Thursday, 11 June 2026

P2 EF71011 Class 35

 

FYI

Grad is tomorrow, 2:30-3:30

Location: South Hill Gym, across the parking lot, big building east of our school

Everybody is welcome to go.

SHEC students who are finishing this year.

We make our own SHEC diplomas.

There will be refreshments- drinks and snacks, cupcakes.

a bouquet of flowers- a bunch of flowers

He gave me a bouquet.

 

fold paper into special shapes- origami

 

Graduated adults- people who have graduated from high school already in

their home country

Adult program- people who have not graduated from high school already

in their home country

 

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Check progress on presentations

·      Adjective clauses

·      Essay work

 

Friday

There will be a substitute teacher. Lisa

I am setting up for grad

 

Monday

·      Essay to pass in

 

Tuesday

·      Presentations

 

Wednesday

·      Presentations

 

Thursday

·      Presentations

 

Friday

·      Presentations

 

LAST WEEK

Monday

Tuesday, June 23rd

·      Opportunity to replace one quiz and/or one test.

Replacement quiz will be a mix of simple, compound , and complex.

Replacement test will be a new topic.

·      Replacement essay will be a new topic.

 

Wednesday, June 24th

Final day

Final reports and comments

One-on-one meetings, if you want, the same as midterm recs.

 

 

 

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Adjective clauses

 

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

1.The book was good. I read it.

The book which/that I read was good.

 

The book that I read was good. object pronoun

CHOICES/OPTIONS

The book that I read was good.

The book which I read was good.

The book that I read was good.

The book I read was good. OMIT THE OBJ PRON  sounds most authentic

VOCAB omit- leave out, ignore, do not do, remove

 

The cat that I was patting is really cute.  patting petting

The cat which I was patting is really cute.

The cat I was petting is really cute.

 

RW

I was petting a cat that was really cute. subject pron- cannot omit

 

She wants to wrestle with the dog.  play fight

 

The kids likes to wrestle with the dog that has white paws. cannot omit

The kids likes to wrestle with the dog that is well-behaved.

 

The kids likes to wrestle with the dog that their grandparents own. omit

The kids likes to wrestle with the dog their grandparents own.

 

The deer that the man saw was very young.

The deer the man saw was very young.

 

 

 

 

 

The beer that I drank yesterday was really good.

The beer I drank yesterday was really good.

 

Yesterday, I drank some beer yesterday that was really good.

 

The restaurant which is in the Eiffel Tower is not very good.

The restaurants that are in YVR are so-so.

The restaurant (that) we went to in YVR was fine.

 

 

*where

The restaurant that we went to in YVR was fine.

The restaurant where we went in YVR was fine.

 

The city (that) she was born in is Sylimani.

The city (where) she was born is Sylimani.

 

That/This is the place (where) I lost my keys.

 

who/whom

*In general, native English speakers do not use ‘whom’. We usually use ‘who’.

Exception: To whom it may concern:

 

The woman who I was talking to is really funny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIONS

The woman I was talking to is really funny. most authentic

The woman who I was talking to is really funny. sounds great

The woman whom I was talking to is really funny. formal, fancy

The woman to whom I was talking is really funny. most formal

 

Which ones do you like?

 

 

Movie There Will Be Blood

 

 

 

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Essay

-basic model – five-paragraph essay

- at least three paragraphs

-at least 300 words

-everyday opinion topic

-TIME 1 hr 40 m

 

 

 

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