Monday, 2 June 2025

P2 EF56 Class 26

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

drool(v)- water coming out of your mouth

mouthwatering(adj) The cake is mouthwatering.

My mouth is watering.

 

cocktail- an alcoholic drink, a mimosa, a gin gimlet, a martini

mocktail- a fancy drink, no alcohol

mock- fake, not real

mint, fruit, umbrella, colourful. lemon, lime, watermelon, etc.

 

 

 

gamble(v) – play games for money

Mahjong, poker, 21, roulette, etc.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

Monday, June 2

First day of registration for summer term.

I am scheduled to teach Period 1, EF5 in the summer. This could change.

Follow the email link.

Ask me or a classmate for help of you’re having trouble registering.

 

·      Attendance

·      Talk about reg

·      Prepare for Quiz5 Wednesday- adverb clauses

Choose vocabulary to review

·      Begin opinion writing

 

Tuesday

·      Role-Play dialogues

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Practice for Quiz5

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz5-adv cl

·      Continue opinion writing

Test paragraph Thursday or Friday

·      Begin noun clauses

 

Thursday

·      Continue opinion writing

·      Continue noun clauses

 

Friday

 

 

Week 7

Quiz6 – noun clauses

Test- paragraph

 

Week 8

Quiz7- adjective clauses (final quiz)

Spoken presentations (over three days)

Essay

 

Week 9

Tuesday, June 24

·      Optional replacement test and/or quiz

Will explain more later.

 

Wednesday, June 25

Final day

·      Final marks and meetings

 

 

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Let’s get ready for the quiz on adverb clauses.


Let’s choose 10 adverb clause words to review

1.    when

2.    because

3.    until

4.    after

5.    while

6.    although

7.    if

8.    unless

9.    so … that

10.                       wherever

Let’s do some practice writing sentences with adverb clauses.

Let’s choose 10 vocabulary words to review

1.    make(v,n)

2.    keep(v)

3.    believe(v)

4.    wait(n,v)

5.    start(n,v)

6.    difficult(adj)

7.    private(adj)

8.    job(n)

9.    often(adv)

10.                       service(n)


 

-although difficult

Although the quiz was difficult, I still did well.

Although moving to Canada was difficult, she is happy that she did that.

He went running although it was raining.

-unless private

Let’s go to the club unless it’s a private club.

You have to get someone to fix your furnace unless you can service it yourself.

The service in the restaurant is really good unless they get very busy.

The internet service will be poor unless we pay for more bandwidth.

NATURAL-SOUNDING I don’t have the bandwidth to listen to her right now.

*so … that   believe

You are so honest that we believe you.

 

She works so hard that she is always exhausted.

She studies so hard that we believe that she can finish the job.

 

Superman can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Spiderman shoots a web from his wrist.

 

*wherever make

She makes friends/enemies wherever she goes.

She is easy/hard to get along with.

easygoing, friendly

He loved to get people going.

Don’t get me going.

He got the dog/kids going.

 

 

What make and model is your car? It is a Toyota Rav4.

What breed is your dog? It is a chihuahua/Burmese mountain dog mix.

VOCAB nippy(cold)  It is nippy today. It is sunny but slightly cold.

 

EXAMPLES

She often hurts her back because she doesn’t exercise.

She is an athletic person because she often plays sports.

It often rains because its spring.

He often goes to hiking on Grouse Mountain because he lives not far.

He goes to the mall. He goes to school. He goes to work.

He goes home / downtown / GERUND hiking,swimming,shopping, biking,dancing,etc.

They go dancing every Friday night. GERUND- ‘ing’ noun

He often feels energetic because he has a good sleep every day.

 

Morris loves dancing. GERUND- noun

Morris is dancing at the community centre. verb

 

*in order to

in order to V

She is studying in order to pass her test.

I go to the gym in order to build muscle.

She runs in order to maintain bone density.

 

andropause in men?

menopause in women

 

 

Opinion paragraph

Persuasive writing

 

opinion(n)- your idea, perspective, suggestion, point-of-view, what you think

 

WF- word form

persuasive(adj)   She is a very persuasive person. She can talk people into anything. She can talk the hind leg off a dog.

persuade(v)   The little kid persuaded his parents to buy him a toy.

persuasion(n)   Students are very good at persuasion about marks.

 

debate(n,v)

 

NEGATIVE manipulate(v)

manipulative(adj)   My friend., Sarah, is emotionally manipulative.

manipulation(n)  

emotional blackmail- the silent treatment

 

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