EF71011 P2 Class 18

 

 

Today is the end of our fourth week.

Time flies!

 

Remembering low-frequency vocab:

Steve Kaufman – YT lingosteve

polyglot- 20 languages fluently

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

 

 

LEFTOVERS: “Run-On Sentences and Comma Splice” HANDOUT

 

Monday

·      Continue verb tense- simple present past future

·      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- present progressive

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Review vocabulary for Quiz 3 tomorrow

 

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz 3- adverb clauses

·      Continue verb tense- past progressive

·      HANDOUT New article for next week

 

 

Thursday

·      Return everything

Opportunity for RWs

·      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

·      Continue verb tenses

 

 

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

 

 

Tuesday

·      Continue complex sentences

·      Continue verb tenses

 

 

**Vocabulary activities

7.

1.reduction(n) reduce(v)

increase(n,v)

2.illustrate(v) – draw pictures, explain

She illustrated her point with some examples.

demonstrate(v)- show

demonstration(n) The pro-democracy demonstration in Hong Kong was crushed by the police.

3.fangs(n) teeth of carnivorous animals

human teeth- chewing/grinding- back teeth- molars

                     -tearing teeth- front- incisors

                     -side longer teeth- canines (dog)

He got braces. -orthodontist- special dentist for braces

 

4.cone/cup/waffle cone

best ice cream- Earnest, Rain and Shine, homemade strawberry ice cream, McDonalds soft serve

5.conservation(n) conserve(v)

We have to conserve water in the summer in Vancouver.

collision- two things crash

Two cars collided in the intersection.

6.beak(n) bird nose and mouth

dog- snout

paw- foot for a dog, cat, wolf, bear

hoof- horse, cow, goat, sheep

foot- elephant, camel?

 

cloven hoof – religious books, banned

 

7.creepy(adj) – scary, weird, strange, eerie, spooky, unnerving, unsettling

creep(n)- a weird guy, a weirdo who creeps you out

There was a creep on the bus looking at you.

IDIOM peeping tom

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

A lion is a predator. Antelopes are the prey.

A lion preys on zebras.

9.tentacles-

10.fascinated(v) fascinating/fascinated(adj)

The little boy is fascinated by fire trucks.

 

8.

1.left off – paused

2.incompetent- no good at all at your job

competent- good enough

He is a competent surgeon.  suitable, meets minimum expectations

3.crooked(adj) askew, not straight, not honest

Trump is crooked. He is a crook.

4.IDIOM do more harm than good

5.progress

6.tempting(adj) –

tempt(v)

7.locked up(v)

She keeps her jewelry and passport locked up in a safe.

8.lead to

9.spring(n)- natural water from the ground

We like to go to the hot springs and soak.

Japan- natural hot spring – onsen-

outdoors

Harrison Hot Springs- only warm!

10.pension- money for retirement

 

 

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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 benefit

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 Savings 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.

A good accountant or financial advisor can help.

Progressive tax system-

 

fee-only advisors- advice, not selling anything

 

 

**

Article- prepare for Test2 Monday

 

New and challenging vocab:

 

 

MONDAY

Test 2

Paragraph

 

Writing prompt/Question

 

PROCESS

 

A.PREWRITING/PLANNING

1.Read the question carefully

2.Brainstorn ideas  3,4,5 points

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.

 

 

 

 

30m left

 

Review for Test2

Adverb clause from yesterday

HANDOUT “Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices”