Thursday, 8 October 2026

EF71011 P2 Class 22

 

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These are the courses that I will teach next quarter (November-January).

Period 1, 9:15-11:30    EF7/10/Comp11

Period 2, 12-2:15         EF7/10

You are welcome to join these courses again. The grammar and  sentence work will be the same. The readings will be different.

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Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      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

Begin one-on-one midterm short conferences- alphabetical order

·      Return Test 2

Go over

Talk about structure and process

Opportunity for RWs

·      Continue work on “Run-On Sentences and Comma Splice”

·      “Phrasal Verb Exercises”

·      IF TIME Continue verb tenses- present progressive, past progressive

 

 

Friday

·      Assessment

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Return Quiz3

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Finish midterm recommendations- alphabetical order

 

 

Monday- October 12 NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Monday

 

Begin of our sixth week

Tuesday

·      Continue complex sentences

·      Continue verb tenses

·      Begin new article “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

 

 

 

 

**Midterm recommendations

Registration for Q2 – will begin Tuesday, October 13th, morning ~9am

You will get an email link Tuesday morning.

I can explain the reg process, or you can ask a classmate.

 

Midterm recommendations- halfway point in the course

41-42 classes in total – today is 21st class

 

midterm rec- good guess, prediction

 

 

today %-    will change over the next four weeks

 

-2,3 quizzes, 1,2 Tests, Essay(s), RWs, Spoken 2, possible Presentation left to do

 

Lots of opportunity to bring your marks up. Often marks will rise in the second half.

We have to keep working until the last day.

 

analogy- football game- halftime

 

*You will be able to do one replacement quiz and/or one replacement test on the second last day.

1 quiz

1 test

 

 

Q1 4/6

Q2 0/6

Q3 3.5/6

 

T1 7/12

T2 0/12

 

Late and absent a lot.

 

We will deal with the missed quiz and test on the second last day.

 

Feel free to take a picture of your midterm marks and comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Return Test 2

 

What I look at:

1 How does it look on the page? reasonably neat, organized, block of writing

2 Paragraph structure

Topic sentence that addresses the question.

Supporting points- 3,4,5

Concluding sentence

5. Quality of the sentences- simple, compound, complex sentences

Do the sentences convey your ideas clearly?

 

I have to make a decision. Ready for next level or not.

 

Yes   6+/12  How ready is it? 6,7,8,910,11,12 /12

No   5-/12 Where is it? 5,4,3,2,1 /12

 

Opportunity for RW for one point.

Pass it in today or first thing tomorrow.

 

 

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Phrasal Verbs

phrasal verb = verb + preposition

phrasal verb = verb + preposition

 

talk to

listen to

 

get on a bus

get in a car

 

look at your sister

look to your sister

look after your sister

 

*Very very important for using English in real life.

 

 

 

prepositions

– all idiomatic, few grammar rules

-very challenging

 

-secret to learning prepositions is daily authentic usage

ACTIVE -talking with and listening to English speakers

PASSIVE -listening to radio or news  -watching movies  -listening to podcasts (change the speed)

podcasts -cell phone software- free apps- e.g. Overcast

“Real Life English”

“TED Talks” technology, education, design

music podcast

**Ask somebody how to get podcasts on your phone.

 

 

 

 

#1 best way- hanging out with friends who are native speakers

 

** Best way to learn English– get an English boyfriend or girlfriend for a year

 

 

*Phrasal Verbs- the heart of English

Phrasal verbs are two or three-word verbs usually consisting of a verb plus a preposition (or two).

verb + preposition – one unit, one thing, one new idea  e.g. “talk to”

talk to – He talked to his sister on the phone last Tuesday.

 

Phrasal verbs are the heart of English. The more you know phrasal verbs, the more natural your spoken and written English will sound.

Adding a preposition to a verb can completely change the meaning of the verb. 

-talk to- more like a monologue

-talk with -  more like a conversation, back and forth, dialogue

-talk about

He talked about her behind her back. not to her face, gossip

-talk over  He talked over his wife while she was explaining what                               happened.

-talk under – whispering, talking very quietly while someone else is

talking      

While the teacher was talking, a few students were talking under him about the lesson.

-talk over

 

For example, “speak to” ‘speak with’ and “speak for” have very different meanings.

-speak for-

“Don’t speak for me. I can speak for myself.”

“She will have to speak for herself.”

I spoke to/with my colleague about the project.

I spoke for my son at the doctor’s office.

 

So too do “look up”, “look up to” and “look down on”.  The meanings of phrasal verbs are idiomatic, which means their meaning is in the culture not in the dictionary.

“look up to” respect She really looks up to her grandmother.

“Don’t look down on me about my English.”

“Don’t look down on anyone because they have an accent. That means they know at least two languages. How about you?”

 

 

Examples with one verb: look (v)

-look + prep

-look at

-look for

-look after

-look up

-look up to – respect somebody, admire  Scott really looks up to his math teacher, Ms Chen.

-look down on – think poorly of someone, do not respect them  My mother usually looked down on my friends.

-look forward to – anticipate, waiting with a good feeling, being filled with expectation (positive)   I look forward to seeing you.

She is not looking forward to the math test.

 

 

 

- common verb “talk”

-talk to

-talk with

-talk over  She always talks over me. I don’t like being interrupted all the time. It is disrespectful.

Sorry for talking over you.

 

-talk for/speak for

-talk about- discuss, gossip,

 

tattle(v)- cannot keep a secret

tattletale(a person who rats you out), a bigmouth

IDIOM rat you out- tells on you

He is a motormouth.

 

-talk out – discuss something fully, especially to resolve a conflict between two people    The husband and wife had to sit down and talk out their differences.

 

phrasal verb – verb + preposition

 

Here are some URLs for webpages that have lists of hundreds of phrasal verbs.  You probably know many of them already:

 

*50 phrasal verbs

https://blog.lingoda.com/en/top-50-phrasal-verbs-in-english/

 check in on- I’m just checking in on you, making sure you’re ok.

 

*200 phrasal verbs

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm

 

*Several hundred phrasal verbs

https://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.html

 

*500 phrasal verbs

https://www.espressoenglish.net/learn-500-phrasal-verbs-the-most-natural-way/

 

*500 phrasal verbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMBamiDyRgo

 

One way to approach these would be to look at an overview of them. See how many you know already.

Make a plan to learn a certain number a day/week.

Pick one or two day to learn and try. You have to use them to remember them.

It’s all about building vocabulary. It’s painful and slow. However, you will make progress.

You have to have some courage to talk to people. You have to have some guts.
IDIOM guts- bravery, courage

Try to squeeze the phrasal verbs into your conversation.

 

 

 

 

 

Phrasing Verb Exercises- Higher Level

Exercise 1

1.    cried out -yelling

looked on

onlooker(n)  There were many onlookers/witnesses when the cars had a an accident.

SLANG rubbernecker

People were rubbernecking when the cars collided.

He craned his neck to see.

She was gawking at the car accident.

staring  There was a weird guy on the bus staring at me.

2.    press on, hurry up, speed up

IDIOM get a move on

I have to get a move on.

She is heading out.

I am going to head out.

3.    sat around, hung around, stood around

The road workers were just standing around.

4.    look it up, check it out

5.    go over it, discuss, talk about it,

argument,problem – hash it out, bone to pick

6.    counting on, depending on, relying on, waiting for

I am counting on you.

Can I count on you for your vote?

7.    poor posture

Sit up! Sit straight! Straighten up! Shoulders back! Chin  up!

IDIOM Be brave. Be confident. Keep your chin up.

8.    build up your muscles, bulk up

IDIOM He is ripped.

SLANG He is juiced up. He uses steroids.

roid rage-

IDIOM dad bod

9.    sit this one out

I will sit out this game.

You go on the rollercoaster. I will sit it out.

SLANG I’m out.

I’m in. I want to do it.

IDIOM I’m off. I am leaving.

 

 

 

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