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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Sentence combining Sheet 2 -one on one chats
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Grammar/sentence/vocab work
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Begin “Penny in the Dust” discussion, individual
work
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Listening exercise
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Wednesday
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Continue “Penny in the Dust”
Thursday
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Test4 – paragraph about “Penny in the Dust”
Friday and Monday are holidays- Good Friday and Easter
Monday
Tuesday
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Five-paragraph essay
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First Nations module
Wednesday
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Five-paragraph essay
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First Nations module
Thursday
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Final test
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Review
Friday (final day)
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Marks day
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Final reports
Sentence combining Sheet #2
They made a hearty breakfast. healthy
hearty – big full meal
a hearty breakfast
e.g. bacon and eggs, toast, waffles, juice, has browns
a hearty soup – soup with lots of things in it,e.g. milegatanie
a thin soup – miso soup
a hearty laugh – a big full laugh
a hearty smile- ear to ear
Academic Vocabulary Exercise 1
academic – higher-level, good for post-secondary, more like
native speaker, prestige vocabulary
prestige- a signal that you are high level, showing off,
1.
peddler(n) peddle(v) – selling low-cost items, small
farmer’s market
2.
cattle, chattle- your possessions
3.
slim(positive-sounding) skinny(negative-sounding word)
4.
gigantic(adj) – giant(adj,n) He wants to buy a giant
house for his family. giant(noun, acting like an adjective)
ginormous – (slang) mix if ‘gigantic’ and ‘enormous’
5.
naked, nude(adj) Wreck Beach is the nude beach in Vancouver.
It is out by UBC.
6.
entirely(adv) She is thinking about an entirely
different career. She was going to be an accountant, now she wants to be a vet.
The weather in Vancouver is not entirely
different from the weather in my hometown.
7.
upgrade COMMON
ERROR I want to upgrade myself. XXX
I want to upgrade my computer.
I want to upgrade my English mark.
I want to change/improve/work on myself.
8.
roam= wander, meander
On Saturdays, she likes to roam around Granville Island.
9.
appetite(n) appetitizing(adj) appetizer(n)
Those chocolate cookies look very appetizing.
My mouth is watering.
That soup doesn’t look appetizing, but it
is actually very tasty.
I lost my appetite.
appetite for adventure/travel
10.
outraged(a,v) outrageous(a) The price of a new iPhone is outrageous.
11.
goofy(a) goof around(phrasal verb) It’s fun to goof around with your kids. being silly, having fun Goofy- Disney
12.
dull(a) That
math class is dull.
The knife is dull. You should sharpen it.
Damn it!
sleet – wet snow
hail – frozen rain, ice
13.
struggle Getting to Canada was a major struggle.
14.
hatch- The chicks hatched this morning.
He hatched a plan to get a new XBox.
15.
boast He likes
to boast about his expensive suits.
16.
swell Her eyes
swelled when she ate seafood.
His finger got swollen after he cut it.
swell
swelled swollen
The party was swell. swell(adj)- fun, good, enjoyable
17.
portion – piece If you want to lose weight, eat smaller
portions. portion-part
18.
outskirts She
lives on the outskirts of the city.
19.
alley In
Vancouver, garbage and recycling pickup is usually in the alleys.
20.
drudgery- boring uninteresting work For me, math is drudgery. Joan was tired of the drudgery of being a
homemaker.
thunder and lightning
th, not s
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