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Friday, 6 November 2026
EF71011 P1 Class 41
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Return everything
No more RWs other
than optional essay RW
· Finish sentence
combining
· Go over final marks
calc
· Vocab exercises
· Final marks and
comments
· One-on-one
student-teacher conferences if you wish
Quarter 2 (Nov-Jan)
will begin Thursday, November 12th.
**
That night we were
treated to a feast of different foods which included a wheat salad from the
Middle East.
That night we were
treated to a feast of different foods including a Middle-Eastern wheat salad.
The feast included a
potato dish from Switzerland, a lamb dish from Portugal, and a super ice cream
from Italy.
The feast included a
Swiss potato dish, a Portuguese lamb dish, and a super Italian ice cream.
**
REMINDER: Marks
calculation
Q1 x/6
Q2 x/6
Q3 x/6
Q4 x/6
Q5 x/6
T1 x/12
T2 x/12
T3 x/12
9 RWs x/1 (RWs not done are not counted- RWs
are optional)
0/1
Spoken1 x/10
Spoken2 x/10
Presentation Email x/1 Prep
x/3 Pres x/6 Total x/10
Essay x/18
Include Replacement
quiz and test if necessary. Test x/12 Quiz
x/6
Add denominators (bottom
numbers of the fractions) to get the total number of points available.
Add numerators (top
numbers of the fractions) to get the number of points you gained.
NUMERATOR
DENOMINATOR
Get the percentage
dividing denominator by numerator and multiplying by 100.
e.g. 100/137 = .729 X
100 = 72.9%
You can check your
average on your own.
Marks come from
quizzes, tests, essay, RWs, presentation, spoken, replacement quiz and/or test.
Thursday, 5 November 2026
EF71011 P2 Class 40
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Return essay
Go over
Optional RW for 1
point
· Leftover work from
the quarter?
· Optional replacement
quiz and/or test (final 90m)
If you don’t want to
do a replacement quiz or test, you can go early.
REPLACEMENT QUIZ
TITLE: Replace Quiz# ?
REPLACEMENT TEST
TITLE: Replace Test# ?
If you forget to tell
me which quiz or test to replace, I will just add the REPL mark to your total.
Friday- Last day
· Return everything
No more RWs other than
optional essay RW
· Final marks and
comments
· One-on-one
student-teacher conferences if you wish
Quarter 2 (Nov-Jan)
will begin Thursday, November 12th.
**
Essay
multi-paragraph
writing-
Introductory
paragraph
Body paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
-handout – guide
Writing prompt: What
advice would you give to your friend who is planning to immigrate to Canada?
PREWRITING- PLANNING
1 Read and understand
the question.
2. Generate points- 3
is the goal
3. Organize
WRITING
4. Rough draft
Writing paragraphs.
5. Proofread and edit
Quality of the
sentences
-simple, compound,
complex
-verb form
-verb tense
-punctuation
-spelling
6. Submit
Value: x/18
REMINDER
Quiz x/6
Test x/12
Essay x/18
Areas of strength to
build on.
Areas for growth to
improve.
**
Finish verb tense
exercises
EF71011 P1 Class 40
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Return essay
Go over
Optional RW for 1
point
· Leftover work from
the quarter?
· Optional replacement
quiz and/or test (final 90m)
If you don’t want to
do a replacement quiz or test, you can go early.
REPLACEMENT QUIZ
TITLE: Replace Quiz# ?
REPLACEMENT TEST
TITLE: Replace Test# ?
If you forget to tell
me which quiz or test to replace, I will just add the REPL mark to your total.
Friday- Last day
· Return everything
No more RWs
· Final marks and
comments
· One-on-one
student-teacher conferences if you wish
Quarter 2 (Nov-Jan)
will begin Thursday, November 12th.
**
Essay
multi-paragraph
writing
Introductory paragraph
Body paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
-handout – guide
Writing prompt: What are
the secrets of a happy life?
PREWRITING- PLANNING
1 Read and understand
the question.
2. Generate points- 3
is the goal
3. Organize
WRITING
4. Rough draft
Writing paragraphs.
5. Proofread and edit
Quality of the
sentences
-simple, compound,
complex
-verb form
-verb tense.
-punctuation
6. Submit
Value: x/18
REMINDER
Quiz x/6
Test x/12
Essay x/18
Areas of strength to build
on.
Areas for growth to
improve.
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
EF71011 P2 Class 39
Next level: Sentence combining
Learned sentence types
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND-COMPLEX- mix of compound and complex together
e.g. Shira loves chocolate, but I don’t because I
am allergic.
Mei has a dog that can climb trees; it is
amazing to watch.
Essential sentence writing
Daily practice! Consistency. Slow and steady progress.
Everything is habit!
NEXT LEVEL
Sentence combining- take 3-4-5 short sentences, combine into
one
GOAL- dense clear sentences -balance
dense- a lot of information
clear- easy to read and understand
balance- density and clarity
EXAMPLE:
a. Bill
felt hungry.
b. Bill
had no lunch today.
Two approaches:
1.coordinate
2.subordinate
+ COORDINATION- ‘co’- together- cooperate, coworker,
colleague, collaboration
coordinated clauses- compound sentence
,SOBA ; ; TRANS,
a. Bill
felt hungry.
b. Bill
had no lunch today.
Bill had no lunch today, so he felt hungry.
Bill had no lunch today, and he felt hungry. Sounds
better?
Bill felt hungry, but he didn’t have any lunch.
or?
dinner- fancier
supper- everyday, old-fashioned?
Bill felt hungry; he had no lunch today.
Bill had no lunch today; he felt hungry.
Bill had no lunch today; therefore, he felt hungry.
Bill had no lunch today. Therefore, he felt hungry. 2
SIMPLES
You can decide what kind of sentence you want. It is your
decision.
+ SUBORDINATION- ‘sub’- under- subway, subtitle,
subsitute, subcutaneous
subordinated clauses- complex sentences- adverb cl, noun cl,
adjective cl
a. Bill
felt hungry.
b. Bill
had no lunch today.
COMPLEX SENTENCE
Bill felt hungry because he had no lunch today. adv
cl
Bill felt hungry since/as he had no lunch today. adv
cl
Bill, who had no lunch today, felt hungry. adj cl
Bill, who felt hungry, had no lunch today. adj cl
Bill said that he felt hungry because he had no
lunch today. n cl adv cl
Bill felt hungry because he had no lunch today. no
comma
Because Bill had no lunch today, he felt hungry.
comma
Bill thought that he was hungry because he had no
lunch today.
Bill thought that he was hungry because he didn’t
have lunch today.
*hyphen – casual, energetic- looks modern
Bill felt hungry- he had no lunch today.
TWO APPROACHES- Coordination and subordination
Sentence Combining Exercise
“Neighbourhood Party”
1. Everyone
had to cook a dish.
The dish was ethnic.
Everyone had to prepare copies of the recipe.
These were to be put beside the dish.
This was done for our neighbourhood party.
Quick win.
Everyone had to cook a ethnic dish.
A. Everyone
had to prepare copies of the recipe and these were to be put beside the dish.
B. Everyone
had to prepare copies of the recipe that we could put beside the dish.
C. Everyone
had to prepare copies of the recipe and put them beside the dish.
D. Everyone
had to prepare copies of the recipe to put beside the dish.
For our neighbourhood party, everyone had to cook an ethnic dish
and prepare copies of the recipe to put beside it. SIMPLE SVV
2. We
chose to take lentil soup.
Our family has German heritage.
COORDINATE Our family has German heritage, so we chose to
take lentil soup.
SUBORDINATION
Because our family has German heritage, we chose to take
lentil soup. We chose to take lentil soup because our family has German
heritage.
3. Mom
supervised me.
I chopped the onions.
I cut the bacon into pieces.
The pieces were small.
I made the soup.
Mom supervised me while I chopped/was chopping
the onions and cut/was cutting the bacon into small pieces to make the
soup.
chop cut - same
thing?
chop
cut
slice
dice
slash- damage with a knife
open the milk bottle, can, juice
unscrew
open a jar
peel an orange
peel an orange
blend- turn a solid into a liquid
mash potatoes
bake
roast
boil
fry, panfry
barbecue
stir-fry- wok
toast
sear
scorch
steam
braise
poached egg
air fry
pressure cooker
grill
bake
ferment
brine -salt fish, salt pork
dry age
dried fish
marinade
smoke
raw
4. Then,
we had to compose the recipe.
We really don't have a formal one.
We couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.
5. That
night we were treated to a feast of food.
The food was different.
The feast included a wheat salad.
The salad was from the Middle East.
6. The
feast included a potato dish.
This dish was from Switzerland.
The feast included a lamb dish.
This dish was from Portugal.
The feast included a super ice cream.
The ice cream was Italian.
The feast included a potato dish from Switzerland, a lamb
dish from Portugal, and a super ice cream from Italy.
The feast included a Swiss potato dish, a Portuguese lamb
dish, and a super Italian ice cream.
Canada- Canadian
Japan- Japanese
China- Chinese
Vietnam- Vietnamese
Korea- Korean
India – Indian
Israel- Israeli
The Philippines- Filipino, Pilipino, pinoy
TOMORROW:
Optional replacement quiz and/or test.
EF71011 P1 Class 39
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Return Quiz 5
Go
over
Optional
RW for 1 point
· NEW SKILL- Sentence
combining
· Verb tense review
Thursday
· Return essay
Go over
Optional RW for 1
point
· Optional replacement
quiz and/or test (final 90m)
If you don’t want to
do a replacement quiz or test, you can go early.
Friday- Last day
· Return everything
No more RWs
· Final marks and
comments
· One-on-one
student-teacher conferences
Quarter 2 (Nov-Jan)
will begin Thursday, November 12th.
**
Simple, compound, complex- adv cl, adj, cl, n cl.
noun clauses
P1
Quiz5
Devices and notes away.
Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.
1. say exercise
She said that exercise is good for us.
2. think practical
I think that practical skills are better than book
learning.
The instructor thinks that her students will do
well in the practical part of the course.
3. wonder decision
We wonder what her decision will be.
4. ask quality
We asked if the quality of the material
is good.
5. tell exit
Can you tell
me where the exit is?
The flight attendant told us where the emergency exits are.
6. remember fantastic
She remembers how fantastic the travel trip/vacation/getaway
was.
I remember that you looked fantastic at our wedding.
Sentence
combining
Learned
sentence types
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND-COMPLEX-
mix of compound and complex together
e.g. Shira
loves chocolate, but I don’t because I am allergic.
Essential
sentence writing
Daily
practice! Consistency. Slow and steady progress.
Everything
is habit!
NEXT LEVEL
Sentence
combining- take 3-4-5 short sentences, combine into one
GOAL- dense
clear sentences -balance
dense- a lot
of information
clear- easy
to read and understand
balance- density
and clarity
EXAMPLE:
a.
Bill felt hungry.
b.
Bill had no lunch
today.
Two
approaches:
1.coordinate
2.subordinate
+ COORDINATION-
‘co’- together- cooperate, coworker, colleague, collaboration
coordinated
clauses- compound sentence
,SOBA ; ;
TRANS,
a.
Bill felt hungry.
b.
Bill had no lunch
today.
Bill had no
lunch today, so he felt hungry.
Bill had no
lunch today, and he felt hungry. Sounds better?
Bill felt
hungry; he had no lunch today.
Bill had no
lunch today; he felt hungry.
Bill had no
lunch today; therefore, he felt hungry.
Bill had no
lunch today. Therefore, he felt hungry. 2 SIMPLES
You can
decide what kind of sentence you want. It is your decision. You are in charge.
+ SUBORDINATION-
‘sub’- under- subway, subtitle, subsitute, subcutaneous
subordinated
clauses- complex sentences- adverb cl, noun cl, adjective cl
a.
Bill felt hungry.
b.
Bill had no lunch
today.
COMPLEX
SENTENCE
Bill felt
hungry because he had no lunch today. adv cl
Bill felt
hungry since/as he had no lunch today. adv cl
Bill, who
had no lunch today, felt hungry. adj cl
Bill, who
felt hungry, had no lunch today. adj cl
Bill said that
he felt hungry because he had no lunch today. n cl adv cl
Bill felt
hungry because he had no lunch today. no comma
Because
Bill had no lunch today, he felt hungry. comma
Bill thought
that he was hungry because he had no lunch today.
Bill thought
that he was hungry because he didn’t have lunch today.
Coordination
and subordination
Sentence
Combining Exercise
“Neighbourhood
Party”
Neighbourhood
Party
1.
Everyone had to
cook a dish.
The dish was ethnic.
Everyone
had to prepare copies of the recipe.
These
were to be put beside the dish.
This
was done for our neighbourhood party.
EASY WINS
Everyone
had to cook an ethnic dish.
Everyone
had to prepare copies of the recipe to put beside the dish.
This
was done for our neighbourhood party.
COMBINE
For
our neighbourhood party, everyone had
to cook an ethnic dish and prepare
copies of the recipe to put beside it.
SIMPLE
SVV
For
our neighbourhood party, everyone had
to cook an ethnic dish, and they prepared
copies of the recipe to put beside it.
COMPOUND
SV, SOBA SV.
2.
We chose to take
lentil soup.
Our family has German heritage.
SIMPLE?
COMPOUND? COMPLEX?
We chose
to take lentil soup because our family has
German heritage. COMPLEX- ADV CL
Our family
has German heritage, so we chose to take lentil soup.
COMPOUND SV,
SOBA SV.
Our family
has German heritage; therefore, we chose to take lentil soup.
3.
Mom supervised
me.
I chopped the onions.
I cut
the bacon into pieces.
The
pieces were small.
I
made the soup.
POSSIBLE
SOLUTION
While Mom
supervised me, I made the soup by cutting the bacon into small pieces and chopping
the onions. COMPLEX
Mom
supervised me, so I chopped the onions and bacon into pieces; after that, I made
the soup.
My Mom
supervised me to make the soup; I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small
pieces.
My Mom
supervised me to make the soup, and I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into
small pieces.
While I chopped
the onion, mom supervised me, and I cut the bacon into pieces that were small
because I made the soup.
EDIT
While I chopped
the onion and cut the bacon into small pieces, mom supervised me on how to make
the soup.
My mom
supervised me how to cut the bacon into small pieces and chop the onions
into small pieces while I made the soup.
4.
Then, we had to
compose the recipe.
We really don't have a formal one.
We
couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.
MY WAY
We really
don't have a formal recipe, so we had to compose one because we couldn't arrive
without our stack of recipe cards.
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
Then we had to
compose a recipe, but we didn’t have a formal recipe, so? we couldn't
arrive without our stack of recipe cards.
AVOID SV,
SOBA SV, SOBA SV.
EDIT
Then we had to
compose a recipe, but we didn’t have a formal recipe; we couldn't arrive
without our stack of recipe cards.
PHRASING I
couldn’t go to work without my phone.
He couldn’t go
to Japan without seeing Mount Fuji.
You can’t come
to Vancouver and not see Cypress Lookoff.
potluck- everybody
brings a dish to share
5.
That night we
were treated to a feast of food.
The food was different.
The
feast included a wheat salad.
The
salad was from the Middle East.
That night
we were treated to a feast of many different foods; this included a wheat salad
that was from the Middle East.
This included
a wheat salad that was from the Middle East.
This included
a wheat salad from the Middle East.
This included
a Middle-Eastern wheat salad.
Maple syrup
comes from Canada.
Maple syrup
is a Canadian treat.
6.
The feast
included a potato dish.
This dish was from Switzerland.
The
feast included a lamb dish.
This
dish was from Portugal.
The
feast included a super ice cream.
The
ice cream was Italian.
The feast
included a potato dish from Switzerland, a lamb dish from Portugal, and a super
ice cream from Italy.
The feast
included a Swiss potato dish, a Portuguese lamb dish, and a super Italian ice
cream.
Canada- Canadian
the US- American
Germany- German
France-
French
Iran-
Iranian, Persian
New Zealand-
New Zealand
Holland-
Dutch
the
Netherlands? Holland?
Iceland- Icelandic
Sweden- Swedish
Ireland-
Irish
Scotland-
Scottish
Japan- Japanese
Korea-
Korean
Vietnam-
Vietnamese
Thailand- Thai
the Philippines-
pinoy, filipino, philippino
Sentence combining
books- college level, William Strong- author
**
Tomorrow- optional
replacement quiz and/or test.
Replacement
quiz- 6 sentences as usual, mix of simple, compound, and complex
Replacement
test- regular paragraph (150ww)- new everyday topic