P2 EF71011 Class 24

 

COMING UP IN A WEEK OR SO

- letter writing- business letter format, complaint letters, advocacy letters Amnesty International

 

This is the end of the fifth week. We only have four weeks left.

Those four weeks will go by quickly.

Time flies!

Time flies like an arrow.

bow and arrow

IDIOM Time flies when you’re having fun.

VOCAB IDIOM in the zone

‘in the zone’ – doing an activity that you really like, are skilled at, forget about the outside world, forget about everything, forget about time

 

She gets in the zone when she is playing video games.

He loses himself when he is running.

He is cross-eyed.

 

IDIOM get into something – become very interested in something

A lot of people have gotten into pickleball lately. present perfect vt

A lot of people are into pickleball now. simple present vt

 

Many people in China have been getting into snooker since a Chinese man won a big snooker championship.

 

A new complex in China just opened with 1000 pool tables.

I played a lot of pool in Nagano-shi. I wanted to learn how to speak Japanese.

 

She is into music. NOUN

He is into hiking. NOUN-GERUND

They are into playing piano.

 

 

 

Special celebration for Muslim people  

Eid- kill a sheep, donate, donate money

The Hajj – supposed to go to Hajj at least once in your life

in Saudi Arabia, city Mecca

 

religious pilgrimage- a trip that you take for religious reasons

 

Lourdes Cathedral – pilgrims go there hoping for a miracle

 

Tibetan pilgrims

 

secular(adj) – not religious

SHEC is a secular school.

 

Her daughter goes to Khalsa school/ Catholic school. They are religious schools.

 

You can go the long walk called Camino de Santiago in Spain. It is hundreds of miles long. It is an old pilgrimage route.

 

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue complex sentences-adverb clauses

Choose vocabulary

Quiz Thursday

·      Midterm recommendations-

·      New article

·      Poetry

 

Thursday

·      Quiz 2

·      Midterm recommendations

 

Friday

·      Midterm recommendations

 

 

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Adverb quiz tomorrow

Let’s choose ten adverb clause words to review.

1.    because

2.    if

3.    when

4.    whenever

5.    since- two meanings- because or time

6.    even though

7.    until

8.    in order to

9.    before/after

10.                       while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s choose ten words of vocabulary to review.

1.    skeptical(adj) not believing

She was skeptical about her son’s big story.

She though he was telling white lies.

IDIOM white lie- a small lie that will not hurt anybody

skeptical(adj) most common

 

2.    market(n) market marketing

3.    squander(v) waste

4.    mistake(n)

5.    overqualified(adj)

She is overqualified for the job.

underqualified(adj)

disqualified- not allowed to continue

The soccer team was disqualified from the tournament.

 

VOCAB tournament – a competition between many sports teams

round-robin tournaments, single-knockout tournaments, double-knockout tournaments

 

6.    integrate

7.    hurdle(n,v-rarely used)

8.    irrelevant(adj)

9.    credentials(n)- certificates, degrees, licences, diplomas, piece of paper, documents

10.                       expertise(n)- special, specific skills and abilities

expert(n,adj)

 

English was a big hurdle/challenge for her when she came to Canada.

The little kid hurdled over the fence.

 

She showed her credentials at the border.

 

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Vocabulary Activities