Friday, 11 February 2022

EF56 5 class- simple sentences, Black History Month, quiz words

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Reminder:

Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      Continue simple sentences

Practice for Quiz#1 Monday

Explain format of quizzes

·      Finish “Black History Month”

Choose vocab for the quiz together

·      HW  Read “Viola Desmond”

 

 

Monday

·      Quiz#1- simple sentences (25m)

·      “Viola Desmond”

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

Early next week – first Test#1 paragraph about the ideas in “Black History Month” and “Viola Desmond”. Hopefully, you reading those with focus and understanding them.

 

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES:

- one main (independent) clause

- one complete idea

- a complete sentence by itself

- subject and predicate (I did not teach this vocab)

 

S= subject of the sentence

V= verb of the sentence

 

Practice for quiz Monday:

1.    SV                month

2.    SSV              students

3.    SVV             freedom

4.    SSVV           winter

5.    Imperative (command)         safe

6.    Interrogative (question)       observe

 

1.Dave calls his brother in Seattle once a month.

2.The teacher and the students disagree about the test.

The teacher and the students go to the park.

3. freedom(n) free(a)

We came to Canada and have a freedom life. wf

FIX We came to Canada and have a free life.

We came to Canada and have freedom.

4.Micheala and her sister ski and skate in the winter.

Micheala and her sister go skiing and skating in the winter.

skiing/skating – gerunds (nouns)

Micheala and her sister go skiing and play hockey in the winter.

5. Be safe. Get home safe. Stay safe. Be safe at work.

Please be safe. Be safe, please.

comma usage

Thank you, Tom.

You’re welcome, Sarah.

 

6. Are you going to observe the final hockey match game?

tennis match

soccer match - ‘football’ everywhere but US and Canada

football game- American football- This Sunday!!! Superbowl!!

hockey game- US “ice hockey”

baseball game

swimming meet

a game of golf/ a round of golf (9 holes or 18 holes)

tournament- many games, many teams, big competition

rugby match

cricket match

field hockey, ball hockey, street hockey

 

6.    Do you observe the safety guide? guide – book

Do you observe the safety guidelines? guidelines- rules

 

 

 

“Black History Month”

Vocabulary Preview

 

6.    harsh(adj) - harsh winter, rough

7.    abolition(n) abolish(v) – eliminate

In the 1970s, most countries abolished leaded gasoline.

lead- Pb

8.    safe haven- haven – a safe place,

9.    discrimation(n) discriminate(v) – racist, sexist

The manager of the company discriminates against BIPOC people.

BIPOC- Black, Indigenous, People of Colour

10.                       oral- spoken  Orator – good public speaker

11.                       cuisine – style of food, fancy word for food

Persian Cuisine, Japanese cuisine

cuisine ‘qua zine’

12.                       plantation – huge famr- just crops, no animals sugar plantation, coconut plantation, rice plantation, cotton plantations (the South- slavery)

plant

13.                       critic(n-person) criticism(n) critical(adj) criticize(v) – usually sounds negative

constructive criticism – sounds more positive

The teacher gave the student constructive criticism.

The music critic wrote a good review of the new Mozart performance.

movie critic

food critic

 

14.                       dedicate(v) dedicated(adj) dedication(n)

Joe is dedicated to his family. Joe’s first priority is his family.

first priority/top priority

15.                       commercialized(adj) commercial(n)

He works in a commercial bank.

Christmas is too commercialized for me. I prefer Thanksgiving.

city zoning: residential zoning, commercial zoning, industrial zoning

 

 

10 words to review for quiz:

1.Black

2.history

3.labour

4.haven

5.scholar

6.stories

7.domestic

8.harsh

9.decade

10. notable

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