We will get started
at 9:15
lifeguard- a person
who keeps swimmers safe
deep cleaning-
clean your house top to bottom
Eid- Muslim
celebration
Downton Abbey
excellent TV series (Netflix) and movie
backgammon- a board
game with dice and tiles
50% 50 percent skill/experience/brains and 50%
chance
flip a coin, roll the
dice
Casino- games of
chance
Today’s agenda
·
Verb tense – present progressive
·
Return Quiz#3
Optional RW for bonus point
·
Start working on “Presentations”
·
“Making a Dinner Reservation”
·
Revisit modals/modal auxilairies
·
“100 Most Used Adjectives Adverbs and
Prepositions”
Tuesday
·
Talk about replacement quiz or test
·
Continue verb tense – present progressive
·
Continue working on “Presentations”
·
“Making a Dinner Reservation” dialogues
·
Revisit modals/modal auxilairies
·
“100 Most Used Adjectives Adverbs and
Prepositions”
Wednesday
·
Continue working on “Presentations”
Thursday
group submit writing
Thursday
·
Presentations- Friday group submit writing
- first
group present
Friday
·
Presentations- Monday group submit writing
- second
group present
Monday
·
Presentations- third group present
Wednesday, June 26th
Final day
Marks day
Present progressive verb tense-
Review of simple verb tenses:
-Simple present- habitual action, everyday, usual
“She/He/It/Junko goes
to school by bus at 8am.”
“We/I/They/You go
to school by bus at 8am.”
-Simple past – one event finished
“She/He/It/Junko/We/I/They/You went to school by bus at 8am.”
was go went
-Simple future- one event to come “will” “am going to”
“She/He/It/Junko/We/I/They/You will go to school by bus at 8am.”
“Jun is going to go to school tomorrow.”
Next verb tense:
Present progressive/present continuous ‘ing’
Either way is OK – present progressive OR present continuous
aux verb ‘to be’ + ‘ing’ verb
aux verb ‘to be’
am is are
Examples:
He is running
down the sidewalk. aux verb ‘is’ ing ‘running’
She is talking
on the phone to her sister.
I am studying
French at school.
You are learning
English at SHEC.
** need two words in the verb “is going” “are walking” “am
talking”
#1 error
She talking on the phone to her sister. verb form
FIX
She is talking on the phone to her sister.
present progressive/continuous- happening right now, at the
present moment, these days, in this period of time, currently
He is running down the sidewalk. happening right now
I am waiting for a bus right now. happening right
now
She is working at Starbucks. these days, currently,
in this period of time
Yofesh is taking Math 10. these days, currently, in
this period of time
present progressive – two meanings 1. right now 2. currently
What are you doing right now?
I am listening to the teacher.
I am sitting here.
I am sitting at my table.
I am watching/looking at the screen.
watching- looking at something that is moving
looking at- looking at something this is still
Jorge is watching soccer on the TV.
I am watching NFL football on TV.
I am thinking about the lesson.
I am sitting down.
I am leaving right now.
What are you doing these days?
I am living in Canada now.
She is studying in the school.
We are working on our English at South Hill.
Matt is working as a bus driver.
Quiz#3
Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.
1. because fish
I eat a lot of fish because it is
deliciuous.
I eat a lot of fish because it is
good for my health. noun
I eat a lot of fish because it is
healthy. adjective
2. when ocean
I will
be happy when I go to the ocean.
3. if problem
She can talk to her mother/friend if she has a problem.
She can talk to her mother/friend if she has problems.
4. after
celebrate
We celebrate after our daughter graduates from high
school.
5. before food
I wash my hands before I eat food.
I must prepare the food before I cook it.
6. even
though healthy
She doesn’t want to eat salad even though is is healthy.
Optional RW for bonus point
She wants to see her
kids happy when they are playing. simple present
and present progressive verb tenses
She wants to see her
kids happy when they were playing. verb
tenses don’t match
She wants to see her
kids happy when they play. both simple
present
Oral Presentation: A Person in My Life Who I Admire
oral- speaking
Who is a person in your life who you admire? Choose one person.
admire(v)- respect, look up to, want to follow their example, act like
them
They are a role model to you.
It can be any person who you know: older, younger, a sibling, parent, relative,
friend, community member, etc. This person can be from your home country,
Canada, or anywhere. It must be somebody that you know personally.
This week, you will put together a short presentation about that person.
There will be two main parts to this project:
WRITTEN (6 points)
A couple of paragraphs.
Paragraph 1-Writing describing who they are. Write a brief biography
(the story of their life) for them. What is their name, age, etc? Give their
background. Some details of their biography. Explain who they are.
Paragraph 2-Writing explaining why you admire them. What characteristics
do they have that you admire? What do they do that you admire?
You will submit your writing
the day before you do your presentation.
SPOKEN (2-3 minutes) (4 points)
On your presentation day, uou will come to the front of the class and
talk to us. You will tell the class about this person and why you admire them. You
can take a few written notes in case you forget something. However, no reading,
please.
Here are some possible topics to focus on:
Their life story
Their personality traits
Things they have said
Their greatest achievements
Their effect on other people
When you met this person
Why you admire them
If you’d like to be like them or not
We will start getting ideas together starting today. We will take some
time in class over the next few classes to organize, write, and polish.
ACTION: In class tomorrow, you can
tell me the name of the person and your relationship to them.
We will the presentations over three
days: Thursday, Friday, and Monday.
Sign up for a spot on the sheet at
the front of the class. We will do 8 per day.
STEPS FOR
TODAY
1.
Choose
which person you want to write about.
2.
Brainstorm
ideas about what you are going to say.
3.
Begin
to write sentences and paragraphs
Focus on nice
simple sentences, compound sentences, sentences with adverb clauses.
Focus on
simple present, simple past, simple future, and present progressive verb
tenses.
**Let’s do our
own writing. Let’s use the grammar work that we hav studies for the past two
months.
Let’s not
use a translating app or ChatGPT to do our work.
Let’s roll
up our sleeves and do our best wriitng on out own.
IDIOM roll
up our sleeves- get to work!, make a good effort
The people
doing their presentation Thursday, please pass in your writing on Wednesday.
The people doing
their presentation Friday will pass in their writing Thursday.
The people doing
their presentation Monday will pass in their writing Friday.
Adverb clauses as …
as
She is as tall as her sister is.
Call me as soon as you finish.
Do your work as well as you can.
Call me as soon as possible.
Do your work as well as possible.
He ran as fast as he could.
IDIOM Got it! I understand.
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