Good morning,
everyone.
This is beginning
of our fifth week. We are almost halfway through.
We are in
school this week and next week. Then we have a two-week Spring Break. After
that, we will come back for three more weeks.
The final day
of the quarter will be Friday, April 19th.
Registration
for Quarter 4 (April- June) will begin in a few weeks.
I will be
giving midterm recommendations to you next week.
The midterm
recommendations will guide you as to which class you should go to in Q4.
EF4- repeat EF4
or go to EF5
EF5- repeat
EF5 or go to EF6
You may not
be planning to go to school in Q4.
The midterm rec
will be based on youe work so far:
Quizzes
1,2,3,4,5,6- 6 pts each
Tests 1,2- 12pts
each
Spoken work
in class- 10pts
Aiming for a
minimum of 65% to get a recommendation for early registration for the next
level.
If your mark
if between 50-64%, you will have to wait a while befoire you can reg.
If your mark
is below, then you will stay at this level or bring your mark up.
Next week, I
will meet with each of you one-on-one to talk about midterm recs.
This is a very
busy school. We have more students than we have spots.
Getting into
classes is competitive. If you want to move up, you have to do the work.
There is
often less demand for the afternoon classes.
The evening classes
are in high demand.
Last year,
the government allowed people with work permits to come to SHEC. The demand for
Adult Education has skyrocketed.
Some people
may want to repeat. This is ok within reason.
One, maybe
two repeats is usually ok.
My classes
for Quarter 4 (April-June) will be:
Period 1 9:15-11:30
EF2/3
Period 2
12-2:15 EF 4/5
Maybe see you
in Summer term or in September. I don’t know what I’m teaching after Q4.
Today’s
agenda
·
Begin
complex sentences- adverb clauses
·
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
Tuesday
·
Continue
with complex sentences- adverb clauses
Wednesday
·
complex
sentences- adverb clauses
·
prepare
Quiz#5 on Thursday
Thursday
·
Quiz#5
on adverb clauses
other/others
each other
other
another
other
We were talking to the other person/people/teachers/workers/friends.
We were talking to the others.
He applied to several school. He was
accepted by UBC. He is waiting to hear back from the other schools/ others.
other/another
another- singular
He had a pop. Then he had another one.
She took an English class in Q3. She
will take another one in Q4.
He likes Nike shoes. She likes another/
a different type of shoes.
I had an iPhone 6. Then I got another
iPhone 6.
We enjoyed some QT. quality time
He wanted to spend time with you.
UBC Endowment Lands-
Outlet Mall beside YVR. Vancouver
Airport
Brand names- Under Armour, Nike, Guess
Narouz is March 19th. It
will happen in two weeks during Spring Break.
housework/chores/sleepover
whiteout conditions on the highway-
visibility was very low/very poor
We got home safe and sound.
IDIOM safe and sound- arrived home safely
VOCAB safe(adj) safely(adv) safety(n)
save(v)
We have be mindful of safety in the
kitchen.
Drive safely!
safe(adj) adjective forms-
basic
comparative superlative
safe safer safest
big bigger biggest
small smaller smallest
beautiful more beautiful most
beautiful
expensive more expensive most expensive
So far these are the sentence types that we have been
learning:
*SIMPLE SENTENCES
SV SSV SVV SSVV
Imperative Interrogative
It is raining
today.
*COMPOUND
, FANBOYS – not the most useful way to look at it
Simplified to , SOBA
, so , or , but
, and – more useful in my
opinion, 90% of the time
SV, SOBA SV.
Marin is tired,
so she wants to have a nap.
SV, so SV.
SV, or SV.
SV, but SV.
SV, and SV.
SV; SV
SV; TRANS, SV.
It is sunny today; however, it is chilly.
*COMPLEX- independent clause + dependent clause
-adverb clause- this week
-noun clause- this week and next week
-adjective clause – begin late next week
** Adverb clauses***
adverb modifies a verb, usually a ‘ly’ word
She sings beautifully. beautifully
talking about the verb ‘sings’
She has a beautiful voice. adjective
wf word form- beautiful / beautifully
-adverb – describes a verb, describes an action
beautifully She sings beautifully.
-adjective, describes a noun- person, place, thing or idea
beautiful Her smile is beautiful.
The little kid is sad because she lost her stuffed
bear. sad-kid adjective
The little kid is walking sadly because she lost her
stuffed bear. sad-walk adverb
She is a safe driver. She drives safely.
The math is hard. adj
He is working hard. adv He is putting in a lot of effort.
hardly adv almost not at all, not much
He is hardly working. adv He is not working
hard.
working hard / hardly working – opposite
SOURCE OF CONFUSION hard/hardly
She is a hardworking person. adj
He is a lazy person. adj
My windshield wipers hardly do anything.
She smiles beautifully.
adv
He smiled nervously.
adv
Her smile is beautiful. adj
His smile was nervous. adj
nervously
quickly
slowly
He walks slowly.
carefully- You drive your car carefully.
He does his work seriously.
She did the math homework correctly.
good - irregular goodly well She speaks English very well.
good (adj) The cookies look good.
well (adv) He bakes really well. He is a good
baker.
Her English is good. adj
She speaks English well.
adverb
She is a good speaker.
adjective good describes
‘speaker’, noun, not the verb
The grandmother patiently teaches her grandson how to
tie his shoes.
angrily? quickly? patiently? carefully?
I am learning English slowly but surely.
IDIOM slowly but surely – step by step
IDIOM Better late than never.
ADVERB CLAUSES
**expand the idea of adverbs into adverb clauses – S+V
- adverb clause- subject + verb SV
THREE MOST COMMON WORDS FOR ADVERB CLAUSES:
because if when
Most of the time, we use these three words. – high frequency
words, used often , all day long, every day
OTHER WORDS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMILIAR
since
unless
even though/although/though
until
after/before
while
RIGHT NOW, LET’S FOCUS ON: because if
when
EF6 - teach about 25
*TRUTH- BIG SMALL SECRET: You only need about 8-10
Let’s focus on these three to begin with: because if
when
**because- give a reason why
I was three minutes late today because there was a lot of
traffic. adv cl
She is tired today because she had insomnia last night.
adv cl
insomnia = couldn’t sleep
She is tired today because she couldn’t sleep last night. adv cl
He eats ice cream because it is delicious.
She is tired
today because she had
insomnia last night. adv cl SV
I had insomnia because I was worried about my sister.
IDIOM tossing and turning
I was tossing and turning all night.
She is tired
today because she had insomnia
last night. adverb clause
She is tired
today because she couldn’t sleep
last night. adverb clause
I had insomnia because I was thinking about my sister. adverb clause
An adverb is one word, for example ‘quickly’.
An adverb clause is an adverbial conjunction plus a subject
and a verb.
adverbial conjunction- because when
if while as
since although
I had insomnia because I was thinking about my sister. adverb clause
*In an adverb clause, the whole thing is an adverb.
I am happy because
my son is visiting us. adverb
clause
She is upset because
her teacher gave them too much
homework.
She is upset because of the bad news. SIMPLE
She is upset because SV bad news.
She is upset because she
got some bad news. COMPLEX SENT-
ADVERB CLAUSE
Examples for practice:
1.I am happy/upset/tired/worried because...
I am happy/upset/tired/worried because SV.
I am worried because my daughter has a fever.
2.Food prices are going up because there was a bad crop.
3.The little boy is crying because he lost his toy.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
*** “Top 100 Most Used Verbs In American
English”
***Pronunciation of the Day***
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