Good afternoon
storms from the ocean
hurricane- Atlantic
Ocean
typhoon- Pacific
Ocean
hurricanes are named-
alphabetical order, swiches men’s name and women’s name
earthquake- two tectonic
plates
tremors- small amount
of shaking
big shift of tectonic
plates-earthquake
Measure earthquake-
Richter scale-
modern earthquake buildings-
pool or pendulum on top
old schools in
Vancouver- seismic upgrades
prepare – Earthquake for
your house
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/emergency-kits/get-kit.html
family plan-
It’s out of our
control. Try not to worry. Prepare some supplies.
IDIOM He is a
prepper.
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Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Collect Quiz1RW
Rewrite are due the
same day or the beginning or class the following day. I will mark late RWs. I don’t
give points for late RWs.
· Distribute new
article “’Canadian Experience’ keeps skilled immigrants out of the labour market”
Read and prepare
notes for Thursday
· Distribute personal
information sheet
· Resources for
improving spelling
https://spellquiz.com/spelling-test/adult
Grade one – Grade 12-
Adult
listening fast, then
slow- writing and spelling
self-study,
self-paced
· Begin compound
sentences
Prepare for Quiz 2
this week
· Continue paragraph
work
Prepare for Test1
paragraph
· HW Work on compound sentence exercises.
Read new article and
prepare notes for Thursday.
Read over “What is a Paragraph”
for tomorrow.
Tuesday
· Continue compound
sentences
Prepare for Quiz2
this week
· Continue paragraph
work
Prepare for Test1
paragraph
Wednesday
· Continue compound
sentences
Prepare for Quiz2
this week
· Continue paragraph
work
Prepare for Test1
paragraph
Thursday
· Continue compound
sentences
Prepare for Quiz2
this week
Choose vocabulary to
review
· (probably) End of
class Test#1- paragraph based on “Physical Exercise” (55m)
Friday
· “Self- Assessment Reflection”
Week 3
· Vocabulary exercises
· Quiz#2 compound
VOCAB pronounce(v) pronunciation(n)
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· Distribute personal
information sheet
Full name
Pupil# ?
PEN- personal
education number, every VSB student
DOB- date of birth
Phone#
Email
Address
Country of birth
Country of
citizenship
Citizenship code: citizen,
permanent resident, refugee, work permit, ?
**Private
information**
Check and make sure
that all of the information is accurate.
Correct- sign on
bottom, date. Give it back to me.
Incorrect- make the
correction on the bottom, sign on bottom, date. Give it back to me.
FORM FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES:
1.
SV, SOBA SV.
, so , or , but
, and
FANBOYS- for and nor but or yet
so
UNUSUAL- for I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold.
UNUSUAL- nor She
doesn’t speak French, nor does she speak German.
AUTHENTIC She doesn’t speak French or German. SIMPLE
UNUSUAL It is sunny, yet it is cold.
AUTHENTIC It is sunny, but it is cold.
SOBA so or but and- HIGH FREQUENCY
either or
neither nor LOW FREQUENCY
I don’t like coffee.
Me, neither. Neither do I. SIMPLE
Are you finished yet? SIMPLE
I haven’t called her yet. SIMPLE
SOBA- soba noodles
2.
;
instead of , SOBA
3.
TRANSITIONAL WORDS – usually used with
semicolons
e.g. however
therefore as well also
nevertheless meanwhile
EXAMPLES:
SV, SOBA SV. Jun had
no money, so he was unable
to buy a birthday gift for his girlfriend.
Jun had no money
and was unable to buy a birthday gift
for his girlfriend. SVV SIMPLE
Jun had no money; he was unable to buy a birthday
gift for his girlfriend. NOT EVERYDAY, PRESTIGIOUS, HIGH-LEVEL, CLASSY
Jun had no money; consequently, he was unable to buy
a birthday for
his girlfriend.
Jun had no money; therefore, he was unable to buy a
birthday for
his girlfriend.
Put a “For Sale” sign with a phone number in your rear
window, or no one will know how to contact you.
Put a “For Sale” sign with a phone number in your rear
window; no one will know how to contact you. NOT THE BEST WAY
Put a “For Sale” sign with a phone number in your rear
window; otherwise, no one will know how to contact you. GOOD CHOICE
Dalia is not a wealthy woman, but she gives generously to
charities in her community.
Dalia is not a wealthy woman; she gives generously to
charities in her community.
Dalia is not a wealthy woman; nevertheless, she gives
generously to charities in her community.
The kids went sliding on the ice, and they built a
snowperson.
The kids went sliding on the ice; they built a snowperson.
The kids went sliding on the ice; also, they built a
snowperson.
MODELS
SV, SOBA SV.
SV; SV.
SV; TRANS, SV.
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“Transitional Terms”
ChatGPT might helpful as a teacher here.
*also
Jun plays volleyball; also, she coaches basketball.
PROMPT: write 10 compound sentences using ; also
PROMPT: write 10 high-level/advanced compound sentences
using ; also
LLM large-language models- ChatGPT, Gemini, Deepseek, Claude,
etc.
MY OPINION There is no substitute for talking to real
people.
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“Compound Sentences Exercises- a bit higher level”
1.
She loves reading mysteries. She dislikes horror
stories.
She loves reading mysteries, but she dislikes horror stories.
She loves reading mysteries; however, she dislikes horror
stories.
She loves reading mysteries; on the other hand, she dislikes
horror stories.
She loves reading mysteries; nevertheless, she dislikes
horror stories.
