EF45 Class 14

 

CARTOON

Please don’t ‘should’ me.

unsolicited advice – advice that you did not ask for

solicitor(job)- lawyer

You ask for help. You solicit help from someone.

A lawyer represents a client in legal proceedings (court).

A customer is for a retail store.

 

Thank god it’s Friday!

Thank goodness!

 

We will hang out at the mall. We will do some window shopping.

Sunday will be family day. We can spend some QT together.

IDIOM QT quality time

We will kick the ball around.

SLANG the Gram- Instagram

We are going to play some Backgammon and cards.

 

I have two gigs: one tonight and one tomorrow.

SLANG gig – music performance

 

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 3

Pass it in by the end of class

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz#2 Monday

·      Continue verb tenses

·      Continue “Job Interview” dialogue

·      Continue vocab exercises

·      Test#2- pass in paragraph (last 50m)

 

Monday

·      Quiz#2- compound sentences

 

 

 

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Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz#2 Monday

 

Three ways to do compound sentences:

1.    , SOBA

2.    ;

3.    ; TRANS,

 

 

 

 

 

MODELS:

1.    , SOBA

It is Friday, so Michelle wants to go out dancing with her friends.

It is finally Friday, but Michelle has to work tonight.

 

2.    ;

It is Friday; Michelle wants to go out dancing with her friends.

 

3.    ; TRANS,

It is Friday; therefore, Michelle wants to go out dancing with her friends.

 

There are hundreds of transitional terms.

e.g. It is Friday; hopefully, Michelle can go out dancing with her friends.

It is Friday; unsurprisingly, Michelle wants to go out dancing with her friends.

 

I want to stay home tomorrow; however, I have an important meeting.

I want to stay home tomorrow; unfortunately, I have an important meeting.

He lost his wallet; fortunately, someone found it and gave it back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review these words for the quiz:

, SOBA

 

TRANSITIONAL TERMS for the quiz- Let’s choose eight to review

1.therefore

2.also

3.however

4.in addition

5.as a result

6.on the other hand

7.for example

8.then

 

Model Quiz#2

Write a compound sentence for each:

1. and         read

2. but          beach

3. however          concert

4. therefore         job

5. then                  study

6. on the other hand   travel

 

then- next in time  EXCEPTION – no comma with ‘then’

She studied for a test; then she went out for some ice cream.

 

REMEMBER: Capital letters and periods.

PUNCTUATION    , SOBA   ; TRANS,

 

 

 

 

 

Test #2

Phones away.

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

What are your plans for the coming weekend?