Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
**Final two weeks
Small group talking
Back and Forth exercises
Grammar -adjective
forms ed ing
-appositives
-phrasal
verbs
-parallelism
-passive/active
voice
What else do you want to cover?
Today’s agenda
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Continue complex sentences- noun clauses
Prepare for quiz tomorrow
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Back and Forth 1.7
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Word forms for some adjectives
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Tuesday
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Quiz#4 on noun clauses
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Continue business letter writing
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Review verb tenses- present perfect continuous
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Begin complex sentences- adjective clauses
Wednesday
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Test- business letter
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Begin First Nations module
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Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses
Thursday
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Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses
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Continue First Nations module
Friday
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MAYBE Quiz – adjective clauses
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Poem-
**Final week
Monday- fifth last day
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Begin sentence combining
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Begin essay work
Tuesday- fourth last day
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Continue sentence combining
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Continue essay work
Wednesday- third last day
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Final test- sentence combining
Thursday- second last day
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Review of sentence types
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Review of verb tenses
Friday- Final day
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Replacement test or quiz
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Marks day
* believe how
I couldn’t believe how hard it was to
immigrate to Canada.
I don’t believe how much I miss my dog.
IDIOM can’t/don’t believe – am very
surprised
May doesn’t believe how much it rains in
Vancouver.
I can’t believe how expensive a purebred
puppy is.
shed(v)- a dog loses hair
Her dogs sheds a lot.
non-shedding
hypo-allergenic – will not bother people
with allergies
* understand + why
I understand why you want to stay in English
Foundation 5.
Jun’s mother understood why she wanted
to marry Taka.
I don’t understand why my brother won’t
forgive me.
Mary didn’t understand why her son could
not make it to school on time.
* understand how
I understand how hard it is to learn a
new language.
I understand how challenging it is to
...
I don’t understand how you could say
that to me.
I don’t understand how to do this math
problem.
I don’t understand how to make you
happy.
Mohamed didn’t understand how the
teaching method could be so different in Canada than it was back in his home
country.
* understand why
I don’t understand why my tomatoes are
not growing.
The little boy could not understand why
he was not allowed to stay up late.
I don’t understand why people came up
with segregation laws/rules.
Joan understands why she did not pass.
You probably know a lot of these already. To get comfortable
with these, you really need to use them in your daily life. It’s really
important for you to engage with authentic English daily.
A. think,
feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize,
worry,think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize, say,
yell, whisper, shout, suggest, find, speak, advise, holler, murmur,
stutter, call out, cry out, mention, wonder
B. that,
what, why, how
COMPLEX SENTENCE – two clauses
Michelle said that she would come
early today.
Michelle said – main clause, independent
clause
that she would come early today – subordinate clause, dependent clause,
noun clause
I think that you are a very kind
person. complex sentence
Back and Forth 1.7
Speaking and listening- focus is on pronunciation
Get into groups of 2,3,4.
Choose one of the words form each group.
Say that word out loud to your partner. -by itself or use it
in a sentence
RECOMMEND: Use it in a sentence. Context is helpful for
hearing and understanding. i.e. huge VS The elephant is huge.
Your partner will try to detemrine which word you are saying.
Then switch.
NOTE: This is a speaking/listening exercise, not a
pointing/looking exercise.
2.either / neither / schedule
sheet-shit beach-bitch
3.faith – strong belief
5. She kneads the dough for the
pizzas.
thought
though
bough
toe
6. adding machine(old-fashioned) -
calculator
abacus
7. ducts - tear ducts
8.cough
I am going to catch a movie this
afternoon.
10. He buzzed me in.
I was buzzing about my raise in
salary.
negotiate- dicsuss, go back and
farth
The manager is bussing the
tables.
11.
12.The child is playing hide and
seek.
“Ready or not, here I come!”
13. I saw a big yacht in English
Bay.
14. She has to juggle kids, work,
and school.
15. You can cook with rose buds.
16. fad- a fashion
that lasts a very short-time, trend
Word forms for some adjectives
-ed
-ing
interested(adj)- emotion, feeling
interesting(adj)-describing a situation, object, experience
outside of ourselves
The movie was very interesting. I was very interested.
bored/boring The
math class was boring. The students were bored.
fascinated/fascinating
The littl boy is fascinated by trains. Trains are facinating to him.
https://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Adjectives_ED_ING.htm
Raising kids can be very frustrating. Parents are often frustrated.
It was embarassing when she forgot her mother-in-law’s name.
She felt embarassed.
It is worrying that you don’t take your medication
regularly. I am worried about you.
-ed form – internal experience, emotion, happening inside
our mind, heart
-ing – external description, talking about something outside
your mind, in the world
The little kid is scared of clowns.
Clowns are scaring scary to him.
The little kid is frightened of clowns.
Clowns are frightening to him.
She was depressed when she lost her job. Losing her job was
depressing to her.
Cinderella was charmed by Prince Charming. He was very
charming.
What was Cinderella’s first name?
Ella
cinder- burned wood in a fireplace
Ella was forced to stay home and clean the house, including
the fireplaces.
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