Wednesday, 17 May 2023

EF1 2 Class 15 "The Water Hyacinth"

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Return Test#2

Optional rewrite for a bonus point

·      Review “The Water Hyacinth”

·      “Possessive Pronouns”

·      Listening work

·      HW  

 

Thursday

 

 

Friday Test #2

Paragraph

-         write in pen

-         name and class in top right corner

-         doublespace

-         indent the first word of the paragraph

-         write one block of writing

 

Focus on good sentences.

It’s looking good.

 

Option- Rewrite your paragraph for a bonus point. Give it to me today or first thing tomorrow.

 

Test #2

What are your plans for the weekend?

 

          I have many plans for the weekend. I have a party with my family. I will work all weekend. I will work all day Saturday. I will have a barbecue on Sunday. I will watch a new movie with my wife/husband/ spouse. I will take my kids to the park. My kids like shopping.

Begin with a capital letter. End with a period or question mark.

What do you do on the weekend?

 

Punctuation marks:

period .

question mark ?

comma ,

 

Let’s do some correction and rewriting.

 

I and my family will go to the beach.

My family and I will go to the beach.

You and I go to the park.

 

“The Water Hyacinth”

light purple- violet

dark purple

 

 

1- one

10- ten

100 – one hundred

1000- one thousand

10 000- ten thousand

100 000- one hundred thousand

1 000 000 -one million

10 000 000 – ten million

100 000 000 – one hundred million

1 000 000 000 – one billion

1 000 000 000 000- one trillion

 

Elon Musk is a billionaire.

I have $20 in my pocket.

I don’t have two cents to rub together. I’m broke.

 

river- the water moves, the water flows, the Fraser River,

lake- the water is still, it does not flow, Rice Lake, Burnaby Lake

 

The Caspian Sea

 

Lake Victoria

 

beach – where the water meets the land, the shore, sand or rock

Kitsilano Beach, Wreck Beach, Second Beach

 

Wreck Beach- nude beach

 

thick  sick

thin thick

He has thin hair.

She has thick hair.

 

 

2.1

5. vocabulary for clothes / clothing

parts of a shirt- sleeve, short sleeve, long sleeve

He is wearing a short-sleeve shirt.

A shirt has two sleeves.

buttons or snaps

tail

You should tuck your shirt in. You should tuck your shirttails in.

When you are wearing a suit, you have to tuck your shirt in.

polo shirt-

collar- His shirt has a collar.

 

A t-shirt does not have a collar. A t-shirt has a crew neck.

Some t-shirts are v-necks.

 

no sleeves- sleeveless   The man is wearing a sleeveless t-shirt.

 

 

6. Two people play soccer together.

one person

two or three people

persons

peoples

Mr. Skinny and his son kick the ball to each other.

Mr. Skinny and his son throw / toss the ball to each other.

throw (verb)– overhand

toss (verb)- underhand

I toss the ball underhand to my son.

 

 

Word List 1.2

throat- the air pipe inside your neck

bangs- She has no bangs. He has bangs.

 

wage- money that you earn per hour, minimum wage

The minimum wage in BC is around $15.70.

a bit- a small amount    I have a bit of time to read books. 

a lot – a large amount

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