EF45 Class 13

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

FIXED LINK: https://www.espressoenglish.net/phrasal-verbs-in-english/

 

binge-watch – watch hours of a TV show in one sitting

 

My son mowed the lawn. He cut the grass.

I tidied up my house. I cooked vegetarian food.

Northern Lights- Aurora Borielis

Deer Lake Park- business lunch, potluck

 

Northern Lights- Aurora Borielis

aurora- light boreal-north

solar storm- solar-sun

 

You can see all of the colours of the rainbow. There are seven colours in the rainbow: red orange yellow green blue indigo violet.

A memory trick- a man’s name   Roy G. Biv

I learned that in Grade 2.

 

The Canucks won yesterday!

This is the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Stanley Cup – trophy for NHL National Hockey League

The Canucks beat Nashville in Round 1. There are 16 teams in Round 1.

The Canucks are playing the Edmonton Oilers in Round 2. There are 8 teams in Round 2. The Canucks are up 2-1 in the series. The series is best 4 out of 7.

There are three 20-minute periods in a hockey game.

NHL, NFL, MLB, etc.

If the score is tied at the end of regulation time, then they play to sudden-death overtime.

sudden-death overtime- whoever scores first wins

 

Soccer has penalty kicks.

Hockey has a shootout.

 

Volleyball Nationals are next Monday-Wednesday in Edmonton. I won’t be here Tuesday-Wednesday. I’ll be back Thursday. There will be another teacher here, a good one.

 

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

·      “Academic Vocabulary”

·      Continue to review verb tenses and modals

 

Tuesday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

 

Wednesday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

 

 

 

 

3 MODELS FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES

I like dogs, but she likes cats.

I like dogs; she likes cats.   ; semicolon

I like dogs; however, she likes cats.  transitional term

I like dogs, however, she likes cats. XXX

I like dogs, but she likes cats.

 

HIGHER LEVEL

I like dogs. However, she likes cats. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

*You don’t have a semicolon. You can use a period and a capital letter.

 

SV ; TRANS, SV.

Some people are a little uncertain about using semicolons. I will show exactly what to do and how to use them.

 

 

 

 

CONSEQUENCE , so   ; as a result,   ; consequently,   ; therefore,

CHOICE , or   ; on the other hand,   ; alternatively,

CONTRAST , but  ; instead,   ; on the contrary,   ; however,   ; in contrast,

ADDITION , and   ; also,   ; furthermore,   ; in addition,

 

This is a good start for transitional terms. We can learn some of the other ones later.

 

 

EXAMPLES:

CONSEQUENCE

; as a result,   My son hurt his knee; as a result, he can’t play volleyball right now. COMPOUND ; TRANS

 

My son can’t play volleyball right now because/since he hurt his knee. COMPLEX- adverb clause- next week

We cancelled the picnic because it’s overcast.  overcast(adj)-cloudy

It’s overcast, so we cancelled the picnic. , SOBA

It’s overcast; as a result, we cancelled the picnic.

It’s overcast; therefore, we cancelled the picnic.

It’s overcast; we cancelled the picnic.

 

; consequently,

It’s overcast; consequently, we cancelled the picnic.

Your electric bike was stolen; consequently, I called the police.

 

; therefore,

 

He doesn’t have a Canadian work permit; as a result, he cannot work here.

He doesn’t have a Canadian work permit; therefore, he cannot work here.

He doesn’t have a Canadian work permit; consequently, he cannot work here.

 

 

CHOICE ; on the other hand,   ; alternatively,

Most sports fans in the world like to watch football; on the other hand, Canadians like to watch hockey.

You can point with oil paint; alternatively, you can paint with acrylics.

Vancouver is a beautiful city; on the other hand, it rains all the time.

I like to go shopping; on the other hand, I also like to go hiking.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW