EF 4 5 Class 27

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Explain midterm recommendations

·      “Ordering at a Restaurant”

vocab

dialogues

·      Continue noun clauses

Choose vocab for quiz

·      Phrasal verbs, do a few every day

verb + preposition

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

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

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#6 - noun clauses

·      Return Test#3

RW for bonus point

·      Midterm recommendations for Quarter 4

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Friday

·      Midterm recommendations for Quarter 4

 

 

 

Registration for Quarter 4 begins the day we get back from Spring Break, Tuesday, April 2^nd.

I will half of the class Thursday and half Friday.

 

-TWO-WEEK SPRING BREAK-

 

 

 

Back to school on Tuesday, April 2^nd for the three final weeks.

Our final day will be Friday, April 19^th.

 

***Pronunciation of the Day***

 

 

*** “Top 100 Most Used Verbs In American English”

 

 

 

 

Midterm Recommendations

We are at the halfway point in the term.

 

Interim- midterm, halfway point in the term

 

The midterm recommendation is a snapshot of how you are doing at this moment, based on your average so far.

 

Registration for Quarter 4 courses will begin Tuesday, April 2^nd. You will be able to register via the South Hill website as usual. You will be emailed a link to follow in order to register. I will demonstrate what to do.

 

In order to register, you need a recommendation from your teacher, me. On Thursday and Friday this week, I will give you an interim recommendation for which English class you should register for in April. If you are not going to take a class in Quarter 4, then you don’t need a recommendation from me.

 

On Thursday and Friday, we will have a short chat at my desk. We will talk about how things are going and what your next course should/could be. I will put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors.

 

The interim recommendation will be based on the quizzes and tests you have done so far this term. Also, I will give you a spoken mark out of 10 based on how much speaking you do in class. Plus there are a few points for rewrites, homework, and bonus points.

 

 

New BC Ministry of Education marking categories:

Emerging – first steps, beginning, not ready to move up

Developing- partial understanding, getting better

Proficient- have skills and abilities

Exceeding- sophisticated understanding and ability

 

REMINDER:

Tests are worth double what quizzes are worth.

Test  X/6 = X/12

Quiz  X/6 = X/6

HW 1 pt each

RW Bonus 1 pt each

Spoken X/10

 

For the final three weeks, we will keep doing tests and quizzes untill the end of the course. Plus, there will be a second spoken mark for the final few weeks worth X/15.

 

You will have lots of opportunity to bring your marks up in the last three weeks of class.

 

 

OPTIONS for registration- Stay at your current level or move up to the next level

 

EF4 – EF4 OR EF5

EF5- EF5 or EF6

 

Midterm recs

The South Hill English department strongly recommends that students who are marginally passing (50-60%) not advance to the next level.

People sometimes move up to English classes that they are not prepared for.

This is up to you. The passmark in BC is 50%.

 

We want to encourage students who are doing well in classes to register early for the next level. Therefore, the minimum average required to receive a recommendation from me for early registration (starting Tuesday, April 2) for the next level is 65%. This is to allow stronger students first chance at registering. This is also to dissuade students who are not ready from registering in a class that may be too high for them.

 

We want the strongest students to have an opportunity to register first.

If you’re below 65%, you will have wait a while to register for the next level.

 

NOTE: At the end of the quarter,the passmark is 50%. That is your final mark on the last day.

The 65% is just for early registration.

You can move up to the next level with 50% at the end of the course, but I don’t think that is strong enough. You have to get better at your English.

 

We have three weeks left in our course. You can change your mark significantly depending on the quizzes and tests yet to come. We have about 3 quizzes and 3-4 tests, essays, presentations, plus other marks yet to come. Plus the second in-class spoken mark and the HW and RW pts.

 

You can bring your mark up.

Also, you can bring your mark down.

This is the halfway point.

 

 

 

“Ordering at a Restaurant”

Warm-Up Questions

1.    types of restaurants?

Italian- pasta, pizza, drinks –

-cook pasta – some people prefer “el dente” – firm

Afghani- Horsemen, Granville St

Persian – Yas, North Van

Japanese- sushi, tempura, soba, ramen, yakisoba, udon, onigiri

Chinese- hotpot, dimsum (brunch)

Vietnamese- pho, banh mi, Banh Mi Saigon- Victoria Drive, take-out

mixed styles- fusion restaurant – Shabusen Yakiniku House, Japanese/Korean, Chinese/Indian, Cactus Club

Ethiopian- family style,

Mexican- tacos, burrito, guacamole

Indian- curry, masala, naan, samosa, milligatany soup

Sri Lanka- dosa, Dosa House, close to Main Street and SE Marine Drive

Greek – roast lamb, mousaka, roast potatos, rice, greek salad

 

2.    cooked vegetables-brocolli, cauliflower, potato(tuber), carrot, , zuccini, okra(grain), (red) cabbage, eggplant, squash, sweet potato(tuber), corn, green bean, green/red/yellow/orange pepper, brussel sprouts, mushroom(fungus), chive(herb)

salad – healthier, cucumber, lettuce, spinach, rupini, radish, bitter melon, tomato, kale, mint(herb), parsley, celery, onion, green onion, shallots, sweet onion

both

 

3.    dessert- something sweet- cake, pie, cheesecake, ice cream, chocolate, baklava, souffle,red bean dessert, apple pie

 

B Vocab

1.    Can I take your order?

I would like …, please.

2.    Take your time. You have lots of time. No rush.

3.    steak – well-done, medium, medium-rare, rare, blue

4.    IDIOM couch potato- lazy, sit down at home all day, watching YT

5.    basmati rice, sticky rice, brown rice, white rice, saffron rice, long-grain rice, short-grain rice, sushi rice

6.    mashed potatoes-

7.    Caesar Salad-

8.    house salad

9.    roll- bun, hamburger bun, hotdog bun

10.                       chocolate mousse

11.                       cutlery- utensils- chopsticks, fork, knife, spoon

 

Word Bank

maitre d’ – the host / hostess

receptionist – hotel or office

 

We lounged around our apartment all afternoon.

We met in the lounge for our business meeting.

She sat in the airport lounge and worked on her laptop.

 

waiter/waitress server -takes your order, brings food and drink

Tip your server!

 

martini – alcolholic drink, vodka and vermouth and an olive

cocktail- fancy alcoholic citrus drinks with fruit, umbrella

“May I have a Shirley Temple.”

“May I have a gimlet.”

“May I have a virgin gimlet.” no alcohol

dinner features – dinner specials-  chef’s special- good price

appetizer- appies, snacks, before dinner

“We’re just going to get some appies to share.”

 

 

 

Dialogue- two people talking

We’ll try these tomorrow.