Friday, 18 September 2026

EF71011 P1 Class 9

 

Good morning.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

-link to PLOs

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Go over “Corrections Codes”

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over

Optional opportunity to do a rewrite for one point.

·      Continue paragraph work

·      Begin compound sentences

 

Monday

·      Attendance

·      Collect Quiz1RW

·      Resources for improving spelling

https://spellquiz.com/spelling-test/adult

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz 2 this week

·      Continue new article

·      Continue paragraph work

Prepare for Test1 paragraph

 

Tuesday

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz2 this week

·      Continue paragraph work

Prepare for Test1 paragraph

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vocabulary exercises

3.

1. PHRASAL VERB with regards to, about, concerning

PHRASAL VERB-  verb + preposition

talk to, look at, think about

*Phrasal verbs are the heart of English.

The people who learn phrasal verbs best are people we use English all day everyday with real English speakers.

- everyday English usage

- willing to communicate

- listen and copy want they hear

- language is social

 

 

I will call my sister about the party next week.

I will call my sister with regards to the lawyer meeting. sounds more serious

I will call my sister concerning the lawyer meeting. sounds more serious

I will call my sister regarding the lawyer meeting. sounds more serious

 

2. updated-

CV- curriculum vitae- long document, many pages, professional or academic job

resume- one-page

She updated the software on her laptop.

He updated his address and phone number.

 

 

 

 

 

3. income- money that you earn

Canada- annual income-

many cultures- monthly income-

Canada- paid biweekly, every two weeks

China, Iran, Korea- once a month

He pays his mortgage/car lease biweekly.

You can choose monthly, biweekly, or weekly.

daily, hourly

 

salary- per year

wage- per hour, minimum wage- $18.25?

 

4. entrepreneur-French- business person

 

5. amass(v) accumulate, gather, collect

They amassed a lot of debt.

She amassed a lot of Pokemon cards.

He has amassed a lot of knowledge about computers.

 

6. efficient(adj) – good results with as little effort as possible, not wasting time and energy

efficiency(n)

 

7. dynamite-

(adj) – great

That new movie was dynamite.

 

8. intensive(adj)- focussed, high-energy

intensity(n)

She does high-intensity workouts.

HIT- high energy workouts for very short periods of time (10-20s)

 

9. luxury(n) luxurious(adj)

 

10. prestigious(adj) – high-class, respectable, good name, well-known

Her son goes to UBC, which is a prestigious university.

 

4.

1. absolutely

2. entitled(adj)- owing to you, have something good coming to you

entitled(adj)- NEGATIVE- thinking that you are owed something, thinking that you are better than other people

He is a very entitled person. He expects other people to do things for him.

 

3. burn off- use up

The kids go outside to run around and burn off energy.

He burned off a lot of fat doing HIT exercises.

He lost weight doing HIT exercises.

 

4. friendship- companionship

 

5. limping-

hobble(v)- old man walking

 

6. childhood

nostalgia(n)- memories of the past, sweet and sad memories

nostaligic(adj) He is a nostalgic person.

 

7. recharge(v)

 

8. prospective(adj)- possible, will be in the future

He is searching Tinder for prospective partners.

 

9. poverty(n) poor(adj)

There is a lot of poverty around Main and Hastings area.

He has a poor attitude. not positive

 

10. let you off- just a warning

The police officer let me off with a warning. He didn’t give me a ticket.

 

 

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P1

Quiz 1

Dividers.

Devices and notes put away.

Take out several sheets of lined, ruled 8½X11 paper.

No communication between students during work for marks.

Write in pen.

Doublespace.

Write between the margins.

Pass in by 9:50. No lates.

 

Title: Quiz 1

Write a simple sentence for each.

1.    SV                          recommend

The doctor recommend me a prescription. XXX

The doctor recommended a prescription for me.

 

2.    SSV                        activity

Joe and Sarah do lots of activities on the weekends.

                    

3.    Imperative           sugar

Don’t eat so much sugar!

 

4.    Interrogative       exercise

How many days a week do you do exercise?

How many days a week do you exercise?      

 

5.    SSVV                      increase

Jun and Joe study English in school and increase their vocabulary.

 

6.    SVV                        confident             energy

Mei feels confident and has a lot of energy.

OPTIONAL Rewrite

Fix and rewrite all six sentences.

Pass it in today or first things next class.

Title: Quiz 1 RW

Value: 1 pt

 

They will increase the size of their muscles.

 

He feels confident. She is confident.

She has confidence in her ability.

 

The teacher recommended a math class to/for me. SIMPLE

The doctor recommended that I get more rest. COMPLEX- noun clause

The doctor recommended me to get more rest. XXX Mandarin grammar

Please recommend me a good laptop.

 

How can we improve spelling? repetition

How we improve speaking skills? Keep going with the daily speaking at work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CLASS WORK

1. Work on Quiz 1 RW

2. Practice paragraph

What kind of physical activities do you do?

 

 

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