Thursday, 14 May 2026

P2 EF71011 Class 16

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Networking workshop

networking -social and professional connections

not necessarily close friends, people you know

·      Continue sentence work: compound sentences

Quiz Friday- simple and compound sentences

Explain structure of the quiz

Choose vocabulary to review

·      Continue article “Diaspora”

·      Continue persuasive writing

·      Finish vocabulary from Friday

 

Friday

·      Quiz

 

 

 

 

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Quiz tomorrow- simple sentences

                               -compound sentences

 

Six sentences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz 1

Write an appropriate sentence for each.

SIMPLE

1 SSV           community

Tomorrow,  Jun and Jon are going to Hastings Community Centre tomorrow to work out tomorrow.

Jun and Jon come from different diaspora communities in Vancouver.

 

2 SSVV        beginning people

Sarah and Michele are shy but are beginning to meet new people. SIMPLE

Sarah and Michele danced with people and laughed together at the beginning of the party.

In the beginning of the workshop, Darwin and his followers explained evolution theory and discussed it with the other people.

 

Sarah and Michele are shy, but they are beginning to meet new people.

COMPOUND

 

COMPOUND

3 therefore          immigrant

The new immigrants are hard to make find it hard to make a living in Vancouver; therefore, they have to learn English.

I am hard to learn English. XXX

FIXES

It is hard to learn English.

It is hard for me to learn English.

I find it hard to learn English.

STURCTURE I find   = you’re opinion

I find it chilly today.

I find it salty.

 

 

 

I find it is hard to learn English. noun clause

I find it hard to learn English. adj

I find it chilly today.

I find it salty. MORE AUTHENTIC

I find it is chilly today.

I find that it is chilly today. noun clause

I find it is salty. MORE AUTHENTIC

 

I find it hard to understand what you mean.

I find it salty.

He finds her friendly. I find her quite shy.

 

 

4 so                       health

I drink a banana avocado smoothie everyday, and it makes me healthy.

He got sent to jail, so after ten years, his health declined.

She has a rewarding hobby, so it makes her mentally healthy.

She is physically active.

She has a rewarding hobby, so it is good for her mental health.

spiritually aware

She is emotionally stable. She is on an even keel.

ODIOM on an even keel – emotionally stable

He is emotionally unstable. He is all over the place. He is an emotional rollercoaster.

They are financially stable/unstable.

Salespeople have unstable incomes.

stable housing

He has a stable relationship with his daughter.

 

spiritually aware-

 

museums, art galleries, art movies, theatre, reading-

IDIOM culture vulture – funny and negative

positive sounding- He has a passion for music/art/cinema/literature.

Clothing design is my passion.

She is passionate about volleyball. adj

passion(n)

passionately(adv)

 

passionfruit  Why?  the passion of Christ

 

 

Let’s choose 10 transitional terms to review.

1. so

2. or

3. but

4. and

5. for this reason

6. therefore

7. however

8. on the other hand

9. in addition

10. in particular

 

Let’s choose 10 vocabulary to review.

1. rewarding(adj)

2. well-being(n)

3. elsewhere(n)

4. diaspora(n)

5. intense(adj) intensity(n)

6. unstable(adj)

7. distract(v) distraction(n) distracting(adj)

8. hybrid(adj,n)

9. embrace(v,n)

10. compensate(v)

 

I will choose six for the quiz.

 

 

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“Diaspora Communities”

Breakout groups(4-6 people)

Discuss Thought Questions

 

I was waiting for a lull in the conversation.

 

1.    scan – look over quickly, skim

IDIOM the daily grind- daily, day to day work, daily routine, drudgery

drudgery- boring work that you have to do

 

2.    trans- across, move across

the trans-Canada highway, Highway 1

high-speed trains, transnational

Japan “Bullet Train”

international

Europass- Europe

living transnationally- living in two countries, emotionally

My heart is in Vietnam. My body is here.

belong to two/three countries

 

4.fatique, distraction, irritability, emotionally numb,

He is very irritable. He is short-tempered and impatient.

 

5. emotional support-comfort, empathy, a willing ear

financial assistance- sending money, remittance

real-time crisis coordination

 

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