Monday, 16 December 2024

EF56 Class 25

 

Focus your mind on the task.

A mind trick- This is the most interesting thing in the world.

 

You have a choice: You can work hard when you’re young, or you can work hard when you’re old.

 

You’re lucky- you get to do both.

 

I remind myself of this all the time: You chose it!

Make your decision and respect your decision.

 

Bad time. Good face.

 

Doing hard cognitive work in middle age helps prevent cognitive decline. e.g Alzheimer’s

 

hard cognitive work- learning a new language, learning to play chess, learning to play a new musical instrument, learning something physical- ping pong, sudoka, crossword puzzles

 

#1 determiner of a healthy aging- rich social life, close friends who you see regularly in-person

 

-         a sewing bee, a knitting bee          bee-social group

-         sports

-         card group

-         music

-         etc.

 

Meetup.com

 

Running groups- running shoe store- they often have running groups

Community Centres

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Return Test2

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      New dialogue- “Interviewing for a Job”

·      Job Interview questions that we can prepare for

               

Tuesday

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Quiz Wednesday

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz3- adverb clauses

 

Thursday/Friday

·      Midterm recommendations- one-one-one chats

 

Friday

Period 2 (12-2:15) – A few classes will get together and sing some Christmas carols-

 

Two-week Xmas break- Winter Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test2

Write a paragraph of least 150 words.

Doublespace

Phones away

 

Grabber

TS

SS

CS

 

Choose one topic:

1.If you could change an event in the past, what would it be?

OR

2.How would your life change if you won the lottery?

 

Optional RW for a bonus point- pass in today or first thing tomorrow.

 

EXAMPLES:

I want to be patient, positive, helpful, and understand other people.

PARALLELISM- same types of words in a series

I want to be patient, positive, helpful, and understand other people.

adjectives verb

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

I want to be patient, positive, helpful, and understanding to/with other people.

I want to be patient, positive, and helpful, and I want to understand other people. COMPOUND- OK  confusing, does not read smoothly

‘, and’ twice

ALTERNATIVES

I want to be patient, positive, and helpful; also, I want to understand other people. COMPOUND

; also,          ; in addition,        ; additionally,      ; moreover, 

; furthermore,

 

Parallelism- higher-level style

 

prepositions – all idiomatic, very few rules, authentic usage – have to learned through taking with people

PHRASAL VERBS verb + preposition

talk to

talk with

talk about

talk for

talk from

 

I will spend half of the money on myself.

I spend money on my kids.

She doesn’t spend money on herself.

He doesn’t like to spend money on clothes.

We spend a lot of time on reading.

 

PHRASAL VERBS- the heart of English, help with authentic expressing your thoughts

 

collocation – two words that authentically follow, make one meaning

 

PHRASAL VERBS- specific collocation- verb+prep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrd0xxk4oc

1000 Phrasal Verbs https://www.docdroid.net/VwG32vM/1000-phrasal-verbs-in-context-pdf

100 Phrasal Verbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9h1t9FNAg

 

so

too

very

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