Thursday, 2 April 2026

P2 EF7/10 Class 32

 

- Medical Office Assistant program

- Newcomer Welcome Centre- free desktop computers available

 

Maria Cruz, Room 305

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7

·      Check presentation progress (1pt)

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter 6

·      Begin essay work

“The Bare Bones of the Five-Paragraph Essay”

“The Benefits of Cycling”

 

Friday, April 3

·      Statutory holiday

Good Friday

 

Monday, April 6

·      Statutory holiday

Easter Monday

 

Tuesday, April 7

·      Presentations 1

·      Animal Farm Chapter

·      Essay work

 

Wednesday, April 8

·      Presentations 2

·      Animal Farm Chapter

·      Essay work

 

Thursday, April 9

·      Presentations 3

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 10

·      Presentations 4

·      Animal Farm

 

Final week- essay, movie

Monday, April 13

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 15

 

Thursday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday, April 17- final day

·      One-on-one meetings, final marks and comments

 

Quarter 4 begins on Thursday, April 23rd.

 

 

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Sentence Combining

Exercises for “French Fries”

 

Two ways to look at sentence combining:

1.coordination- compound  , SOBA   ;   ; TRANS,

2.subordination- complex   adv cl   adj cl   n cl

 

 

4-6

Then they are lowered.

slow

into oil

simple?   compound?   complex?   compound-complex?

 

Then they are lowered.

slowly(adv)

into oil

 

Slowly, then slowly they are slowly lowered into oil slowly into oil.

 

7-9

Their bath crackles and foams because is it hot.

Their hot bath crackles and foams.

Their bath is hot and crackling with foam.  

Their bath is hot, crackling and foamy.  adj, adj, and adj  PARALLEL

Fries are deep-fried.

They crackle and foam in the hot bath.

Their bath is hot, and it crackles and foams.

 

Their hot foamy bath with foam crackles.

 

10-12

The thinly-sliced potatoes release a puff of steam.

The potatoes which are thinly-sliced release a puff of steam.

 

sweet-potato fries

tempura

 

13-14

They come out crispy brown and streaked with oil.

 

White Spot has ‘endless fries’.

 

“Coffee”

1-2 He sips at his coffee cup which is chipped along the rim.

She nibbled on the cookie.

Did you have dinner yet? I nibbled on something.

Chew your food!

She savoured the delicious dinner.

He savoured every minute of English class.

SLANG He scarfed down the burger. He wolved it down.

Don’t wolf your food!

You will choke.

 

3-5

The taste is bitter, acidic, and (also) faintly soapy.

He feels very bitter.

 

sweet, salty, sour, bitter

 

Life is bittersweet.

 

Wasabi goes into your sinuses.

 

6-8

There is a brown film on the inside of his cup.

The brown film is on the inside of his cup. denser

The film that is on the inside of his cup is brown. overwritten

 

 

 

 

 

 

9-10

He takes extra care so that he doesn’t spill any on his clothes.

He takes extra care to not spill any on his clothes.

He takes extra care because he doesn’t want to spill any on his clothes.

He takes extra care to avoid spilling any on his clothes.

 

She avoids driving in rush hour.

 

The coffee will stain his clothes.

 

There is stained glass in the church.

 

The dentist will polish the stains off your teeth.

 

She got a cleaning at the dentist office.

 

11-12

He is afraid that it might eat holes in the material. – funny

She likes weak milky coffee.

He likes strong dark coffee. He likes espresso.

She prefers decaf.

decaffeinated coffee, half-caf

Coffee upsets my stomach.

 

 

 

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Animal Farm Chapter 5

Crossword

advocate(v) When you go to the doctor, you have to advocate for yourself.

If your child is not doing well in school, you can advocate for them.

advocate- lawyer

Sometimes you have to be a little bit pushy.

indifferent(adj)-

IDIOM He couldn’t care less.

 

crucial(adj)- very important, essential

 

gazing- looking for a time, relaxed, confortable, staring(negative)

That creep is staring at me.

gawking- staring in a creepy way

The young couple gaze into each other’s eyes.

 

unintelligible – can’t understand, incomprehensible

 

vague- not clear, not precise

 

astonishing(adj)- surprising, often in a negative way, shocking, unbelievable

 

flabbergasted(adj)- very surprised, unable to belief

 

Apple has made many innovations with cell phones.

innovate(v)- create something new

nova - new

The South African doctor innovated a new heart transplant procedure.

 

procured(v)- acquired, bought

It is difficult for Korean manufacturers to procure chemicals for the production of plastics.

It is challenging for the The Philippines to procure oil right now.

 

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Chapter 6 Notes

 

  “worked like slaves” (40)

  Napoleon announces voluntary work on Sunday or “rations reduced by half”

ration- daily amount of food

misusing words intentionally, confuse the animals who not able to understand how they are being tricked

  windmill, major challenge breaking stones

  “desperate slowness” (41), “slow, laborious process” “exhausting effort”

  Boxer powerhouse/horse, get up earlier, tireless

  animals naturally better at some tasks (e.g.weeding)

 

  Napoleon opens trade (hay, eggs), employs Mr. Whymper, broker on commission

animals uneasy, going back on resolutions. Principles

  dogs growl, sheep bleat to silence dissenters (43)

  Squealer spins, lies, reshapes animals memories

spin(v) – to lie about the truth in order to fool people

  rumours Napoleon doing business with Mr. Pilkington or Mr. Fredericks (45)

 

  pigs move into farmhouse, sleep in beds

  Fourth Commandment amended (45)

  Squealer spins word 'bed'

  raises specter of Mr. Jones

  pigs sleeping in (46)

 

  animals proud of windmill, focus of labours, except Benjamin

  Napoleon blames destruction of windmill on Snowball

  plant evidence- footprints, Napoleon “pronounced them to be Snowball's” (48)

scapegoat – someone who you can blame, not actually guilty or responsible

 

FREE ADVICE #14: If you want to know where the problem is, go look

                  in the mirror. Only you can fix it. Don’t blame

                  anyone else. Don’t rely on anyone else.

 

  Napoleon commits to rebuild windmill

  At this point in the novel, the rebellion has been lost. Napoleon has taken over as a dictator.

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