Today’s agenda
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Attendance
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Collect Student Questionnaires
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1
Link to PLOs
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“Vocab Activities B2” Page 1
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Introductions of classmates
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Talk about paragraph form
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IF TIME “Jon Meets Amy” idiomatic English
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IF TIME Sentence Overview HANDOUT
Begin sentence work
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Listening fun
Monday
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Pass-in writing, not for marks, practice
paragraph
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Sentence work
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Self-Assessment Reflection
We will do one every Friday.
Don’t write on it yet.
self- myself, yourself, personal, not teacher
assessment(n)- assess(v)- evaluation, how good, level,
examination, mistakes, correct, check, mark, solve, estimate
reflection(n) reflect(v)-
feedback, thinking, check, consider, mirror, compare, deep thinking, internal
process
BC – student-centred
Students can make their own education plan, education goals.
Focus: Your work in this class this week.
Strengths- power, ability, mentality, skills, achievement,
development, improvement, success
Challenges- difficulties, problems, negatives, going wrong,
tricky, obstacles, areas for improvement
Goals- target, aims, dream, approach, future dream, the
things you want, hopes, reach
Plans- project, program, schedule, practice regime,
organized, step-by-step, commitment, solution
Goal-setting- powerful way to make improvements
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“Vocab Activities B2” Page 1
1. nevertheless
; semicolon NEXT WEEK
It is raining. We will go to the beach.
It is raining; nevertheless, we will go to the beach.
COMPOUND SENTENCE
It is raining, but we will go to the beach. COMPOUND
SENTENCE
2. take
into account- consider(v) factor in, think about
Mei wants to buy a Ferrari, but she must take into account maintenance
costs.
3. retrieve(v)-
get back, recover, save
Her dog is a Golden Retriever.
What do dogs retrieve?
hunting dogs- retrieve birds from water
4. accomplishment(n)
accomplish(v)
5. motivate(v)-
encourage(v)
motivation(n) encouragement(n)
I encourage my children to challenge
themselves.
We motivate our kids to be tough/resilient.
VOCAB resilient(adj)- strong, tough, independent
First-time parents can be a little bit overprotective.
Some new parents can be nervous.
6. boost(v)
increase, push
The old man drinks Boost every morning. He can
get necessary nutrients and calories.
7. diabetes(n)-
disease where your pancreas does not make enough insulin, have too much sugar
in your blood
She has diabetes. She is diabetic.
Type 1 or type 2.
Your pancreas is an organ in your body
organs- heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, skin,
stomach, brain, etc.
for this reason
8. exposure(n)
expose(v)- open, can be seen
Sun exposure causes melasma on your face.
9. eye-catching(adj)
visually appealing, attention-getting
10.
owing to- because of, due to
The soccer game was postponed owing
to inclement weather.
VOCAB inclement weather- bad weather
11.
12.
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Let’s take five minutes to get ready. Introduce your partner/classmate.
1. Name
2. Home
3. Family
4. Travel
5. Job
6. Hobbies
7. Future
plans
You can choose a few of these topics. You don’t; have to do
all seven of them.
outgoing and cheerful(adj)- not shy, talkative, open
He/she is the baby of the family.
Jun is the firstborn.
violin, cello, guitar, piano, flute, saxophone, trumpet
oud, pipa, guqin
realize his dream
He wants to realize his dream/accomplish his dream to become
an airline pilot.
We all need ‘me-time’.
-alone time, just for you, nobody bothering you
TV producer- bring a TV show from concept to the screen
Sichuan, China- famous for cuisine(style of food) -spicy,
hot
He likes Japanese cuisine.
She likes Persian cuisine.
I love Ethiopian cuisine. I like Fassil, close to Fraser and
Broadway
Name? Clark and Hastings
twins, triplets
identical twins
fraternal twins
charming(adj)
ECE- early childhood education, Langara, etc.
rehabilitation- rehab
rehab nurse-
physical therapy- physio
We’ll do a few more Monday.
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Listening fun
We will listen to a song. We will listen to the lyrics.
lyrics- the words of a song
We will listen to the sing twice. Fill in the missing words.
Ears open.
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