EF23 Class 8

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15

 

This week: Modal auxiliaries

 

BMO Marathon- running race

marathon- 42.2km

half-marathon 21.1km

8km

kids’ run

10k is a very popular race length.

 

We had a barbecue in the park.

 

You had a picnic at English Bay. It was cloudy but not cold.

 

I took my children to Kurdish class.

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      “Correction Codes”

·      Return Test#1

Talk about format

Talk about sentences

Optional rewrite for bonus point

·      Finish overview of sentences- summary, introduction

SIMPLE   COMPOUND   COMPLEX

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

 

Tuesday

·      Begin simple sentences

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

 

 

Wednesday

·      Continue simple sentences

I will explain the structure of the quiz, probably Wednesday

Choose vocabulary for Quiz#1

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#1 – simple sentences

·      Begin compound sentences

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

 

Friday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

 

 

 

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Corrections Codes

For this class, EF2/3, I will use some of them.

-art article a,an,the  We went to the park. We went to a park.

-cap capital letter -beginning of a sentence, proper nouns- Monday, Tuesday, May, June, Canada, Spain, Starbucks, Apple, Vancouver, Tehran, Jun, Mohammed, etc.

-cs comma slice- two sentences wioth a comma between them

It is cloudy, it is not raining.

FIX

It is cloudy. It is not raining. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

It is cloudy, but it is not raining. 1 COMPOUND SENTENCE

-prep preposition  to,in,for,of,at – no grammar rules for prepositions

Marie lives in Canada. She lives in Vancouver. She lives on Fraser Street. She lives at 1234 Fraser Street.

-punc punctuation  comma, period. The dog’s toy is dirty. ‘ apostrophe

apostrophe- shows possesion, own something, have something

My phone is old. Jun’s phone is new.

contractions  he’s=he is   we’re= we are  I’m= I am

the dog’s toys= one dog, many toys

the dogs’ toys= many dogs, many toys

I am Antonio’s mom.

I am these kids’ mom.

I am that kid’s dad.

same pronunciation

 

 

-RW rewrite Try it a different way.

-sp spelling Practice and repetition.

-agr agreement  He are my friend. is

                     Jun live in Burnaby. lives

-vt verb tense !! present, past, future tense

*We will learn this in this class.

-vf verb form She going to a party. is going

                     He goed to a party. went

-wf happy(adj), happiness(noun), happily(adverb)

-# number   There are three person in my family. people

She ate four cookie. cookies

 

Test#1 Marked out of 6. 3/6  4/6  4.5/6

Double it in my mark book 6/12 8/12 9/12

 

For all tests and quizzes, you have an opportunity to fix and rewrite your writing.

We will take time in class to correct and rewrite. I will walk around and help.

You can pass in your rewrite today or first things tomorrow.

I will read the RW and give you an extra point in your marks.

 

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

I like collection Chinese tea. wf

I like V Chinese tea.

I like to collect Chinese tea.

I like collecting Chinese tea.

 

I have alot of Pokemon cards.

I have a lot of Pokemon cards.

I have lots of Pokemon cards.

 

One of the most things I want to do is walking my dog. WO

One of the things I most want to do is walking my dog.

 

I’m fun when I see my friends. ww

I have fun when I see my friends.

 

fun/funny – not the same meaning

fun- enjoyable

funny- humorous, laughing

 

All people need to have fun.

need + ‘to go’ to have’ infinitiive

I need to go to the doctor.

She needs to eat lunch.

The dog needs to have a walk.

I need to correct my mistakes now.

 

indent start your first word about 2cm in from the margin

 

I walk 5 km to the park and back. It takes two hours back and forth. I takes two hours round trip.

 

I enjoyed spending time with my friends.

 

I am feeling relax. VF WF

FIX

I feel relaxed.

 

My handwriting is not very legible sometimes. It can hard to understand. I will try to write neatly.

 

You can pass in rewrites I class or at the beginning of the next class.

 

 

Finish overview of sentence types for EF 23

SIMPLE

COMPOUND so or but and

COMPLEX- because when if

 

Every sentence that you write should be simple, compound, or complex.

*SIMPLE     SV   SSV   SVV

SV      I like spending time with my family.

SSV    My friends and I go to Stanley Park.

SVV   Your son watches TV and eats dinner.

We will do a quiz on simple sentences Wednesday or Thursday.

 

*COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

SOBA so or but and

He likes tea, but she likes coffee.

I want to learn English, so I need to take a course.

She was tired, so she went to bed early.

 

*COMPLEX because if when

The kids are happy because they are playing.

I play soccer a lot because I love it.

I will go on vacation if I get enough money.

I will get to the class on time if my children get ready on time.

When it rains, I don’t ride my bicycle.

She was watching TV when I arrived home.

 

This is what we will learn in EF2/3

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX- because if when

 

We will continue tomorrow.

 

 

 

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“Going to the Bank”

Let’s do some small-group chatting. (4-5 people)

Warm-up questions

1.savings account, chequing account

cheque(Canada) check(US)

US account, safety deposit box

2.ATM- automated teller machine

3.bank statements -

 

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