EF45 Class 24

 

I will be teaching the following courses in Quarter 2 (Nov-Jan)

-P1 (9:15-11:30) EF1, EF2, Speaking and Listening 1/2

-P2 (12:00-2:15) EF6, Writing Improvement 567

-split class- much of the focus will be sentence writing, paragraph writing, essay writing

It will be very much like this class, only higher.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Practice run- registration

We will practice registering in order to see how the system is working.

You still have to register for-real next Tuesday.

 

·      Return Quiz3

Go over

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Finish vocab “Going Shopping”

·      Test2- descriptive paragraph

 

Tuesday

·      Attendance

·      New dialogue

·      Begin past progressive verb tense

·      Tomorrow we will have one-on-one meetings to discuss midterm recommendations. I will meet with the first half of the class- second half on Thursday. I want you to think about the PLOs and how you are progressing in the core skills.

 

Wednesday

·      Attendance

·      Continue past progressive verb tense

·      Midterm recommendations

One-on-one meetings

 

Thursday

·      Midterm recommendations

One-on-one meetings

 

 

 

 

 

Practice registration

 

 

 

 

 

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Quiz3

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    in order to           build

They are saving/making/earning money in order to buy / to build a condo / townhouse / duplex  / house.

VOCAB- condo- condominium- an apartment that you own in a building

                     house- detached house, not physically connected to another

building

 

lower(adj)-

 

basement, lower floor, upper floor

 

 

2.    because                community

Shira isn’t at the community centre because she is sick today.

 

3.    if                            send

If you send me a lot of money, we can get married.

-romance scam

 

4.    before                   meet

Before I meet my friend, I take a shower.

I need to finish the report before I meet with the client.

VOCAB client- customer

 

5.    even though       problem

We keep going even though we have problems in our lives.

If you find a problem, please tell me.

Everyone has problems even if they are rich.

My dad solves my problems even though he is far away.

We worked on the problem even though it was challenging.

I solved the math problem even though it was difficult.

I couldn’t solve the math problem even though it wasn’t difficult.

 

6.    until                      find

She will keep looking for her keys until she finds them.

 

 

Before we get engaged, we should get to know each other better.

They are engaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

** “Going Shopping”

Finish vocabulary

1.    department store-

The Bay was a big department store in Canada.

Costco is a big-box store.

Best Buy is an electronics store.

Winners is a discount clothing store.

Canadian Tire is a hardware store.

Home Depot is a building supply store.

Superstore is becoming a department store.

Walmart is a discount department store.

Indigo is a book store.

SportChek is a sportgoods store.

Ikea is a flatpack big box furniture store.

 

London Drugs is kind like a pharmacy/department store.

 

Marks Work Warehouse is blue-collar work clothes store.

 

Mashall’s is a discount clothing store.

 

Value Village is a second-hand mostly clothing store.

You have to have an eye for fashion.

VV Boutique

 

Dialogue

Who else would like to do the dialogue?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Test 2

Dividers

Few pieces of paper

Phones and devices put away

Write a descriptive paragraph of at least seven sentences about the photograph.