EF5Wr567 Class 29

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Quiz noun clauses

RW for bonus pt

Pass in your RW today of first back from Winter Break

·      Reading “Christmas”

·      Midterm reports- finish other half of the class

·      Watch video “Mr Bean’s Christmas”

 

WINTER BREAK- two weeks

 

We will come back Monday, January 8^th.

Monday, January 8th

·      Continue review of verb tenses

·      Continue phrasal verbs – daily part of the class

·      Begin process/expository writing

 

 

Quiz#4

Write a complex sentence with a noun clause for each.

1.    think                holiday

2.    wonder           world

3.    remember      music

4.    say                    plan

5.    understand     movie

6.    know               drive

 

 

 

“Christmas”

 

B. Vocabulary Preview

1.secular(adj)-

2.statutory(adj)- a statutory holiday- BC Family Day

“BC Family Day is a stat (holiday).”

UK- a bank holiday

3.commemorate (v)  He will commemorate his father next week.

4.gathering- get together(phrasal verb) a get-together(n)

“I am having a little get-together/casual party with some friends tonight.”

5.

6.precede pre-before

7.originate(v) origin(n) original(adj) originally(adv)

Aboriginal- First Nations

8.

9.bonfire- a big fire that people can stand around, dance around

10. exchange(v)(adj)  We enchanged gifts/phone numbers/money.

She is an exchange student.

 

dollar- currency

11. beard, scruff, five-o’clock shadow, moustache, goatee, chops, sideburns

12. sleigh  Reindeer have antlers. Bulls have horns.

13.

14.

15.festive(adj) festival(n)

 

 

 

 

 

“Testing Your Prepositions”

Exercise 1