Wednesday, 23 November 2022

EF45 Class 8- Goalsetting

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

To learn something new, you must be willing to change.

 

Sometimes a farmers organization in BC brings fruit and vegetables to our VSB schools.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Review compound sentences

·      Quiz2- compound sentences  , SOBA

·      Begin Goalsetting module

·      Listening exercise

  

Thursday

·      Start verb tenses

·      Deeper level of compound sentences ; semicolo

·      Continue goalsetting module

 

Friday

·      Continue with the deeper level of compound sentences ; semicolons

 

Monday

·      Quiz3- compound sentences  ;

 

 

 

Compound sentences

SV, SOBA SV.

so or but and

It is cloudy today, so I brought my umbrella.

It is cloudy today, and it might rain.

 

Hopefully everyone has reviewed and practiced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz2- compound sentences

Pen

Doublespace

Submit to me by 12:35.

 

1.     accept                 but

2.    correct                 and

3.    number                or

4.    smart                    and

5.    later                      so

6.    lesson                   so

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional Quiz1 rewrite

Write a simple sentence for each.

1.    SVV                        discussion

2.    SV                          change

3.    SVV                        chore

4.    Interrogative       busy

5.    Imperative           moment

6.    SSV                        achieve

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goalsetting

goal- aim, reason, objective, soemthing you want to achieve / accomplish / get

 

goals

- educational – high school, college, university, training

- personal – lose weight, learn English, driving licence, buy a house, get married, walk everyday, learn a musical instrument, etc

- career – getting a job, professional job

 

 

Goal setting: goalsetting

-         set a goal

-         make a plan to achieve the goal step by step

 

 

Educational Goal

 

Personal Goal

 

Career Goal

 

 

 

SMART Goals – nmemonic – memory trick, memory device

 

SOBA so or but and

FANBOYS

 

nmemonic- north east south west

“Never eat sour weiners.”

 

Roy G. Biv- red orange yellow green blue indigo violet – 7 colours of the rainbow

 

SMART

*Specific – focused, not broad, not general

“I want to get better at English.”- broad, not specific enough

FOCUS IT TO ONE THING- “I want to learn how to use commas.”

FOCUS “ I want to learn verb forms.”

 

*Measurable- How can you tell if you are getting better? How can you evaluate it?

 

*Attainable- Realistic, doable, possible.

 

*Relevant – Engaging, important to you

 

*Time-bound – deadlines, time-frame 

 

 

Goalsetting work

 

Step 1

Small group chatting about some various goals that you might have.

Educational

Personal

Professional

 

Relaxed talking.

Focus is talking and listening- normal discursive conversation.

Make notes for yourself on your own goals.

 

HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW

Step 2

Choose one of your goals. Write your goal in one clear sentence. Be specific.

One goal-one sentence

Ex.

Personal goal      “I want to a new recipe every week for the next year.”

 

 

TOMORROW IN CLASS

Step 3

Brainstorm and organize the steps that you will have to take to achieve this goal.

Use key words (good vocab, specific vocab), not sentences

 

thesasurus- like a dictionary, but gives you words that have similar meaning, synonyms, antonyms

thesaurus.com

 

 

 

 

 

Listening exercise

Exercise 2.1

I will describe one of the pictures. You listen and figure out which one I am describing.

 

1.    rectangle standing on its end

2.    oval table

3.    The small fish is chasing the big fish.

The big fish is being chased by the small fish. PASSIVE VOICE

4.    Mr. Skinny is holding a basket on his head with one hand.

Pic2   with both hands

Pic4 Mr. Skinny is carrying/holding a basket on his head with both hands.

5.    sleeveless sweater with a collar

Pic1 short sleeves with lace

Pic4 blouse puffed sleeves

crewneck t-shirt

v-neck shirt

turtleneck sweater

6.    Mr. Skinny’s son is kicking/passing the ball to the Mr. Skinny.

 

 

 

 

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