EF45 Class 29

 

My schedule for November quarter:

-P1 9:15-11:30    EF45

-P2 12-2:15          Writing Improvement 567

Please do not register for both.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      First day of registration for November quarter- go over process

Submit your request for registration. You will receive a confirmation email immediately. It may take a couple weeks to get confirmation.

·      Spoken presentation-

·      Continue verb tenses-

“Verb Tense Review 1”

·      Last class- “What We’ve Learned do Far about Sentences”

·      Continue modals/modal auxiliaries

·      HW Finish “Shifts in Verb Tense”

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentation- “The Language of Presenting”

·      Begin noun clauses

·      Continue verb tenses- “Shifts in Verb Tense”

·      HW   Send Presentation email by 7

 

Thursday

·      Spoken presentation- check in (1pt)

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Continue verb tenses – present perfect

 

 

Final weeks-

·      Reading texts- literary terms, short stories, poetry

·      EF5 multi-paragraph writing- short essays

 

 

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Spoken Presentation: My Favourite Place in my Home Country

 

What is your favourite place in your home country?

 

 

There will be two parts to this project:

 

1.    WRITTEN- multiparagraph- 2,3,4 paragraphs

(will teach this week)

-Write about the place- e.g. the geography, history, attractions, etc.

-Write about your relationship to this place: when you went there, with whom, what you did there, etc.

 

2.    SPOKEN (3-5 minutes)

On your presentation day, you will tell the class about this place and your rraltionship to it. You can take a few written notes in case you forget something. However, no reading. Also, please, do not recite a memorized speech.

 

Here are some possible topics to focus on:

Where the place is

When you went there

Who you went with

What the scenery is like

What there is to do there

What your memories are of the place

 

Step 1- Choose a place that you would like to talk about. Email the name of the place by tomorrow 7PM. (1pt)

Step 2= Sign up for a presentation time

Step 3- Begin to brainstorm ideas. Then begin to write.* (class time) (1pt)

*You could get ChatGPT to write this for you in .003 seconds. Hopefully, you will take this as an opportunity to do some organized, planning, and writing on your own.ope

 

 

 

 

 

Marks x/10-

1 point email tomorrow

                     1 point check-in (on Friday)

4 points for writing

                     4 points for speaking

 

FAQ (Frequency Asked Questions)

-Will we do the preparation work in class? We will take some class time, but you will have to do much of it outside of class.

-Can I show pictures or videos? Yes, absolutely. Email them to me before your presentaion. I will project them on the screen.

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“Verb Tense Review 1”

Exercise 12

1.    I love to travel. SIMPLE PRESENT

2.    When I was young, I went to Paris. SIMPLE PAST

When I was young, I used to go to Paris. MODAL

When I lived in my home country, I used to go to Spain often.

I had gone went to Paris. PAST PERFECT- not commonly used- substitute simple past

3.    4. I remember the day when I visited the Eiffel Tower. mixing tenses

5.People were lining/were lined up/lined up.

were lining past progressive (interruption)

6.fired- simple past

7.Everyone was scared. simple past – emotion

I was happy. She was upset. She was being was feeling upset.

You are happy. She is in a good mood. He is uncertain.

8.       That did not stop me from GERUND.

I was sick on the weekend. That didn't stop me from doing my homework.

Learning English is hard. That won’t stop me from doing what I want to do.

won’t = will not SIMPLE FUTURE

IMPERATIVE-encourage Don’t let that stop you!

9. I am planning another trip now. I’m going to plan another trip now soon.

10. I will go/ am going to go back to Paris next summer.

11. I am so very/quite/ extremely excited.  so excited- casual 

12. I only went for only one week.

13. This time, I am going to go/will go for three weeks.

14. In my mind, I am already shopping on Champs-Elysees already.

imagination- in my mind, fantasy, dream

15. I did not have/didn’t have time to visit the Louvre last time, so this time I really want to go/am going to go/will go there, for sure.

I hadn’t time. VERY UNUSUAL

I did not have enough time to VERB.

I am considering going to Seattle this weekend.

VOCAB consider(v)- think about, weigh the options, weigh the pros and cons

NATURAL-SOUNDING I might go to Langara. I might go to VCC. I am weighing the pros and cons of each.

IDIOMS pros and cons- advantages and disadvantages

There are pros and cons to everything.

on one hand / on the other hand

Life is compromise.

compromise- find middle ground, making two people agree, finding a balance

 

17. I feel excited.

18. are lined/are lining

19.goes

20. 21. 22. I wake up and I realize that it probably won’t happen again.

23. I am counting down the days.