EF71011 P1 Class 29

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Talk about spoken presentations

·      Continue adjective clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 4 tomorrow, on adjective clauses

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

Crossword

Read out loud?

Thought Questions

·      Continue verb tenses- present perfect

·      Leftover work?

“Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices”

“Phrasal Verb Exercises”

 

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz 4- adjective clauses

·      Begin noun clauses- final kind of clause

“Noun Clauses” HANDOUT

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion” Test 3 when?

 

 

·      Thursday

·      “Self-Assessment” Week 7

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Check progress on spoken presentations, 3pts

·      Continue noun clauses

Quiz when?

·      Test 3- paragraph relating to bicycles- last 55 minutes of class

 

 

Friday- October 23^rd

No school

Professional Development

 

Monday, October 26

·      Spoken presentations

·      Begin essay work

·      Continue noun clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 5

 

Tuesday, Oct 27

·      Spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work

·      Quiz 5- last 25m

 

Wednesday, Oct 28

·      Spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work

 

 

Thursday, Oct 29

·      Spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work

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Friday, Oct 30

·      Spoken presentations

 

Final Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday- Last day

·      Return everything

No more RWs

·      Final marks and comments

·      One-on-one student-teacher conferences

 

 

 

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Commas around adjective clauses

BIT TRICKY- detailed, higher-level

 

Both are fine grammatically. Do they have the same meaning?

A May’s sister who lives in Calgary is a nurse. necessary information

B May’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse. extra information, not necessary information

different

changes the complete subject of the sentence

, adj cl,   - extra information, GRAMMAR BOOK essential and non-essential clauses, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses

 

How many sisters does May have? 1 or 2+

A May’s sister who lives in Calgary is a nurse. 2+

B May’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse. 1

, adj cl,   can be omitted, sentence still will be clear

May’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse.

May’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse.

May’s sister is a nurse.

 

 

Our EF7 teacher who is a Canadian is a hiker.

commas or no commas?

Our EF7 teacher, who is a Canadian, is a hiker. 1 teacher

 

Our classmate who comes from Korea is a good singer.

 

 a powerful bit tricky tool

 

The Great Wall of China, which is 1500 miles long, is a world heritage site.

commas or not commas

unique, only one indicated with     , adj cl,  & which

 

Let’s meet at Starbucks that is on Fraser and 49^th.

Let’s meet at Starbucks.   clear? Not enough information

Let’s meet at Starbucks that is on Fraser and 49^th.

 

My daughter went to VGH (Vancouver General Hospital), which is around Oak and 12^th.

 

Shira was born in Iran, which is a beautiful country.

Shira was born in a small village which is in the north of Iran.

Maggie is a person who you can always rely on.

 

Let’s choose 10 words of vocab from “Bike-sharing”

Adjective Clause Words

1.    who

2.    that

3.    which

4.    whose

5.    where

 

Vocab words

1.    transportation(n)

2.    potential(adj)

3.    vehicle(n)

4.    system(n)

5.    urban(adj)

6.    reduce(v)

7.    traffic(n)

8.    own(v)

9.    essential(adj)

10.                       compare(v)

 

HANDOUT Exercises- Try some if you like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 3

1.    He used to live in Colombia, which is a Spanish-speaking country.

5.    Jim works in a large company that is located in Northern Quebec.

The company is located in Chilliwack. passive voice

The company is in Chilliwack.

 

Jim who works in a large company located in Northern Quebec V.

Jim who works in a large company located in Northern Quebec is hardworking.

 

OPTIONS

Jim works in a large company that is located in Northern Quebec.

HIGHER-LEVEL Jim works in a large company located in Northern Quebec.

 

7.Barbara has a house that overlooks the river. BEST

Barbara has a house that is overlooking the river.

 

I have an apartment that is overlooking the river. NOT NATURAL- happening right now

I have an apartment that overlooks the river. SIMPLE PRESENT- always

 

Barbara has a house that it overlooks the river.

 

8. She will never forget the day when was her twenty-first birthday. XXX

OPTIONS

She will never forget the day that was her twenty-first birthday.

She will never forget the day when she turned twenty-one. VERY AUTHENTIC

We will never forget the day when we landed at YVR.

I will never forget the day when I first saw you.

 

6.    Messi, who was born in a small town in Argentina, won two championships.

Messi, who won two championships, was born in a small town in Argentina.

 

7.    Messi was born in a small town in Argentina who won two championships. XXX misplaced modifier

 

Misplaced modifiers

The man saw a big cat who was painting his house. XXX

The man who was painting his house saw a big cat.

I gave a table to my sister that has three wooden legs. XXX

I gave a table that has three wooden legs to my sister.

 

11.                       Bollywood makes more films than Hollywood which is the movie capital of India.

Bollywood, which is the movie capital of India, makes more films than Hollywood.

Vancouver is often called Hollywood North. Many movies, TV, and commercials are shot in Vancouver and BC.

You can have a part-time job doing background.

background- extras = paid actors

good pay, long hours

 

Actors get paid at a higher rate if they have a line or if they do something to drive the plot forward.

Some of my friends are actors. They spend hours and hours doing auditions.

Commercial work is very lucrative.

Voiceover work is also very lucrative.

Voice work – animation

Radio commercials

Dubbing -use a another person’s voice for an actor, lip-syncing

9       Ji Na comes from a place that/which is very cold almost all year.

Ji Na comes from a place where it is very cold almost all year.

 

 

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Bike-Sharing Program

ACROSS

2.congestion

The little kid is congested.

8.utilize(v), utility(n) utilization(n)

10.toxic(adj)

She is in a toxic relationship.

11.infrastructure(n)- sewer, water, power, hydro, roads, bridges, etc.

15.potential(n)

She has a lot of potential.

 

DOWN

1.greenhouse gas- CO2

4.accessible

5.decarbonize

6.sustainable

7.mode

mood- overall emotion

She is in a good mood because she got the part.

9.freetime(n) leisure(n) leisurely(adj)

We took a leisurely walk by the river.

slow walk- stroll

12.untapped

She has untapped potential.

13.emission

14.multi-mode

SHEC delivers courses by different modes: in-class and self-paced. We cannot offer mixed-mode course. The Ministry of Education will not allow it.

He just bought a multi-mode laser printer. It can print black and white and colour; also, it can scan documents and be used as a fax machine.

 

 

New and interesting vocab:

 

roughly(adv) – approximately, around, about

The trip will take roughly 45 minutes.

-         not smoothly, not gently

The old man spoke roughly to the kids.

 

There is more to baking than just following a recipe.

There is more to learning English than just memorization grammar rules.

 

intensive(adj) intense(adj)- high energy, not relaxed

He took a two-day intensive course on how to fix laptops.

 

particles- floating bits in the air, like dust and dirt, smoke