Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15
reunion(n)- meeting a old friend after a long time
propane travel barbecue
Today’s agenda
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Continue simple past verb tense
Past
tense stories “A Centenarian Became a Celebrity” and “Opera in the Time of
Covid-19”
·
Review paragraph format and structure
·
Test#2
·
HW Read new
dialogue “Asking for Directions”
Monday
·
Begin simple future verb tense
·
“100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs”
Tuesday
·
Continue simple future verb tense
Idioms with ‘hit’
-a hit movie – popular movie, e.g. Titanic was a hit
movie.
A very popular movie is called a blockbuster.
The Godfather was a blockbuster.
-a hit song- popular song e.g. “The Shape of You” is a hit
Taylor Swift song.
-megahit- huge hit Adele’s song “Hello” was a megahit.
Money Heist
heist(n)- bank robbery
-hit the
books – study I have a math test
on Monday. I have to hit the books this weekend.
-hit the road- leave, have to go I have to hit the road in 10 minutes.
-hit the hay- go to sleep It’s
11 o’clock. I’m going to hit the hay.
-hit the sack- go to sleep It’s
11 o’clock. I’m going to hit the sack.
-hit the roof- get very angry My mother hit the roof when I made a mess
in the
kitchen.
Donald Duck
hits the roof a lot.
He is hitting
the roof because
-hit the nail on the head- be correct, be right, say something
correct
You hit the nail on the head. You
gave an opinion that was correct. You are correct. You are exactly right.
-hit the
ground running- get right tio work, start
quickly without wasting time, work hard and efficiently
Shira hit the ground running
when she immigrated to Canada. The first thing she did was learn English as
quickly as she could.
He hit the ground running at his
new job. He learrned everything about the job in just a few weeks. His manager
will give him a promotion soon.
Past tense stories “Opera in the Time of Covid-19”
opera-
Iranian opera
famous opera singer- Maria Callas
The Met- New York City CBC FM – live opera every Saturday
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-285-saturday-afternoon-at-the-opera
livestream(v)- online video (visuals) and audio (sound) –
live video and audio
You can livestream a concert, a class, a meeting, or sports.
You can livestream (stream) any event or show.
Paragraph
-at least 80 words
-doublespace
-write inside the margins
-write in pen
-one block of writing
-full name and class in top right corner
-all devices and noted away
Topic sentence
3-4,5 supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Test#2
Write a paragraph of at least 80 words
Doublepace
Devices away
Choose one topic
1.What are some ways your country is different than Canada?
2.What was your favourite hobby when you were a kid?
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