Good morning.
We will get started at
8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
· Finish Causative verbs, examples from homework
· Verb tense review exercises
· Return Essay#1
· Begin sentence combining, homework exercises
Friday
· Continue sentence combining
Student
examples from homework
· Appositives
· Begin – compare and contrast essay
· Optional
replacement test (Final 50m)
Final week
Monday
· Continue – compare and contrast essay
· Sentence combining
·
Tuesday
· Final
Essay, Essay #2- Compare Contrast Essay
On Tuesday night, I will do all the marking and
get your final marks and reports finished.
I will not mark your essay the same way as the
other tests. I will read it and put a mark on it. If you want a marked essay
with comments like usual, please find me in the summer. I will mark your essay
in detail and give it to you. Deadline:
July 18th.
Wednesday, June 29
· No
instruction
· Marks
day, final reports
If you are here, we talk about the term and
how things went. If not, send me an email and I will email you back your final
grade.
Well-known phrases in English represented in a
visual format.
IDIOM “head over heels” – fall in love completely,
totally
Donna fell head over heels for Kim.
VOCAB misunderstood(v)(a)
Karen misunderstood what her sister said. (v)
Joan feels misunderstood by her friends.(a)
IDIOM stood up
Dave stood up his friend. They had arranged to
meet at 5 at the park, but he didn’t show (up).
Jon was/got stood up by Dave.
IDIOM ghost someone- stop communicating with
them
My old friend ghosted me. She stopped talking
to me.
IDIOM a tall tale - a lie, a story that is not true
Dave is really fun guy, but he tells a lot of
tall tales.
VOCAB/TERM low overpass
The truck driver has to be careful of low
overpasses.
We can cross the highway using the pedestrian
overpass.
ped – foot- pedal, pedestrian, pediatrist
Walk over to the pedestrian crossing/ crosswalk.
IDIOM- ring around the collar
laundry
His shirt has ring around the collar.
IDIOM- high noon, sounds like a cowboy talking-
exactly 12:00
Let’s meet at lunchtime. Let’s meet at high
noon.
IDIOM Jack-in-the-box- really fast, efficient,
hard-working
He is a Jack-in-the-box at work.
IDIOM jack of all trades, master of none-
somebody is very handy, fix things, handyman, handywoman, repair person
Martin was a jack of all trades.
IDIOM small fry – “tiny fish” – small things
that are not very important
Some companies make profits of millions of dollars
annually. My little business is small fry compared to them. I’m small fry
compared to them.
Animal babies:
Baby fish- fry
baby goat- kid
baby cow- calf
baby horse- foal
baby cat- kitten
baby dog- puppy
baby lion- cub
baby tiger- cub
baby elephant- calf
baby whale- calf
baby fox- kit
baby wolf- pup
baby coyote- pup
baby goose- gosling
baby duck- duckling
baby swan – sygnet
baby bear- cub
baby deer- fawn
baby moose- calf
baby squirrel -pup
baby snake- snakelet
baby monkey- infant
baby mouse- pup
baby pig- piglet
baby guinea pig- pup
baby chipmunk- kit, kitten, pup
baby chicken- chick
baby shark- pup
baby raccoon- kit
Essay #1
Edit, correction
· How
does it look on the page?
· Five-paragraph
format
· Balanced
paragraphs
· Clear
Thesis statement and Topic sentences
· Quality
of the sentences:
variety of sentence styles
verb tense, verb form, punctuation
phrasing,
Verb tense review “Test A 1-20”
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