EF34 38 class

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Discuss structure of Presentation #1

Finish writing your paragraphs.

Make talking notes for your presentation.

Presentation day is tomorrow

·      Grammar work

·      Say/Tell

·      Begin sentence combining

 

 

Thursday

·      Presentation Day: Presentation #1

·      Talk about optional replacement test

·      Pass-in writing

 

 

Friday and Monday are holidays- Good Friday and Easter Monday

 

 

Tuesday

·      First Nations module

 

Wednesday

·       Quiz#6 sentence combining

·      First Nations module

 

Thursday

·      Final test -paragraph

 

Friday (final day)

·      Review

·      Marks day

·      Final reports

 

 

Presentation #1

Tomorrow- Thursday, April 14

Beginning of class

-Pass in your finished paragraphs – two nice well-organized paragraphs (100-150 words each)

NO LATES

 

-Take turns coming up to the front and telling the class about the person who you chose.

-The other students will give some written feedback to you.

(about 5-6 minutes per speaker)

 

SOME POINTERS ON PUBLIC SPEAKING

- Slow down! feel nervous, rush, talking very quickly

speak a little more slowly than usual

- Talk with energy and emotion. flat voice, monotone

Stress, volume

- Look around. Make eye contact!

 

Classwork for now:

Finish your written paragraph. Make speaking notes for your presentation.

 

Do the sentence exercises.

 

 

REPLACEMENT QUIZ

chocolate but – COMPOUND

                                     #                                 #

I want/like to eat many chocolate, but they are not good for me.

 

chocolate- uncountable noun

a lot of chocolate

lots of chocolate

 

I ate too too much chocolate, and now I feel sick.

I ate too many candies, and now I feel sick.

 

chocolates – plural – fancy chocolates in a box

 

too much

too many

He spends too much money on his car.   money-uncountable noun

She bought too many bananas last week.   bananas-countable noun

 

This job is taking too much time.

I spend too many hours a day playing video games.

 

 

I will move to Langley as/because the houses are cheaper there.

as=because

 

FRAGMENT – sentence fragment – not a complete sentence

Because the houses are cheaper there. ½ a sentence

ADD I will move to Langley because the houses are cheaper there.

TAKE AWAY The houses are cheaper there.

 

1.    Because Miranda had to give her little brother a present.

ADD Miranda had to give her little brother a present because it was his birthday.

TAKE AWAY Miranda had to give her little brother a present.

 

You can fix a sentence fragment by adding or taking away.

 

Can you tell me where the Superstore is? NOUN CLAUSE, not a question question

Where is the Superstore? SIMPLE-INTERROGATIVE, QUESTION

 

You are fine. Are you fine?

 

What time is it?

Do you know what time it is? noun cl

Do you know what time is it? small error, not a big deal, sounds cute, like a kid

 

6. Can you tell me where MSEC is?

8. The restaurant which is Fijian and has very good service. XXX

FIX

The restaurant which is Fijian has very good service. COMPLEX

The restaurant is Fijian and has very good service. SIMPLE

Fiji

 

MISPLACED MODIFIER

Put a modifer next to the noun

She bought a hat in the mall cowboy. XXX

She bought a cowboy hat in the mall.

I gave a table that has three legs to my sister.

I gave a table to my sister that has three legs. MISPLACED MODIFIER

 

The old man saw a cat who was riding a bicycle. XXX

The old man who was riding a bicycle saw a cat.

 

9. Wait! IMPERATIVE

10. Manroop is very happy that we could get the tickets for the hockey game tonight. n cl

She is happy that she has a good family.