teacherhaley: EF45 Class 25

Today’s Agenda

· Attendance

· Quiz#3- adverb clauses

· Math vocabulary- Fractions, percentages

· Continue verb tenses- past progressive

· Modals/modal auxiliaries

· HW Read “Handling a Medical Emergency”

Wednesday

· Begin noun clauses

· New dialogue “Handling a Medical Emergency”

· Continue verb tenses- past progressive

· Make-up test for the people who emailed

New quiz, new test (last 50m)

Next few days- few extra minutes

· Continue verb tenses – present perfect

Next few weeks-

· Reading texts- literary terms, short stories, poetry

· EF5 multi-paragraph writing- short essays

Thursday

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

Friday

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

· Thanksgiving reading – harvest feast

Giving thanks for what you have

family dinner- turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie,

- slow cooking – low heat, long time

- Instant Pot- pressure cooker – high pressure, short time

mouthwatering (adj), delicious(adj), tasty(adj), appetizing(adj)

Monday

NO SCHOOL!

Thanksgiving Day

Tuesday

First day of registration for November quarter.

I don’t know what I’m teaching yet. I’ll tell you when I find out.

Quiz#3

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

Phones away.

Pass in by 10:05.

1. because study

2. if library

3. since easier

4. when beautiful

5. after school

6. as...as course

Math vocab

fractions

¾ three quarters, three fourths

quarter- coin- 25-cent piece

½ one half, a half

1½ one and a half

3½ three and a half

2¼ two and a quarter This class is two and a quarter hours long.

I was working/worked for five and a half hours yesterday.

¼ one quarter, a quarter

¾ three quarters

3/5 three fifths five-fifths

3/20 three twentieths

5/8 five eighths

~~eights~~ – eighths eigh th s

1/100 one one hundredths

3/8 three eighths

measuring tape / tape measure

1 inch = 2.54 cm

In Canada, builders use inches and feet for measuring.

In the US, you buy gallons of gas and quarts of milk.

One gallon is a little less than four litres.

Gas is 4c a litre in Iran. Is Iran the second-largest oil producer in the world?

Iran ans Qatar share than same oil fields.

Gas goes in the gas tank of your car

UK- petrol

Canada- gas

oil- crude oil out of the ground

Crude oil is refined into different kinds oil- gasoline, diesel, keresene, avaition fuel, jet fuel, propane,

natural gas- comes out of the ground

vegetable oil, olive oil

sunflower oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, grapesoil, whale oil, argon oil, rosemary, almond oil, palm oil, peanut oil, tea oil, and so on

, etc et cetera

People who have oily skin sometimes break out.

break out- get acne, have pimples

You can go see a dermatologist.

My friend has melasma, so she went to a dermatologist.

Sun exposure can cause melasma.

animal fat, bacon grease,

maple syrup

Past progressive verb tense

Review of verb tenses so far:

Simple present- always, usually, fact, state

Simple past- one event finished

Simple future- one event in the future “will” “am going to”

Present progressive/continuous- is walking- happening right now, temporary

New verb tense: past progressive

past progressive - ‘ing’ , happening in the past

auxiliary verb + ‘ing” verb

Dora is watching a movie right now. present progressive

Dora was watching a movie last night. past progressive

Dora watched a movie last night. simple past

Why would we use past progressive instead in simple past?

1. Use past progressive when the action was interrupted by some other action.

2. two actions happening at the same time

1. interruption

Dora was watching a movie last night when I called her.

Dora was watching a movie last night when the doorbell rang.

Sarah was driving home from Surrey when she saw a deer cross/crossing the highway.

He was working out when I went to the gym.

2. two things happening simultaneously

She was driving while she was eating an ice cream.

Dora was watching a movie while her husband was making supper.

while- two actions happening at the same time

Interruption

She was driving when she saw an accident.

I was driving my car when I saw a deer.

ACTION – then INTERRUPTION

We were dancing when you arrived.

Dora was watching a movie and eating popcorn when her brother turned off the TV.

Two actions at the same time

While she was washing the dishes, she was listening to music.

She was washing the dishes while she was listening to music.

My husband was cooking while I was listening to music on the phone.

She was putting on makeup while she was driving. Not unexpectedly, she crashed her car into a tree.

I was driving while my daughter was sleeping in the front seat.

Sarah was working on her homework while her sister was listening to music.

SIMPLE PAST

I was a witness when the accident happened.

I witnessed the accident.

I was a witness to the accident.

witness(n,v) a person who sees an illegal, harmful, or legal event

bear false witness- lie in court

lie in court- perjury(crime)