Wednesday, 5 March 2025

EF34 Class 21

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz 3- simple verb tenses

·      New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

·      FINAL TYPE OF SENTENCE! Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses- FOCUS ON: because, if , when, after, before

 

Thursday

·      Continue dialogue

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Review paragraph structure and format

Practice

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Test2

·      Vocab or lyrics

·      Test2- paragraph

 

Next Monday

·      One-on-one meetings for midterm recommendations

Registration for Quarter 4 (April-June) begins Wednesday, March 12

*I do not know what I will be teaching next quarter. If will let you know when I talk with Hollie.

 

 



 

 

Ex. simple present-walk        school

Matt walks to school with his sister every morning.

 

Quiz3

Devices away.

Write an appropriate sentence for each. The sentences can be any type of sentence: simple, compound, complex

Pass in by 9:40

1.    simple present- drink            car

2.    simple future- visit                 sick

3.    simple past- bring                  game

4.    simple past- find                     book

5.    simple present- study           library

6.    simple future- clean              party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

Small group chat

A.Warm-Up Questions

B.Vocabulary Preview

1. personnel(n)- workers

personal(adj)- private, secret, your business

personnel director- HR (human resources), hiring manager

CEO- chief executive officer, big boss

 

 

 

 

2.hire(v)  - The manager hired five new associates.

hire(n)  She is a new hire.

fire(v)- lose a job, probably your fault  The manager fired the saleperson who was stealing paper clips.

I was fired from the ice cream store.

lay off(v)- lose a job, due to the economy, not enough demand

Moe will be laid off due to the tariffs.

 

3. resume- In Canada, keep your resume to two pages, or one page ideally.

-no photographs

-no age, no DOB

USEFUL RESOURCES FOR RESUME WRITING: https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/resume-writing-tips

https://www.workbc.ca/search-and-prepare-job/job-application-tips/resume-and-cover-letter

https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?q=resume

MOSAIC-

4.qualifications-skill, education, related experience

5.proficient- ability, skill

6.position- job    She got a new position at Staples.

7.responsibilities- duties, things you have to do

8.supervise- be in charge, manage people or a project, keep an eye on kids

super- over, higher level

vise- look, vision

9. salary- same amount every pay period-

wage-amount per hour-

minimal wage per hour

In Canada, we get paid every two weeks/biweekly. In Japan, Iran, Sri Lanka, and China, etc., people get paid monthly. You have to budget carefully.

There is not much extra money at the end of the month.

10. benefits-‘bennies’- extra things that you get from work- medical, dental, pension, parking, massage, eye care., paid vacation, holiday pay, child care, physiotherapy, safety boots, bus pass, company car, overtime bonus, free lunch, coffee, orthotics, gasoline allowance, travel allowance, etc.

11.contact(v)

contacts(n)- people who you know   She has contacts in Los Angeles. She knows some people who live there.

contract- a signed business document

12.going rate- the usual pay for a job, the usual cost for a job to be done

The going rate for an iphone screen replaced is between $80 to $100.

The going rate for a plumber is about $200 per hour.

13.available- open, ready to use, ready to do something

I am available next Thursday. I am free next Monday to play volleyball.

I am often available in the evenings.

14.reference- reference letter, reference phone call

- passport, hunting licence

 

gun ownership in Canada- lot of rules, eg. trigger locks

gun ownership in the US- almost no rules in many states

 

 

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Building Vocabulary- synonyms and antonyms

thesaurus.com  You can expose yourself to lots of new vocab.

thesaurus-  like a dictionary- gives synonyms, antonyms

 

 

Dialogues Reading:

-interpersonal skills- being able to communciate well with people,

people skills, soft skills, get along with people

-hard skills- computer skills, technical skills

 

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