Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Talk about replacement quiz and test tomorrow
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One final presentation-
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Sentence Combining practice
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“Superstitions”
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Tongue Twisters
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GAME Two truths, one lie. OR Guess it!
Thursday, April 16
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Return essay
RW for 1 point
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Optional replacement quiz and/or test (final 70 m)
You can decide if you want to do the replacement quiz or
test.
This is for the people who haven’t done it yet.
Replacement quiz- six sentence combining
Replacement test- paragraph
Friday, April 17- final day
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One-on-one meetings, final marks and comments.
You can take a picture if you want.
Final percentage and comments about ORAL
and WRITTEN. Also, NEXT STEPS
I will submit the final marks and comments
to the office.
You will be able to pick up your report
sheet starting next week. I’m not which day.
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You can just chill. You can hang out and relax.
Quarter 4 begins on Thursday, April 23rd.
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The marks to come in the next few days:
Essay x/18
Repl test x/12
Repl quiz x/6
Spoken2 x/15
Tomorrow:
Optional Replacement test- paragraph, not an essay
150ww
one paragraph
general topic, not Animal Farm
Optional Replacement quiz- six sentence combining exercises
Practice today
No replacement essay
PRACTICE
“Nice Surprise”
1.1 It was Friday night. KERNEL
Look for new information.
1.2 Tony was feeling good.
What kind of sentence do you envision?
SIMPLE
On Friday night, Tony was feeling good.
Tony was feeling good on Friday night.
Tony was feeling good Friday night.
COMPOUND It was
Friday night, and/so Tony was feeling good.
COMPLEX Tony was feeling good because it was Friday
night.
Because it was Friday night, Tony was feeling good.
Because it was Friday night, so Tony was feeling good. XXX
COMPOUND-COMPLEX – not enough information
Let’s try some. Write your sentences on your own paper.
2.1 He had worked hard.
2.2 He had gotten a raise.
2.3 The raise was unexpected.
raise- higher salary, more money
promotion- higher position
She got a promotion which came with a raise.
He got a raise but not a promotion.
Did your promotion come with a raise?
COMPOUND
He had worked hard; then he had gotten a raise which was
unexpected.
He had worked hard; then he had gotten a unexpected raise.
He had worked hard, so/and he had gotten a unexpected raise.
COMPLEX
The teacher went up a pay scale this year.
She went up a pay scale when she finished her degree.
pay scale- pay grid
salary- $ per year/ $ per month
wage- $ per hour, minimum wage
In Canada, we talk about salary as income per year.
living expenses
In China, Iran, Myanmar, and Japan, they talk about salary
as income per month.
pay period- how often you are paid
- Canada and
the US- every two weeks
-Japan,
China, Iran, Myanmar- once a month
You have to budget your money. budget- money plan
IDIOM Money burns a hole in his pocket.
She spends every cent she makes.
He spends money like a drunken sailor.
IDIOM She pisses her money away. She has nothing to show for
it.
He is a tightwad.
He is tight-fisted.
He is cheap. He is a miser. sound negative
He is frugal. sound positive
She is careful with money.
Kids are expensive.
She is paid on commission. She is a salesperson who is paid
according to how much she sells.
Ali is paid purely on commission.
Ahmed gets a base salary and also commission.
Sherrie gets a wage plus tips as a server.
waiter/waitress- server
Tips are split between all servers and the kitchen staff.
bonus- extra money for doing a good job or for reaching some
criteria
All income is taxable in Canada.
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) knows how much servers get in
tips approximately.
CRA will do a personal audit.
-dyslexia- number and letter reversals
“cash only” – likely tax evasion
People are sick of tipping large amounts.
18% 22%
My friend’s rule of tipping: No tip if you pay before you
eat.
You can tip a percentage or a dollar amount.
IDIOM Cash is king! Money talks!
He had worked hard and had gotten an unexpected raise.
He had gotten an unexpected raise because he had worked hard.
3.1 His boss had praised his efforts.
3.2 His boss was a hardworking woman.
His boss was a hardworking woman who had praised his
efforts.
His boss who was a hardworking woman had praised his
efforts.
His boss was a hardworking woman, and she had praised his
efforts.
4.1 Then she had handed him a paycheque.
4.2 The paycheques contained a bonus.
4.3 The bonus was small but worthwhile.
Then she had handed him a paycheque.
contained a bonus
small but worthwhile
Then she had handed him a paycheque that contained a small
but worthwhile bonus.
Then she had handed him a paycheque with a small but worthwhile
bonus.
NEW STYLE OF SENTENCE
Then she had handed him a paycheque containing a small
but worthwhile bonus.
VOCAB bonus – one time extra money
She got her end-of-the-year bonus. Christmas bonus
We got the Baby Bonus.
UCCB- Universal Child Care Benefit- not linked to income?
He had said to her, “There must be some mistake.”, but she
had smiled and assured him otherwise.
“There must be some mistake.”, he had said to her, but she
had smiled and assured him otherwise.
“There must be some mistake.”, he had said to her, but she
had assured him otherwise with a smile.
6. Tony had liked the extra money, but the recognition and
acknowledgement of his efforts please him even more.
7. Maybe his effort and attitude really mattered, and his
job could be more than a meal ticket.
IDIOM meal ticket- a way of getting money
My car is my meal ticket.
She is Joe’s meal ticket. She is the breadwinner.
Her voice is her meal ticket.
8. He had worked hard all week and hadn’t thought anyone would
notice; now he knew otherwise.
He thought it would be easy to learn English; now he knows
otherwise.
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“Superstitions”
superstition- believe in good luck and bad luck
superstitious(adj)- She is superstitious.
What is a superstitious that you do?
-Chinese avoid 4
-avoid 13
-spill salt
Friday the 13th- bad luck day
China- 4 bad luck 8
good luck
Canada- 13 bad luck
7 good luck
Lucky 7!
Canada - Touch wood. good luck
Knock on wood. tap your head- funny
salt- superstitions all around the world
Korea after a funeral –
Japan – sumo
Chinese - crow cawing in the morning
Raven
Crows has long memories. Crows are smart
Ravens are very smart.
the evil eye- put a curse or somebody, put a hex on somebody,
put bad luck on somebody, jinx somebody
sacred- holy, of religious value
Vocabulary Preview
good luck – cross your fingers, a rabbit’s foot
good luck streak- good fortune again and again
bad luck streak
bad luck – black cat crosses in front of you
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break a mirror, seven years bad luck
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open an umbrella inside
jink- give the evil eye to somebody, out a hex on somebody
good luck streak-
bad luck streak
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