EF34 Class 8

 

 

challenge(n)- difficulty(n) difficult(adj)

IDIOM I’ve got this. I can do it!

You got this! You can do it.  encouragement

Don’t give up. Don’t quit. Do your best.

Step by step. Bit by bit.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue simple sentence work from homework

Practice for Quiz #1- Monday

Explain the structure of the quiz.

·      Continue colearner introductions

·      “Family Relationships”

·      “Back and Forth”

·      Listening exercises- fun

 

Friday

I will not be here on Friday. There will be a substitute teacher.

Barbara will be your teacher. She is an excellent teacher.

 

Monday

·      Quiz#1- simple sentences (first 20 minutes of class)

·      “Back and Forth”

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SIMPLE SENTENCES

Quiz on Monday

 

Practice for Quiz #1

Write a simple sentences for each.

1. SV   park

I went to the park.

The park has a lot of trees.

2. SVV   piano

Shelley plays piano and violin. SV

Shelley plays (the) piano and sings songs. SVV

3. SSV   lunch

4. SV   office

5. Interrogative   bicycle

6. SSV   bird

 

She listens to the music.

You drive a car. You ride a bicycle.

My coworker is drinking having a coffee.

I am eating having a sandwich.

 

 

I and my daughter My daughter and I like to watch birds.

Me and my daughter like to watch birds. CASUAL TALKING

My daughter and I like dogs. WRITING

 

We are having some drinks at my house. Come over.

Come on over. SOUNDS VERY FRIENDLY- CASUAL, INVITATION

IDIOM Drop by! Come to my house anytime.

 

We want to drop by tomorrow afternoon. Will you be home?

 

Come on! Hurry up! Let’s go.

 

Come on. I don’t believe you. Are you kidding?

 

Quiz Monday

SV   SSV   SVV   Interrogative-question  Imperative- command

 

 

 

“Family Relationships”

Look over these words. Which ones do you know? Which ones are new to you?

foster daughter- government process

adopted daughter- individual taking a child into your family

He adopted a cat.

 

**Break until 1:30**

 

*Continue with “Family Relationships”*

 

godson, daughter, mother- Catholic-

 

Catholic- baptism

 

atheist- a person who does believe in God

autism- neurological condition

Freedom of religion

 

great-grandmother- your mother’s grandmother

great-great-grandmother-

great-great-great-grandmother

 

ancestors- family from the far past

Some cultures keep track of their ancestors.

 

a family tree

 

You can do a DNA test. You will learn all of your relatives.

geneological record

genetics, genes

 

You can do DNA tests for your pets.

 

half-sister- same mother,different father OR visa versa

 

step-mother- Cinderella,

 

mother-in-law- bad reputation, unfair - your husband’s/wife’s mother

 

 IDIOM We butt heads. argue

 

brother-in-law – Your spouse’s brother. OR Your sibling’s spouse.

sister-in-law -  

sisters-in-law

Your sister-in-law’s husband is your brother-in-law.

in-law- related by marriage

 

cousin- the child of your uncle or aunt

nephew/niece- the child of your brother or sister

 

only child- They have a reputation for being spoiled.

 

youngest child – the baby of the family