EF4 Class 20

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Registration for September begins today at 9am.

The over 60% s can reg today and tomorrow.

The 50-60% can reg starting Wednesday.

 

In-class or On-line- no mixing

In-class fills up quickly, especially P1, P2 and P4.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Collect Self Assessment Reflection- Week 4

·      Return Quiz#4- noun clauses

Optional RW for a bonus point

Pass in today or first thing tomorrow

·      New reading “Paris”

 

·      Continue adjective clauses

Prepare for Quiz#5

Choose vocabulary to review

·      Continue with prepositions

for me / to me

Example sentences from HW

·      Phrasal verbs

“Phrasal Verbs 2”

·      Continue “100 Most Used…”

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz#5 – adjective clauses

·      Return Test#3

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Talk about sentence types- Use these always when writing.

·      Begin sentence combining

·      Continue “100 Most Used…”

·      New dialogue

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Wednesday-

·      Continue “100 Most Used…”

 

Thursday

·      Return Quiz#4

Optional RW for a bonus point

·      Continue “100 Most Used…”

·      Sentence combining

·      Optional replacement test or quiz (last 55m)

 

Friday- Final day- If you want to bring some snacks, feel free. I don’t want to clean it all up.

·      Wrap-up

Review, Q&A, loose ends

·      Final marks

·      One-on-one meetings

I will submit the final marks to the office on Friday.

 

SUMMER BREAK

Back on Tuesday, September 3^rd.

 

 

IDIOM loose ends- littl things that we haven’t fully dealt with yet, little details, questions still hanging in the air

 

Test#3

Pen

Doublespace

Full name and class

Notes and devices away

Write a paragraph of at least 100 words on the following topic.

What are the best ways to get really good at English?

 

 

 

 

Quiz#4

Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

1.    feel                   rent

I feel that my rent is too high.

2.    say                    internet

She said that her internet is slow today.

3.    hope                convenient

I hope that you will be convenient happy/comfortable in your new job.

I hope that your new apartment is in a convenient location.

I hope that the location of the new store is convenient for people.

She hopes that the school schedule is convenient for her busy life.

I hope that that is a convenient way to get home.

 

Convenient store the groceries always nice and cheap that I hope have the store near my house.

FIX

In the convenience store, the groceries are always nice and cheap. I hope to have a convenience store near my house.

 

comfort(n) a feeling of peace, soothing, a balm, something that makes you feel calm, feel better

Adja’s comfort food is chicken soup.

IDIOM comfort food-

Mei’s dog brings her a lot of comfort when she is stressed out.

 

convenient(adj)- suited to a situation, making something go easily, smoothly

The Skytrain is in a very convenient location, only two blocks from my apartment.

It is very inconvenient getting to North Van by bus. You have to take three busses to get there.

I hope that this appointment time will be convenient for you.

Yes, I can go there right after work. It’s on the way home.

 

IDIOM asking for a drive home or for a favour- I don’t want to put you out. I don’t want you to go out of your way.

 

4.    believe            available

Shirin believes that the apartment will be available in October.

5.    think                landlord

Mei thinks that her landord will not raise the rent next year.

6.    know               empty

I know that my fridge is empty.

 

I think that the rent is convenient affordable/reasonable/expensive/unafforadable/unreasonable for us.

 

 

Joe needs to use internet everyday at his job.

His job need to use requires internet everyday.

 

 

 

capcha- ‘capture’

 

 

Talk to Ken Buis. He is the self-paced expert at SHEC. Ken is teaching is Room 203 this summer. You can ask him.

 

After you reg, you will have to wait for a few days or a week to get confirmation. The advisors have to check each reg seperately.

 

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“Paris”

Let’s get into some small groups. Chat about Warm-Up Questions and Vocabulary Preview.

 

nicknames for cities

Paris- “The City of Lights”
New York City- “The Big Apple”

Chicago – “The Windy City” “The City of Big Shoulders”

Toronto - "Hogtown”

Calgary - "Cowtown”

Vancouver - "Lotusland” “Raincouver”

 

Seine River

Notre Dame Cathedral

The Sorbonne

Le Louvre

 

Parisians

Vancouverites

Torontonians

Halifax- Haligonians

Calgarians

Edmontonians

 

New Yorkers

 

 

The Eiffel Tower,

The Arc d’Triumph

Champ de Lysse

 

 

Vocab Preview

5. plague  The Black Plague, The Bubonic Plague, The Black Death-

Covid 19- pandemic (modern word)

disease- contagious(adj) sickness

6.monarch- king, queen, shah, emperer, Sultan of Brunei

7. democratic- ruled by the people, elected government, vote, free and fair election

8. iconic- The Steam Clock is iconic in Vancouver.

9. sip, gulp, down

10.

 

Continue tomorrow

 

**Break #2**

 

Adjective Clauses

Quiz tomorrow

Homework sentences

 

who- people

that- things, animals

which- special things, unique things

**Most of the time, we use ‘who’ and ‘that.’

 

JOKE Which witch is which?

 

B. Mary who is my friend lives next door.

Mary who lives next door is my friend.

Mary is my friend who lives next door.

 2. The movie that we watched last night was boring.

The movie was boring that we watched last night. XXX

CREATIVE We watched a movie last night that was boring.

That movie that we watched last night was boring.

 

The movie that we watched was boring last night. XXX

 

We watched a boring movie that was last night. SIMPLE SENT

 

Last night, we watched a movie that was boring.

 

3. The girl who has a dog her dog won a prize. XXX

The girl has a dog that won a prize.

4. My brother bought a car that is blue.

The car that my brother bought is blue.

5. The girl who is playing the piano is my sister.

The girl who is my sister is playing the piano.

My sister is the girl who is playing the piano. VERY AUTHENTIC

My sister who is playing the piano V. frag

My sister who is playing the piano is only 7.

6.June bought a shirt that is too small. EASIER WAY

The shirt that June bought is too small.

7.I visited a city that has a famous cathedral.

I visited London, which has a famous cathedral.

8.The movie that we watched last night was interesting.

9.He had an accident that/which happened last night.

10.She completed the project which surprised everyone.

 

 

 

 

Quiz tomorrow

who that which

10 vocab words to review

1.park

2.school

3.supermarket

4.city

5.famous

6.brother

7.doctor

8.ring

9.visit

10.job