Today’s agenda
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Attendance
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Talk about registration
Talk about EF7/English 10
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Talk about spoken presentations
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Begin adjective clauses- final type of clause
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LEFTOVER Verb Tense exercises- Test B 1-20
Tuesday
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Continue adjective clauses
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Work on spoken presentations
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Registration started today at 9am. You should have gotten an
email from the school with a reg link.
After you successfully complete your registration, you will
get a confirmation email.
Next step- Wait.
The advisors go through each reg request. You will get
another email that confirms your registration in the course.
Be patient. It will take a few days or a week or so.
Some of the courses fill up quickly. Some of the time slots
fill up quickly.
If the course you want is full, you can wait, go on the
waitlist, try another school, do it self-paced.
Next quarter, I will be teaching EF7/English 10 in P1 and
P2.
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poetry
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short stories (reading 3-10 pages)
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novel (Animal Farm, George Orwell)
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paragraph writing, and essay writing
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less sentence work- focus on sentence combining
work
In order to be successful in EF7/Eng10, you have to have
your writing and speaking at fully proficient level.
It’s going to be the same old teacher. Nothing new.
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Spoken/Oral Presentation: X/10
Next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
This is required for EF6 students.
This is not requires for WI567 students.
You can still do it for extra easy points, and fun practice.
These are fun and interesting.
Choose one of the topics:
What is your favourite place in Canada
or your home country?
Who is a person who you know in your
life who you respect/look up to?
There will be two parts to this
project:
1.
WRITTEN-
a couple of paragraphs (2, 3 paragraphs)
-Write about the place or the
person.
-Write about your relationship to
this place or person.
2.
SPOKEN
(3-5 minutes)
On your presentation day, you will
tell the class about this place or person and your relationship to it or them. You
will come up to the front of the class. You can take a few written notes in
case you forget something. However, no reading. Also, please, do not recite a
memorized speech.
You can practice at home. Time
yourself.
Here are some possible topics to
focus on:
The name of the place
Where the place is
When you went there
Who you went with
What the scenery was like
What you did there
What your memories are of the place
Who
the person is
Information
about the person
Where you knew them
What you did together
What you like about them
What you learned from them
What your memories are of the person
Today, think about what person or
place you want to tell us about.
ACTION
Step 1- Choose the place or person that you would like to talk about.
Email the name of the place or person to me by tonight 7PM. 7PM is the
deadline.
ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
(1pt)
Remember to put your full name and class in the subject line of all
emails to the teacher.
SUBJECT LINE: Mei Chen EF6
Hi Allan,
I will talk about my sister, Maryam.
Thanks,
Mei
Step 2- Sign up for a presentation time.
Step 3- Begin to brainstorm ideas. Then begin to write.* We will take
some class time to work on this.
*You could get ChatGPT or a translating app to write this for you in
.003 seconds. Hopefully, you will take this as an opportunity to do some
organization, planning, and writing on your own.
Of course, the VSB and SHEC policies regarding plagiarism and academic
honesty apply. If I see that your work is plagiarized or translated, or
AI-generated. it will get a 0 and a letter in your file.
I know what your writing looks like.
This will be a nice challenge, writing and speaking to the class.
Some people like to show some pictures. You can use your laptop or
phone.
We can check the tech any day before you present.
The projector is a bit old. If the projector doesn’t work with your
phone, maybe you can email your pictures to a classmate whose phone works with
the projector.
Encouragement section!
We all want to hear what you have to say. We are on your side. We want
you to be successful and feel successful.
We will give helpful feedback to each person.
We are positive and supportive of each other.
Marks x/10-
1 point email by tonight 7PM
1 point
check-in on Friday
4 points for the writing
4 points for the
speaking
FAQ (Frequency Asked Questions)
-Will we do preparation work in
class?
We will take some class time, and you
will have to do much of it outside of class.
-Can I show pictures or videos?
Yes, absolutely. You can use your
own computer or phone.
We can use the LCD projector to
project them on the screen.
We can test the tech any day this week to make sure it works.
I have a C port and an HDMI connector.
-When do I pass in the writing?
Pass it in first thing on the day you present.
Questions? Please ask.
* SIMPLE- one main clause
SV SSV
SVV SSVV Imperative
Interrogative
STYLE ADVICE: If something is important and you want people to
remember
it, write it in a simple sentence.
* COMPOUND – two main clauses joined
together
1. ,
FANBOYS , SOBA ,
so , or
, but , and because
2. ;
semicolon
3. ;
TRANS,
Transitional words and terms: e.g.
however therefore also
nevertheless to tell the
truth in general moreover
* COMPLEX – one main clause + one
subordinate clause
1. adverb clauses- because, when, if, since,
so that, so...that, as, while, whenever, before, after, etc.
2. noun clause- verbs- feel think know say
know believe
pronouns- that why how OTHERS if whether
3. LAST ONE adjective clauses
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COMPLEX SENTENCES
adjective clauses – more in-depth, more
detailed
keep it as simple as possible to start-
start basic and then go deeper
adjective – describes a noun
the red hat adjective
the nice red hat adjective
a green hat-
He is wearing a green hat.
She is green with envy. - jealous
green(adj)- new at a job, don’t know what
you’re doing yet
She is a very green manager. She is
inexperienced.
The boss will show her the ropes.
IDIOM show someone the ropes- tell them how
the company works
EXTRA INFORMATION EF45:
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES (or other nouns
functioning as adjectives):
opinion, size, age, shape, colour,
material, origin, purpose NOUN
It is a beautiful diamond
ring.
It is a diamond beautiful ring. XXX
It is a ring beautiful. SPANISH, FARSI
She has a nice leather jacket.
opinion, size, age, shape, colour,
material, origin, purpose NOUN
My grandmother broke her gorgeous
sky-blue English teapot.
Shari loves to listen to ancient Persian music.
The dog plays with a big round plastic
chew toy.
Yuko collects old Japanese tea sets.
It is a beautiful brand-new oval blue
diamond. MAYBE TOO MANY ADJS
DETAIL ABOUT PUNCTUATION , commas between
adjectives
It is a beautiful blue diamond. no
comma
It is an expensive, beautiful diamond
ring. comma
It is a beautiful, expensive diamond
ring. comma
That is a cute, charming baby.
ALTERATIVE WAY TO EXPRESS ADJECTIVES
She bought a blue and green sweater.
She bought a bluish green sweater.
He has bluish grey eyes.
blue- bluish- mix of blue
She has long reddish brown hair.
He has a salt and pepper beard.
TALKING IDIOM Also ‘ish’ for time
approximately, about, around
She got home 9ish.
We’ll start 6ish.
What time do you get up? 7ish. 6ish.
5:45- exact, sharp
The bus leaves at 7 sharp.
Our class starts at 12 sharp.
SPOKEN
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nouns that act like adjectives, nouns that
describe other nouns
She has a blue cup. adjective
She has a coffee cup. noun
I got some coffee cups. coffee-
noun, acting like an adjective
I love coffee. Coffee- noun, acting like a noun
We use nouns as descriptive words (like adjectives)
all the time.
purpose - neck tie school book
sports/running shoes
eyeglasses water bottle rain jacket
TV show
**
adjectives for shapes:
circle(n) round(adj) circular(adj)
triangle(n) triangular(adj)
square(n) square(adj)
rectangle(n) rectangular(adj)
A pentagonal table. A five-sided table. EASIER
An octagonal stop sign. An eight-sided
stop sign.
The Pentagon
The Oval Office
math- trigonometry- shapes
Yoda- Star Wars- peak backwards, “You
must use the force.” “Use the force , you must.”
individual adjectives – good for simple
ideas
e.g black tea, herbal tea, green tea, Orange
Pekoe, mint tea, apple tea
cinnamon tea
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
More complicated,
in-depth description – use adjective clauses
e.g.
I love green
tea.
She loves sweet milky
tea.
Do you like bubble
tea?
I love the tea that
my sister makes from flower petals.
complicated ideas –
my sister made it, made from flower petals
I love the delicious
tea that my sister makes from
flower petals.
I loved the delicious
tea that my sister made from
flower petals.
Mei remembers the
dumplings/chicken soup that her grandmother made.
ALTERNATIVES:
I love the tea that
my sister makes from flower petals.
I love the tea made
from flower petals.
BASIC I love the tea (which is) made from flower
petals.
I love the tea made
from flower petals by my sister. AWKWARD
VERB TENSE -
I love the tea that my sister makes from flower petals. simple present
I love the tea which is made from flower petals. simple present and passive voice
I loved the tea which
my sister made from flower petals. simple past
CONFUSION – made-
simple past and participle
I love my sister’s
flower-petal tea. adjective
More complicated
ideas- use an adjective clause
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Three most common
pronouns for adjective clauses: who that which
*** 95% of the
time- who that which ***
Other less-commonly
used pronouns for adjective clauses: whom, where, whose
PARTICULAR POINT OF
CONFUSION
whom – very rarely
used, very fancy and formal sounding, sounds like a grammar-bookish
Native English
speakers rarely use ‘whom’. We say
‘who’.
MY ADVICE: Forget
about ‘whom’. It is not important.
e.g. The woman to
whom I was speaking is my sister. GRAMMAR BOOK
The woman who I
was talking/speaking to/with is my sister. SOUNDS GREAT, NATURAL
The woman I was
talking/speaking to is my sister. VERY AUTHENTIC
Joe, whom I
work with, is a great colleague. FORMAL
Joe, who I
work with, is a great colleague. MORE AUTHENTIC
*One exception
about ‘whom’. writing to someone, don’t know who will be receiving the letter
GREETING for an
impersonal business-type letter:
To whom it may
concern,
Not an everyday
occurrence. Pretty rare.
e.g. business
letter, reference letter
EXACT To whom it may concern.
FORMAL SOUNDING
ENGLISH preposition + whom
to whom from whom
with whom
With whom were you
speaking? EXTREMELY FORMAL STYLE, STIFF, SERIOUS, GRAMMAR BOOK
Who were talking
to? CASUAL
Pick your tone in
English. Formal or authentic? What impression are you trying to make?
It depends on the situation.
We use different
levels of formality for different situations.
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Wedding invitation-
very formal language
Mr. and Mrs. Chen request the
honor of your presence at the nuptials of their daughter…
RSVP
MEANING: Please
come to our daughter’s wedding.
You can pick your
tone. Time and place.
It never hurts to
be polite.
*Continue tomorrow*
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