Thursday, 15 January 2026

EF6WI567 Class 37

 


 Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Presentations- third group

·      Return Quiz5

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Continue essay work

 

NEXT WEEK- final week

-essay to pass in

-opportunity to write optional replacement quiz and/or test

-second spoken mark

 

Monday

·      Pass in essay

 

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

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Friday-January 23rd, last day

·      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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essay work (EF5 and above)

 

sentences—paragraphs—essays – papers (college, university: 5, 10, 20 pages) – thesis/graduating essay- graduating from degree (80-120 pages) – book (300-600 pages)- non-fiction, fiction

apply to postsec- essay

 

** sentences- sentence types: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex- next step

** GOOD SENTENCE WRITING IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL WRITING

Building vocab, word form, verb tense, verb form, preposition, phrasal verbs

Developing authentic(natural) phrasing

 

You picked a hard road to walk down. You are brave and strong! You are scared and weak? We have to be.

Have hope and vision and a target.

IDIOM Never say never. Have resolve!

 

 

** paragraphs – structure    Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences,

Concluding sentence

(150-200 words)

 

- format                - font size, doublespace, indent, paper orientation, name and class

 

** essay -multi-paragraph writing, 3, 5, 6, 7 paragraphs on a topic

 

ENGLISH 12 EXAM Writing prompt: “in essay form” “in paragraphs” “multi-paragraph” – means write an essay

“at least 300 words”  the sweetspot, the Goldilocks zone (300-400ww)

“Goldilocks and the Three Bears”- fairy tale, children tale

 

 

paragraph - at least 150 words

essay – at least 300 words*

*You don’t have to write a book. You just have to 3-5 short paragraphs.

 

 

We will focus on the five-paragraph essay – basic model

-academic essay- good for school

-3X5 essay

 

“essay”- French “to try” , try to explain something in full, an attempt to describe a subject completely, an endeavour to explicate an idea

 

essay – an attempt to write a longer piece of writing that covers a topic well

 

Western school – five-paragraph essay commonly-used model

 

 

 

 

 

 

”The Bare Bones of a Five-Paragraph Essay”

-skeleton

-structure

-good bones

-foundation

 

thesis- the big idea

 

 

Quiz 5

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Pass in by 2:15.


1.    library         issue

2.    service        city

3.    party           story

4.    office          job

5.    daycare      area

6.    weather     change


 


 

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