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
Today’s agenda
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Presentation day- eight people
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Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses
Prepare for quiz on Monday
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Vocab exercises
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Back and Forth 1.8
**Final week**
Monday- fifth last day
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Presentation day
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Begin sentence combining
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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.
Advice on Public Speaking
It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.
Everybody is scared of speaking in public.
#1 fear of most people is public speaking
If you feel nervous, you are in good company.
when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking-
autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses,
we can’t control them
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nervousness
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heart racing
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upset stomach
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knot in your stomach
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butterflies in your stomach
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jitters, shaky hands
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sweating
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clammy hands
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vision blurred
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tunnel vision
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voice cracks
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have to go to the bathroom
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red face, blush
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mind goes blank
These are normal and predicable responses.
We are all in the same boat here.
Keep going. Don’t apologize.
Tips for Public
Speaking
1. Deaf grandmother- speak up or use the mic, slow down a
bit
2. Good dog- energetic tone, animated
3. Magic eye – eye contact
EXTRA TIP: Reframe in my mind- no group, just individuals
Everybody is on your side.
EXTRA TIP #2 – mic usage, proximity to your mouth
Slips for giving feedback
Sentence types:
You must become familiar with and be able to use when
writing and talking. These are aimed on more academic, professional level of
English. This is for more formal, structured communication.
SIMPLE SV SSV
SVV SSVV Question
Command
COMPOUND SV, SOBA
SV. SV; SV. SV; TRANS, SV.
COMPLEX ADVERB
CLAUSES
NOUN
CLAUSES
ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES
COMPOUND COMPLEX
Adjective clauses
*Basic level of knowledge
90% of the time
who- people
that- things, animals, people (impolite, not respectful
sounding)
which- special things, unique things
Far less common, quite uncommon
whom
MY ADVICE – forget about ‘whom’
EXCEPTION “To whom it may concern,”
‘whom’ object pronoun
- https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/
whose -possession
This is my friend, Shira, whose daughter won an award
for piano.
My teacher, whose dog comes to the school on Fridays,
is an animal lover.
The little boy, whose bicycle was stolen, was very sad.
whose- used for people, things, everything
where- place
Beijing is the city where she was born. adj cl
‘where’ also used for question Where is your book?
SHEC is the school where we learn English.
Marpole is the branch where you work.
‘where’ used for questions, adj cl, n cl
NOUN CLAUSE I know where you hid your chocolate.
Prestigious sounding, very formal
Beijing is the city where in which she
was born.
Marpole is the branch in which you work.
More casual-sounding, authentic everyday English
Beijing is the city that she was born in.
SHEC is the school that we learn English in.
Marpole is the branch that you work at/in.
CHOICES
I know that you play guitar. Where do you perform? SIMPLE
interrogative
I wonder where you perform. COMPLEX SENTENCES- NOUN
CLAUSE
ABC Club is the place where I usually perform. COMPLEX
SENTENCES- ADJ CL
ABC Club is the place in which I usually perform. COMPLEX
SENTENCES- ADJ CL
ABC Club is the place that I usually perform in/at. COMPLEX
SENTENCES- ADJ CL
Exercises A.
1.
Mary tutors students. They need extra help in
geometry. ‘who’
Mary tutors students who need extra help in geometry.
subject pronoun
Mary tutors a student who needs extra help in geometry.
agr
The students who need extra help in geometry are tutored
by Mary. passive voice
I protect Butter.
Butter is protected by me. passive voice
Mei was raised by a very strong mother. passive voice
active and passive voice- active voice- the subject is doing
the verb
passive
voice- the subject is doing nothing
Quiz #5
who
that
which
whom whose where
Let’s choose 10 vocab words for the quiz.
1.
appetite(N)
for
2.
important(adj)
3.
kind(adj,n)
4.
talk(v,n)
5.
study(v)
6.
quality(adj,n)
7.
brilliant(adj)
8.
advanced(adj,v)
9.
teach(v)
10.
unclear (adj)
MONDAY- after the quiz
Putting commas around adjective clauses
Odd Word Out, Exercise 2
1.steady separate(v,adj) separate ‘ate’(v) separate ‘it’ (adj)
2.Verb usage is major obstacle for Jie.
dilemma- a problem with no good answer
Staying in Canada or going back home has been a dilemma for
Junko.
She is on the horns of a dilemma.
IDIOM on the horns of a dilemma – no easy good answer
3.
She was weeping. cry class-car She bought a G class Mercedes.
4.
taciturn(adj)- doesn’t like to talk much, close-mouthed
someone who talkes a lot- talkative, blabbermouth- someone
who tells your secrets, gossip
He is such a big mouth. She is motormouth.
8. She has been working on her self-esteem.
15. Prudential – sounds like wise investments
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