EF 7 11 Class 43 Essay

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      MOSTLY THE FULL CLASS

Final test AF – essay

I will not have much time to mark the essay in detail- grammar

I’ll read it and give a mark.

·      Collect novels

 

Wednesday

·      Final class

·      Marks Day

·      Not an instructional day

We can meet one-on-one to discuss your final result. We can look at your essay together.

If you are absent on Wednesday, email me between 9:15-11:30. I will email you your final mark. I won’t be able to discuss your term via email. If you like to discuss anything with me, you have to come to school.

 

 

 

Tomorrow I will finishing your final marks.

 

Quiz 1&2    6pts each

Tests1-5     12pts each

Essay          20pts

Pres.           10pts

Spoken       20pts (2X10pts)

RW              1pt each

HW              .5pt each

 

X/~134 = Average

50% is the passmark in BC.

 

I will submit your final mark and some comments.

The comments will appaear on your reoport card, which you can get from the office after next week.

I can show you my comments tomorrow if you are here.

 

Tomorrow- I‘ll be here doing the marks and comments. I’d be happy to chat with you, look over your essay, whatever.

If you are going to be absent, email me, and I can send your final mark to you.

 

 

EF 1 2 Class 42 Review of verb tenses, Adverbs of frequency

 

English Foundations 1&2

Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Review verb tenses. Test tomorrow on verb tenses- last test

Practice writing sentences with the four verb tenses. This will help is get ready for the test tomorrow.

·      Begin adverbs of frequency/time

·      Finish “Questions”

·      Finish “Time Off”

 

IF TIME

·      Continue Listening work Word List 1.6

·      Review sentence types

 

Tuesday

·      Continue adverbs of frequency

·      Test on verb tenses

 

Our final day is Wednesday, June 28^th.

 

Wednesday

·      Marks Day

·      No instruction –  I won’t be doing any teaching.

I can talk with each of you about how the term went, and what your final result is.

If you are absent on Wednesday, you can email me between 12-2:15. I will email you your final mark.

If you want to talk about the term and your marks, then come to class.

 

 

Review our four verb tenses from this term:

Tomorrow – test on the four verb tenses

 

1.    SIMPLE PRESENT- always, habit, usually, every day

2.    SIMPLE PAST- one event in the past, finished, over

3.    SIMPLE FUTURE- one event in the future, yet to happen

‘will’ ‘am going to’

4.    PRESENT PROGRESSIVE- happening right now, nowadays

AUX +‘ing’ 

 

 

Example test- 12 sentences

Write a sentence using the verb and verb tense for each.

1.    simple present             buy

She always buys coffee at JJ Bean in the morning.

 

2.    simple past                    play

I played tennis yesterday evening at QE Park.

 

3.    simple future                watch

Maury will watch TV if he finishes his homework.

Maury is going to watch his daughter perform in a play tonight.

 

4.    present progressive    study

Jaochim is studying at this school.

His two sisters are studying to be engineers.

 

5.    simple present             do

6.    simple past                    see

7.    simple future                get

8.    present progressive    walk

9.    etc

10.                       etc

11.                       etc

12.                       etc

 

Let’s choose 20 verbs to review for the test. I will use 12 of them for the test.

1.    have

2.    go

3.    get

4.    make

5.    think

6.    believe

7.    do

8.    bring

9.    take

10.                       write

11.                       create

12.                       come

13.                       speak

14.                       read

15.                       grab

16.                       help

17.                       hear

18.                       put

19.                       leave

20.                       work

Test tomorrow – last 50m of class

 

 

 

ADVERB- part of speech

Other parts of speech

NOUN- person, place, thing, idea

VERB- action word

ADJECTIVE- descriptive word, describes a noun

 

ADVERB – describes a verb

often ends in ‘ly’

 

really          She really likes cats.

quickly       You have to go quickly.

easily          He won the race easily.

 

TURN ADJECTIVES INTO ADVERBS

ADJ                                  ADV

happy                              happily

sad                                   sadly

slow                                 slowly

amazing                          amazingly

beautiful                        beautifully “The ballerina dances beautifully.”

safe                                 safely “Please drive safely.”

lovely                              lovingly “He talked to the baby lovingly.”

 

Adverbs of Frequency- how often

 

e.g. They always walk to school.

He never does his chores.

 

Frequency Adverbs

100%          always

95%             almost always

80%             usually, often, frequently

50%             sometimes, occasionally

20%             not very often, seldom

10%             rarely

5%               almost never

0%               never

 

Examples:

He goes shopping.

How often does he go shopping?

He sometimes/always/never goes shopping.

 

My sister eats breakfast.

How often does she eat breakfast?

She usually/often/always eats breakfast.

 

Her brother does his homework.

How often does he do his homework?

He usually/almost always/almost never does his homework.

 

Juan visits his home country.

How often does he visit his home country?

Juan seldom/rarely/often/NEW WORD regularly visits his home country.

Juan sometimes visits his home country.

 

HIGHER LEVEL: We can put adverbs in different places in a sentence.

Juan sometimes visits his home country. EASIEST WAY

Juan visits his home country sometimes.

Sometimes Juan visits his home country.

 

HIGHER LEVEL VOCAB – sporadically (sometimes), frequently (often)

 

SPANISH – change ‘mente’ to ‘ly’ probably will work

 

You can put adverbs in different places in the sentence.

I go to the gym.  sometimes

I sometimes go to the gym. 

Sometimes, I go to the gym.

I go to the gym sometimes. 

 

She often goes shopping downtown.

She goes shopping downtown often.

Often, she goes shopping downtown.

 

rarely- 10%

Don rarely calls his brother.

Don calls his brother very rarely.

Rarely, Don calls his brother.

 

 

I rarely never get home to Iran.

I often get home to see my family in China.

You very seldom get home.

 

 

I very very rarely visit Cape Breton Island.

I often miss it often.

miss it – feel homesick

 

She often feels homesick. She wants to go visit her country, Cambodia.

 

We like would to get home to Iran. However, we never do because we are always are fighting in conflict with the government.

 

We always take our break at this time.

 

 

C. Vocabulary Review

1. exciting – unexciting

2. employer-boss   employee-worker

3. schedule     benefits-health insurance, vacation, pension

8. vary(verb) various(adjective)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s practice writing sentences using the four verb tenses:

1.    have

2.    go

3.    get

4.    make

5.    think

6.    believe

7.    do

8.    bring

9.    take

10.                       write

11.                       create

12.                       come

13.                       speak

14.                       read

15.                       grab

16.                       help

17.                       hear

18.                       put

19.                       leave

20.                       work

 

 

 

For summer or September classes, you can register online.

You may be on a waiting list.

 

EF 7 11 Class 42 Presentations, AF Ch9-10

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Feedback forms- You each need five.

We can give helpful feedback to our fellow learners.

-criticism, critical (sounds negative)

-constructive criticism – helpful advice

 

·      Presentation day

I will gather the scripts first thing, at the beginning of class. Make sure you have one printed for me.

6 groups to do their thing.

 

·      Animal Farm Chapter 9

·      Animal Farm Chapter 10

 

IF TIME

·      Continue parallelism

·      Continue sentence combining

·      Remaining verb exercises – verb tenses, phrasal verbs

·      Vocab exercise

 

Tuesday

·      MOSTLY THE FULL CLASS

Final test AF – essay

I will not have much time to mark the essay in detail- grammar

I’ll read it and give a mark.

·      Collect novels

 

Wednesday

·      Final class

·      Marks Day

·      Not an instructional day

We can meet one-on-one to discuss your final result. We can look at your essay together.

If you are absent on Wednesday, email me between 9:15-11:30. I will email you your final mark. I won’t be able to discuss your term via email. If you like to discuss anything with me, you have to come to school.

 

 

 

Chapter 9 Discussion Notes

MY LECTURE NOTES

  Boxer hurt, keeps working, not show pain

  Clover nurse, Benjamin worried

  Boxer looking forward to his retirement- good pension plan

 

  hard winter, rations reduced except for pigs and dogs (75)

Squealer spins “readjustment” real meaning ‘reduce’ ‘cut’

EUPHEMISM – polite word, indirect word, instead of the real word, clear word

‘bathroom’ ‘washroom’

 

 

Squealer uses figures to prove life better

  “they had been slaves and now they were free” (75)

 

  Napoleon sires many children- educated, play apart

 

  other animals must stand aside for pigs

  pigs wear green ribbons on Sundays

 

  successful year, but rations reduced, pigs still fat, comfortable

barley reserved for pigs, beer ration

  life has “greater dignity” (77) songs, speeches, processions

 

  Spontaneous Demonstrations (77) appointed time, military-like procession

not ‘spontaneous’, forced

 

  fluttering flags, empty bellies

  Animal Farm-Republic with president

  further propaganda against Snowball regarding Battle of Cowshed (78), Napoleon wounded Snowball

 

  Moses the raven returns (78), outwardly condemned but supported by pigs

 

  Boxer tiring, weakening, collapses

  knacker van- Benjamin finally speaks up, too late

l  knacker – enders animals into leather, glue

 

  Squealer spins van/ death, hospital

 

  pigs bought, got drunk on whiskey

Where did the money for the whiskey come from?

 

 

 

l  Chapter 10 Discussion Notes

MY LECTURE NOTES

  pre-rebellion life forgotten, all original animals dead except Clover, Benjamin, Moses, some pigs

  No animals ever retired

  Benjamin more or less the same, more “morose” “taciturn” (?) after Boxer died

VOCAB ‘taciturn’ close-lipped, uncommunicative, silent

 

  new horses, stupid, good workers, comrades, accept everything

  farm prosperous, successful- animals not richer, except dogs and pigs

  many dogs and pigs

  pigs write reports, immediately burned (87)

  no memory/ context to compare quality of life

  Benjamin recalls, cynical- not better or worse

  Squealer spins

  Animals feel hope “sense of honour and privilege” (87)

  “imperishable pride” “old heroic days” (88)

  patriotic about Animal Farm

  “All animals were equal”

  Squealer reeducates sheep: “Four legs good, two legs better!”

  Pigs on hind legs, Napoleon with whip

  Benjamin reads aloud single commandment (90)

“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”

COMMON IDIOM some are more equal than others

  pigs wear clothes, smoke pipe, carry whips

 

  Big meeting, final scene of book

  all friends, speechifying, toasting

  model farm “did more work and received less food” (92)

  common “labour problems” “you have your lower animals... we have our lower classes” (92)

  Napoleon not “subversive” or “revolutionary”, just want “normal business relations”

  farm co-op “owned by the pigs jointly” (93)

  renamed “Manor Farm”

  big fight, card cheats, indistinguishable- read final paragraph (95)

 

What do you think will happen next on Animal Farm?

Will the animals rebel again?

 

 

 

Essay tomorrow – Focus will be on good essay structure.

I will ask you an easy question.

Organize and write a good paragraph.

 

e.g. What are three some ways Napoleon goes against Old Major’s ideas?

 

 

How to Get a High Mark on Your Essay

1.    Read the question.

2.    Generate ideas.

3.    Organize your ideas.

4.    Make sure that each sentence is a real sentence.

5.    Check your sentences- proofread, edit

6.    Submit it and forget about it.

 

 

EF 1 2 Class 41

 

English Foundations 1&2

Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Return Test

Describing a photograph

descriptive language- adjectives

Good sentences- capital letter, periods, verbs

Rewrite for a bonus point

·      “Questions”

·      Reading “Time Off”

·      Begin adverbs

 

IF TIME

·      Continue Listening work Word List 1.6

·      Review sentence types

·      Review verb tenses

 

Monday

 

 

Tuesday

·      Test on verb tenses

 

Our final day is Wednesday, June 28^th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ocean is so beautiful. casual talking

 

The ocean is very beautiful. good for writing

 

The ocean is so beautiful that I want to swim in it.

so ADJ that

The city was so expensive that I wanted to move.

Vancouver is so expensive that I can’t buy a house.

 

 

 

Wh- Asking Questions

Exercise 1

Talking about Classes

 

1.    How many classes do you have?  how many – ‘classes’ countable nouns

 

1,2,3,4

 

how much – not countable

How much work do you have?  work- not countable

a lot of work,  a little bit of work

How much money do you have?

How much water do you have? 

How much time do you have? 

How much sugar do you have? 

How many cups of sugar do you have?   ‘cups’ countable

How many litres of water do you drink every day?   ‘litres’ countable

How much water do you drink every day?   ‘water’ not countable

 

3.Which one is your favourite?

Which phone did you buy?

Which city were you born in?

 

4. Why do you like Vancouver so much?

Why don’t you like Vancouver?

Why don’t you like coffee?

Why didn't you like the movie?

 

5. Who -person

Who is your best friend?

 

6. When do you VERB?

When do you take medicine?

When do you go to work?

When do you go to school?

When do you drink orange juice?

When do you eat dinner at night?

 

IDIOM Time flies. Time flies when you are having fun.

The time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.

 

Time goes slowly when you are bored.

Time crawls in my math class.

 

VERB crawl- go slowly, like a baby

 

A snake slithers/crawls in the grass.

 

 

8. How many people are in your science class?

How many people live in your house?

How many students are in our class? 16

How many students are attending our class today? 9

 

one person

two people

 

 

IDIOM Who wears the pants in your family?

wear the pants- the person who is the boss

 

My father wears the pants.

My wife wears the pants.

 

Exercise 2

 

 

 

“Time Off”

commute(verb) – travel to work

commuter(noun,person)

 

leisure(noun) rest, relaxation    lee-jer

leisure time – free-time

 

multi-tasking - doing two activities at the same time- e.g. studying and listening to music

 

obvious(adjective)- clear, easy to understand

obviously(adverb)

 

surf(verb) – riding an ocean wave with a surfboard

          -going to different websites, social media

-wasting time

 

B Vocabulary: New Context

1.    a TV program, a TV show

2.