Monday, 21 September 2026

EF71011 P2 Class 10

 

Good afternoon

 

storms from the ocean

hurricane- Atlantic Ocean

typhoon- Pacific Ocean

hurricanes are named- alphabetical order, swiches men’s name and women’s name

 

earthquake- two tectonic plates

tremors- small amount of shaking

big shift of tectonic plates-earthquake

 

Measure earthquake- Richter scale-

 

modern earthquake buildings- pool or pendulum on top

 

old schools in Vancouver- seismic upgrades

 

prepare – Earthquake for your house

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/emergency-kits/get-kit.html

 

family plan-

 

It’s out of our control. Try not to worry. Prepare some supplies.

 

IDIOM He is a prepper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Collect Quiz1RW

Rewrite are due the same day or the beginning or class the following day. I will mark late RWs. I don’t give points for late RWs.

 

·      Distribute new article “’Canadian Experience’ keeps skilled immigrants out of the labour market”

Read and prepare notes for Thursday

 

·      Distribute personal information sheet

 

·      Resources for improving spelling

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

Grade one – Grade 12- Adult

listening fast, then slow- writing and spelling

self-study, self-paced

 

·      Begin compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz 2 this week

 

·      Continue paragraph work

Prepare for Test1 paragraph

 

·      HW   Work on compound sentence exercises.

Read new article and prepare notes for Thursday.

Read over “What is a Paragraph” for tomorrow.

 

Tuesday

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz2 this week

·      Continue paragraph work

Prepare for Test1 paragraph

 

Wednesday

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz2 this week

·      Continue paragraph work

Prepare for Test1 paragraph

 

Thursday

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz2 this week

Choose vocabulary to review

·      (probably) End of class Test#1- paragraph based on “Physical Exercise” (55m)

 

Friday

·      “Self- Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Quiz#2 compound

 

 

VOCAB pronounce(v) pronunciation(n)

 

 

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·      Distribute personal information sheet

Full name

Pupil# ?

PEN- personal education number, every VSB student

DOB- date of birth

Phone#

Email

Address

Country of birth

Country of citizenship

Citizenship code: citizen, permanent resident, refugee, work permit, ?

 

**Private information**

Check and make sure that all of the information is accurate.

Correct- sign on bottom, date. Give it back to me.

Incorrect- make the correction on the bottom, sign on bottom, date. Give it back to me.

 

 

FORM FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES:

 

1.      SV, SOBA SV.   , so   , or   , but   , and

FANBOYS- for and nor but or yet so

UNUSUAL- for    I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold.

UNUSUAL- nor   She doesn’t speak French, nor does she speak German.

AUTHENTIC She doesn’t speak French or German. SIMPLE

UNUSUAL It is sunny, yet it is cold.

AUTHENTIC It is sunny, but it is cold.

 

SOBA so or but and- HIGH FREQUENCY

 

either or

neither nor LOW FREQUENCY

 

I don’t like coffee.

Me, neither. Neither do I. SIMPLE

 

Are you finished yet? SIMPLE

I haven’t called her yet. SIMPLE

 

SOBA-  soba noodles

 

2.      ;   instead of , SOBA

 

3.      TRANSITIONAL WORDS – usually used with semicolons

e.g. however   therefore   as well   also   nevertheless   meanwhile  

 

 

 

 

 

EXAMPLES:

SV, SOBA SV. Jun had no money, so he was unable to buy a birthday gift for his girlfriend.

 

Jun had no money and was unable to buy a birthday gift for his girlfriend. SVV SIMPLE

 

Jun had no money; he was unable to buy a birthday gift for his girlfriend. NOT EVERYDAY, PRESTIGIOUS, HIGH-LEVEL, CLASSY

 

Jun had no money; consequently, he was unable to buy a birthday for

his girlfriend.

Jun had no money; therefore, he was unable to buy a birthday for

his girlfriend.

 

 

Put a “For Sale” sign with a phone number in your rear window, or no one will know how to contact you.

Put a “For Sale” sign with a phone number in your rear window; no one will know how to contact you. NOT THE BEST WAY

 

Put a “For Sale” sign with a phone number in your rear window; otherwise, no one will know how to contact you. GOOD CHOICE

 

 

Dalia is not a wealthy woman, but she gives generously to charities in her community.

Dalia is not a wealthy woman; she gives generously to charities in her community.

Dalia is not a wealthy woman; nevertheless, she gives generously to charities in her community.

 

 

The kids went sliding on the ice, and they built a snowperson.

The kids went sliding on the ice; they built a snowperson.

The kids went sliding on the ice; also, they built a snowperson.

 

MODELS

SV, SOBA SV.

SV; SV.

SV; TRANS, SV.

 

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“Transitional Terms”

ChatGPT might helpful as a teacher here.

*also

Jun plays volleyball; also, she coaches basketball.

PROMPT: write 10 compound sentences using ; also

PROMPT: write 10 high-level/advanced compound sentences using ; also

 

LLM large-language models- ChatGPT, Gemini, Deepseek, Claude, etc.

MY OPINION There is no substitute for talking to real people.

 

 

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“Compound Sentences Exercises- a bit higher level”

1.      She loves reading mysteries. She dislikes horror stories.

She loves reading mysteries, but she dislikes horror stories.

She loves reading mysteries; however, she dislikes horror stories.

She loves reading mysteries; on the other hand, she dislikes horror stories.

She loves reading mysteries; nevertheless, she dislikes horror stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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