Wednesday, 23 September 2026

EF71011 P2 Class 12

 

Good afternoon

 

Why did First World War start?

First World War, World War 1

The Great War, The War to end all wars.

1914-1918

Canada fought under British military

1920s-1930s

 

The Second World War, WW2- 1939-1945

Allied and the Axis

 

United Nations(UN)- international organization – countries can talk

1946? 1948?

Winston Churchill said, “Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.”

 

quotation marks “   

He said, “Let’s go to the park.”

 

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz2 Thursday

Choose 10 compound sentence terms to review

Choose 10 words of vocab from new article to review.

·      Continue paragraph work

Continue “What is a Paragraph?”

“The Topic Sentence”

Prepare for Test1 paragraph Friday

 

Thursday

·      Attendance

·      Quiz#2 compound sentences

·      Continue paragraph work

Prepare for Test1 paragraph Friday

·      Begin new article

 

Friday

·      Attendance

·      “Self- Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Vocabulary exercises

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

 

Monday

·      Attendance

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses

 

 

 

 

 

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Quiz 2- tomorrow - Compound Sentences

Three ways to make compound sentences:

1. SV, SOBA SV.

2. SV; SV.

3. SV; TRANS, SV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s choose 10 compound sentence terms to review for Quiz 2. I will choose six of them for the quiz.

1. SOBA so or but and

2. on the other hand

3. however

4. therefore

5. also

6. instead

7. as a result

8. similarly

9. in addition

10. moreover – more important

Vancouver is known for its city parks; moreover, it is famous for the Northshore Mountains.

 

DIFFERENT INTENT

The class was helpful; moreover, it was interesting.

The class was helpful; more importantly, it was interesting.

 

The class was helpful; also, it was interesting.

The class was helpful; in addition, it was interesting.

 

*therefore- shows causation- cause and effect, cause and result

She couldn’t sleep last night; therefore, she feels groggy today.

VOCAB groggy(adj)- half asleep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s choose 10 vocabulary works to review for Quiz 2. I will choose six of them.

1. skills(n)

2. trust(n,v)

3. talent(n)

4. squander(v)- waste

She squandered her money on lottery tickets.

The teenager squanders his time playing video games.

5. mistake(n,v)

6. immigrant(n- person)

immigrate(v) come into a country permanently

immigration(n)

VOCAB emigrate(v) leave a country permanently

migrate(v) move from place to place, not legal process

 

7. overqualified(adj) having too much education for the job

He was a doctor in Iran. He is overqualified to be an ambulance/Uber driver in Canada.

8. delay(n,v)

9. rules(n,v)

IDIOM wear the pants – She wears the pants in the family.

She is the head of the family.

 

10. support(n,v)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOCAB TO REVIEW FOR QUIZ 2


1. SOBA so or but and

2. on the other hand

3. however

4. therefore

5. also

6. instead

7. as a result

8. similarly

9. in addition

10. moreover

 

1. skills(n)

2. trust(n,v)

3. talent(n)

4. squander(v)- waste

5. mistake(n,v)

6. immigrant(n- person)

7. overqualified(adj)

8. delay(n,v)

9. rules(n,v)

10. support(n,v)


My job requires many skills, and I am/ I’m learning more.

I’m – contraction   ‘ apostrophe

he is = he’s

it is = it’s

was not = wasn’t

were not = weren’t

Contraction have an informal, casual feel.

 

PUNCTUATION MARKS

. period, full-stop

, comma

; semicolon

‘ apostrophe

  “ quotation marks

? question mark

! exclamation mark/point

-         hyphen

: colon

 

 

MODEL Quiz 2

Write a  compound sentence for each.

 

also - same categories

Cats are cute; also, I like baseball.

Cats are cute; also, squirrels are adorable.

 

 

 

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Continue “What is a Paragraph?”

 

STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH

*paper is oriented properly

 

*Full name, class, and date- top right corner

* Title- top line, centre

*one block of writing

*doublespaced

*black or blue pen

*indent

*left-justified

justified- how the writing lines up on the margins

*write between margins

 

DETAIL- very long word , Don’t hyphenate a long word, just start on the next line

e.g.

will remain beautiful forever. For example, an ancient Mace- donian coin remains as untarnished today as the day it was XXX

 

FIX

will remain beautiful forever. For example, an ancient

Macedonian coin remains as untarnished today as the day it was

 

STYLE-

 

 

 

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CONTENTS OF A PARAGRAPH

Grabber/Hook- learn next week

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

(at least 150 ww, Goldilocks Zone 150-250ww)

The Earth is in a Goldilocks Zone.

 

“The Topic Sentence”

 

Activity 1

1.The best season for kids is winter.

 

TERRIBLE TOPIC SENTENCES:        ABC is a nice ABC.

                                                             I like ABC.

 

A topic sentence should be engaging/interesting. It also has to be about one thing.

 

Topic sentences are not questions.

 

 

 

Activity 4

3.    The English alphabet has 26 letters. How many of them are used in math?

The 26 letters of the English alphabet are pronounced differently in various countries.

 

Kids can learn the 26 letters of the English alphabet better through music.

 

Canadian people and British people use different words for the same things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers are beautiful.

 

Do you like flowers? XXX

 

I like flowers. XXX

 

Different kinds of flowers have different symbolic meanings.

 

4.It costs 40 cents to mail a first-class letter from the United States to Canada. NOT TOPIC SENTENCE

Maybe- supporting sentence, example

 

higher level view- What is this an example of?

 

 

 

There are many different ways to send letters internationally.

 

different ways – cheapest to most expensive

1.    email- free

2.    surface mail-cheap c

3.    first class- more expensice

4.    courier- pricey

5.    guaranteed overnight- most expensive

 

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