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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

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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

 

 

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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