Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Spoken presentation- “The Language of
Presenting”
Let’s take some time in class and get some
ideas together for the pres. If you have your prewriting (plan) completed, let’s
start to write sentences.
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Begin noun clauses- COMPLEX SENTENCES
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Continue verb tenses- “Shifts in Verb Tense”
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REVISIT- Continue modals/modal auxiliaries
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HW Send
Presentation email by 7
Thursday
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Spoken presentation
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Continue noun clauses
Prepare for quiz on Friday
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Continue verb tenses – present perfect
Friday
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Quiz#4- noun clauses
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Spoken presentation- check in (1pt)
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Continue verb tenses – present perfect
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ROUGH PLAN FOR FINAL TWO WEEKS
Monday
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Spoken presentations-
Pass in writing
before you do your presentation.
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Begin adjective clauses
Tuesday
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Spoken presentations
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Pass in writing before you do your presentation.
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Continue adjective clauses
Wednesday
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Spoken presentations
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Pass in writing before you do your presentation.
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Continue adjective clauses
Thursday
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Essay work (EF5)
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Quiz#5- adjective clauses
Friday
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Essay work(EF5)
Monday
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Essay work(EF5)
Tuesday
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Pass-in essay-(EF5) (EF4- optional)
Wednesday
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Return essay
Thursday, Oct.31
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Replacement quiz and/or test (last hour)
Friday, Nov. 1 – last day
Marks day
No instruction
One-on-one meetings
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“The Language of Presenting”
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Apostrophe usage ‘
-punc- punctuation comma
, semicolon ; apostrophe ‘
apostrophe – two uses:
1. shows possession, shows that you own something
The dog has a white tail.
The dog’s tail is white. The dog owns/has a tail.
John’s car is very dirty. The car belongs to John.
pronoun – no apostrophe “His car is very dirty.”
possessive pronouns- my
your his her
our their its
Her new sunhat has a high UV protection factor.
Michelle’s new sunhat has a high UV protection factor.
UV- ultraviolet – higher frequency than violet
visible spectrum of light Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo
Violet
Roy G. Biv- mnemonic – colours of the rainbow
ultraviolet- above violet in frequency- UV rays- burns your skin
infrared- below red- heat
its- possessive
“The cat chased it’s tail.” XXX
“The cat chased its tail.”
“Your lost your watch.”
It’s = It is It’s cold
today.
I liked going to my grandfathers
house when I was a kid.
How many grandfathers? one
I liked going to my grandfather’s
house when I was a kid.
I liked going to my grandparents
house when I was a kid.
How many grandparents? two
I liked going to my grandparents’
house when I was a kid.
How many grandparents? one
I liked going to my grandparent’s
house when I was a kid.
The kid’s classroom is very noisy.
How many kids? one
The kids’ classroom is very noisy.
How many kids? more than one
You will know if it is one or may kids
from the context.
My son’s name is Thomas. My sons’
names are Thomas, Brad, and Joe.
I am Thomas’ mother(modern). OR I
am Thomas’s mother.(old-fashioned)
I am Narges’ teacher. OR I am Narges’s
teacher.
I am Sarah’s friend.
I am your sister’s friend.
I am your sisters’ friend.
I want to go to my parent’s house. one
parent
I want to go to my parents’ house. two
parents
I want to go to me mom and dad’s house.
She went to a party at Joe and Sarah’s
place.
2. apostrophes – contractions – shortening two words into one word
using an apostrophe
She is = she’s
he is = he’s
they are = they’re they’re
there their
it is = it’s
we have = we’ve
let us = let’s
“I found Dave’s phone. It’s broken. Let’s leave it at the school’s
lost and found.”
NEXT STEP
‘s s’
Dave’s dog is cute.
Chris’ dog is cute.
Chri’s dog is cute. XXX
CHOICE
Chris’ dog is cute. MY CHOICE
Chris’s dog is cute.
(pron) kris dog krisis
dog
EXAMPLE:
I like to drink Starbucks’ coffee when I am on vacation.
Mei visited her relatives’ cottage. many relatives, plural
Mei visited her relative’s cottage. one relative, singular
Place
Vancouver is in western Canada.
Vancouver is in the west of Canada.
Beijing is in northeastern China.
Beijing is in the northeast of China.
The Inuit live in nortern Canada.
The Inuit live in the north of Canada.
Next kind of
sentence- complex sentence with a noun clause
Sentence styles:
-SIMPLE SV
SSV SVV SSVV
Imperative Interrogative
**PRO TIP – If you
have something really important to say, use a simple sentence.
-COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.
EF56 level
SV; SV.
SV; TRANS, SV.
-COMPLEX
- adverb clauses because
when if unless
although until after
- noun clauses TODAY, this week
- adjective
clauses next week
Noun clauses – use
these everyday
-used with verbs
that have to do with thinking or your brain/mind:
‘think’, ‘know’,
‘understand’, ‘believe’, ‘realize’, ‘feel’, ‘remember’, ‘forget’, ‘dream’, ‘imagine’,
‘fantasize’
-also verbs about talking/speech:
‘say’, ‘whisper’, ‘tell’, ‘yell’, ‘shout’, ‘remind’, ‘argue’
We most often use
these pronouns: that why how
Two pools of words:
A-VERBS: ‘think’
‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’ ‘yell’
B-PRONOUNS: ‘that’
‘why’ ‘how’
To write a noun
clause take an “A” and put it with a “B” word.
A+B=noun clause
*think + that
Sarah thinks that
SV.
Sarah thinks that
her son will pass his exam.
Sarah thinks that it
will rain tomorrow.
I think that I want to build a new life in Canada.
*believe + that
Mei believes
that it will rain later today.
Junko
believes that her daughter
will be a great singer.
Junko
believes that SV.
Junko
believes that she will pass her driving test.
When he was little, Mary believed
that her son would become a doctor.
I believe that you will succeed.
I believe that you will be successful.
I don’t believe that the business will succeed.
Do you believe that you will have success? noun
Do you believe that you will be successful? adj
Do you believe that you will succeed? verb
HIGHER-LEVEL Why do you believe/say/think that you don’t have human rights in your home country?
You don’t believe that I saw her.
IDIOM You won’t believe who I saw today.
You won’t believe what I just saw.
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