Thursday, 17 September 2026

EF71011 P1 Class 8

 

Good morning

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue new article

·      Continue with paragraph work

Structure and form

Paragraph test next week

·      IF TIME Begin compound sentences

 

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over

Optional opportunity to do rewrite for one point.

 

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz2 Tuesday?

·      Continue new article

·      Continue paragraphs

Next week- Test1 paragraph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

Article- “Physical Activity”

1.

150m- moderate- brisk walking, easy cycling/biking, easy hiking, yoga, Pilates, gardening, house chores, skiing, skating/ice skating, ping pong, badminton, golf, paddleboard, skating, baseball, etc.

OR

75m-vigorous- tennis, hard hiking, fast skating, competitive badminton, swimming, football/soccer, hockey, speed skating, rollerblading/in-line skating, skiing, skateboarding, basketball, volleyball, rugby, surfing, mountain climbing, rock climbing, indoor wall climbing, etc.

PLUS

at least two strengthing sessions per weak

 

Cardio and resistance-

 

2.worldwide- 73%

Canada- 49%, 51% don’t get it

 

3.”not meeting the minimum guidelines”

 

4.sitting, lying down, standing, low-movement, reading, homework, doing puzzles, etc.

 

5.  1.blood pressure 2.smoking 3.unhealthy/poor diet? high blood-sugar

smoking- drug-nicotine, nicotine patches, nicotine gum

 

6. 10% increase- 500,000,000 early deaths

 

7. blood circulation, weakened muscles, fat in the blood, insulin and glucose,  

IDIOM Cold hands, warm heart.

low insulin- lead to diabetes

 

8. muscle fatigue, heart disease, varicose veins

 

9. physical exercises, movement, moving your body every 20-30m, taking movement breaks, balance sitting and standing

 

**

New, challenging, and interesting vocab in the article

*sedentary- inactive, not moving

*vigorous- active, moving

*adversely(adv)- negatively   adversity(n)- problems in your life

She has had a lot of adversity in her life. She keeps positive and overcomes these difficulties.

adversities uncountable noun, non-count noun

*accumulation(n) accumulate(v)- gather together

She has accumulated a lot of good friends/pairs of boots.

*shrink(v) get smaller

Her sweater shrank in the dryer.

*strengthen(v) strength(n) strong(adj)

 

strengthening sessions – resistance training, weight-lifting

 

She is a very strong-minded person. 

VOCAB strong-willed – stubborn

weakening(v) weakness(n) weak(adj)

*continually/continuously- happening without a break  

consistently- putting in effort    She has gone to the gym consistently for a year.

He works consistently to achieve his goal.

 

 

*excess(n,adj) too much excessive(adj)- sounds a bit negative

adequate(adj)- enough, not too little or too much

extra(adj)- more than needed-

Her sons have excess/excessive energy.

She has an excessive amount of clothes.

She has an excessive amount of books.

He has an excessive amount of Pokemon cards.

He has driving at an excessive speed.

 

*compensate(v)- make up for

He compensates for his insecurity by driving a big truck.

She compensates for her height by having a tall hairdo.

 

152cm – 5 feet tall

kg - lbs- pounds

Canada became a metric country in the early 1970s.

The US still uses the Imperial system.

Canada has a weird mix of Metric and Imperial.

 

*retrieve(v)- get something back, physical

 

*counteract- (v) – make up for something negative, achieve a balance in a problem

compensate- similar, not negative meaning

 

*impair(v)- damage, influence in a negative way

He was driving impaired. drunk driving

I got a concussion. My vision was impaired. My thinking is impaired.

 

 

 

 

*associate(v,n) – to be connected to somebody

He has many business associates in Korea.

Canada became the first associate member of the EU.

EU- European Union

currency- Euro

He is associated with criminals.

He is a known associate of gangs.

BUSINESS TERM associate, sales associate- salesperson, sales assistant,

team members, crew members,

assistant manager

He is a pharmacy assistant.

She is a certified dental assistant. CDA

assist(v) – help

May I be of assistance? Can I help you?

 

BUSINESS TALK customer-

-client- longterm, repeat customer

 

Lawyers have clients. Banks have clients/customers.

 

CRA – clients  Canada Revenue Agency

 

Doctors have patients.

 

patient, patients(n) sick people

patience(adj) calmness

 

*solution(n)- the fix to a problem,

solve(v)

solution(n)- mix water and dissolved material e.g. salt, sugar

She needs to buy contact solution.

 

*prolong(v) make longer in time

She hates prolonged goodbyes.

 

*pacing, pace(v) – walk back and forth, maybe in a worried way

pace(n) – walking speed

She runs 2 km at a slow pace.

The math class is going at too fast a pace for me.

 

 

**

PAPER FORMAT

Quizzes and tests, paragraphs, essays

 

Please use lined ruled 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper.

Staples is good.

 

ORIENTATION of the paper

right side up, not upside down

three holes to the left

 

NAME CLASS DATE

Put your full name, class, and date in the top/upper righthand corner above the line.

 

TITLE

Centre title line -Name of test, quiz

e.g. Quiz 1, Test 1, Quiz 1 RW

 

FORMAT

-Write in pen- black or blue ink

Please! No pencil.

 

-Double space. Write on a line; then skip a line.

 

-Write between the margins.

 

Paragraphs

-Indent the first word of each paragraph- 2cm   ¾”   1”

1” one inch   1’ one foot

My height is 5’9”.

Your height is 5’4”.

The sandwich is one foot long.

The little girl is three feet tall.

 

Canada is a metric country; however, we still use Imperial measurements for a lot of things.

Metric system- cm km

Imperial- inch foot, mile

 

height- how tall you are

Metric 183cm, 173cm, 1.6m

Imperial 6 feet tall 6’ , five feet six inches 5’6”, 5’2”

  

 

“ inch e.g. 2”

‘ foot 6’     

6’2”  5’10” 

5’4”   “Doris is five four.”

 

If you are writing on a computer, how do you indent? What key do you press to indent?

Use the TAB key.

Press SPACE five times

 

Imperial – measurement – mile, foot, inch, gallon, pound

The US uses the Imperial system.

 

 

**

It’s easy to forget these details when you are focussed on writing.

When the formatting is right, it looks better.

 

 

 

 

 

Paragraph Format

format- layout

-          how a paragraph is presented on a page

 

1.      Use 8 ½ * 11 inch ruled paper

ruled – lined paper with margins

2.      Paper orientation- rightside up, not backwards

3.      Write between the margins (the red lines).

4.      Write in black or blue pen.

5.      Doublespace.

6.      Full name, class and date in top right corner

7.      Indent the first word of the paragraph

 

No comments:

Post a Comment