Friday, 5 December 2025

EF6WI567 Class 18

 

I have no more meetings until January.

 

For Quarter 3 (February to April), I will be teaching these courses:

P1 (9:15-11:30) EF7/Eng10

P2 (12-2:15) EF7/Eng10

In order to go to EF7, you have to successfully complete EF6.

Successfully completing WI567 is not the same. WI567 is a supplemental course.

EF6 is the core course.

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

Two pages

page 1- EF123 (for fun)

page 2- EF67

·      Continue “The Topic Sentence”

·      Prepare for Quiz3 on adverb clauses on Monday

Choose 10 adverb clause words and 10 vocabulary words to review.

I will choose six of each for the quiz

·      IF TIME New kind of paragraph

Distribute “Opinion Paragraphs” HANDOUT

 

Week 5

Monday

·      Quiz3

·      Begin “Opinion Paragraphs”

 

 

 

“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

BC Ministry of Education requirements for students

-self-reflect on our progress

Strengths- What went well for you in class this week?

Challenges- What was difficult for you in class this week?

Goals- What do you want to focus on improving next week?

Plan- What steps will you take to achieve those goals?

 

my own goals- music-related

 

 

 

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Vocabulary

1.       She felt __ when she didn’t get the job.

(a) elated- extremely happy, smiling ear-to-ear

(b) disappointed

(c) grateful

 

sad- upset IDIOM blue, down in the dumps

She feels blue. She feels down in the dumps.

 

 

 

 

2.       He was __ to speak in front of a large audience.

(a) confident

(b) nervous

(c) relaxed

uneasy, jittery

 

hyper- high energy, can’t sit still, hyperactive-

IDIOM ants in your pants

 

anxious – negative worried feeling

 

 

3.       The team was __ after winning the championship.

(a) overjoyed- elated

(b) frustrated- feel not things are not going right, feel like your progress is blocked

SOLUTION – Keep working.

(c) indifferent

 

 

 

4.       The child was __ when the toy broke.

(a) content

(b) upset

(c) cheerful

 

5.       After a long day of hiking, they were __ and needed a rest.

(a)    exhausted- very tired, worn out

IDIOMS What a day. I’m worn out. I’m dog-tired. She is bone-tired.

 

(b) energized

(c) relaxed

 

6.       The joke was so __ that everyone burst out laughing.

(a) boring

(b) hilarious-

(c) serious

The joke was a knee-slapper.

IDIOM The comedian was a riot. funny

 

 

 

7.       She was __ with herself for making such a big mistake.

(a) proud

(b) annoyed

(c) satisfied

 

annoying(adj) – bothering to you

annoyed(adj)- your feeling  He feels annoyed.

Her little brother was annoying.

 

 

8.       The teacher was __ with the students for not completing their homework.

(a) pleased

(b) furious- very angry

(c) indifferent

disappointed

 

9.       He was __ by the beautiful sunset over the ocean.

(a) amazed- transfixed – can’t look away, so amazing

(b) unimpressed

(c) distracted

 

You can see amazing sunsets at Jericho Beach. You will be transfixed.

The Northern Lights are amazing.

Aurora Borealis

Aurora- light Borealis- north

 

 

10.   She felt __ knowing her hard work had paid off.

(a) proud

(b) ashamed

(c) bored

 

IDIOM proud as a peacock

He was proud as a peacock about his new baby daughter.

The female is the peahen.

 

chicken      hen-female

                     rooster- male

A rooster says ‘cock-a-doodle-do’.

 

onomatopoeia- poetry word, a word that copied the sound

A cow moos.

A goat bleats.

A bell rings.

A duck quacks.

 

EF123

 

courageous(adj) courage(n)

smart IDIOM She is as smart as a whip.

muscular(adj) strong(adj) IDIOM ripped, jacked

He is ripped. She is jacked.

 

rich- wealthy, loaded

He is loaded.

She is part of the jet-set.

 

begin-start, commence

 

 

old- antique

She likes to collect antiques.

Maria loves vintage clothing.

 

ancient-  thousands of years old

He is interested in ancient Egypt.

 

 

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Quiz3  - adverb clauses

Let’s choose ten adverb clause words. I will pick six of them.

1.    until

2.    when/while

3.    after/before

4.    whenever

5.    unless

6.    even if

7.    even though/although/though

8.    because

9.    if

10.                       so that

 

STRUCTURE in order to + V

She is saving money in order to buy a house.

She is saving money in order that she can buy a house.

 

STRUCTURE

-so that- purpose, in order that

She is saving money so that she can buy a house.

 

 

 

 

-so … that- so ADJ that

I am so tired that I have to take a nap.

Houses in Vancouver are so expensive that SV.

Houses in Vancouver are so expensive that I can’t afford one.

The box is so heavy that he cannot carry it.

 

Which one do you want?

so that

so…that

 

Let’s choose ten vocabulary words. I will pick six of them.

1.    business(n)

2.    future(n)

3.    vacation(n)

4.    furious(adj)

5.    exhausted(adj)

6.    slippery(adj)

7.    carefully(adv)

8.    proud(adj) pride(n)

9.    elated(adj)

10.                       brave(adj)

 

She wants to be a teacher in the future. In the past, she was a nurse.

At present, she is a student.

 

at present= currently, now

carefully(adv)      Drive carefully when it is slippery.

                              

That was a relief.

What a relief!

She has a big weight on her shoulders.

He looks like he is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

She is a worry-wart. She worries a lot. She overthinks things.

She tosses and turns at night. She has insomnia.

 

He sleeps like a log. He is dead to the world. He is deeply asleep.

He is a deep sleeper. She is a light sleeper.

Some people drool.

pig-hog

 

 

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“Verb Tense Exercises”

 

Verb Tense Exercises

 

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb tense. There may be several good options for each:

 

1.       By the time Catherine (had arrived / arrived) at the party, everyone left/ had left.

 

had arrived- past perfect, not often used – substitute simple tense

 

2.       I had studied / studied French for five years before I moved to Paris.

 

3.       The company will launch / is going to launch / NATURAL is launching a new product next month.

 

4.       They have worked on it for over a year now.

She has lived in Vancouver for two years now. present perfect

 

They have been working on it for over a year now.

She has been living in Vancouver for two years now. present perfect progressive

 

 

5.       He will finish his PhD by the end of this year. He

          has been working on his thesis for a long time. present perfect

 

6.       Sarah and Ibram travelled around the world before they

          settled down. simple past

 

7.       I studied / had studied LESS COMMON for three hours before I took a break.

 

CONTINUE MONDAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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