EF56 Class 35

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test3

Optional RW for bonus pt

·      Continue noun clauses

“Noun Clause Exercises” from homework

 

Tuesday

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Prepare for/ choose vocab for quiz noun clauses- Wednesday

·      Talk about spoken presentation

 

Wednesday

·      Begin essays

 

Thursday

·      Continue essay work

 

Friday

·      Listening fun IF TIME

 

Final week

Monday

·      Spoken presentations

·      Adjective clauses

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Thursday

·      Optional opportunity to do a replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Friday- final day

·      Non-instructional

·      One-on-one meets

·      Final marks and comments for report cards. You will be able to see your final marks

*You will be able to pick up your record card in the office the following week.

 

 

 

Test 3

Phones and devices away

Pen

Doublespace

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

1.What steps can you take to keep your eyes healthy?

2.What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?

 

 

 

**Writing numbers and numerals- STYLISTIC GUIDELINE

-1-9 one two three four five

-10+  11 12 13 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keeping your eyes healthy may seem like a lot of work. But it is easier than you think. ww – very casual writing

*Avoid beginning sentences with SOBA.

SV, SOBA SV. Compound

FIX

Keeping your eyes healthy may seem like a lot of work, but it is easier than you think.

Keeping your eyes healthy may seem like a lot of work. However, it is easier than you think.

 

Pass in your rewrite today or first thing tomorrow.

 

Avoid numbering

1.    You should wash your hands. 2.Get enough sleep.

 

First of all,   Second,   Next,   Finally,   Most importantly.   Last but not least,  

 

 

SENTENCE TYPES- REVIEW

Our eyes are very important, so we must take care of them., SOBA COMPOUND SENTENCE

We must take care of our eyes because they are very important. ADV CL-COMPLEX SENTENCE

 

It would worth going back and reviewing the sentence types. It‘s all on the blog.

 

 

 

 

Noun Clause Exercises

 

Write your solutions on your own paper. Writing out full sentences is key to learning how to write sentences.

 

Exercise 1: Underline the noun clause in each sentence.

1.    I know what she wants.

2.    Can you tell me where he went?

3.    I don’t understand why they are late.

COMMON ERROR

I don’t understand why are they late. XXX

Why are they late? SIMPLE SENT- INTERROGATIVE, QUESTION  

4.    She believes that he is honest.

5.    They are not sure if they will join the party.

They don’t know if the kids had a good time.

I don’t know. I’m not sure.

MOST COMMON WORDS that why how

OTHER WORDS if where whether

He can’t decide whether to stay in Canada or go back to his home country.

He can’t decide whether he should stay in Canada or go back to his home country.

He can’t decide whether to stay in Canada or not.

whether or not

I don’t know whether to/I should go to EF6 or stay in EF5 or go to VCC.

We are trying to decide whether or not to buy a new car.

We are trying to decide whether or not to buy a new car or stick with our old bucket of bolts.

He is deciding whether to fix up his beater or lease a new Lexus.

IDIOM beater- an old broken-down car that still runs

 

If you charge a Tesla on 110v at 15 Amps, it will take 12-16 hours.

If you charge a Tesla on 220v at 30-40 Amps, it will take 3 hours or less.

 

You build equity when you pay a mortgage.

equity- how much of the house/townhouse you own

 

A car is a depreciating asset.

Real estate is often an appreciating asset.

House rich, cash poor.

 

income tax- federal tax

property tax- city/municipal tax

sales tax- provincial tax

 

Everybody has their hand in your pocket.

 

GOOD. FAST. CHEAP. Pick two.

 

 

Exercise 2: Complete the sentence with an appropriate noun clause.

1.    I wonder what she is feeling.

I wonder how she got this good mark.

I wonder what should I do. XXX

I wonder what I should do.

What should I do?

 

2.    They didn’t explain _______.

They didn’t explain why they left early.

They didn’t explain how he drove his car.

They didn’t explain how to install the router.

They didn’t explain that would go on a cruise next week.

 

3.    She asked me _______.

She asked me how I could cook Persian food.

She asked me how to cook Persian cuisine.

She asked me how she can learn a new language.

Youtube- Steve Kaufmann, a polyglot

 

4.    Do you know _______?

Do you know what she wants?

Do you know why she is so upset?

Do you know where the library is?

Do you know how to play guitar?

 

5.    It depends on _______.

It depends on what you want to do.

It depends on if it rains tomorrow.

It depends on what your goals are.

 

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW