past- one time in the past- five minutes ago, last night, five years ago, 10000 years ago

He cleaned his kitchen last Saturday morning.

She lived in a small apartment in 1998.

She woke up at 7 o’clock in the morning yesterday.

Yesterday, I worked as a cashier for the second time.

Dinosaurs lived 65 million years ago.

 

**NOTE: Putting the time at the beginning or the end of the sentence helps to make the sentence clearer.

e.g Yesterday, we went to the park. We went to the park yesterday.

 

**

Our new verb tense for this week:

-simple future- one event in the future

-         timeline

-         five minutes in the future, ten years in the future

 

 

 

 

The easiest way to make simple future is to use the word ‘will’’

will + VERB

will go

will eat

will drive

will talk

e.g.

Doris will go to Metrotown in five minutes.

Doris will eat dinner at six o’clock.

Doris will wash her clothes on Saturday morning.

Doris will visit her mother next week.

 

will go – doesn’t change

Doris/She/He/You/I/The dog will go to Metrotown in five minutes.

You/The cat/Mei/We/She will eat lunch.

 

What’s your example?

I will go to school tomorrow.

I will pick up my daughter at school at 3.

I will call my friend tomorrow.

We will go to Ukraine on vacation.

I will be a lawyer in the future.

I will go to shopping next week. I will go shopping next week.

She will go to Metrotown. She will go shopping.

I will go swimming in the afternoon.

I will visit my friend tomorrow.

I will pick up medicine in the pharmacy.

 

“100 Most Common Verbs”

18. look      The family will look at the Christmas lights.

88. buy       She will buy a new car next year.

7. get          I will get a new car.

9. make      She will make dinner after work.

64. continue        I will continue learning English.

OR

I will continue to learn English.

31. become         I will become a business person in my country.

80. open              I will open a business in my country.

 

13. take                I will take a bus home after class.

 

84. remember    He will remember class tomorrow.

 

46. play                They will play basketball after school.

47. run                  We will run to downtown.

45. hear                She will hear music at Christmas.

 

12. think              They will think it over.

IDIOM think it over- consider

 

9. make                I will make dosa.

 

94. build               I will building build a big house.

PRONUNCIATION horse house

 

99. kill                   I will kill the fly.

                               She will kill some time.

I will kill time on social media.

IDIOM kill time - waiting

 

57. provide          I will provide food/clothing/shelter for my children.

 

will +VERB

We will continue tomorrow.