Begin of our sixth
week
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Registration for
Quarter 2 begins
· Continue verb tenses-
present progressive, past progressive
· Leftover work?
“Run-On
Sentences and Comma Splice”
“Phrasal
Verb Exercises”
· Begin complex
sentences with adjective clauses
· Begin new article “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”
Wednesday
· Continue complex
sentences with adjective clauses
· Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”
Thursday
· Continue complex
sentences with adjective clauses
· Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”
Friday
· “Self Reflection”
Week 6
· Vocabulary exercises
· Continue complex
sentences with adjective clauses
Prepare
for Quiz 4- next week, Monday?
· Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”
**
Reg for Q2
P1
EF7/10/Comp11 with me
First Peoples 11- teacher?
P2
EF7/10 with me
Comp 11- teaches?
Canadian Studies/ Social
Studies- history of Canada, structure of government, Civics
You can come back to
SHEC to take courses after you graduate.
There are also self-paced
options. You might be the person who does it!
Atter you register,
the advisors have to check each registration individually. This takes time. You
will have to wait for a couple or three weeks to get confirmation.
Graduation-
Graduated Adults – graduated
from high school somewhere in the world
Adult Diploma- have
not graduated from high school anywhere in the world
Graduated adult –
courses and marks,
e.g. English 12 76%
Chemistry 12 79%
Calculus 12 51%
You can shop/take
these courses to any college or university. You will get a transcript.
You can apply for
postsec using your official transcript.
VSB keeps a record of
all of your courses and marks.
Adult program- same,
but you get a high school diploma from VSB.
All options for
college and university are open to you.
**
Continue with verb tenses
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future
Present progressive/ present continuous-
same thing, meaning
‘ing’ verbs
I am going. We are talking. Jun is hiking. I am working.
auxiliary verb- helper verb, extra
verb
AUX- plug-in in the back of your
TV, computer monitor, car
Present progressive
auxiliary verb + ‘ing’ verb
A dog is running down the sidewalk.
right now, at this moment
She is talking on the phone to her sister. right now, at this
moment
I eat apples. SIMPLE PRESENT- usually,
habit
I eat an apple every morning. SIMPLE
PRESENT- usually, habit
I eat apples every morning. SOUNDS
STRANGE
I am eating an apple right now. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
IDIOM An apple a day keeps the doctor
away.
A garlic a day keeps everyone
away. JOKE!
Mei chews gum. SIMPLE PRESENT
Mei is chewing gum in my ear. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
He is
at the gym. SIMPLE PRESENT
He is
working out. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
We are being in the
classroom. We are learning English.
COMMON ERRORS
She talking on the phone to
her sister. XXX
She is talk on the phone to
her sister. XXX
FIX
She is talking on the phone to her sister.
She’s
talking on the phone to her sister.
She’s on the phone. SIMPLE PRESENT
She’s talking on the phone. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
She’s on her phone. -surfing the
net
She’s on the phone. – sounds like talking
ERROR
I talking XXX
I am talk.
FIX
I am talking.
You talking XXX
You are talking.
*Look at your quizzes and tests.
Is verb form and verb tense an CORRECTION CODE that comes up? VT VF
Be careful with subject verb
agreement: am is are
I am studying French at
school.
You are studying French at
school.
He is studying French at
school.
We are studying French at
school.
Jun is studying French at
school.
They are studying French at
school.
GERUND and PROGRESSIVE VERB
ski
GERUND- ‘ing’ noun skiing
PROG VERB- skiing
Usage is different
e.g
They are skiing down the hill right now. VERB
They love skiing. GERUND-NOUN
They love winter.
They are going skiing. V
GERUND
Mei and Sara are enjoying getting to know each other.
They are going to skiing.
They are going to go skiing. simple
future
** Area for confusion**
They are going to ski down the black run.
CASUAL- AUTHENTIC use present progressive
to suggest future
They are going to ski down the black run.
We are
going to have lunch together.
I am going to take the dog out for
a walk.
CASUAL TALKING, NOT WRITING
going to ‘gonna’
pronunciation, people do not articulate clearly
want to ‘wanna’
You can choose your level of
formality and pronunciation.
Street talk is different from
school and work talk.
IDIOM He has a chip of his shoulder.
Can you write sentences with this
verb tense?
How consistently?
all the time?
most of the time?
sometimes?
never?
AUX + ing
My husband is working on his computer.
My kids are playing at the school.
Let’s write some sentences from our
own imagination with present progressive verb tenses.
I will come around. Work together
if you want to have more fun.
The conference is holding is
being held in Vancouver. PASSIVE VOICE
The company is holding their conference in Vancouver. ACTIVE VOICE
TWO MEANINGS
The company is holding their conference in Vancouver. right now
The company is holding their conference in Vancouver. future
We can tell from context.
context- the meaning coming from
what was said before
Microsoft has its big conference every
May. The company is holding their conference
in Vancouver. suggests the future
**In grammar books? Authentic
English users:
present progressive to suggest the
future
Jan and I will rake up the leaves this Saturday.
Jan and I are going to rake up the leaves this Saturday.
CASUAL, AUTHENTIC ENGLISH Jan and
I are raking up the leaves this Saturday.
-suggests the future, understand through context
*Using present progressive to suggest
the future -speaking, casual writing
Microsoft has its big conference every
October 12-15th. The company is holding
their conference in Vancouver this year. suggests right now
She is talking to her sister right
now.
She is talking to her sister
tonight. context- future
We are cooking a sheep’s head/chicken
feet/scallops tomorrow.
CASUAL She is going to Langara next
year.
She is
going to go to Langara next year. She is
going to take courses in psychology.
Continue tomorrow- past progressive
**
Finish ‘Phrasal Verbs’
from last week
Exercise 2
1.
We need to wake up/get up/get out of bed early
tomorrow if we want to catch the first bus into town.
2.
When we get into town, we can go straight to the
first bank we see.
Go straight to bed!
We went straight to the seafood
buffet.
3.
She didn't manage to pick out anyone from the
line-up as she had forgotten completely what the mugger looked like.
pick out- choose
I picked out a new outfit for my
daughter.
She picked out new glasses.
4.
I will never live up to the expectations of my
father. I can do nothing right in his eyes!
5.
Candles usually burn out after about four hours.
She is burned out from work.
The kid blew out the candles on his
birthday cake.
6.
When you get to the bank, don't stop, go on/go
ahead/keep going for another hundred metres and you will see the chemist's on
your left.
7.
If you want to lose weight Brian, you need to cut
out most meat carbs and all that chocolate you eat in the evening.
8.
In this snow and ice, it's so easy to fall down/slip.
9.
She wasn't interested in his money. She was drawn
to/was attracted to his sense of humour.
She had a crush on him.
Would you marry for money?
IDIOM Love is blind.
Exercise 3
1.
Don't worry about the argument you had with your
sister. It will soon blow over.
2.
If you see Jane tomorrow, pass on my best wishes
to her for her new baby.
3.
We went to that new cinema first, then the pizza
restaurant and we ended up/wound up in the bar near the old bridge.
4.
Parents often worry about their teenage children
rack up a huge phone bill.
5.
It's been raining for three hours now and it
doesn't look like it will let up today.
6.
He tried to cover up his deception but he was
discovered when he left an incriminating photocopy on his desk.
7.
He isn't a good boxer but his trainer keeps talking
him up as though he was world champion.
She chatted him up. She
was flirting with him.
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