EF45
Today’s agenda:
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Phrasal verbs
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Test2- paragraph
Friday
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Midterm recommendations
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Xmas class
*** Two-week break for Christmas
***
Dec.16- Jan.2
Back on the Tuesday, Jan.3
Final day of the term: Friday, January
27
I am not sure which classes I am teaching for Quarter 3.
As soon as I know, I will tell you. I will let you know.
Interim recommendations:
One-on-one meetings in the hallway
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look at progress so far
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average
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come up with a interim recommendation for next
term
No instruction tomorrow.
You can come in and talk with me.
Alternatively, you can email me between 12:00 and 2:15 tomorrow.
I can email you your recommendation.
Reminder: 60% is the cutoff for a recommendation for early
registration.
50% is the passmark for the end of the term, the end of January.
You can bring your average up a lot. We have several quizzes
and tests left to do in January. Plus you have another spoken mark.
South Hill - In-class structured OR self-paced
To be successful in self-paced courses: self-motivated,
self-directed, self-assessing
study buddy- a friend who is doing the course with you
Whatever you are doing, do it as well as you can.
prepositions- words that show place or directions
across(prep)
The old woman walked
across the street. phrasal verb
COMMON ERROR
The old woman acrossed the street. XXX
FIX
The old woman crossed
the street.
wf- word form
per- each one
The maximum speed in the city is 50km/h.
km/h – kilometres per hour
Minimum wage in BC is $15.65 per hour.
50%- fifty percent
percent – each cent(100)
% 100
CONFUSING
against – prep
Mandarin She against the
government.
English She fights against the governemnt.
She argues
with her husband.
He is
in opposition to the new policy. noun
He is
opposed to the new policy. adj
He opposes the new policy. verb
beside
walk beside
sit beside
stand beside
It was raining yesterday. Besides
that, it was a good day.
alongside- beside
My dog likes to sleep alongside my
bed.
down
break down- car stops working,
mental breakdown
take down – take down Xmas decoration
is January
take down- two people fighting –
one knocks the other one to the ground
slow down
break in/into- enter a building or
vehicle illegally
Someone broke into my car last
night.
Come up! Come on up!
break down- break down a problem,
break down a chicken
Common Idiomatic Uses of Prepositions
1.
Test2 Paragraph
Write a paragraph of at least 100
words on the following topic.
What do you do to relax?
Lined paper
Doublespace
Pen
Margins
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
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