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
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Review verb tenses- present perfect continuous
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Presentation project work- getting ready for
tomorrow
microphone
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Continue business letter writing
·
Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses
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Back and Forth 1.8
Friday
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Presentation day- eight people
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Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses
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Test- business letter
**Final week**
Monday- fifth last day
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Presentation day
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Begin sentence combining
·
Quiz#5 – adjective clauses
Tuesday- fourth last day
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Presentation day
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Continue sentence combining
Wednesday- third last day
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Final test#5or6- 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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Non-inctructional day
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Optional replacement test or quiz
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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.
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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