EF34 Class 33

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Spoken presentations

Pass in your writing before you come up to tell us about your person.

·      Return Test#3

RW for a bonus point

·      Continue work on adverb clauses

·      LEFTOVER Modals- practice sentences

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations

Pass in your writing before you come up to tell us about your person.

·      Continue work on adverb clauses- review, prepare for Quiz#4

Choose vocab to review for the quiz

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz#4 – adverb clauses

·      Spoken presentations

Pass in your writing before you come up to tell us about your person.

 

 

Friday, October 25th

·      Pro D- no school

 

 

Advice on Public Speaking

 

It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.

Everybody is scared or at least wary of speaking in public.

#1 fear of most people is public speaking

If you feel nervous, you are in good company.

 

when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking

autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses, we can’t control them

-                      nervousness

-                      heart racing

-                      upset stomach

-                      knot in your stomach

-                      butterflies in your stomach

-                      jittery, shaky hands

-                      sweating

-                      clammy hands

-                      vision blurred

-                      tunnel vision

-                      voice cracks

-                      have to go to the bathroom

-                      red face, blush, flush

-                      mind goes blank

-                      feel faint, dizzy, light-headed

 

These are normal and predicable responses.

Most of us are all in the same boat here. We are in the same shoes

IDIOM in good company, in the same boat, in the same shoes- we share an experience

 

We’re all on your side.

Everybody wants you to do well.

 

Try to relax, if possible. We are interested in what you have to say.

If you mess up, just take a moment. Take a moment. Then keep going. Don’t apologize.

 

 

The Tips/piece of advice I Gave My Children for Public Speaking

1. Deaf grandmother- speak up, speak a bit louder than usual, slow your rate of speech down a bit, slower than usual- listen CBC radio announcers

2. Good dog- energetic tone, animated, avoid monotone

3. Magic eye – eye contact, right betwen the eyes

 

 

 

 

 

Example sentences:

My plan is to go to college.

My plan is to buy a house.

My plan is to get a good job.

My plans are to go to college and get a good job.

 

I love travel. I love to travel. I took a trip to China.

I want to travel around the world. I want to take a trip around the world.

 

 

continuous(adj)

continue (v)

 

When I finish at South Hill, I will go to college. COMPLEX SENT- ADVERB CLAUSE

I will go to college when I finish at South Hill.

 

In conclusion, I will finish all of my courses at SHEC. Then I will continue to study in college.

HIGHER LEVEL EF56 In conclusion, after I finish all of my courses at SHEC, I will continue to study in college.

 

MY ADVICE: Focus on writing short clear sentences. Long sentences are not your friend!

 

In conclusion, / To conclude, / – use this at the end of a paragraph

In conclusion, I will finish all of my courses at SHEC.

To conclude, I will finish all of my courses at SHEC.

In summary, I will finish all of my courses at SHEC.

 

First, I will get a good job. Then I will buy a nice car. After that, I will get married. Finally, we will have six kids. I hope that we will have a big happy family.

 

First, / At first, / In the beginning, /

Then / Next / After that

Finally, / In the end,