EF34 Class 30

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Finish “Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms”

·      Prepare for paragraph tomorrow

·      HW   Email which person you will do your presentation on by 7pm

 

 

Thursday

·      Test#3- paragraph

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Time to work on spoken pres

·      Modals- practice sentences

·      Time to work on spoken presentation

·      Change midterm recommendations for students who are but are under 65%.

 

Friday

·      Time to work on spoken pres, check in (1pt)

 

Monday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Friday, October 25th

·      Pro D- no school

 

 

 

“Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms”

-homonym- same pronunciation, different meaning

tear/tear, there/their/they’re, tail/tale

there- th

Two ‘th’ sounds- unvoiced and voiced

thin – unvoiced ‘th’

this- voiced

-         mouth and tongue are the same

 

MINIMAL PAIRS- excellent to improve pronunciation

-thin / sin – Madarin and Farsi speakers- repeating these words dozens of times, you will start to train your mouth and tongue muscles to make the sounds

-tin / thin – Spanish speakers

-tin / sin

 

MINIMAL PAIR for Japanese and Cantonese speakers

r / l

row / low

 

MINIMAL PAIR for Spanish speakers

j / y

Jello / yellow

 

MINIMAL PAIR for Indian/Farsi/Spanish speakers

v / w

wiper / viper

 

wait / vait

 

MINIMAL PAIR for Vietnamese speakers

pen- pe

 

ball / bar

ball / bat

 

MINIMAL PAIR for

g / j   gee  jay

goose / juice

 

 

 

j / y

juice

orange juice

 

juice / use

 

lock key  lucky

 

VOWELS

fin / fine

 

girl / world

 

earl

 

 

Earthquake Drill- Period 1

Fire Drill- fire practice

 

“The Big One” – A huge earthquake will hit Vancouver some day soon.

 

tsunami-

Japan is located on ‘the Ring of Fire.”

I’m not an expert in earthquakes.

Many old schools are being seismically upgraded.

 

 

Begin a sentence with a capital letter. End a sentence with a period.

 

i live in vancouver

I live in Vancouver.

 

You will have a chance to replace one quiz and/or test on the second last day, October 31^st.

 

 

Finish “Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms”

7.

 

cheap / sheep

chip / ship

 

Antonym                                                                                                 Synonym

happy, glad, joyful                      sad                                     blue, depressed, unhappy, down

She feels blue. I am blue today.

ugly, unattractive                        pretty                               beautiful(adj), charming, beauty(n), cute

unfriendly, moody, mean, distant        friendly              neighbourly, sweet, hospitable, warm

He has big mood swings.

hot, warm                                                    cold                    frigid, chilly, frozen

I find it chilly today. In a few weeks, it will be freezing.

smooth, soft                                               rough                 dry, papery skin, chapped           

She puts on chapstick.

He is a rough person. He has a rough personality.

easy, piece of cake, trivial                       difficult                            hard, challenging, tough

 

 

B. 1.She let them come in/enter the house.

2. They prefered the second choice.

They decided on the second selection.

He decided on China for his vacation.

3.She gave a gift to the kid/youth.

4.The music show/show/performance/act should finish/wrap up at around 12.

concert – musical performance

We will wrap up in 20 minutes.

5.He wanted the vehicle/auto to be repaired/get some maintainence that day.

vehicle –vee hi kul  -all the things that can use to travel-  truck, bus, car

 

intelligent- smart, brilliant, clever, quick, sharp, genius

She is very smart.

He is a smart dresser.

She wears smart outfits.

 

fast- slow, like molasses, like a turtle

 

very good- excellent, top-quality, fantastic

 

love- hate, don’t like, despise, dislike

She despises her brother-in-law.