EF6WI567 Class 40

 

 

VCC, February 13, 2026, 10am-12pm

downtown campus

Career Field Trip

Bus tickets and lunch provided.

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      New dialogue- “Asking for Clarification”

·      Sentence types-overview

 

Wednesday

·      Return Essay

Go over

Optional RW for 1 point

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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 23^rd, 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.

 

 

 

 

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New dialogue- “Asking for Clarification”

clarification(n) clarify(v)

Could you give me clarification about the test? Can you give more information.

Can you clarify what you are saying?

Let’s make some small groups (4-5 people).

 

 

I’m not sure I follow.

I’m not sure if/that I follow.

I’m not sure I follow what you are saying. NOUN CLAUSE

EF4 I don’t understand what you said.

I don’t understand what you are talking about/what you mean.

I don’t know what you want.

Do you follow? Do you understand?

 

catch my meaning- TRANSLATION

 

Do you get me? Sounds abrupt, not polite

 

I got it. I get you. casual, talking

 

IDIOM mansplain(v) mansplaining(n)

man + explain = when men explain things to women that they already know

 

Don’t mansplain me.

 

clarify(v)

clarification(n)

clear(adj)

 

IDIOMS on the same page- we all understand what’s going on

We are all on the same page.

We are not on the same page.

 

in the same boat- in the same situation

 

 

“A Team Meeting”

Coaches 1 & 2

Interrupting Parents 1 and 2

 

tournament- many teams playing many games against each other

SLANG tourney  Her son has a swimming tourney next week.

jersey- a sweater for sports, home jersey, away jersey

helmet-

skates-

hockey stick- You shoot the puck with the hockey stick.

IDIOM Keep your stick on the ice. Always be ready. Keep your eyes open. Pay attention.

 

sibling-

deposit(v)- to put some money in your bank account

deposit(n)- a small amount of money to hold a purchase

You have to leave a deposit when you check-in at a hotel.

 

Better safe than sorry.

 

The bus is leaving at 9am sharp.