Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
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Finish the present perfect verb tense exercises
from yesterday
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Begin learning how to quote text “”
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HW Finish
reading “Roses Sing on New Snow”.
Make notes for class
discussion tomorrow.
Thursday
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Review Quiz#3- adverb clauses
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begin noun clauses
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Start in on “Roses Sing on New Snow”
Friday
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Continue with noun clauses
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Continue with “Roses Sing on New Snow”
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LAST 30 minutes- midterm
check-in- how things are going for
you in the class,
written, anonymous
I have a ten-year plan for music. I have eight years left in
my plan.
I have been going hard on music for two years.
MY ADVICE: If you want to play guitar, buy a good used
guitar. Leave it out. Don’t keep it in the guitar case.
guitar pick or fingers
Are you an arrow or a balloon?
Verb tense- present perfect and present perfect progressive
Exercise 2:
1.
She has studied French for seven years. present perfect
She has been studying French for seven
years. present perfect progressive- suggests it will continue in the future
2.
The old woman has been living in the apartment since
1976.
3.
I have never been to this neihgborhood before. KEY WORD
‘before’
4.
Our teacher has been giving us a lot of homework
lately.
5.
My brother has been watching TV for thee past two
hours.
6.
We have made an appointment to meet with the CEO.
We made an appointment to meet with the
CEO.
CEO- chief executive officer, the boss
CFO – chief financial officer
President, Vice-President, Senior
Vice-President, Junior Vice-President
7.
Our waiter has only come by our table once.
8.
Have you already seen this movie?
Did you see this movie yet? SIMPLER, Good
Have you already seen this movie yet?
Did you see this movie already?
Did you see this movie before?
Have you seen
this movie before?
Have you gone
snowboarding before?
Have you tried
Korean food before?
Have you been to New York before?
9.
They have been trying to fix the problem.
I have been trying to get better at verb
tenses?
I have been trying to get in better shape.
She has been trying to get a promotion.
He has been trying to eat more healthily.
healthy(adj) health(n)
healthily(adv)
10.
My mother has not spoken to me about my behavior yet.
I have not spoken to my teacher about the test
yet.
She has not spoken to her doctor about her
neck pain yet.
He has not taken his car in for an oil
change yet.
has not = hasn’t (a bit more casual)
have not = haven’t
I have no idea. I don’t know. I haven’t any
idea.
IDIOM- I don’t have a clue.
PR – public relations, publicity for
actors, brands
“Roses Sing on New Snow”
setting – time and place
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infer, make a good guess based on information, watch for clues, information
Quotation marks “ “
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Uses of quotation marks 1.titles
2.reported speech
3.irony, ironic finger quotes (for talking, casual)
4.borrow
words from a text
1.
titles – short story, not a book, part of a book
“Roses Sing on New Snow”
novel, book by itself, has its own covers
Choice: Impact OR Impact
(Ctrl i)
fgfgfgfgfgf fhfhfhfhfhf fnfhdhf
<<Impact>> Not English
Short story “The Old Man”
“Animal Farm” XXX, not both, just one or the other
e.g. The class really enjoyed reading Animal Farm.
The class really enjoyed reading “Roses Sing on New Snow”.
Luis is reading a book called Two Pieces of Clothes.
computer
Luis is reading a book called Two Pieces of Clothes.
handwriting
Jun read an article in The Vancouver Sun called “What
does Putin Want?”.
Jun read an article in The Vancouver Sun called “The
Future for Ukraine”.
Good Food has an article called “Old-Fashioned Apple
Pie”.
Good Food has an article called “Old-Fashioned Apple
Pie”.
bold- not necessary, used for visual effects
bald
2.
reported speech, direct speech, exact words
Mary said, “I am going to be late today.”
Mary said, “I am going to be late today.” I
said that would be fine.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/quotation_marks/index.html
CONFUSION
Mary said that she is going to be late today.
indirect speech, noun clause
COMMON ERROR
ERROR Mary said that
I am going to be late today. MIXED UP
ERROR My mother said that you should do your homework. Who
is ‘you’?
FIXED My mother said, “I should do my homework.”
FIXED My mother said that I should do my homework.
My daughter said, “Let’s go to the pet store.” DIRECT SPEECH
My daughter said that we should go to the pet store.
INDIRECT SPEECH
that we should go to the pet store - noun clause
3.
irony, finger quotes- informal, speaking
irony – 1. verbal irony – say something but
mean the opposite,
not hurtful, gentle humour
SPOKEN Joan went to a party last night. She missed work today
because she is “sick”.
2. dramatic irony – you know
something that the character
in the book or movie
doesn’t know
3. situational irony- you try to
do something to help someone but you wind up hurting them, you get the opposite
result from what you intended
IDIOM wind up – what happens
in the end
“Dora wanted to move to Chicago, but she wound up going to
Toronto.”
“Sue is studying business in college. She will probably wind
up being a manager in a company.”
proposterous (adj) – ridiculous, outrageous
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