EF56 Class 7

 

Wednesday- Hump Day

bump-

midweek-

Monday is the least favourte day for many people.

“I hate Mondays.”

 

After Wednesday, you are heading for the weekend.

-rest, have fun

 

IDIOM This has been a long week. You count the days until ABC. The days drag.

-busy, weather-grey, overcast, overworked, harried(adj),

hurry(v)- go quickly

She feels harried between/with/because of work, school, and family.

 

The day only has 24 hours. It’s not enough.

Opposites attract.

 

Thieves grab/steal/snatch a handbag.

Drag and drop. (on computer)

 

blue(adj) sad  She feels blue when she thinks about her home country.

She is homesick. She has the blues.

the Blues- style of music

 

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Correction Codes”

·      Return Test#1

Go over.

Optional rewrite for one bonus point

·      Continue “Going to the Bank”- Everyday Dialogues

·      IF TIME Continue PLOs “Prescribed Learning Outcomes”

 

Thursday

·      Teach grabbers- paragraphs

·      Begin teaching sentence types- simple, compound, complex

 

 

 

**Correction Codes**

shorthand- short way of wriiting dictation

stenographer- steno, steno machine

 

-art

-awk/phrasing- not authentic English

-CS comma splice- I live in Canada, I have two kids, my home country is Bolivia,

-frag  I want to be a nurse. Because I like helping people. frag

FIX

I want to be a nurse because I like helping people.

I want to be a nurse. I like helping people.

I want to be a nurse. Thiis is because I like helping people.

 

prep- There is no ‘why’. It is just is. You can learn prepositions by learning rules. Preps are all idiomatic. You just have to learn them- listen to English speakers and copy them.

 

General guidelines:

at- time

on- day

in-month/year/season

 

Meaning from context: I was in the hospital. I was at the hospital.

 

She goes to ABC.

She goes home/downtown. to

 

The children are playing in/at the park.

Stay in the park. Stay in the yard.

We are at (the) school. We are in the classroom.

I am at work. My son is at school.

 

How do you identify? What are your pronouns?

she/her  he/him  they/them

 

dog, cat Is it a boy or a girl? male or female   it

 

IDIOM close friend- “my bestie”, BFF best friends forever

We are besties.

SLANG- teenager- slang ‘my Homie”

 

Apologize- I’m sorry. Sorry about that. My mistake. That was not my intention. My fault.

VERY FORMAL Please accept my apologies. TOO MUCH

SLANG My brainfart. Stupid mistake.

 

That’s ok. No problem. No worries. Don’t worry about it.

Thank you.

You’re welcome. Welcome.

 

Thanks for getting me a coffee.

Happy to. Don’t mention it.

 

MY ADVICE TO MY KIDS: If somebody compliments you, just say “Thank you.” Add something.

 

Your hair looks nice.

Thank you. I just got it cut.

Return the compliment: I like your hair colour, too. What colour is that? Maybe I will try it next time.

 

Test1-

Optional rewrite for a bonus point.

Fix up the mistakes. Rewrite it neatly on new paper.

You will get a bonus point.

You can give it to me today or first thing tomorrow.

 

Test#1

Use lined ruled paper.

Devices away.

Full name and class top right corner.

Doublespace.

Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following topic.

 

What job would you like to have in the future?

 

 

I have longterm and shortterm goals.

 

I want to get used to my new life in Canadian.

get used to – become comfortable with

I can guide the children to become successful.

I am an optomist. I am an optomistic person. I am optomistic.

optomist(n) optomistic(adj)

IDIOM a glass-half-full person

 

Childcare workers are in high-demand. There are many employment opportunities. It is a high-demand profession.

I am very familiar with the area of technology.

She works in the area of education.

He works in the field of accounting.

 

firm- company, business  She works in an accounting firm.

 

I got to know the field of technology.

RW

I developed my skills in the field of technology.

I become an expert in the field of technology.

I am developing my expertise in the field of technology.

You have experience and expertise in law.

expertise- skills and knowledge

experience- how long you have been doing it

 

I need to make money because Vancouver is an extremely expensive city.

 

She has a lot of knowledge about children.  knowledges

I have no knowledge of the incident.