EF1 2 Class 26

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s class plan

·      Presentation Day- seven people

You will come to front of the class and talk to the class about a topic.

Feedback slips

·      Continue practice- simple present, past and future verb tenses

·      HW   Reading

 

Wednesday

·      Presentation Day- seven people

·      Continue compound sentence

·      Continue practice- simple present, past and future

·      Finish- Word List 1.4

 

 

Thursday

·      Return Test#4

Rewrite for Bonus point

·      Presentation Day- seven people

·      Midterm recommendations-

I will meet with each person individually in the hallway.

We will chat about what you want to do next quarter.

We will look at your marks: Tests and spoken in-class.

The cut-off for early registration is 65%.

We want the stongest students to register first.

The other students can register after a week or so.

The final passmark is 50%.

 

Friday

·      Midterm recommendations

 

Test #4

Write a paragraph of at least 80 words on the following topic:

Lined ruled paper.

Write in pen.

Doublespace.

Dictionaries and phones put away.

 

What are your plans for Winter Break (two-week Christmas break)?

 

 

 

Presentation Day

feedback slips-

Presenter’s name: Write the name of the presenter

 

What did you most enjoy about the presentation?

Give some feedback /your opinion on what was good.

 

What advice would you give to improve the presentation?

Give some feedback /your opinion on what could make it even better.

 

We will share our feedback with our classmates/colearners.

 

My observations:

Good microphone usage.

Effective eye contact.

Good pace and tone.

 

My recommendations to make it even better:

Prepare your written material.

Prepare enough written material for 2-3 minutes.

Don’t memorize your writing. That is not natural speaking.

 

Really good job!

You did very well.

 

 

 

Review of simple present, simple past, and simple future

 

These are the verb tenses that we have been working on.

 

-simple present- daily routine, habitual action

-simple past- one event in the past, finished

-simple future- one event in the future, has not happened yet

 

-simple present

She buys coffee at the supermarket every week.

 

-simple past

She bought coffee at the supermarket last week.

 

-simple future

She will buy coffee at the supermarket next week.

She is going to buy coffee at the supermarket next week.

 

 

Verb Tense Review 1

Exercise 1

1.    jumped – simple past

2.    will sing / is going to sing – simple future

3.    runs – simple present ‘always’- good word for simple present

4.    will leave / are going to leave – simple future

5.    sits- simple present ‘every day’- good words for simple present

6.    talked – simple past