Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Return Quiz 4
Go over it
Optional rewrite RW for one point
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Continue paragraph writing
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Review simple verb tenses- simple present,
simple past, simple future
Exercises on simple verb tenses.
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New dialogue “Filling Out an Application”
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Quiz5 soon – mix of simple present, simple past,
simple future
Tuesday
Wednesday
Quiz 5 (probably)
Thursday
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One-on-one meetings to discuss midterm
recommendations. We will talk face-to-face about which course you should
register for in January.
Friday
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Final day before Winter Break
*Two-week Winter Break*
Quiz 4
Title: Quiz 4
Take out a few pieces of lined ruled paper.
We need our dividers.
Phones, electronic devices out away.
Write in pen, not pencil.
Double-space.
Write your full name, class, and date in top right corner.
Write a sentence with a simple
future verb tense for each.
Pass in by 9:50
will
OR
be going to
1.
start work
I will start work tomorrow at 7am.
2.
look park
He is going to look for his friend in the park.
3.
help school
I will help you at school tomorrow.
4.
see movie
We are going to watch/see a movie tonight.
5.
play game
Ali’s team will play a football game tomorrow.
6.
write story
Michelle will write a love story tonight.
TITLE: Quiz 4 RW
EXAMPLES:
I am going to go
swimming (on) Saturday and Sunday.
I am going to go to a party (on) Friday.
She went to Burnaby (on) Sunday.
She went to Burnaby on the weekend.
*Easier to use ‘on’ all the time.
Her birthday is (on) January 12th.
We will make some soup on tomorrow.
We walked around Stanley Park on yesterday.
Maris came to Canada on last year.
Ali will get a good job on next year.
Mohammed will travel to Iraq in April.
Christmas is in December.
Christmas is on December 25th.
**Prepositions are tricky in English. There is no easy way
to learn prepositions. Daily usage is the only way to learn. People who use
English a lot daily learn prepositions. People who have closed mouths do not
learn them.
Preposition mistakes are small mistakes.
e.g. My birthday is
in June 23rd. XXX very small mistake
My birthday is on June 23rd.
We went the museum
yesterday. XXX very small mistake
We went to the museum yesterday.
**
I will see the anthropological museum.
I will go to the anthropological museum.
When my wife came to Canada, she spoke and used English
every day. She did not use her mother language.
She made friends who were English speakers. Her new friends did not speak her
mother language.
Now she is department head and instructor at VCC.
If she can do it, you can do it.
Even after 30 years, she still finds prepositions in English
to be a little tricky. My wife, “English is stupid.”
My wife was born in south China. She moved to Spain when she
was 5.
She learned English quickly by immersing/surrounding herself
in English in Vancouver. She plays volleyball.
I have been teaching at this school since 1993.
The students who learn English well are the students who use
English every day in their real lives.
You can accomplish a lot in a year. You must work day-by-day.
PHRASAL VERBS- VERB + PREPOSITIONS
-look at – see, point your eyes toward something, watch
We looked at Xmas lights in the neighbourhood.
-look for- search for, try to find
I looked for a new sweater at Metrotown.
-look after- care for, raise
She looks after her children very well.
**
New dialogue “Filling Out an Application”
Get into small groups of 4-5 people.
Discuss the Warm-Up Questions.
Do the Vocabulary Preview.
Then practice the dialogues.
SAYING “You can lead to horse to water, but you can’t make
it drink.”
“Warm-Up Questions”
1. application(n)-
paper or online document
apply(v)- to request a job or service
applicant(person)- the person who wants to
get a job or service
She filled out a paper job application.
She filled out a job application online.
He applied for a travel visa to the US.
Do you need a travel visa to go the States?
Ali applied for a health card.
Ali will apply for a health card.
Shira applied/ put on makeup.
The boss interviewed
the applicants.
“Vocabulary Preview”
1.DL-
What is your DL number?
2.birth certificate-
She got a replacement birth certificate.
3.ID
Do you have your ID?
You can use your DL or your passport for ID.
4. proof(n)
prove(v)
She showed proof of employment.
If you are on a work visa, you have to show proof of
employment (POE). Then you can take classes at SHEC.
5.Do you have a library card? I use the VPL app.
VPL- Vancouver Public Library
6.immigrant(person)
immigrate(v) Shira
immigrated to Canada from Afghanistan.
7.counter- high table, business, kitchen, airport, bank,
hotel
2.
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