EF 4 5 Class 38

 

Today’s agenda

·      Collect the writing from the people presenting Monday.

·      Quiz#7 -adjective clauses

·      Presentations

·      Continue to review verb tenses

·      Group chat from yesterday- report out

·      Finish Word List 1.7

·      HW   Decide if you want to replace a quiz and/or a test. Email me

by Monday at 7PM which test and/or quiz you want to replace if any. We will do the replacement quiz and test on Thursday.

If you do not email me, you will not be able to do it.

 

Monday

·      Final presentations

·      Continue to review verb tenses

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Tuesday

·      Begin sentence combining

 

Wednesday

·      Sentence combining

 

Thursday

·      Opportunity to do a replacement test and/or quiz.

 

Friday – April 19^th- FINAL DAY

·      Non-intructional day

·      I will be doing your final marks and report cards.

We can meet one-on-one to talk about the term, your progress,a and next steps.

 

12 Verb Tenses , narrowed down to 7

It will take a few weeks to get through the seven tenses.

 

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE FUTURE

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

PAST PROGRESSIVE

FUTURE PROGRESSIVE Not an everyday verb tense. Use simple future instead.

PRESENT PERFECT

PAST PERFECT Not commonly used. Use simple past instead.

FUTURE PERFECT Very uncommon, not important. Use simple future.

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Use past progressive or simple past instead.

FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Use simple future instead.

 

 

 

Quiz#7

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Submit by 9:50

1.    water

2.    diamond

3.    school

4.    clock

5.    SOME KIND OF FOOD

6.    NAME OF A PERSON

 

 

 

Small group chatting- 4-5 people together

relaxed talking in English

1.       What advice would you give to newcomers to Vancouver- social, professional, financial, emotional

2.       Differences Between Schools in Canada and in My Home Country- teachers, students, testing, class participation.

 

 

 

New technology that students are using in classes, some of which is

problematic.

 

balance      – useful tool

-         hinderance to learning

 

Encouraging you to do hard work- cognitive work

Keep struggling.

Embrace the frustration and difficulty.

The results will follow.

 

 

DIFFERENCE

PRESENT PERFECT- started in the past, contines to now

“Shira has worked at Starbucks for six months.”

“Junko has lived in Vancover since 2021.”

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE- sounds temporary

“Shira has been working at Starbucks for six months.”

“Junko has been living in Vancover since 2021.”

 

 

survival job “have been working”