EF3/4
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Registration for Q4 begins today.
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Quarter 5- April- June
Period 1- EF7/Eng10
Period 2- EF1/2
Today’s agenda-
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Review sentence types
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“Culture Shock”
Vocabulary Preview
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Speaking/Listening
Tuesday
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Continue adjective clauses, practice
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Continue “Culture Shock”
Warm-Up
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Speaking/Listening
Wednesday
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Review verb tenses
This week and the next four weeks:
Begin work on paragaphs
-narrative paragraph
-descriptive paragraph
-process paragraph
-opinion paragraph
Review sentence types:
*SIMPLE
SV SSV SVV
SV “You had a relaxing Spring Break.”
SSV “Dora and her mom went to Las Vegas.”
SVV “Don went to a Nowruz celebration and danced.”
*COMPOUND
SV, SOBA SV. ,
so , or
, but , and
“We were tired, so we chilled at the hotel.”
chill(v)- relax
*COMPLEX
adverb clause – because if
when (while, although, unless,
until)
“They had a good time when they visitied their grandma in Las
Vegas.”
-until – waiting for a period of time
I will wait until you finish your homework.
-while / when – time
when – one time
while – two things happening at the same time
when- “The dog woke up when the doorbell rang.”
while- “Maria was watching a movie while her brother was
cleaning his room.” while- good fit for progressive tenses, “ing” verbs
“Joanne was listening to the radio while she was cooking/exercising/studying.”
SENTENCE TYPES: simple, compound, complex
HIGHER LEVEL EF5/6/7
‘who’ ADJECTIVE CLAUSE – COMPLEX SENTENCE
who that which
who – people
that – things and animals
which – special things, unique things
who – people
Paula/She is a teacher who teaches
English. adjective clause
Her mother who is 85 years old is in good
health.
He is the guy who fixed my car.
Shahram is a singer who has a great moustache.
Your grandma who lives in Vegas is only 65.
There is a receptionist who speaks Mandarin, English,
Farsi and Tigrinya. COMPLEX SENTENCE- adjective clause
that – things, animals
This is the pencil that my son gave me.
She lost her keys that are for her house.
This is the key that opens the door.
Maria has a kitten that has white paws.
Shira takes care of the horses that live in the wild.
which- special things, unique things
-special thing- something that you find special
The wedding ring, which her husband gave her, is
made of white gold.
-unique thing – only one in the world, one-of-a-kind
Vancouver, which is in BC, is a nice city.
Kyoko comes from Nagoya, which is a city in Japan.
Shira was born in Iran, which is in the Middle East.
Jun went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris,
France.
HIGHER LEVEL , which
My new laptop, which is on the table, works very well.
My school laptop that is on the table doesn’t work well.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
“Culture Shock”
culture shock – come to a new country, everything is strange
and different
1.culture(n) cultural(adj) The Italian Cultural Centre
2.experience(v)(n) She experienced an earthquake last year.
It was a scary experience.
3.confusion(n) confused(adj) confused(v)
The math confused me. I am confused about algrebra.
x+y=z(t-2)
4.custom(n) customary(adj) Shaking hands is a customary
greeting.
Customs- border crossing
border- between countries
boundaries-
costume- Hallowe’en costume
5.deal with(v)- handle, solve a problem, take care of something,
manage
“She is dealing with a lot of stuff in her life right now.”
6.expert(n,person) “Jacob is a computer expert.”
7.annoying(adj) – bothers you, irritates you
8.homesick(adj) homesickness(n)
“Shirin gets homesick during Nowruz.”
9.comfortably(adv) comfortable(adj)
“She is sitting in a comfortable chair.”
“She is resting comfortably.”
10.attitude(n) “She has a very positive attitude toward
life. She is a glass-half-full kind of person.”
“She has a very negative attitude toward life. She is a
glass-half-empty kind of person.”
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