Monday, 28 October 2024

EF45 Class 37

 

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My updated teaching assignment for Quarter 2 (November-January):

P1 (9:15-11:30)  EF 5/6

P2 (12-2:15)        Writing 567

This could change again.

All of these are full with a waiting list.

 

November – January

Tuesdays nights- approx 4:30-5:15

Zoom Sentence Tutorial – Q&A about sentence writing

I’ll be set up on Zoom. Anyone can log in and ask questions about sentence writing.

This is not a structured course. This is just my own thing that I like to do.

Very cas.

I’ll post the Zoom link this week.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue adjective clauses

Practice

·      Finish verb tense– present perfect

·      Essay work (EF5)

·      Introductory paragraphs- grabbers, thesis statement preview

 

Tuesday or Wednesday

·      Quiz#5- adjective clauses

·      Essay work

 

Wednesday

·      Essay work

 

Thursday, Oct.31

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test (last hour)

 

Friday, Nov. 1 – last day

Marks day

See final marks and comments

No instruction

One-on-one meeting


 

Week off- back to school for Quarter on Tuesday, November 12th.

Monday, November 11th is a holiday, Remembrance Day

 

 

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Continue with adjective Clauses

who- people

that- things, animals

which- unique or special things

 

Jun’s sister is a nurse. She lives in Burnaby. SIMPLE

Jun’s sister is a nurse, and she lives in Burnaby. COMPOUND

Jun’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. COMPLEX- ADJ CL

My sister is a nurse who lives in Burnaby. COMPLEX- ADJ CL

My sister who lives in Burnaby is a nurse. COMPLEX- ADJ CL

 

My sister who lives in Burnaby is a nurse. COMPLEX- ADJ CL

‘who lives in Burnaby’ is decribing ‘sister’

 

The blue bottle is hers. adj

The bottle that is blue is hers. adj cl

 

The orange that he bought is delicious.

 

The blue bottle that is full of water is hers. adj adj cl

 

The blue full of water bottle is hers. NOT ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

This book is from the library. SIMPLE SV

This paperback book is from the South Hill library. SIMPLE SV

 

This paperback book that was/is very boring is from South Hill library.

This paperback book that I read this weekend is from South Hill library.

This paperback book is from South Hill library which is close to my house.

This paperback book is from South Hill library which is on Fraser and 43rd.

HIGHER LEVEL This paperback book that I read this weekend is from South Hill library which is on Fraser and 43rd.

This paperback book is from South Hill library which is on Fraser and 43rd. I read it this weekend.

 

VPL- adult books at intermediate level

-ESL Readers – various levels

Ask the librarian for their ESL readers for adults.

 

Exercise 5

1.    I would never marry a person who smokes and drinks too much.

2.    My brother bought a dog that

 

She came to Canada to find personal freedom which is very important to her.

Juan is very careful about his health which is a high priority in his life.

Last New Years Eve, which my family came to Canada for, was very important to me.

 

 

 

 

Last New Years Eve, which my family came to Canada for, was very important to me. After four years of being apart, we were able share this time together. SIMPLE

 

ALTERNATIVE- HIGHER LEVEL, LONGER

Last New Years Eve, which my family was able to share together after four years apart, was very important to me.

 

eve – the night before an event or holiday

Christmas Eve

New Years Eve

Hallowe’en- All Hallow’s Eve

 

Hallowe’en-

 

Leave your outdoor light turned off.

Put out a few decorations. Leave your outdoor light on.

Pumpkin- Jack o’ Lantern  Jack of the lantern

Jack- the Devil

 

Five o’clock- Five of the clock

 

IDIOM Could you hit the lights? Hit the lights.

Hit the books. study hard

Hit the sack. go to bed immediately

Hit the hay. go to bed

Hit the roof. get very angry quickly

Hit the nail on the head. be correct, exectly right

 

3.    My brother bought a dog that is black and white.

My brother that/who is black and white bought a dog. XXX

My brother who wears a black and white jacket bought a dog.

 

misplaced modifier

I gave a table to my sister that has three legs. XXX

I gave a table that has three legs to my sister.

 

The man saw a cat who was riding a bicycle. XXX

The man who was riding a bicycle saw a cat.

The man that was hiding in a tree meowing saw a cat. XXX

The man saw a cat that was hiding in a tree meowing.

a cat meows

a dog barks

a horse whinnies

a hen clucks

a lion roars

a duck quacks

a crow caws

a monkey ?

a robin/canary sings

a rooster crows cock-a-doodle-do

a chicken clucks

a turkey gobbles

a pig oinks

a frog ribbets/croaks

a pigeon coos

a donkey/mule brays

 

3.The doctor who treated me was from Pakistan.

4.She will never forget the day which when she got her promotion. adj cl

5.Rosa fell in love with the man who his whose brother works in Gino’s restaurant.

Her sister is the parent who her whose daughter got a scholarship to UBC.

 

Rosa fell in love with a man; her sister works in Gino’s restaurant. COMPOUND

 

6. Elephants eat plants and bushes that are the largest animals in the world. misplaced modifier

Elephants, which are the largest animals in the world, eat plants and bushes.

Dogs, which are descended from wolves, are the most common pet.

 

My son, who is ten years old, loves soccer.

 

Pandas, which come from China, are related to raccoons.

 

All people in the world, who live on th earth, breathe air.

 

Elephants, which eat plants and bushes, are the largest animals in the world.

 

I saw an elephant that could ride a bicycle.

He has a dog that is black and white.

 

 

Quiz tomorrow

who

that

which

 

Vocab to review:


1.    park

The kids play in the park that is next to the school.

The kids play in QE Park, which is next to the school.

 

2.    school

Mary, who is the tallest kid in the school, is my friend.

3.    bicycle

4.    store

5.    car

6.    Hallowe’en

7.    pen

8.    dog

9.    doctor

10.                       ring


Stanley Park, which is in Vancouver, is huge.

Stanley Park, which is located downtown, is huge.

Stanley Park, where we had our picnic, is huge.

 

downtown, home – no preposition

She went to downtown.

She went to Burnaby.

She went home.

She lives downtown.

She lives in NewWest.

 

Commas around adjective clauses- Writing567

 

My country, which is in a strategic location in the Middle East, is Iran.

 

Practice for the quiz tomorrow.

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