Mundy Park-
Coquitlam
Discussion groups- VPL
I planted a garden,
and the squirrels ate everything.
Volunteered cutting
hair in the community.
Danced and ate at a
Mothers’ Day party.
plant a seed-
shoot- plant
roots,
stem, leaves
Tree-
roots, trunk, branches, twigs, leaves or needles, maybe flowers
buds- flowers
A flower blooms. A plant
blossoms.
Today’s Agenda
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Continue progressive tenses- present progressive
NEW
TENSE past progressive
COMING
UP IN THE NEXT WHILE
perfect
tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive
Present
progressive from homework
Past
progressive- Exercises HANDOUT
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Test1 – narrative paragraph (last 55m)
·
HW “Overview
of Sentence Types” HANDOUT Look over for
homework. We will start this work tomorrow.
Tuesday
·
Begin overview of sentence types HANDOUT
·
Continue progressive tenses- present
progressive, past progressive
Quiz2
tomorrow-
Five
verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future, present progressive,
past progressive
Choose
vocab to review
Wednesday
·
Quiz2
**
Present progressive sentences from homework
Your examples:
1. He
nevers get to class on time. SIMPLE PRESENT
2. She
is waiting you outside the class.
COLLOCATION/PHRASAL VERB - two words that often go together
- wait for
3. She
is writing poetry for her new book. right
now, these days
4. She
is adding more sugar to her coffee. right now
5. We
are adding more people to the guest list.
6. Heather
is hearing heard the news about the
terrible accident.
Joe is telling
Heather the news about the terrible accident.
IDIOM I am
just hearing about this now. This is the
first I’ve heard about/of it.
7. Mia
is exercising in the park. right now
8. A
couple is strolling through the park.
VOCAB strolling- slow, relaxed
walking
9. She
is following will follow me to the
grocery store when we finish school.
She is
following me to the grocery store in her car.
10.
They are
beginning to write the report project today.
11.
The sunshine is
dancing through the sky.
12.
The sun is brighting is shining brightly in my eyes.
Your
eyes are shining brightly; your hair is sticking beautifully.
JOKE IDIOM bed head- messy hair when you wake up
13.
Sue is attending
to the party that is going on down the street of from her house. prep
14.
She is considering
if she needs to change her car because the old one isn’t working very well.
15.
She is expecting
a gift for her birthday party.
16.
She is expecting
gifts at her birthday party.
Farsi speakers – True Correct Is that correct? Is it
true? Is that right?
Farsi – exam
quiz- short, worth a few points
test- longer, worth more points
exam- 3-4 hours, major assessment tool
IDIOM wear the pants in the family – boss in the family,
decision-maker
He/She wears the pants in the family.
She wears the pants in the family when it comes to budgeting.
-
based on traditonal family model- one person is
the breadwinner.
VOCAB breadwinner- works and earns money for the family
SLANG bread- money, $$
I don’t have any bread. I’m broke.
Afghani movie The Breadwinner – young girl dresses as
boy, earning money for her family
These are the verb tenses we have
learned so far:
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future
Present progressive
New verb tense: past progressive
auxiliary + ‘ing’
Present progressive:
Mei is
watching a movie right now.
Past progressive:
Mei is was watching a movie last night.
Mei was
watching a movie last night.
EASIEST WAY TO SAY THIS- simple
past
Mei watched
a movie last night.
** simple past and past
progressive- little bit different usage
SIMPLE PAST- one event, finished
Mei watched a movie last
night.
PAST PROGRESSIVE- event in the
past, interrupted by something else
Mei was watching a movie
last night when the electricity went out.
Mei was watching a movie
last night, and her sister called.
EXAMPLES:
I was
coming to school, and the bus stopped because of construction.
My son and I had lunch in his classmate’s home at noon yesterday.
My son and I were having lunch in his classmate’s home at noon yesterday, and he
broke a glass.
She was
driving her car, and a dog ran in front of her.
She was
driving from Victoria to Nanaimo, and a deer ran (right) in front of my
car.
There was an earthquake last
Friday. Did you feel it?
Yes, I was studying at South Hill
(when the earthquake happened).
Yes, I was talking to my neighbour
in the backyard (when the earthquake happened).
No, I was taking a ferry, so I
didn’t feel it.
I was talking to my friend when
the earthquake happened.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
Test 1
Orient paper properly
Write full name and class
Write in pen
Doublespace
Follow the margins
Phones and devices away
Write at least 150 words
Narrative paragraph:
Write about a funny thing that happened to you.
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