EF6 8:30 March10

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

 

Today’s agenda

 

1.    Continue with adjective clauses

 

The internet connection at the school is still unstable. The voice and video quality may be less than optimal.

Some people are having trouble hearing me.

 

 

This week: Quiz#5-adj cl Thursday

Test#3- paragraph Friday

 

 

 

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Spring Break is from March 15-26. We are back on Monday, March 29.

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On Monday, March 29, I will be giving out midterm reports. You will need this report from me in order to register for the next term: April-June.

We will not have a class together on Monday, March 29.

You can email me anytime between 8:30-10:45 on March 29, and I will email you back your midterm average (%) and my recommendation as to whether you should register for the next level or stay at this level.

Your midterm average will be based on the quizzes and tests we have done so far.

The pass mark for the class is 50%. That’s true for all of BC schools.

The minimum average for early recommendation (midterm recommendation) is 65%.

Our English department policy is anyone who is getting below 65% is probably not ready to move on.

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You can figure out your own average

Quiz 1,2,3,4         x/3

Test1,2                 x/6

 

*Scenario 1:

1/3    2/3    2.5/3           3/3

4/6    2/6

 

x\y  14.5/24  = 60.4%

NO EARLY RECOMMENDATION

 

*Scenario 2:

1.8/3           2/3    2/3    2.2/3

4.5/6           4/6

 

16.5/24 = 68.8%

EARLY RECOMMENDATION

 

 

We will do a optional makeup quiz after Spring Break. You will have an opportunity to replace one of your quiz marks with a new quiz mark.

For example:

*Scenario 1

Quiz1          2/3

Quiz2          3/3

Q3               1/3

Q4               0/3 (late) 2/3

Q5               2.5/3

 

Replacement quiz- You choose which quiz you would like to replace. e.g. Quiz4

You do another quiz, and then the mark will replace the old one.

Replacement quiz 2/3

 

Scenario2

Quiz1          3/3

Quiz2          3/3

Q3               2.5/3 1/3

Q4               2.8/3

Q5               2.5/3

 

Replacement quiz- You choose which quiz you would like to replace. e.g. Quiz3

You do another quiz, and then the mark will replace the old one.

Replacement quiz 1/3

 

 

The replacement quiz is optional. If you’re happy with your mark, don’t do the replacement quiz.

It is an opportunity, not a requirement.

 

The replacement quiz will be this after Spring Break.

 

Normally, out of a whole class, most of the students don’t do the replacement quiz. They just stick with what they have.

 

This is the time to ask questions.

 

We will do an optional replacement test after we have 5 or 6 tests done.

 

My goal is not for you to get 100%. My goal is only to offer an opportunity for people who feel like something went wrong and they want to correct it.

 

Go back and reread the notes. Ask if you don’t understand.

 

 

 

Continue with Adjective clauses

 

who- people

that- things, animals

which-special things, unique things

 

Examples:

who

I would like to talk to the person who hit my car last night.

 

that

I lost the glasses that I bought two years ago.

 

which

Maria loves to go hiking in the Northshore Mountains which are just north of Vancouver.

 

Try an example of your own in Chat:

 

1.    The man who taught me driving lessons is from China.

2.    I like the dogs that are black.

3.    Ali is my friend who is an civil engineer. maybe wrong place

Ali who is a civil engineer is my friend.

4.    I want to talk to the person who sent me this letter.

5.    I met a little girl who can speak five languages.

6.    My teacher told me that I have to study hard. noun clause

7.    My new phone that I bought it last night is in purple color.

My new phone that I bought it last night is purple.

that object

I subject

bought verb

it object – unnecessary, delete

 

The phone is in purple colour. phrasing, translation

The phone is purple.

 

8.    I broke my antique cast iron pan which I bought many years ago.

The pan is special to you.

 

9.    I did a lot of conversation with people who shared lift char with me in Cypress yesterday.

I made/had a lot of conversation with people who shared the chairlift with me on/at Cypress yesterday.

 

10.                       I want to go in London which is I like to visit.

I want to go in London which is a city that I like to visit.

2 adj cl

11.                       Patrick who I works with for Air Transat is my best friend.

Patrick who I work with at Air Transat is my best friend.

 

12.                       I like my white dress which I have kept it from my wedding.

We don’t need two objects, same as #7.

 

13.                       My son broke his video game that he got last Christmas.

14.                       I forgot to bring my note that I wrote yesterday.

15.                       Ali is a civil engineer who has the ability to analyze a structure.

16.                       Tomorrow, I will visit a writer who wrote a very good book.

17.                       I’m thinking about that story which you told me last week.

18.                       I hope that I can buy a dress which was designed by Chanel one day. noun clause adjective clause

 

19.                       The people who gave me a nice car are my beloved parents.

 

20.                       My father is the person who I respect the most.

21.                       I have a cousin who is a professor.

22.                       I went to hospital that is Vancouver hospitol to did CT yesterday night.

I went to a lab that is in Vancouver General Hospital to do a CT last night.

 

23.                       My sister has a pair of teacups which her friend gave her on her wedding.

24.                       The only person who helped me when I was broke was my best friend, Jo.

I am broke. – no money

 

25.                       I appreciate the opportunity 1 that you gave us 2 which is very important for me. 2 adj cl

26.                       My friend bought an old camera from ebay which is very odd.

What is odd, the camera, ebay, or that fact that she bought it from ebay?

My friend bought an old camera which is very odd from ebay.

The camera is odd.

 

27.                       The success that comes with effort is a source of pride.

The success which comes with effort is a source of pride. sounds special to you

 

It sounds like a canned sentence. It sounds like something you read and memorized.

 

“Will the bus take me downtown?” canned sentence

 

28.                       Newborn photography sessions should be done in the first 15 days after the baby’s birth which is so important. AWK

It is very important that newborn photography sessions be done in the first 15 days after the baby’s birth. noun clause

 

 

Focus on ‘who’ ‘that’ ‘which’

 

 

‘whom’- not used much, forget it

whom -object pronoun

 

I have a neighbour who is 97 years old.

My neighbour who I love chatting with is 97 years old. ‘who’ object pronoun

 

My neighbour whom I love chatting with is 97 years old. very formal, people don’t use it much

 

My neighbour with whom I love chatting is 97 years old. excessively formal, nobody talks like that

 

My neighbour I love chatting with is 97 years old. delete

 

 

My advice is stick with ‘who’. It is easier, it sounds good, and it always works for people.

 

My advice: Forget about ‘whom’. It is not important. We have more

important things to work on.

 

 

Subject and object pronouns - tomorrow