Tuesday, 20 October 2026

EF71011 P2 Class 29

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue adjective clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 4 tomorrow, 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

·      Talk about spoken presentations

·      Begin noun clauses- final kind of clause

“Noun Clauses” HANDOUT

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

 

 

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 23rd

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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7.                The movie that we/Jun/they/I watched last night was really scary.

 

8.                She met a man who can speak five languages.

She met a man who speaks five languages.

She met a man who spoke five languages.

She met a man who was speaking five languages at the party.

 

monolingual- one language

bilingual- two languages

trilingual- three languages

polyglot- many languages  She is a polyglot.

Steve Kaufmann is a Canadian internet personality and polyglot.

 

9.                The dog that barks at night belongs to our neighbor.

The dog that barked/was barking all night last night belongs to our neighbor.

 

dog- bark(v)

cat- meow(v)  The kitten meowed at me.  hiss(v)

cow- moo

horse- whinney

sheep- bleat

crow- caw

dinosaur, lion, tiger- roar The big tiger roared.

elephant- trumpet(v)

fox- yip

coyote- howl

 

 

10.           The house that was built in 1890 has a lot of history.

The heritage houses , which were built in 1890 have a lot of history.

 

11.           The teacher who was teaching/taught us retired recently.

The teacher who retired recently used to teach us.

 

12.           The dress that you/she/I wore to/at/for the party was stunning.

 

13.           The city (that) I grew up in as changed a lot over the years.

The city where I grew up as changed a lot over the years.

 

 

14.           The boy whose bike was stolen reported it to the police.

passive voice verb

15.           The flowers they were/are in the vase were a gift from a friend.

vase- vas  voz

The museum has a collection of Ming vases.

 

 

17.The athlete who won a gold medal trained hard for years.

She is an Olympic medalist.

He is an Olympian.

 

18.The shop where I bought souvenirs was very crowded.

souvenir- keepsake, a little gift from a specific place

 

19.The child/boy/girl who is/was playing in the yard is my cousin.

The see-through child who is playing in the yard is the ghost of my cousin.

see-through- transparent, translucent

opaque- can’t see through it, heavily tinted glass in a car

one-way mirror

 

20.The hotel that overlooks the beach offers breathtaking views.

overlook(v) 1. has a view of

Her apartment overlooks the river. It has a great view.

                          2. neglect, forget, didn’t notice

Oh no. I overlooked those bills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Adjective clause words:

who

that

which

where

whose

 

Let’s choose 10 words of vocabulary from “Bike-sharing” to review for the quiz. I will choose six of them.

1.                traffic(n)

2.                reduce(v)

3.                share(v)

4.                substitute(v)

5.                urban(adj) -city

6.                option(n)

7.                security)n)

8.                intensive(adj)

9.                private(adj)

10.           potential(adj)

 

 

EXAMPLE Quiz 4

1.    reduce that

Mei is using an app that reduces her workload.

2.urban who

Joe is a guy who prefers to live in an urban environment/area.

 

urban- city

suburban- houses

rural- countryside, farm, village

 

urban sprawl – a city gets larger and larger

 

 

 

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“Bike-Sharing”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crossword

ACROSS

2.congestion

The little kid was congested. adj

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

10.toxic

She is a toxic relationship.

A narcissist can be very toxic to be around.

11.infrastructure- water, sewer, roads, bridges, hydro, etc.

15.potential(adj)

 

DOWN

1.greenhouse

greenhouse gas- CO2

3.intensive

4.accessible(adj)

The building is accessible.

We have an accessible washroom.

wheelchair-accessible

5.decarbonize

6.sustainable

7.mode

She bought a multi-mode printer. I can print colour and black and white; it can scan documents and be used as a fax.

9.leisure(n) leisurely(adj)

We like to go on a leisurely walk after dinner.

slow walk – stroll

12.untapped

She has untapped potential.

13.emission

EV cars do not emit smoke.

low-emission vehicles

He has a hybrid. It is an EV and a gas vehicle.

 

14.multi-mode

Her car is multi-mode: sport mode, EV mode.

multi-task

She is a good multi-tasker.

 

 

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New and interesting vocabulary

 

-greenhouse gas emission

greenhouse gas- CO2 carbon dioxide, etc.

Greenhouse gasses are released into the atmosphere.

They cause the Earth to heat up.

Global temperature starts to rise.

global warming/climate change

polar ice caps melt

ocean levels rise

chaotic weather

glaciers melting

SOLUTIONS

decarbonize- use less carbon-based fuels: oil, coal, gas, etc.

future - solar, wind power- wind turbines, nuclear power, tidal power, etc.

 

nuclear power, nuclear weapons

 

big challenge- storage, huge batteries

 

 

subsequent- next

We went to the meeting; subsequently, we took a vote.

sequence(n)- in order

 

equitable(adj)- fair

equity(n)- fairness, everybody treated the same

 

equi- same  equal, equality, equity

 

green(adj)- good for the environment, environmentally friendly

 

The Green Party-

 

premature(adj)- too early

The baby was born two weeks premature.

The baby was preemie.

 

immature(adj) – an adult who acts like a kid

 

The apple is not ripe.

The avocado is not ripe.

The bananas are green.

 

hazard(n)- danger

hazardous(adj)- dangerous

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS- bad weather for driving

hazardous chemicals

He turned his hazard lights on.

 

 

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