EF6- 38 class- word pictures, five-paragraph essay

 

Good morning, everyone.

We’ll get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Game – word pictures

·      Return Test#4

·      Sentence combining- student examples from homework

·      Continue essay work

 

Friday- end 12:45

·      Sentence combining

·      Continue essay work

·      Optional replacement test, last hour of class

 

Monday

·      finish essay prep

 

Tuesday

·      Final essay, whole class

I will mark all the essay and finish all of your final grades/reports. I won’t be able to give feedback or put comments on the essay. I will read them and put a mark on them. If you want feedback on the essay, I’d be happy to do that. Hit me up in the summer. Find me and ask for your essay. I will give it to you the day in school.

Deadline: July 18^th.

 

Wednesday – June 29^th- final day

·      NO TEACHING, NO INSTRUCTION

·      Marks day, final reports

If you are here, we can talk about how the term for you. If not, send me an email and I will send you your final mark back. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Deadline: Wednesday, 1PM.

I will be teaching Eng10/EF7/Eng 11 at 8:30-12.

Danit – EF6/7

Cathleen 6/7

 

 

Well-known words and idioms represented in a visual format.

 

IDIOM “head over heels” fall in love completely, fall down the stairs

Jon fell head over heels in love with Sarah.

Jon fell head over heels with Sarah.

He is head over heels.

They are head over heels for each other.

 

Micheal fell head over heels down the stairs.

IDIOM FROM CAPE BRETON arse over teakettle

I feel arse over teakettle down the stairs.

 

IDIOM Jack in the box- efficient, hard-working, high-energy

She is a real jack-in-the-box in her office.

 

IDIOM high noon -exactly 12:00, cowboy slang

Let’s meet at high noon.

 

IDIOM ring around the collar- when your collar is dirty, laundry

I have to spray my shirt. I have ring around the collar.

 

IDIOM small fry – small baby fish- something small and not very important

My home business is small fry compared to Amazon.

small potatoes-small concern, little $

 

IDIOM tall tale – a story that is not true , a lie

Jeff is a fun guy, but he tells a lot of tall tales.

VOCAB low overpass – bridge over a road, unusually low

pedestrian overpass

ped- foot, pedal, pedestrian

 

VOCAB misunderstood (v) (a)

Obada misunderstood what his brother said. (v)

The kid felt misunderstood in his school. (a)

We had a little misunderstanding about when we were going to start work.

It was a misunderstanding.

 

 

Paragraph:

How does it look on the page?

-         Clear topic sentence that addresses the question.

-         Supporting ideas (3)

-         Quality of sentences: simple compound complex

-         punc, vt, vf, phrasing

 

 

 

 

 

arachnid- spider – eight legs

insect- six legs

 

 

never ever- Never ever give your PIN to another person.

never never – emphasis You should never never text while driving.

 

You should do your homework. I do do my homework.

Take out the recycling. I did take out the recycling.

 

Pick your  tone- casual or formal? Stick with that tone.

 

Your voice will come through your writing.

 

voice – tone, vocabulary, work choice, phrasing