EF34 Class 34

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz5- verb tenses

Go over

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Start to review sentence types

Quiz soon

·      Modal auxiliaries

·      New dialogue

 

Tuesday, April 8

·      Check your written progress on the writing for the presentation

·      Continue to review sentence types

Quiz tomorrow

·      Modal auxiliaries

·      New dialogue

 

Wednesday, April 9

·      Quiz6 – sentence types

 

Thursday, April 10

·      Presentations #1

 

Friday, April 11

·      Presentations #2

 

Final week

Monday, April 14

·      Presentations #3

 

Tuesday, April 15

·      Presentations #4

 

Wednesday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Thursday, April 17 - Final day

·      Non-instructional day

·      One-on-one meetings if you want, just like midterm

Final marks and comments

·      Preparing report cards

Submit the final marks and report cards to the office

 

 

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“Choosing a Phone Plan”

B.Vocaulary Preview

1. fixed payment

2. IDIOM in advance- ahead of time

3. discount- lower price, reduced price

ICBC 40% discount for good drivers

You can drive a luxury car, or you can drive a beater.

IDIOM beater - old beaten-up car-

20% off sale, 20% discount

discount airline- cheaper flights than Air Canada, e.g.

4.You make a commitment to your spouse when you get married. You say “I do.”

He is committed to learning English at a high level.

5.consider- think about carefully

She is considering moving to Calgary.

ponder(v) think about a tough decision

IDIOM weigh the pros and cons- think about the good points and the bad points

pros- good points

cons- bad points

6.streaming- She likes to stream movies on her laptop.

He likes to download shows.

7.browsing- looking around

browse online

browse in a store- just looking “I’m just looking.”

IDIOM window shopping

internet browsers- software for going online

e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari (iphone), Opera, Netscape (old), Internet Explorer (old), etc

8.gigabyte- a big unit of data, one billion bytes

How many bit in a byte? There are 8 bits in a byte.

8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit

9.adjust- make small changes

price adjustment-

He adjusted his tie.

10.SIM card-

virtual SIM card – no physical chip, software

11.initial – first

She had an initial meeting with the lawyer.

Initials- first letters of your name  AH

Please initial the contract.

12.activation- activate a new phone, ipad

activate a new account

activate(v) action(n)

He gave activated charcoal to his dog when the dog ate chocolate.

 

A.Warm-Up Questions

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Quiz 5

Write an appropriate sentence for each. Vary your sentence types.

1.    simple present- feel               life

2.    simple past- take                    job

3.    simple future- spend             time

4.    present progressive- wait     story

5.    simple present- like               money

6.    simple past- find                     friend