Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
**Winter snow school closures**
NOTIFICATION OF SCHOOL CLOSURE
By 7:00 am, the VSB will post information about snow closure
on its website at www.vsb.bc.ca and will inform
local media stations, including:
- CKNW (980 AM)
- CBC (690 AM, 105.7 FM)
- CJVB (1470 AM)
- CFHG (96.1 FM)
- CKWX (1130 AM)
- BCTV/Global TV
- CITY TV
FREE ADVICE FROM A CANADIAN TO A NEWCOMER TO CANADA:
1.Buy a snow scraper for your car
2.Get road salt if you have a house for your steps and
sidewalk
3.Get a snow shovel
4.Get snow tires! At least have all-weather tires- snowflake
on the
sidewall
warm winter hat- toque – pronunciation ‘tuke’
snowshoing, cross-country skiing, tubing, skiing,
snowboarding
NEAR VANCOUVER
https://mtseymour.ca/ -
smallest and least expensive
https://www.grousemountain.com/
- larger than Mt. Seymour, goldola
https://cypressmountain.com/
- largest and most expensive
FARTHER FROM VANCOUVER
Whistler/Blackcomb - best skiing, $$$
Today’s agenda
·
Talking about winter activities
·
Quiz3 compound sentences
·
Finish “Testing Your Prepositions”
·
IF TIME Paragraph writing- Grabbers
Wednesday
·
Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses
·
Begin “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Leading to a paragraph Test2
Thursday
·
Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses
·
Continue “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Thursday
·
Quiz4
OR
Test2 paragraph
Friday
·
Quiz4
OR
Test2 paragraph
Quiz3
Write a compound sentence for each.
Submit it to me by 11:00.
1.
so slippery
2.
but breathe
3.
therefore beautiful
4.
moreover yell
5.
meanwhile freezing
6.
for instance branch
Prepositions- idiomatic, not really rules, usage, exposure
to authentic English
“Testing Your Prepositions”
1.
in debt to somebody
2.
insist on
3.
opposed to
agree with a person Joe agrees with Sarah.
agree on an idea Joe and Sarah agree on how to raise
their
children.
phrasal verbs -the heart of English
If you want to be a real English
speaker, you have to know a lot of phrasal verbs.
verb +
preposition
look at
look for
look after
look up
look up to-
admire, respect
look down on
4.
responsible for
5.
impression of – feeling about, response to
6.
faced with
face- face to face –
IDIOM We talked face to face.
7.
familiar with
8.
far on/ far with
9.
distinguish one from another/ tell one from
another
10.
combine with
11.
named after
12.
associated with – linked to, connected to
an associate, a business associate- somebody
you know through business, a work associate
Telephone: “Your call is important to us. Stay
on the line. An associate/representative with be right with you.”
13.
filled with- full of
The balloon is filled with helium.
Helium- He
Hydrogen – H burns
14.
graduated from
15.
approve of / disapprove of
I disapprove of people smoking in public places.
16.
apologize for-
I am sorry for being rude earlier.
I apologize for ABC, but SV.
17.
composed of
18.
interested in
19.
complain about
complain about A PROBLEM
complain to A PERSON about A PROBLEM
I complained to my daughter about her messy
room.
20.
famous for
Exercise 2
1.
in regard to – not casual, serious sounding
I am calling you in regard to the phone you
are selling.
DOCTOR: I want to talk with you in regard
to your blood test.
2.
under discussion
The topic under discussion is health
eating.
The two people in discussion are Dr. Chen
and Dr. Smith.
3.
under consideration
I am taking it under consideration. I am
thinking about it.
PARENT: We’ll see.
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