Thursday, 22 January 2026

EF6WI567 Class 42

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Higher level dialogue “Calling the Registrar’s Office”

·      Leftover vocabulary

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test, essay (last hour of class)

I will put a quiz, test, and essay on the screen. You can choose.

 

Friday-January 23rd, last day

·      Give back REPLACEMENT work

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and comments (similar to midterm comments)

·      I give the office final marks and comments.

You can get your report card from the office- not sure what day.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Leftover vocabulary from last week?

·      Higher level dialogue “Calling the Registrar’s Office”

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test, essay (last hour + of class)

I will put a quiz, test, and essay on the screen. You can choose.

 

Friday-January 23rd, last day

·      Give back REPLACEMENT work

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and comments (similar to midterm comments)

·      I give the office final marks and comments.

You can get your report card from the office- not sure what day.

 

 

prior primary priority- first

Prime Minister Carney

 

John is very smooth. (negative) He is good talker. He is persuasive.

 

She is very fragile. sensitive emotionally

She is a sensitive person. easily touched

She is prisoner of her emotions. NICE PHRASE, Literary metaphor

 

Crocodile tears- fake tears

 

My grandmother was frail the last 10 years of her life. physical

 

decent- morally upright, pretty good

descent- go down

 

 

 

firm(adj)

firm(n) company

 

He is as stubborn as a mule. He is unbending despite what anyone tells him.

donkey

 

deer- in BC-         1. whitetail

                               2. blacktail, Mule deer, Muleys

 

Venison is very lean.

venison- meat from a deer

 

The bank put a lien on her house.

 

He is an idle person.

Don’t let your car idle.

 

The steak was very tender.

The steak was like Ghandi’s flipflop. JOKE

 

 

level of cooking for meat

well-done

medium well

medium

medium rare

rare

blue

 

crispy chicken, crispy bacon

 

She altered her skirt. She hemmed her pants.

 

 

 

 

EF12SL12 Class 42

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Finish Simple Sentence exercises

“Try Out Your Skills”

·      “Phrasal Verbs Exercise 1” Vocabulary from Friday – a little bit higher-level

·      Continue new dialogue- “Asking for Directions”

·      TIME Continue paragraph work

Reading reading paragraph “World’s Oldest Person”

·      Optional opportunity to replace one of your quizzes. (last 30m)

 

Friday- final day

·      One-on-one meetings

You will get your final mark and comments.

 

 

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4 “Use Your Skills”

Simple sentence- SV   SSV   SVV

SIMPLE PAST   SIMPLE PRESENT   SIMPLE FUTURE

1.    Do you watch a lot of TV.

Do your kids watch a lot of TV.

Does your daughter watch a lot of TV.

2.    He/She shook hands with me.

My friend shook hands with me.

All of the guests shook hands with me.

3.    Winter sports are fun to do in winter.

Outdoor activities are fun to do in winter.

Skiing and snowboarding are fun to do in winter.

4.    She They have interesting jobs.

Firefighters have interesting jobs.

Lawyers have interesting jobs.

She has an interesting job.

5.    Did you go at to the party last night?

Who was at the party last night?

Sarah was at the party last night.

Was Sarah at the party last night?

Did Sarah go to the party last night? simple past

Does Sarah go to parties often? simple present

Will Sarah go to the party tomorrow night? simple future

 

6.    The good news surprised me. simple past

My husband surprised me.

The loud noise surprised me.

7.    Athletes/Firefighters have to keep in good shape.

Seniors have to keep in good shape.

8.    The party/The cake/The movie was wonderful!

My trip/The book was wonderful!

The music was wonderful!

My watch was beautiful!

Yesterday’s birthday party was wonderful!

9.    Are you going to join us tonight?

Is your sister going to join us tonight?

Will you join us tonight?

are going to join = will join  simple future

Are you going to join our dance?

Will you join our dance?

Zumba- dance exercise

10.                       The movie/book/story is very unusual.

unusual(adj)- strange, weird, not normal

chi gwei- Chinese, Mandarin – strange, weird

This is very unusual.

Your behaviour is very unusual.

The weather is very unusual.

 

phrasal = verb + preposition

talk to

talk with

talk about

look at

look for

look after

 

1.       I need to ___________ my Spanish before I travel to Madrid.

a.       brush up on

b.       put off

c.        run into

 

2.       He ___________ an old friend while shopping downtown.

a.       gave up

b.       ran into

c.        came across

 

3.       The meeting was ___________ until next week.

a.       brought up

b.       turned down

c.        put off- delayed, postponed

 

4.       She ___________ an interesting point during the discussion.

a.       looked after

b.       brought up

c.        put out

 

5.       We need to ___________ the budget before making a final decision.

a.       look over-check, make sure it’s ok

b.       break into

c.        get by

 

HIGHER LEVEL

6.       He was ___________ by the noisy neighbors.

a.       put off

b.       taken aback

c.        brought down

 

 

7.       They’ve decided to ___________ their gym membership to save money.

a.       cut out-eliminate, cancel

b.       go through

c.        give in

 

 

 

 

 

8.       I ___________ yoga recently, and I love it!

a.       took up- started, began to do

b.       turned into

c.        came across

 

9.       Could you ___________ the lights before you leave the room?

a.       turn off

b.       bring up

c.        take on

 

10.    They managed to ___________ the difficult situation with teamwork.

a.       get through

b.       pull over

c.        look up

 

 

 

 

11.    She always ___________ her younger sister when their parents are away.

a.       turns down

b.       looks after

c.        takes up

 

12.    We need to ___________ early if we want to avoid traffic.

a.       set off

b.       give up

c.        take off- leave

I have to take off right after class.

 

13.    The teacher asked the students to ___________ their assignments by Friday.

a.       come across

b.       hand in- pass in to the teacher

c.        give away

 

14.    If you don’t understand, I can ___________ the instructions again.

a.       go over- explain

b.       carry out

c.        break down

 

15.    The manager decided to ___________ the job offer.

a.       break off

b.       turn down-say no to

c.        run into

 

16.    I need to ___________ my keys; I can’t find them anywhere!

a.       look for

b.       take over

c.        make out

 

 

 

 

17.    The company plans to ___________ a new product this summer.

a.       bring out-start to sell, launch

b.       set up

c.        take down

 

18.    On her doctor’s advice, she will ___________  sugary drinks.

a.       pick up with

b.       put down for

c.        cut down on

 

19.    He ___________ his jacket and left the house.

a.       put on

b.       looked up

c.        brought about

 

20.    The thief managed to ___________ with the stolen goods before the police arrived.

a.       get away

b.       take off

c.        fall back

 

 

**

“Asking for Directions”

Dialogue

 

Man on the street

Second man

Woman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: REPLACEMENT QUIZ

“Please replace Quiz #”

SV

1. walk-simple future            city

2. write-simple present        email

SSV

3. close-simple past               door

4. be- simple present            early

SVV

5. see-simple future              beautiful

6. buy- simple past                 bicycle

 

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

EF6WI567 Class 41

 

**

SPRING BREAK – two weeks

Saturday, March 14-Sunday, March 29

**

 

 

IDIOM me-time- time just for you,

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Talk about essay

·      Return Essay

Optional RW for 1 point

·      Sentence types-overview

·      Higher level dialogue “Calling the Registrar’s Office”

·      Leftover vocabulary

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test, essay (last hour of class)

I will put a quiz, test, and essay on the screen. You can choose.

 

Friday-January 23rd, last day

·      Give back REPLACEMENT work

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and comments (similar to midterm comments)

·      I give the office final marks and comments.

You can get your report card from the office- not sure what day.

 

Next quarter:

P1      EF7/Eng10/Composition 11 FULL

P2      EF7/Eng10 FULL

 

 

**

EducationPlannerBC-

online workshop Jan.28 6-7PM

 

**

Quarter 3, Period 2- Writing Improvement 5/6/7 -still room

 

**

Essays

-multi-paragraph- 3X5,

five paragraphs, six paragraphs, four paragraphs

-indent your paragraph

          Push  the first word of your paragraph in by a few space. The width of your thumb is not approximately the space.

 

* Push  the first word of your paragraph in by a few space. The width of your thumb is approximately the space.

- Push  the first word of your paragraph in by a few space. The width of your thumb is approximately the space.

 

--at least 300 words

not too short, not too long

Goldilock’s Zone

Goldilocks – childrens’ story, fairy tale

 

blonde hair- gold locks-long hair

 

IDIOM Goldilocks- in the middle, just right, not extreme

300-400 ww approx

 

 

 

 

-EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

Does it look like an essay?

 

-EXTRA EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

the quality of the sentences!!

Every sentence has to be simple, compound or complex. If they are not, it’s not English.

 

MY OBSERVATION: When people write about things that they care about, the grammar goes out the window.

 

Optional RW for 1 point- pass in today or first thing tomorrow

 

DISTRIBUTE         “Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences”

 

Sentences:

Every sentence in English has to have a subject and a verb.

SIMPLE: SV  SVV  SSV  Imperative  Interogative

COMPOUND   SV, SOBA SV.       SV; TRANS SV.

COMPLEX

adv cl

adj cl

n cl

 

ww

And we like to go downtown.

ww

But it is hard to get a job.

 

In school writing, don’t begin a sentence with SOBA. It’s too casual.

 

ww

And we like to go downtown.

FIX

We like to go downtown.

Also, we like to go downtown.

 

ww

But it is hard to get a job.

FIX

It is hard to get a job.

However, it is hard to get a job.

Nevertheless, it is hard to get a job.

 

We have to internalize these sentence styles.

They have to become automatic.

 

prep

We like to go to Burnaby Museum.

She likes to go to Metrotown.

 

Exceptions: home   downtown   GERUND

She likes to go to the airport and watch the planes take off and land.

He likes to go home.

Mei does downtown.

Sarah goes GERUND.  ing noun

Sarah goes shopping.

Sarah goes hiking/swimming/dancing/travelling/biking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

“Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences”

 

 

**

Last 25-30m

Continue to work on essay RW

OR

Get into small groups.

Look at “Calling the Registrars Office”

 

 

EF12SL12 Class 41

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz7

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Finish Simple Sentence exercises

“Try Out Your Skills”

·      Continue new dialogue- “Asking for Directions”

·      Vocabulary from Friday- EF34 – a little bit higher-level

·      TIME Continue paragraph work

Reading reading paragraph “World’s Oldest Person”

 

Thursday

·      Continue work

·      Optional opportunity to replace one of your quizzes. (last 30m)

 

Friday- final day

One-on-one meetings

You will get your final mark and comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz 7

SV

1. live-simple past        city

lived   was live

S lived

She/I/Mei/We lived in Vancouver for five years.

 

2.start-simple future   party

S will start

The party will start at 8pm tomorrow.

The birthday party will start at 8pm tomorrow.

The fun party will start at 8pm tomorrow.

 

 

SSV

3. read-simple future  book

S S will read

Joe and Michelle will read the interesting story books.

Joe and Michelle will read the interesting and funny books.

My husband and I will read a book before we go to bed/bed.

*before we go to bed- adverb clause EF34

 

4. be- simple present  happy

 

SVV

be- is/are/am

S is/are/am V

My sister is happy. V

My sister feels good and is happy.

My sister is happy and feels good.

My sister feels good today and is very happy.

 

My sister lives in Calgary and is happy.

 

SSV

be- simple present      happy

Joe and Tanya are happy together.

 

 

EF34 I wanted to get a new job. SV

 

 

SVV

5. run-simple past        young

S ran and V

The young camel ran and played.

The young kids ran and played.

ran  was run

 

6.open- simple past     student


student opened and V

The student opened a book and read it.

The students opened the door and came in the classroom.

HARDER VOCAB The student turned on the computer and opened the browser.

 

 

EF12 – based on PLOs

-simple sentence SV SSV SVV


-simple verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future

Proficiency- ability to write and speak

 

Quiz 1,2,3,4,5,6,7- snapshot/picture of how you are doing

 

 

 

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

I lived in Vancouver City for two years.

I lived in Vancouver for two years.

I lived in New York City/Mexico City for two years.

I lived in the city of Vancouver for two years.

 

 

 

 

**

“Why Do We Yawn?

 

mammal- animal, warm-blooded

Humans are mammals.

 

mouth

mouse

 

contagious(adj)- spreads like a sickness

Covid is contagious.

A cold is contagious.

 

alert(adj)- awake, ready to go

 

A. Vocabulary

1. However EF4   excited

excited  exciting

The movie was exciting. I was excited.

2. contagious

3. alert(adj) awake and aware

4. bored

bored   boring

She was bored. The movie was boring.

5. race- running contest

6. stretch muscles

7. quickly

slowly  easily  carefully(adverbs)

8. deeply(adv)

9.might

10.yawn

 

 

Cultures are different in different countries. Some cultures are very physically affectionate. They like to hug and kiss. They like to touch.

Some people are very huggy and kissy people.

Can I give you a hug?
Some people show affection and love in other ways. Maybe they make food for you. Maybe they call you.

 

B Vocab

1.muscles

He has chicken legs.

2.I might go

3.Headaches are not contagious.

4.alert- wide awake

5.However

You can get yellow and red kiwis at T&T Supermarket.

6. excited

7.deep

8.race

9.quickly

10.yawn

Cover your mouth when you cough!

11.stretch

12.boring

 

C Vocabulary Review

antonym- word with an opposite meaning

good-bad

big-small

happy-sad

open-closed

cold-warm

boring-interesting

no one- everyone

true - false

above- below

large-small

rich-poor

light-dark

light-heavy

day-night

1.    slowly quickly

 

 

Tomorrow- Optional Replacement Quiz

You do not have to do it. However, you can replace one of your quizzes.

You have Quiz 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. You have the marks for those quizzes.

 

Replacement Quiz

SV

1.sinple present

2.simple past

SSV

3.simple future

4.simple present

SVV

5.simple past

6.simple future

Same style as Quiz#7

 

On your quiz paper, you will write “Please replace QuizX.”

 

For example:

Quiz 1  3/6

Quiz 2  4/6

Quiz 3  2/6

Quiz 4  4/6

Quiz 5  3.5/6

Quiz 6  2/6

Quiz 7  1/6 4/6

 

Please replace Quiz 7.

New quiz mark 4/6