We have just three weeks left.
Reminder: On Thursday, October 31st, you will be
able to replace
one quiz and/or test. If you’re not satisfied with your
marks on one quiz and/or test, you can replace it. I will tell more about this
in a couple weeks.
Any plans for the weekend?
Scrabble
card games
concert
Thanksgiving dinner-
nothing special- no plans
It’s a three-day weekend.
The weekend is three days long.
three-day -
hyphen no ’s’
He is seven years old.
He is a seven-year-old kid.
This course is nine weeks long.
It is a nine-week course.
The phone was $300. three hundred dollars
It was a $300 phone. a three-hundred-dollar phone
Olive oil is cholesteral-free.
She likes sugar-free pop.
pop- Canada soda-
US
Coca Cola, Sprite, Pepsi, Orange Crush, Root Beer
pub-
pop music- popular music, radio, Top 10 songs
Mother, Mami, Mom, Momma, Ma
Dad, Pop, Daddy, Papa, Papi
popcorn-
The bag popped. break open quickly
The little kid popped a balloon.
The teenager popped a zit.
She likes poptarts.
the Pope- Pope Francis- leader of the Catholic church
priest- bishop- cardinal- pope
A priest celebrates Mass in a Catholic church.
Christian- church
Muslim- mosque
Jewish- synagogue
These are the three Abrahamic religions.
Live and let live.
Hawkins Cheezies are the best!
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6
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One-on-one midterm recommendations (second half
of the students)
·
“Thanksgiving”
·
Modals- practice sentences
Outstanding items:
·
Continue with dialogue “Going to the Bank”
·
“100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs”
Monday
No school
Thanksgiving
Tuesday
·
Begin complex sentences
·
Prepare for paragraph tomorrow
**Thanksgiving**
give thanks
1. harvest-
agriculture, farming
2. ceremony-
immigration ceremony, wedding ceremony
festival – public party
3. Native-
Aboriginal, Indigenous- Inuit, First Nations, Metis
4. European(adj)-
Chinese, Canadian, French, Somali, Portuguese,
Brazilian, Italian, Australian, Iranian, Persian, Afghani, Irish, Scottish,
Dutch, Greek, German, Colombian, Peruvian
5. pray-
show appreciation
6. Pilgrim-
a person who travels for a religious reason
Christian people can make a pilgrimage to
Lourdes Cathedral.
7. starvation(n)
starve(v) starving(adj)
IDIOM I am starving. I feel hungry. I feel
hangry.
angry+hungry
He is starved for conversation/affection.
fast, fasting- not eating for a reason
He fasted for 12 hours before his blood
test.
breakfast-
break fast
extreme fasting-
8. disease-
illness, sickness
9. survive(v) survival(n)
IDIOM How was your math test? I survived.
He is working a survival job.
10.
feast- big meal, lots of food
11.
celebrate(v) celebration(n)
12.
traditional(adj) tradition(n)
Reading- read and repeat
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