Monday, 8 January 2024

EF 1 2 Class 30

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s class plan

·      Registration Day is tomorrow!

·      College and university planning

·      Review- simple sentences, compound sentences

simple verb tenses

·      New verb tense- present progressive/continuous

·      “Possessive Pronouns”

 

 

tailoring clothing

tailor- a person who sews clothing

hem pants or a skirt

hem(v)(n)- shorten or lengthen pants or a skirt

 

sewing machines or by hand?

 

The Polar Bear Swim – January 1st

 

it will get very cold from Thursday or Friday. It is supposed to get down to -12C.

Thursday will have a high of -2 and a low of -16.

 

Today we have wet snow. When very wet snow is on the ground, we call it slush.

 

rain

snow

hail- small pieces of frozen ice falling from the sky

freezing rain- rain falling form the sky, freezes to ice when it hit the ground

 

slippery sidewalks

black ice- roads are covered with a thin layer of ice, but you can’t see the ice, very slippery

 

Registration day is tomorrow.

You have your midterm recommendations.

If you missed it, I can give you yours today.

 

If you are going to stay in this class, you must register again.

You have to register for whatever class(es) you are going to take.

 

 

Use this URL to register: https://moodle.vsb.bc.ca/moodle3/local/intake/Feb2024/start.php

 

You are a CURRENT student.

Log in to Moodle or create a new account.

Choose your course or courses. You can take a maximum of two courses per quarter. They can not be the same course.

You can get your Personal Education Number (PEN) from your advisor.

 

Every college and university program has different prerequisites.

pre- before

requisite- requirement

 

Study computers at BCIT

Our academic advisors can help you choose a post-secondary program and help firgure out the prerequisites.

 

EF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7/10 11 12

It seems like a long road, but time will pass quickly.

 

college- certificate, diploma

university – grant degrees- Bachelor- BA BSc, Masters, Doctorate

academy- sounds like a private school

 

-private colleges- pay $$, lower quality, take anybody

 

-public college or university- less $$, higher quality, harder to get in

VCC, UBC, Kwantlen, Langara, SFU

 

It’s never too early to start planning for your future studies.

 

This is a good website for choosing post-secondary programs:

https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/

Make an account and have a look.

 

entrepreneur- business person, self-employed, run your own business

 

 

 

Review- simple sentences, compound sentences, simple verb tenses

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES- SV   SSV   SVV

The weather will get cold this week. SV

1.Begin with a capital letter.

2.End with a period or a question mark.

 

SSV- My friend and I went to the supermarket.

SVV- I go to the supermarket and buy some food.

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES

, so   , or   , but   , and

SVV- I go to the supermarket and buy some food. SIMPLE

I go to the supermarket, and I buy some food. COMPOUND

COMPOUND

I like ice cream, but Doris likes cake.

Kids like candy, but they don’t like vegetables.

Today is cold, and it is rainy.

SV, and SV.

 

She studies English everyday, so she improves quickly.

She studied English everyday, so she improved quickly.

She will study English everyday, so she will improve quickly.

 

, or

She can take EF2 next term, or she can take EF1.

 

, SOBA – so or but and

 

soba- Japanese buckwheat noodles

 

Let’s try some!

 

Take out your “100 Most Used Verbs”. Write some compound sentences using simple present, past and future verb tenses. We will share them tomorrow.

 

26. call

SV, SOBA SV.

I call my mother everyday in the morning. SIMPLE SV

I call my mother everyday, and we talk about the weather. COMPOUND

 

Email a few (2,3,4) of your compound to me by 7PM. We will share them tomorrow.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

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