EF34 Class 7

 

Today’s Agenda

·      CONTINUE “Sentence Assessment Pretest EF34”

·      Sentence overview “Three Kinds of Sentences”

·      Begin simple sentences “Simple Sentences EF34 HANDOUT”

·      Continue “Family Relationships” vocab

·      “Family Feuds”

·      HW “Simple Sentence Exercises EF34”

 

Wednesday

·      Continue simple sentences

“Simple Sentence Exercises EF34”

Quiz1 Thursday

Go over structure of quiz

Choose vocabulary

·      Continue “Family Relationships” vocab

·      “Family Feuds”

 

Thursday

·      Quiz1

·      “Family Day”

 

Friday

No school for you

Professional Development Day- teachers’ meeting day

 

Monday

No school

Family Day- BC holiday

 

-a long weekend

- a four-day weekend

four days  four-day

 

My son is three years old.

He is three years old.

He is a three-year-old. hyphen –

 

This course is nine weeks long.

This course is nine weeks.

This is a nine-week course. hyphen -

 

dash (long) --   hypen (short) –

 

Our long weekend will be four days.

We will have a four-day weekend.

 

 

* SIMPLE SENTENCE- subject + verb   S+V

-SV

I love dogs.

Mei needs some advice.

-SSV

My friend and I go hiking.

Sarah and Tom are good friends.

-SVV

The dog is running and is barking.

He watched TV and listened to music.

-Imperative-command

Come in.

Make your bed, please.

-Interrogative- question

How are you?

Where is the community centre?

 

* COMPOUND SENTENCE- two simple sentences joined together

, so   , or   , but   , and   FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so  SOBA

, so – reason why

She did not eat breakfast, so she is hungry.

You want to improve your English, so you come to this class.

, or- choice between two things, A or B

I can drive you to school, or you can take the bus.

You can stay home tonight, or you can go to a party.

, but- show difference

I like coffee, but my wife likes tea.

Mei likes Vancouver, but it is very expensive.

, and -adding another thing

He cooks dinner, and he cleans the kitchen.

You are very mean, and you are a terrible teacher.

 

* COMPLEX- EF56 noun clauses, adjective clauses

EF34 adverb clauses – because   when   if   since

She eats chocolate because it is tasty. Because chocolate is tasty, she eats it.

 

Call your sister when you get home. When you get home, call your sister.

Make a sandwich if you’re hungry. If you’re hungry, make a sandwich.

She has lived in Canada since she immigrated here last year.

 

 

Dogs wag their tails when they are happy. Dogs do a play bow when they want to play.

 

wanna – texting, very informal, not for school or business writing XXX want to

gonna- texting, very informal, not for school or business writing XXX going to

 

speaking    -gonna XXX going to- sounds better

-wanna XXX want to- sounds better

 

 

 

“Family Relationships” vocab- vocabulary

 

*maternal- mother, mother’s side of the family

maternity- motherhood, maternity ward

Mei delivered her son in the maternity ward at Womens’ Hospital.

ward- a section of a hospital-the cardiology(heart) ward, the oncology(cancer) ward, the nephrology(kidney) ward, the psychiatry(mind) ward, the pediatrics(children) ward, the neurology(brain) ward, geriatric(old people), dermatology(skin), eurology(kidneys and bladder-peeing), pathology, etc

 

*paternal- father, father’s side of the family

 

Mei didn’t know her maternal grandfather.

 

internal/external

 

foster daughter- government intervention

 

adopted child- take a child into your family

 

spouse- husband or wife, partner,

 

common-law wife or husband- not married, living together for a certain amount of time, two years in BC   Talk to a lawyer. Be careful.

 

sibling   She has five siblings: three older sisters and two younger brothers.

You are the only girl. He is the only boy.

 

great great great grandparent

 

 

ancestors- family members from the distant past

descendants- family members to come in the future