IDIOM I am running around
like a chicken with its head cut off.
Meaning- very busy You
are very busy today.
IDIOM Her plate is full. She is very busy. She is busy all day.
She has many things to do.
He has a lot of chores to do.
VOCAB chores- housework- vacuum, laundry, wash dishes, clean
the bathroom, wipe the counter,
VOCAB for kitchen -sink, cabinets, cupboards, oven, toaster
oven, microwave, air fryer, kettle, water heater, fridge, refrigerator, dishwasher,
cutlery- spoons, forks, knives, chopsticks
WAYS TO COOK- boil, fry, simmer, bake, roast, grill, steam,
dry, smoke
homework- school work
Today’s Agenda
·
Collect questionaires
·
Attendance
·
Distribute PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)
We will start to talk about the PLOs tomorrow
·
“Making Small Talk”
·
Distribute “Three Kinds of Sentences EF45
HANDOUT”
We will start to work on sentences
tomorrow.
·
Pass-in writing – paragraph
Not a test, not for marks
I want to see what your writing looks like,
so I will know what to focus on in this class. (last 30m)
·
HW Read
over the PLOs. We will start to use them in class
tomorrow.
Look over “Three Kinds of Sentences EF45
HANDOUT” if you have time.
Friday
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1
·
Vocab exercise- “Multiple-Choice Synonyms 1”
·
Start working on sentences “Three Kinds of
Sentences EF45 HANDOUT”
Monday
·
Continue sentence work
**
“Making Small Talk”
small talk – daily talking, chat, chit-chat
-
not serious talking, casual
Good ways to start a conversation
What a cloudy day.
What a beautiful day.
Do you like this kind of weather?
It is warm, and the sky is smoky.
Long time, no see. It has been a while.
How’s it going? How have you been? CASUAL What’s up?
How’s work? How is your new job going?
What’s new?
Did you watch the game last night? Canada- sport- hockey
The Vancouver Canucks
Keeping busy? I have
no me-time.
IDIOM QT- quality time- doing things together, talking
together, playing, learning, cook together, go shopping together, vacation, hang
out, read together
She likes spending QT with her daughter. She likes spending quality
time with her daughter.
IDIOM hang out- friends
She hangs out with her friends at Trout Lake. They spend quality
time together doing fun things.
Have you been waiting long? Sorry for being late. Sorry for
being tardy.
VOCAB tardy(adj)- a little bit late
very late
Any plans for the weekend? I’m going to stay home and relax.
I’m going to sleep in. I’m going to chill.
IDIOM chill(v) relax, take it easy
This class starts at 12:00. If you come in a few minutes early
to class, you can make some small talk with your classmates.
You will feel comfortable speaking.
Dialogues.
Let’s get into some small groups and practice reading the
dialogues.
In about 10 minutes, we will perform the dialogues for the
class.
I will read the dialogues out loud. You can listen and repeat
for pronunciation practice.
neighbour- a person who lives close to you
neighbourhood- an area of a city
CONTRACTIONS- ‘ apostrophe
He’s OR He is
We will OR We’ll ‘wheel’
He is a lot of work (for me).
VOCAB yard work- planting vegetables and flowers, water the
palnts and the lawn/grass, mow the lawn, rake the grass, rake the leaves,
She cuts her grass with a lawn mower.
edger, whipper-snipper
We will continue with
the “Making Small Talk” dialogues tomorrow.
**
Some more classmate introductions
Iran
tattoo
santour
She has lived here for
three years. verb tense- present perfect
Pass-in writing. This is not a test. I want to see what your
sentence writing looks like, so I will know what to teach you.
1. Take out a piece of lined, ruled
paper.
2. Write your full name and class in
the top right corner.
3. In the centre on the top line,
write Practice Paragraph.
4. Write in pen.
5. Doublespace.
6. Phones and
devices put away.
Write a short paragraph of at least 150 words.
TOPIC: Introduce yourself.
**Prescribed Learning Outcomes
The skills that I must teach.
ORAL LANGUAGE
A1
READING AND VIEWING
B1
WRITING
C1
EVIDENCE OF THINKING
D1
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