Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s
agenda:
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Explain optional replacement quiz
·
Return Test paragraph
·
Modals/ Modal auxiliaries can, could, should, etc
·
Begin work on Presentation #2
·
Spoken- finish Name It A&B from Friday
Tuesday
·
Continue Modals/ Modal auxiliaries
·
Begin sentence combining
·
Continue work on Presentation #2
Wednesday
·
Sentence combining
·
Finish work on Presentation #2
Thursday
·
Presentation day- Presentation #2
Friday
·
Professional dvelopment – non-instructional day,
no school for you
Next week- final week
Focus on First Nations
Monday
·
Optional replacement quiz (last 25 minutes of
class)
Tuesday
·
Optional replacement test (last 55 minutes of
class)
** Optional replacement quiz **
A few people have asked me about rewriting
quizzes. Maybe they had a bad quiz or missed a quiz.
In my classes, I offer an optional replacement
quiz for anyone who would like to do that.
Next week, you will have an opportunity to
replace one of the quizzes that you wrote. This is optional. You don’t have to
do it if you don’t want.
As of today, we will have done five quizzes:
Quiz#1- simple sentences x/6
Quiz#2 – compound sentences x/6
Quiz#3- adverb clauses x/6
Quiz#4- noun clauses x/6
Quiz#5- adjective clauses x/6
You have the marks for those. You may have
one quiz that you were not satisfied with.
You can replace one of those quizzes. You
choose which one.
One is one. Not two, not three. 1=1
You will do the replacement quiz during
regular class time, as usual. It will Monday, January 24. We will do it the
last 25 minutes of class.
The replacement quiz will be a new quiz. The
replacement quiz will be a mix of all sentence styles. e.g. If you want to
replace your adverb clause quiz, the replacement will not just be on adverb
clauses; it will be on all of the clauses.
The replacement quiz will be six sentences,
as usual- mix of simple, compound, complex.
Your old mark will be replaced with the new
mark. It will not be the higher of the two marks.
EXAMPLE SCENARIO #1
Q1 4/6
Q2 0/6 4/6
Q3 6/6
Q4 5.5/6
Q5 5/6
Replace Q2.
Replacement quiz 4/6
*Best possible outcome.*
EXAMPLE SCENARIO #2
Q1 4/6 3/6
Q2 4.5/6
Q3 4.5/6
Q4 5/6
Q5 4.5/6
Replace Q1.
Replacement quiz 3/6
*Less-than-ideal outcome*
Think about if you would like to replace one
of your quiz marks.
If you have pretty good marks, just leave
them. Don’t bother with the replacement quiz.
Email me by Wednesday at 1PM which quiz you
would like to replace.
Send me an email.
Make sure you use a proper Subject line:
“Name, Class, Replacement quiz.”
“Hi Al,
I want to replace Quiz#2.
Thanks,
Betty”
I will respond.
“Ok. Thanks.
Al”
I will not accept
late emails. Wednesday at 1pm is the deadline to let me know if you want to replace
a quiz.
We will also do a replacement
test (paragraph) next week. I will talk about this tomorrow. It will be the
same structure as the replacement quiz.
Paragraph
- (125-150 words)
- doublespace
- one block of writing
Begin with a topic sentence
3,4,5 supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
The first sentence should be a topic sentence.
QUESTION: “In what situations do you use English?”
topic sentence (first sentence) linked to that, connected
like holding hands
In my life, I
use English in three situations.
I use English
every day in my life.
English is
very useful for me in my life.
When I first
came to Canada, I didn’t know much English. Now, I know a lot more and use
English all the time.
When I
immigrated/moved to Canada...
3-4 examples
- raising kids – teacher, doctor, school, sports
- socializing – friends, neighbours, coworkers, talking with
people
- job - coworkers
- personal business - bank, doctor, shopping
Concluding sentence – nice, friendly ending
I hope my English keeps getting better.
I am glad to be able to use English in my life.
My confidence with English is going up all that time.
I have become comfortable with my English.
Topic sentence
3-4 supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Nice clear sentences- short, concise
3 sentence types that we must always use:
SIMPLE
COMPOUND , SOBA
COMPLEX - adverb clauses
- noun clauses
-adjective clauses
If you are writing these, you are writing English.
Presentation #2- My Favourite Place in my Home Country
-same structure as Presentation #1 – A Person Who I Admire
Modals / Modal Auxiliaries
part of a verb –
one-word modals
can
could
may
might
must
should
will
would
shall – rarely used
I could learn other languages, but I prefer learning English.
should- advice, good idea
You should drink 8 glasses of water every day.
two-word modals
had better
have to
ought to
used to
three-word modals
be able to
be going to
be supposed to
have got to
*The one-word modals are the most useful ones. Focus on these.
These are the ones we use every day.
-can “Marik can speak German.”
“Dave can’t cook very well.”
“You can’t do that.” “You can do that.”
“Can you move the cup?” “Yes, I can.”
“Do you speak Mandarin?” “Yes, I do.” “No, I don’t.”
“I can drive you to the bus stop.”
modal + simple form of the verb
modal + infinitive ‘to’
can + to speak
can speak
I can speak. You can speak. He can speak. The dog can’t
speak. The old man can speak. The baby can’t speak yet.
-could
“She could go to math class or English class.” could + to go
“If you want, we could go for a walk.”
- may
“I may not go to the party.”
“She may be late tomorrow.”
might – very common word
“Jun might go to shopping, or she might stay home.”
gerund ‘shopping’ no to
I might go to Metrotown.
I might go shopping.
Maris might go to Cypress Mountain.
Maris might go skiing.
He is a kept man. – old-fashioned way of thinking
must
“You must get a job.”
“You must keep on top of your schoolwork.”
should
“Maria should apologize to her sister.”
“She should change the way you think about your education.”
“You should take your medicine on time. You should quit
smoking.”
“You should be active in class and not just sit there like a
tree.”
-will
“The kids will play soccer after school.”
-would – not used that often, used in questions a lot
“Would you like a cup of tea?”
would like to “I would like to ABC.”
“I would like a coffee, please.”
“I would like to keep improving my English skills.”
“Luis would like to be more fluent in English.”
“I would like to change my job.”
“I would like to be a barber.”
“Sarah would like to go to college next year.”
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