SUMMER EF56 Class 13

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Today’s agenda

·      Interim recommendations-

·      Quiz#3- complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Begin business letter writing

·      Small group conversation

·      Review verb tenses – present perfect

 

Friday

·      Interim recommendations

·      Begin complex sentences- noun clauses

·      Continue business letter writing

·      Review verb tenses

·      Academic vocab exercises

·      Listening to lyrics “Close to You”

 

Monday

·      Continue complex sentences- noun clauses

·      Continue business letter writing

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz#4 on noun clauses

·      Begin complex sentences- adjective clauses

 

 

 

Interim recommendations

-         spoken with many of you yesterday

-         eager to speak with the rest of you

-         your call/decision

-         Happy to show you how things are going this term

-         Happy to do one-on-one chats

-         Your recommendations are in the system for the advisors to see.

 

 

Quiz #3

Lined ruled paper

Doublespace

Name and class

Follow margins

Phone and devices put away (off the table)

 

 

 

Business letters – practical writing skills, not academic, not school writing

different modes of writing, different purposes, different intentions

school/academic writing – writing a paragraph or essay, writing about a short story, poem, novel, narrative, definition, descriptive, process, opinion (persuasive)

living in Canada, everyday useful writing - practical writing for work, writing for business, writing for government issues, writing for immigration, writing for tax, writing for job applications (cover letters), writing for complaints

 

 

-official writing, more formal, not casual writing

 

Reasons to write Business-style letters:

(Even emails can benefit from using the more formal style of a business letter –sets a professional, serious, courteous, respectful, mature tone)

e.g. Student emails to teachers.-

“What!!!????”

“what day the class end”

“im gonna miss class today what u gonna do in class?”

Very unprofessional looking.

We can do better.

A more professional and more formal tone and structure is advised. I tend to err on the side of formality.

-polite, not too casual

-sets a good tone

-respectful

 

REASONS TO WRITE A BUSINESS-TYPE LETTER

1. interdepartmental letters (within a company)

2. cover letter for a resume (special style)

https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/cover-letter-format?aceid=&gclid=CjwKCAjwtuOlBhBREiwA7agf1jzuMU7oPQn0MdB3uQ7m8e0xCgYSZHHYoRE3fMHtGdp7iK1vYl9rdRoCsTYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

3. application letters to colleges and universities

In the Fall and Spring, many of our Grade 12 students are frantic about getting applications in to colleges and universities. The letters that they write are very important. I remember spending about two hours cowriting a letter with an English 12 student for her application to UBC.

4. letter to a government agency, Canadian government or the government of another country (e.g. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Immigration Canada, Canada Pension, City Hall)

NOTE: Communicating with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is really difficult.

5. employer/manager/boss (e.g. promotion, transfer, raise, personal leave, quit)

6. business person

7. court (e.g. jury duty)

8. lawyer

9. writing to your child’s teacher

10. report to a supervisor

11. incident report (e.g to police or insurance, ICBC)

12. getting airline tickets refunded

13. refund from Amazon

 

Have you ever written a letter like that?

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

Small Group Talking Topics

Small groups (4-5 people)- chatting, IDIOM chew the fat

 

1.    What are the most important qualities in a person?

2.    If you were rich, how would your life be different?

3.    If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

personality, habits physical, etc

 

 

 

-Present perfect- from the past until now

She has lived in Burnaby since 2021.

Mohammad has worked at Skytrain for two years.

since DATE

for SPAN OF TIME

We have been in class for three weeks.

They have been married for 40 years.

 

past perfect

My grandparents had been were married for almost 70 years.

Authentic English- substitute simple past

CHALLENGE: If you ever hear a native-speaker use past perfect, let me know. I will get you a coffee or tea.

 

-Past Perfect- not used often, SUBSTITUTE simple past

-Future perfect not used often SUBSTITUTE simple future