EF45 Class 30- idioms with prepositions, paragraph writing

 

EF45

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Quiz6 Version 2 adj cl

·      Continue with “Idiomatic Uses of Prepositions”

·      Revisit paragraph structure

Writing practice

·      HW   Finish a paragraph.

 

Wednesday

·      Paragraphs from homework- read aloud

·      Begin noun clauses

·      Review verb tenses

·      Test- paragraph tomorrow

 

Thursday

·      Test- paragraph related to “Burnout”

·      Continue with noun clauses

·      Small-group discussion- topic

 

Friday

 

 

-sentence combining

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz#5

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Submit it to me by 12:30.

1.    that   coffee

2.    love   who

3.    help  who

4.    cook that

5.    dog   that

6.    park  that

 

 

superstitions- rituals that bring good luck or bad luck, culturally specific

Bad luck

-opening an umbrella indoors

-walking under a ladder

-steeping on a crack on the sidewalk

-a black cat crosses your path

-the number 13

-give a knife as a gift

-OLD FASHIONED hearing a horse running at night- nightmare

mare- horse

 

Good luck

-the number 7

-a rabbit’s foot

-horseshoe

-cross your fingers

-knock on wood

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“Common Idiomatic Uses of Prepositions”

10. get away – run away, take a vacation

 11. happen

12. faded, quieter and quieter

-pass away- die SLANG-funny- kick the bucket, buy the farm,

My condolences. I’m sorry for your loss.

13. understand, figure out

14. filling out a cheque

15. hire, employ

opposite- fire OR lay off

quit, resign-official letter (two-week notice)

IDIOM Don’t burn your bridges.

16. stopped being good, gone down, become less

Maria went to the gym every day last month. This month, she has fallen off a bit.

17. distributing, handing out

18. give, will

will- a legal document that divides up your estate when you die

inherit- receive, get    inheritence

lawyer, notary public – they can do a will for you

appoint an executor of the will – the person in charge of your estate after you die

estate- all of your possessions and money, real estate, clothes, jewelry, everything

intestate- die without a will

19. lets up- stops

20. put an end – stop something

21. stir up trouble- cause trouble

stir up your emotions- causes you to become emotional (sad)

22. taken in – tricked, fooled

smooth(adj)- smooth talking- nice talking but all lies

two-faced- pretending to be something that they are not

 

asset – something that you own

debts- whatever you owe

solvent – you make more money than you spend, in the black

insolvent- you spend more money than you make, in the red

 

 

“Building a Paragraph”

 

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

(100-150ww)

 

Tasks 1,2,3,4

“My Favourite _______”

 

AIM- A nice mix of simple, compound, and complex sentences.

 

No need to email it to me. We will read them out loud tomorrow (BONUS PT)