EF34 Class 27

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz#3

RW for bonus point

·      One-on-one midterm recommendations (first half of the students)

·      “Thanksgiving”

·      “Verb Tense Review”

·      Modals- practice sentences

 

Outstanding items:

·      Continue with dialogue “Going to the Bank”

·      “100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs”

 

Friday

·      One-on-one midterm recommendations (second half of the students)

·      “Thanksgiving”

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

 

Monday

No school

Thanksgiving

 

Tuesday

Back in school

 

 

How to estimate your current average:

Quiz#1        x/6

RWQ1         1/1 OR blank

Quiz#2        x/6

RWQ2         1/1 OR blank

Test#1         x/12

RWT1          1/1 OR blank

Test#2         x/12

RWT2          1/1 OR blank

Spoken1     x/10

 

Example student 1:

Quiz#1        3/6

RWQ1         1/1

Quiz#2        4/6

RWQ2        

Test#1         7/12

RWT1          1/1

Test#2         6/12

RWT2          1/1

Spoken1     5/10

add the numerators of the fractions   3/4

add the denominators of the fractions 3/4

27/59= 46%

 

Example student 2:

Quiz#1        4/6

RWQ1         1/1

Quiz#2        5/6

RWQ2         1/1

Test#1         7/12

RWT1          1/1

Test#2         6/12

RWT2          1/1

Spoken1     8/10

34/50 = 68%

 

You can check your own current average.

 

The students who are 65% and above can register starting Tuesday.

The students who are less than 65% but still passing can register after Friday. Talk to me about changing the recommendation.

IMPORTANT ADVICE: If you have a low passing mark (50-55%), do not go to the next level.

 

We have three weeks left. We will keep doing quizzes and tests. You can raise your mark. You can lower your mark.

 

Next term (November-January) I will be teaching the following courses:

P1 9:15-11:30     English Foundations 45

P2 12-2:15           Writing Improvement 567 – sentence, paragraph, essay

 

 

 

 

“Verb Tense Review 1”

simple present

simple past

simple future

 

Exercise 1

2. will sing / is going to sing

choir- ‘kwire’- group of people singing

3. runs

track

truck

4. will leave / are going to leave

wedding ceremony-

wedding reception

wedding dinner

citizenship ceremony

5. beside/ next to

6. talked

 

Exercise 2

1. won’t go / will not go

2. doesn’t study / does not study

3. didn’t / did not

He flipped his car.

He spun his car.

He swerved his car.

4. don’t / do not

The boss gets mad when the workers slack off.

The boss got mad when the workers slacked off.

IDIOM slack off- don’t do work

When you get to college, you can’t slack off.

5. didn’t win / did not win

6. won’t finish / will not finish

 

Exercise 3

1.dress(n)

dress(v) The little boy can dress himself.

Mei dressed the salad.

Shira decorated a cake.

2.Sometimes I skip breakfast.

She skipped class.

raisin

almond

cheese

lentils

3. is/was not/never satisfied

I am not satisfied with my English level.

4.The pilot will not arrive

A pilot flies a plane.

She took a ferry to Victoria. She took a bus downtown.

A captain steers a boat.

You can board a ferry when it docks.

He boarded the plane to Calgary.

 

border- an imaginary line between two countries

 

You ride a horse/camel/cow/donkey/elephant.

 

The wagon is pulled by horses.

Huskies pull dog sleds.

 

He sat in the first train car.

 

5. will come

6. was not

7. Will you call me?

8. He does/will not go shopping often.  will not / won’t

9.Did your brother visit you?

10. Does she usually wear a dress?

 

I don’t watch TV very often.