Thursday, 27 July 2023

SUMMER EF56 Class 18

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

 

**Final two weeks

Small group talking

Back and Forth exercises

Grammar   -appositives

                     -phrasal verbs

                     -parallelism

                     -passive/active voice

What else do you want to cover?

 

Today’s agenda

·      Review verb tenses- present perfect continuous

·      Presentation project work- getting ready for tomorrow

microphone

·      Continue business letter writing

·      Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses

·      Back and Forth 1.8

 

Friday

·      Presentation day- eight people

·      Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses

·      Test- business letter

 

**Final week**

Monday- fifth last day

·      Presentation day

·      Begin sentence combining

·      Quiz#5 – adjective clauses

 

Tuesday- fourth last day

·      Presentation day

·      Continue sentence combining

 

Wednesday- third last day

·      Final test#5or6- sentence combining

 

Thursday- second last day

·      Review of sentence types

·      Review of verb tenses

 

Friday- Final day

·      Non-inctructional day

·      Optional replacement test or quiz

·      Marks day

I have to have my marks in to the office by the end of the class on Friday.

I will be able to tell you what your final mark is on Friday.

Alternatively, if you don’t want to do a replacement test or quiz, you can email my on Friday between 8:30-12. I will email you your mark back to you. I won’t be able to discuss your work over email. If you want to chat, come to school.

 

 

 

Goodbye  God be with you.

Adios (Spanish) dio-God Vay/la con dios – Go with God.

Hadaoffice(Farsi) – God save you.

 

SLANG/CASUAL Goodbye – Check you later. See you. See you later. See you when I’m looking at you.

Kids – See you. Wouldn’t want to be you.

Say it, don’t spray it! I want the news, not the weather.

 

 

We are co-learners.

 

anxiety-

 

Marks: Tests and quizzes, Presentation, in-class spoken, HW, RW

 

 

 

-Present perfect progressive –

Present perfect- from the past until now

She has lived in Burnaby since 2021. sounds more permanent

Present perfect continuous

She has been living in Burnaby since 2021. sounds temporary

 

subtlety- not a huge difference

 

I have lived in BC for 30 years.

I have been living in BC for 30 years.

 

She has been working at Microsoft for six months.

 

Try a few- present perfect and present perfect progressive

 

***

Numbers – words or numerals

1-9  write it out  one two three four

10-~~ 10 , 25, 1067

 

e.g. There are seven people in my family.

She has 25 minutes to walk to the bus station.

 

MY ADVICE- You decide and do it consistently.

Me one two-nine   10-~~

 

 

Presentation project work- getting ready for tomorrow

-Pass in your writing at the beginning of class (two paragraphs)

-Come up and talk to the class.

-Use the microphone if you like. RECOMMEND Good practice for us.

 

 

 

Dr. Jeffrey Life- inspirational, motivating speaker, body-building

 

Canada's medical assistance in dying (MAID)- euthenasia

 

hospice care- final care for people who are terminal

 

death penalty- for criminals  Canada does not have the death penalty.

 

suicide prevention – Hotline available, talk to a friend

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS LETTER WRITING

Business letters are formatted differently than school writing.

School writing- double space and indent

 

Business letters            -DON’T INDENT THE PARAGRAPHS

                                         -SINGLE-SPACE YOUR WRITING

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for meeting with me yesterday to discuss the job opportunity. I am very eager to speak further with you about this. Please let me know what day and time you will be available to meet.

 

BUSINESS LETTER – no indent, and single space

 

Thank you for meeting with me yesterday to discuss the job opportunity. I am very eager to speak further with you about this. Please let me know what day and time you will be available to meet.

SPACE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS

I would like to setup an interview with you in the next few weeks. I can be available any workday between 10 and 3.

 

SKIP A LINE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS

 

*Business writing uses a different format than school writing.*

 

 

** ENDING/CLOSING FOR BUSINESS LETTERS

 

Yours truly,

Sincerely,

Yours,

Yours sincerely,

Warm regards, (sounds very friendly, very nice)

Kind regards,

Best regards,

Kindest regards,

Regards, (more formal sounding)

Respectfully, (talking to someone higher in the business than you)

Thank you,

 

MY FAVOURITE:

Best,

 

PERSONAL

Sincerely yours,

Yours sincerely,

Faithfully,

 

Cheers,  VERY CASUAL, Also a friendly way to end a conversation AUSTRALIAN  No worries.

 

 

TOASTING  Cheers! Bottoms up!

 

 

TALKING

POLITE Thank you. You’re welcome. My pleasure.

 

Australian speech: Thanks. No worries.

American speech: Thanks. Uh huh.

Casual speech: Thanks. Sure. No problem. Texting NP

More polite: Thank you. You’re welcome. Certainly. My pleasure. Happy to.

 

I tend to be more formal.

 

CASUAL-FUN

See you later. Not if I see you first.

CANADIAN Keep your stick on the ice.

Check you later.

 

POLITE WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE

See you soon, I hope.

Take care.

Keep in touch.

Don’t be a stranger.

Let’s do it again soon.

Good times.

Let’s get together and do fun things.

Let’s catch up soon.

 

FORMAL Have a good day. Have a nice day.

CASUAL Have a good one. You too.

 

 

VERY OLD-FASHIONED, BUT SOUNDS NICE, PERSONAL LETTERS, NOT FOR BUSINESS

I remain,

 

ONE MORE PIECE OF ADVICE: Try to keep a business letter to one page. Make them as short as possible. Edit. Cut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCENARIO:

Write a short business letter to Robin Smith at Happy Kids School. Request an interview for the job that she posted for a teacher for kids aged 4-6.

 

Robin Smith, Principal

Happy Kids School

4568 Meadowlark Lane

Burnaby, BC

V7J 1F8

 

OR

Choose your own purpose for a business letter.

 

 

NOTE: For privacy, don’t use your real address in the letter.

Email it to me by Sunday night. We can share them on Monday.

Worth a few Bonus points.

 

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTE “Adjective Clauses” p.c.

Review

who

that

which

 

 

whom – not used much

To whom it may concern,

 

who / whom - subject or object pronouns

 

The person who is by the tree is my sister. adj cl – subject pronoun

The person who I was talking to is my sister. adj cl – object pronoun

 

When you have an object pronoun, you have some choices.

1.    The person who I was talking to is my sister.

2.    The person I was talking to is my sister. OMIT the object pronoun

3.    The person whom I was talking to is my sister. Very formal- grammar book

4.    The person that I was talking to is my sister.

 

When you have an subject pronoun, you have no choices. no change, no omit

The person who is by the tree is my sister.

 

‘whom’

 

A.   1. Louis knows the woman. The woman is meeting us at the airport.

Louis knows the woman . The woman who is meeting us at the airport. subject pronoun

The woman who Louis knows is meeting us at the airport. object pronoun

CHOICES

The woman who Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.

The woman who Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.

The woman whom Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.

The woman that Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.

 

3.       The bench was wet. I sat on it. ‘that’

e.g. The bench was wet that I sat on it. XXX

The bench that I sat on was wet. object pronoun

 The bench I sat on was wet.

The bench which had my mother’s name on it was wet.

 

The bench was wet. I sat on it.

I sat on the bench that was wet. COMPLEX – adj cl- subject pronoun

 

I saw a wet bench. SIMPLE

 

2. The chair is an antique. Sally inherited it from her grandmother.

‘which’

The chair is an antique which Sally inherited from her grandmother.

The chair which Sally inherited from her grandmother is an antique.

The chair Sally inherited from her grandmother is an antique.

 

6.The architect is brilliant. Mario works with him.

The architect (OMIT/who/whom) Mario works with is brilliant.

Mario works with the/an architect who is brilliant.

 

Mario works with the architect is brilliant. XXX

Mario’s decision to work with the architect was brilliant.

Mario works with the brilliant architect. SIMPLE

Mario works with the architect who is brilliant. COMPLEX- ADJ CL  

 

 

VERY FORMAL preposition in front

The architect whom Mario works with is brilliant.

The architect with whom Mario works is brilliant. VERY FORMAL

 

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