Friday, 11 October 2024

EF34 Class 28

 

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

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

·      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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