Friday, 12 June 2026

P1 EF6 Class 36

 

The FIFA Canada vs Bosnia game will be streamed in the hallway of the school. It starts at 12.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7, second last one

·      Vocab exercises- higher level, example from Week 1 EF7/11 class

LEFTOVER Finish vocab

·      Continue noun clauses

Quiz Monday

Choose vocab to review

·      IF TIME Begin new verb tense- present perfect verb tense

·      Continue new dialogue “Handling a Medical Emergency”

 

Monday

·      Quiz- noun clause?

 

Tuesday-Friday

Presentations

Does everyone know what day they are presenting?

 

FINAL WEEK

Monday

 

Tuesday, June 23

·      Opportunity to do a replacement quiz and/or replacement test.

You can choose to do a replacement quiz or a replacement test.

You can choose to do a replacement quiz and a replacement test.

You can choose to do neither.

*The replacement quiz will be a mix of al of the sentence styles: simple, compound, and complex.

REPLACE Q1 -simple sentences

REPLACEMENT QUIZ- Not just simple sentences- all of the sentence types

*The replacement test will be a new topic.

 

Wednesday- LAST DAY

·      Final marks and comments

One-on-one meetings to discuss how things went and what is next, the same as the midterm recommendation meetings

 

 

 

 

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Vocab exercises- higher level, example from Week 1 EF7/11 class

1. Nevertheless,   ; nevertheless     ; however,

The pay was low; nevertheless, it was close to home. COMPOUND

The pay was low. Nevertheless, it was close to home. SIMPLES

The pay was low; however, it was close to home. COMPOUND

The pay was low. However, it was close to home. SIMPLES

The pay was low, but it was close to home. COMPOUND

The pay was low; it was close to home. COMPOUND

 

2. take into account    consider    think about

If you have to go downtown this weekend, you must take into account (the) FIFA traffic.

 

3. retrieve(v)- save, find, recover

Golden Retriever- hunting dogs, retrieve ducks from water

 

4. accomplishment – milestone, achievement

Graduating from high school was a big milestone for the teenager.

 

5.motivate(v)- encourage, inspire

6. executive(n)- high level people in a company

CEO- chief executive officer

CFO- chief financial officer

boost(v)- to raise, to make bigger

 

7. for this reason = therefore = as a result

diabetes- two types- Type 1 and Type 2, a disease where the pancreas does not produce insulin

avoids(v)- stays away from

She will avoid downtown for the next few weeks.

He is avoiding his sister.

Pancrearic cancer is very dangerous. There is a brand new treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Dialysis is a procedure where a machine cleans your blood because your kidneys can not clean your blood sufficiently.

 

8. exposure

Sun exposure can cause melasma in Asian women.

Wear sunscreen.

You can get melasma removed by laser.

 

He has freckles.

 

9. eye-catching(adj) – very noticeable, attention-getting, attractive visually

 

Lake Louise is breathtaking.

stunning, beautiful

We went to Lake Louise.

We went a/the lake.

Fraser River, Mount Seymour, Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain, Stanley Park

You go to SHEC.

You go to a school.

They canoed on Joffre Lakes.

Burnaby Lake, Alloutte Lake, Lake Victoria

 

10. owing to = because of, due to

 

VOCAB imply(v)- to suggest indirectly

She implied that he was spending too much money on gambling.

infer(v)- make a good guess

He inferred that she was happy about his spending.

 

insinuate(v) – to  imply something negative

 

 

quiz – short , 15m

test- 1 hour

exam – 2-3 hours

multiple-choice  A, B, C, D

short answer

 

exam – final big test for a course

assessment – first test to see your level

SHEC- Prospective students have to do an English and a math assessment.

 

You do your driving test.

knowledge test

road test

Check the ICBC Youtube channel for driving instruction.

 

2. Vocabulary

3.Canada- the trunk of your car, UK- the boot of your car

Canada- the hood of your car, UK- the bonnet of your car

5.content- satisfied, happy

ambituous- want more

She is an ambitious person. She wants success. She wants to do well in her life. She wants to earn more money.

He is overly-ambitious. negative

ambitious(adj) personality trait

6. Of course not. Feel free. Thanks. That would be great.

IDIOM Jack-of-all-Trades

He is a Jack-of-all-Trades. He can do basic electrical, plumbing, car repair,,

etc. He is a handyman.

Are you handy? She is handy.

I am not handy.

 

7. imagination(n)

fantasy(n) dreaming/imagining something unreal, surreal

 

8. affect(v) effect(n)

The teacher had a good effect on me.

The teacher affected her student in positive ways.

 

9. politician

diplomatic(adj)- the ability to work with all kinds of different people,

politeness, professionalism

 

10.advocate(n,v)- a person who supports a cause

He is an advocate for girls’ education worldwide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Let’s choose verbs to review for the noun clause quiz.

1.    think

2.    believe

3.    say

4.    know

5.    remember

6.    understand

7.    hope

8.    feel

9.    figure out

10.                       realize

Let’s choose vocabulary for the noun clause quiz.

1.    place

2.    customer

3.    calm

4.    panic

5.    patient

6.    name

7.    emergency

8.    heart

9.    ambulance

10.                       anxiety

 

EXAMPLE

figure out   heart

I finally figured out that he does have a heart.

The doctor will figure out why she has pain in her heart. (angina)

 

 

 

 

realize emergency

Jun realized that it was an emergency.

Jun realized that he should take his mother to Emergency.

The mother realized that she should bring emergency snacks for the kids.

 

panic hope

I hope that I will not panic during the exam.

 

panic- very high level of worry, can’t breathe

anxiety- low level of worry, constant

 

I try to figure out how to reduce my anxiety.

 

 

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