Good afternoon, everyone.
We will get started at 12:00
Today’s agenda
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Snow!
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Continue sentence types- adjective clauses
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Continue review of verb tenses- present perfect
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Continue phrasal verbs – daily part of the class
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Begin process/expository writing
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Work on prepositions
Thursday
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Continue process/expository writing
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Continue sentence types- adjective clauses
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Friday
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Test#5 this week – process paragraph- probably
Friday
Monday, Jan 15
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Quiz#5- adjective clauses
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Begin descriptive writing
Tuesday, Jan 16
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Descriptive writing, group
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Sentence combining
Wednesday, Jan 17
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Decriptive writing, presentation
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Sentence combining
Thursday, Jan 18
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Friday, Jan 19
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Begin essay work
Presentations- individual presentations
Essays- five-paragraph essay
Replacement quiz or test- last few days
Final spoken mark – x/10
x/10
Final week
Monday
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Essay work
Tuesday
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Essay work
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Wednesday
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Essay to pass in
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Thursday
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Replacement quiz or test
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Friday- final day, January 26th
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Marks day
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One-on-one conferences
Back on February 5th.
who-people
that-things, animals
which- special things, unique things
that- confusing word, used different ways
adj cl
n cl
pronoun
She said that that pen that she bought is
nice. adjective clause noun clause pronoun
Same meaning, easier to understand:
She said the pen that she bought is nice.
who that which
who- people
My neighbour who is very elderly does not like
my son to play in the backyard.
who is very
elderly adj cl SV
neighbour/neighborhood
elderly(adj) – elder(n), senior, aged (Biblical), older(sounds
polite), old (doesn’t sound polite), senior citizen
My dad is getting older. He is older now. He is 81.
IMPOLITE IDIOMS- one foot/paw in the grave, on his last
legs, knocking on Heaven’s door, long in the tooth, ready to give up the ghost
That old dog is long in the tooth. very old
long in the tooth (idiom)- horses teeth grow their whole
life, also mice, also beavers, rabbits
Sometimes people who are very elderly start to worry about
going to heaven. They start going to church and praying and reading Holy books.
“They are cramming for the final.”
‘cramming for the final’ - studying all night before a big
test
cram- study hard in a short period of time
‘cram schools’ – Japan, school that promote intense studying
for a exam
*that
The water bottle that he gave me is nice.
She saw a squirrel that was gathering nuts.
*which
The silver chain which his great-grandmother gave him
has a cross attached.
She is from Guangdong, which is close to Hong Kong.
She is from Guangdong, which is close to Hong Kong. It
is a beautiful city.
She is from Colombo, which is on the Indian Ocean.
Toronto is on Lake Ontario.
Her kids found that Torontonians, who are known for
being impatient, can often be rude. noun clause adjective clause
**If you figure out simple, compound, and complex sentences,
you will be able to do anything in English.
Let’s try some exercises.
B. Multiple choice
1.who
2.whom(unusual)/who/OMIT
3.whom(unusual)/who/OMIT
4.to whom
5.whose
6.which/that
7.who
8.that
insurmountable- impossible, unsolvable, hopeless
9.whom(unusual)/who/OMIT
10.whom
preposition + whom
11.which
field- area of your profession: education, business, sales
12.whose
outlook(n)- opinion, viewpoint of the world, how you se the
world
optimistic/pessimistic
IDIOM
She is a glass-half-full person.
He is a glass-half-empty person.
Dad joke:
The farmer is outstanding in his field.
pun – joke based on a word having two meanings
The farmer is outstanding in his field. He is an excellent
farmer.
field- area of profession, meadow, area of land
outstanding- elite, excellent, very high quality
out standing
The farmer is out standing in his field. He is standing in
the middle of the meadow.
The doctor is outstanding in his field. Not funny.
CONTINUE WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES TOMORROW
Modes of writing:
-narrative writing- telling a story
-persuasive writing- convincing soembody, expressing and
defending your opinion
-process- teaching somebody how to do something
This morning I made a seafood chowder.
step-by-step recipe
whisk
simmer
roast
bake
Homework: Think of something that you can teach how to do.
It could be a recipe, how to fix something, something about computer, dance
move, could be anything. We’ll start to put together a process tomorrow.
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