EF45 Class 40

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Today’s agenda

·      Presentation Project-

Group 2 submit writing

Group 1 present

·      Continue adjective clauses

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

Talk about paragraph Test#4 Friday

 

Friday

·      Presentation Project-

Group 3 submit writing

Group 2 present

·      Continue adjective clauses, choose vocab for quiz Monday

·      Test#4- paragraph on “Roses Sing on New Snow”

 

Monday, June 24

·      Presentation Project- Group 3 present

·      Quiz#5 on adjective clauses

 

Tuesday

·      Return Quiz#5

Optional RW for a bonus point

·      Summary/wrap-up

·      Optional replacement quiz or test. You can decide on Tuesday what quiz or test you want to replace, if you want to replace one.

No email required. You do not have to tell me the day before.

You can write on the top of your replacement quiz or test paper- Replace Quiz#2. Replace Test#3

If you are not going to do the replacement quiz or test, you are free to leave early.

 

Wednesday, June 26, final day

·      Marks day, non-instruction day

·      One-on-one meetings

I have to do the final marks, the final recs, the report cards, one-on-one meeting if you want, etc.

 

 

 

 

Test#4 – paragraph about “Roses Sing on New Snow”

You can have your story out.

Do not copy from the story.

Don’t write a plot summary. Don’t retell the story.

 

 

Begin with a topic sentence.

Topic sentence- linked to the question

-borrow some words from the questions or use synonyms

Why did Maylin work so hard in her father’s kitchen?

 

TS Maylin worked very hard in her father’s kitchen for several reasons.

 

Maylin, the major character in “Roses Sing on New Snow”, was very hardworking in her father’s family restaurant for several important reasons.

 

Maylin was industrious/toiled/struggled in her father’s kitchen for several reasons.

1 write a sentence or two

2 write a sentence or two

3 write a sentence or two

Concluding sentence

 

No “I”  no first person

Write about the story.

 

The focus is writng an aswer that addresses the question.

The focus is on really good sentences: simple, compound, complex.

 

 

 

 

Advice on Public Speaking

 

It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.

Everybody is scared or at least wary of speaking in public.

#1 fear of most people is public speaking

If you feel nervous, you are in good company.

 

when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking

autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses, we can’t control them

-                      nervousness

-                      heart racing

-                      upset stomach

-                      knot in your stomach

-                      butterflies in your stomach

-                      jittery, shaky hands

-                      sweating

-                      clammy hands

-                      vision blurred

-                      tunnel vision

-                      voice cracks

-                      have to go to the bathroom

-                      red face, blush

-                      mind goes blank

-                      feel faint

 

These are normal and predicable responses.

We are all in the same boat here. same shoes

We’re all on your side.

Everybody wants you to do well.

 

Try to relax. We are interested in what you have to say.

If you mess up, just take a moment. Keep going. Don’t apologize.

 

 

The Tips I Give My Children for Public Speaking

1. Deaf grandmother- speak up. speal a bit louder than usual, slow down a bit- listen CBC radio announcers

2. Good dog- energetic tone, animated

3. Magic eye – eye contact

 

 

 

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