Thursday, 15 February 2024

EF 4 5 Class 9

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz#2 – simple sentences

·      “Family Relationships” - vocabulary

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Begin phrasal verbs, do a few every day

verb + preposition

‘look’

·      Go over some more of the “Top 100 Most Used Verbs in American English”

·      Pronunciation of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters

 

Friday

·      Professional Development

No school for you.

School for me.

 

Monday

·      Holiday- BC Famly Day

No school for us.

 

Tuesday

·      Back to the grind!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz#2

Use lined ruled paper.

Write in pen.

Doublespace.

Write between the margins.

Full name and class in top right hand corner.

Dictionaries and phones away.

No communication between students.

 

Write a simple sentence for each.

Submit them by 9:40.

1.    SSV                        shopping

2.    SV                          experience

3.    Question              exercise

4.    SVV                        encourage

5.    Command           remember

6.    SSVV                     health

 

 

“Family Relations”

 

-Male Relatives

great-grandfather

stepfather- your mother’s second husband who is like a father to me, hopefully

 

-Female Relatives

great-grandmother, great-great grandmother

daughter-in-law = son’s wife, your child’s wife

in-law = related by marriage, not by blood

sister-in-law = your brother’s wife

*Your uncle’s wife is your aunt.

*Your aunt’s husband is your uncle.

One of the best movies ever: The Godfather

 

-Either Gender

I am an only child. I have no siblings.

She is an orphan. She has no mother or father.

Some people say that only children are spoiled.

 

-Marital Statuses

He proposed to her. She said yes. Now they are engaged.

She is his fiancee. He is her fiance.

He is a confirmed bachelor. He is 48, never been married.

 

-Additional Vocabulary

immediate family/close family- parents and children, spouses

extended family- aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, in-laws

 

maternal- mother

maternity ward- the section of hospital for new mothers

paternal- father

His (maternal) grandmother is still alive at 98.

His paternal grandmother passed away a long time ago.

My mother’s side is from England. My father’s side is from Ireland.

 

neonatal  - neo-new   natal-baby

 

Some cultures have arranged marriages.

 

 

Pair Work – A and B work together to figure out who goes in what part of the family tree.

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