EF71011 P1 Class 18

 

 

Today is the end of our fourth week.

Time flies!

 

Remembering low-frequency vocab:

Steve Kaufman – lingosteve

polyglot

used to be a Canadian diplomat

hobby-learning languages

right now- Arabic and Farsi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ8Q1jGDxxw

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Talk about the article

Test Monday- paragraph- topic loosely based on the idea of the article

·      IF TIME Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      IF TIME Continue verb tense- simple present past future

 

 

Monday

·      Continue verb tense- present progressive

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Choose vocab to review for Quiz 3 Wednesday

·      Test 2- paragraph loosely about “Canadian experience” (last 55m)

 

 

Tuesday

·      Continue verb tense- past progressive

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Review vocabulary for Quiz 3 tomorrow

 

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz 3- adverb clauses

·      HANDOUT New article for next week

 

 

Thursday

·      Return everything

·      Prepare for midterm recommendations

Talk about midterm rec process

Brief one-on-one meetings

Discuss your progress so far based on PLOs

Emerging, Developing, Proficient, Extending

 

 

Friday

·      No or very little teaching today- student/instructor midterm recommendation meetings

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Midterm recommendations- alphabetical order

 

 

Monday- October 12 NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Monday

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary activities

7.

1. reduction(n) reduce(v)

increase(n,v)

2.illustrate(v) draw a picture, give example

She illustrated her point with two examples.

3.fangs(n)

human teeth       - chewing/grinding teeth in the back- molars

-         ripping teeth- incisors

-         canines- (dog)

He got braces.

SLANG metal mouth

 

4. cone or cup

5. conservation(n) converse(v)- safe

In the summer, we have to conserve water.

collision(n)- crash two cars collide(v)

Two cars collided in the intersection.

6.beak(n) bird nose and mouth

dog- snout

paw- animal hand- dog, cat, wolf, bear

horse, goat, sheep, lamb, cow, donkey- hoof

7.creepy(adj)- strange, scary, weird

creep(n)- a weird strange man

There is a creep on the bus.

8.prey(n,v) hunt, the animal that is hunted

The cat preys on mice.

pray

prey/pray- homonym- same pronunciation

to/too/two

for/fore/four

flower/flour

9.tentacles(n) arms of an octopus or squid

Fried octopus tentacles is called calamari in Greek.

10.fascinated(v) fascinating(adj) fascination(n)

LOW-FREQUENCY fascinator- type of fancy hat worn by rich women

 

illuminate(v)- shine light on something, explain

 

animation, animated movies- Pixar, Aardman, Studio Ghibli, Disney(Boo!), etc.

 

 

8.

1.left off- stopped

2.incompetent(adj) cannot do the job

competent

3.frame

crooked(adj) not straight, dishonest

The wrestler has a cauliflower ear.

4.IDIOM do more harm than good

5.progress(n) progressive(adj)

6.tempting(adj) tempt(v)

7.locked up(v)- in jail, put in a safe place

She keeps her jewelry locked up in a safe.

8.lead to- cause

head for- go in that direction

We will head for the river.

He is heading for college.

9.spring(n)- water coming naturally from the ground

They like going to hot springs.

Harrison Hot Springs

10. pension(n) money for retirement

 

 

Retirement money in Canada.

Three streams of money for retired people in Canada:

1.CPP Canada Pension Plan- pay into it every paycheque, can be taken starting ages 60-70, lifelong benefit

2.OAS Old-Age Security- how many year have you lived in Canada, max 40 years – 65-70, lifelong

3.GIS- Guaranteed Income Supplement- low-income seniors

 

Other sources of income for retirement

1.RRSP – Registered Retirement Savings Plan- you saving money depending on your income, tax break

2.TFSA- Tax-Free Avings Account  $7000/yr

3. Company pension- not common

 

Everyone pays income tax and employment insurance(EI). These are not for your retirement.

 

Money for children’s education RESP -Registered Education Savings Plan- you contribute, gov contributes as well

 

Talk to a financial advisor. Watch Youtube videos- Canadian videos.

 

 

 

 

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Article- prepare for Test2 Monday

 

New and challenging vocab:

*shortage(n) not enough

There is a shortage of oil due to the war in Iran.

*skepticism(n) skeptic(n,person) skeptical(adj) – does not believe things easily, questions what other people say

The mother is skeptical about what her son told her.

bluff(v)- to pretend in order to trick somebody

When you play poker, you can bluff.

 

*tendency(n) something that you usually do

tend(v)

He tends to be late to class.

The kids have a tendency to make a big mess in their bedrooms.

 

*delay(v) to put off until later, make something late

My flight was delayed.

Air Canada delayed the flight for two hours.

The teacher delayed the quiz until Wednesday.

 

*denies(v) deny(v) to say no

The man denied stealing a refrigerator from Best Buy.

denial(n)- won’t accept the truth

She is in denial about her problem.

 

MONDAY

Test 2

Paragraph

 

Writing prompt/Question

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROCESS

 

A.PREWRITING/PLANNING

1.Read the question carefully.

2.Brainstorn ideas

3.Organize the ideas

 

B.WRITING

4.Write rough copy

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

(150+ words)

5.Proofread, edit

6.Submit the rough copy by the deadline.

 

 

20m left

 

Review for Test2

Adverb clause from yesterday

“Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices”