Wednesday, 29 April 2020

EF5/6 1:30pm April 29 2020 Zoom link, class notes, and homework

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Meeting ID: 819 6147 1979
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See you at 1:30


Good morning.
We will get started at 1:30.

Today’s agenda
1.   Continue with sentence correction
2.   Paragraph format
3.   HOMEWORK Read “Process Paragraph: Goalsetting”. I emailed this to you already. Check your email. If you don’t get it, email me and I will send it to you.








HOMEWORK: Please choose five of the following sentences. Fix them up and make them better. We will talk about them tomorrow.
Also, please read the post of the blog about “Paragraph Format and Stucture”

Higher level than the ones we did yesterday.
17.                 Even though that I have visited more than 25 countries around world, I had never traveled to north British Columbia yet.
Even though that I have visited more than 25 countries around the world, I have never traveled to northern British Columbia yet.
northern, southern, eastern, western – adjectives
present perfect – started in thr past, continues until now
She has lived in Canada for two years.
She has worked at the office for three months.
He has been married for two days.

18.                 I am marriage and I have a daughter who is a grade 8’s student.
I am married, and I have a daughter who is a grade 8 student.
marriage – noun
married – adjective
who -people

19.                 My husband doesn’t live with us right now due to his work is in Taiwan.
My husband doesn’t live with us right now because his work is in Taiwan.
My husband doesn’t live with us right now due to his work in Taiwan.

I talk about ‘because’ next week.
due to NOUN The party is cancelled due to rain.


20.                 I love beautiful blue sky in Greece, huge Eiffel Tower in France, amazing buildings in Rome
I love the beautiful blue sky in Greece, the huge Eiffel Tower in France, and the amazing buildings in Italy.

21.                 i was biomedical engineer back in my country and i am working in a daycare as a teacher assistance here in Canada.(part time)
I was a biomedical engineer back in my country, and/but I am working part-time in a daycare as a teacher assistant here in Canada.
but – showing the difference

22.                 I really into bicycle , nature view, swimming ,travel,dance , mountain climbing ,jog,... .
I am really into cycling, viewing nature, swimming, traveling, dancing, mountain climbing, and jogging, etc.
am into something – like it a lot
I am into music. I like music a lot.
You are into writing poetry. You really enjoy doing that.
etc et cetera – other things, too

23.                 My wife, Sarah, manage our a company in China now.
My wife, Sarah, - appositive
My sister, Kathy, lives in Spain.
Your home country, Sri Lanka, is very beautiful.

My wife, Sarah, manages our company in China now.

24.                 I have been tripped twenty-fourth countries in the world.
I have traveled to twenty-four countries in the world.
trip - noun
travel - verb
I have flown to 24 countries. Same meaning?

You can talk as much as you want. I don’t mind.
Don’t worry about interrupting me.
Adult schools in Canada tend to be very relaxed.
I want you to call me ‘Al’.


25.                 The Europe is my interesting regions.
I am interested in Europe.
I am interested in traveling to/around/in/all over Europe.

26.                 We stayed in Montreal for 4 mounts and then, we decided moving to Vancouver because the whether is so better than Montreal.
We stayed in Montreal for four months and then, we decided to move to Vancouver because the weather is so much better than Montreal.

spellchecker – months mounts, whether weather

27.                 I Like fitness four or five times a week in the gym, and I like running at beach on the seewalk.
I like to exercise four or five times a week in the gym, and I like running at/along/on the beach on the Seawall.
exercise – work out - verb
fitness – noun
Running on the beach – running on the sand

I like running next to the beach on the Seawall.

The beach has soft white sand.
sand –tiny tiny rocks
beach – place




HOMEWORK:
Review the paragraph work that I sent you yesterday. Also, review the "Process Paragraph: Goalsetting" email that I sent you today.

Tomorrow, we will write a paragraph to pass-in.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca





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