EF 6 7 10 Class 42

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

FINAL WEEK

Today’s agenda

·      FUN Describing objects / Dialogue exercises

·      Optional replacement test for the people who emailed me.

REMINDER:         Replacement test on one of the short stories. You will be asked to include quoted text. “ “

                               You have to bring your stories:

                               “What Happened During the Ice Storm”

                               “I Confess”

                               “Dead Man’s Path”

 

Friday, April 19- last day

·      Non-instructional day

·      I will be doing your final marks and report cards. We can meet for one-on-one conferences if you wish.

 

I will submit your final marks and report cards to the office on Friday.

School starts again on Thursday, April 25^th- Quarter 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

-essay structure

Introductory paragraph- grabber

                                         -thesis statement

                                         -preview

Body paragraphs          1. TS- topic sentence – clear idea

2. TS- topic sentence – clear idea

3. TS- topic sentence – clear idea

                                         4. TS- topic sentence – clear idea

*Indent your paragraphs

Concluding paragraph

 

-quality of the sentences

Sometimes the sentences do not convey your ideas clearly.

NEXT CHALLENGE: To develop your ability to express your ideas precisely.

vf- verb form

vt- verb tense

wf-word form, vocabulary “I am a happiness happy person.”

punc- punctuation-  semicolons and commas

cs- comma splice  “Famly is important, they will look after you when you are not doing well.” CS

“Family is important; they will look after you when you are not doing well.”

“Family is important. They will look after you when you are not doing well.”

“Family is important, and they will look after you when you are not doing well.”

 

Exclamation marks!   Use them infrequently.

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! – not for school wriiting.  

 

folks-people

 

Optional RW for a bonus point. Give it to me tomorrow first thing.

 

 

Exercise 2.1

1.square   rectangle on its side   rectangle on its end   oval  egg-shaped

egg-shaped- wider at the bottom, narrower at the top

2.round table/circle circular table  rectangle rectangular table

   rectangle(n) rectangular(adj)

          hexagonal table, six-sided table   oval table

3. The small fish is chasing the big fish.

The fish with big lips is chasing the other one.

4. Mr. Skinny is bending over to pick the basket.

He is holding the basket on his head with one hand/two hands.

Mr. Skinny is bending over and picking up the basket with one hand/two hands/both hands.         

5.sleeveless shirt with a collar  

A dog wears a collar.

A dog can have a choke collar.

A woman/man wears a choker.

long-sleeve shirt, long-sleeve t-shirt with a crew neck

v-neck

button-up shirt with a collar

shawl

off the shoulder shirt

off one shoulder

lace sleeve top

zippered hoodie

pullover sweatshirt

 

6. Mr. Skinny is kicking the ball to his son.

His son is throwing/tossing the ball to his father.

 

throw is overhand

toss it underhand

 

A basketball player dribbles the ball.

Then she shoots the ball and gets a basket.

She does a layup.

She dunked the ball.

 

IDIOM “tossing and turning”= can’t sleep, have insomnia

 

 

 

 

Replacement test:

 

Write a paragraph of at least 150 words with quoted text.

 

Why did Mr. Obi argue with the priest?