P2 EF56 Class 21

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Midterm recommendations- explain

·      Continue compound sentences

Quiz4 Tuesday

Coordinating conjunctions/ transitional terms to review:

1.       so

2.       or

3.       but

4.       and

5.       however

6.       therefore

7.       also

8.       nevertheless

9.       meanwhile

10.     for example

 

 

Vocabulary to review:

1.       look

2.       bring

3.       walk

4.       give

5.       follow

6.       issue

7.       member

8.       community

9.       level

10.     area

 

·      Continue descriptive writing-

Continue adjectives

Teach order of adjectives

Test2 – descriptive paragraph Wednesday

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4- compound sentences

·      Continue descriptive writing- writing from homework

 

Wednesday

·      Test2 – descriptive paragraph

 

Thursday

·      Midterm recs – first half of class

 

Friday

·      Midterm recs- other half of the class

 

Monday, June 2

First day of reg for summer term.

I am scheduled to teach P1 EF5 in the summer. This could change.

 

 

Midterm/Interim Recommendations-

 

We are at the halfway point in the term. We have only four and a half weeks left.

 

Registration for Summer courses will begin next Monday. You will be able to register via the South Hill website as usual. You will be emailed a link to follow in order to register.

I will show the class how to register on Monday. I will demonstrate how to register.

 

In order to register, you need a recommendation from your teacher.

The midterm recommendation is a snapshot or picture of how you are doing at this moment, based on your average so far.

 

This Thusrday and Friday, I will give you a midterm recommendation for which English class you should register for in summer. If you are not going to take a class in summer, you can use the midterm rec to register for next September when registration opens.

 

This Thursday and Friday, we will have a short chat at my desk. We will talk about how things are going so far in this course and what your next course should/could be. I will put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors. By ‘so far’, I mean we have finished five of nine weeks. “So far’ means ‘up to now’.

 

I make comments about ORAL and WRITTEN for each student. The comments are based on the PLOs.

I can’t email the comments to you. The school software will not do that. If you want a copy of my comments, you can take a picture of the comments on your phone.

 

The interim/midterm recommendation will be based on the quizzes and tests you have done so far this term. Also, I will give you a spoken mark out of 10 based on how much speaking you do in class. Plus there are points for rewrites.

 

REMINDER:

Tests are worth double what quizzes are worth.

Test  X/6 = X/12

Quiz  X/6 = X/6

RW Bonus 1 pt each

Spoken1  X/10

 

 

**At SHEC, we want the strongest students to move up.

The South Hill English department strongly recommends that students who are marginally passing (50-60%) not advance to the next level.

People sometimes move up to English classes that they are not prepared for. This is up to you. The passmark in BC is 50%.

 

We want to encourage students who are doing well in classes to register early for the next level. We want to dissuade students who are not ready from registering in a class that may be too high for them. Everybody wants to feel competent and challenged.

 

REMINDER: Teachers in BC use this vocabulary for assessment.

New BC Ministry of Education marking categories:

Emerging – first steps, beginning, not ready to move up

Developing- partial understanding, getting better

Proficient- have skills and abilities

Extending- sophisticated understanding and ability

 

 

 

 

For the final four weeks, we will keep doing tests and quizzes until the end of the course. Plus, there will be a second spoken mark for the final few weeks worth X/15. Plus, we will do a presentation worth 10 points. Also, there will be an essay.

 

 

IMPORTANT: You will have lots of opportunity to bring your marks up in the last weeks of class.

You will also have lots of opportunity to bring your marks down if you stop working.

 

This is just the halfway point.

 

OPTIONS for registration- Stay at your current level or move up to the next level

EF5- EF5 or EF6

EF6- EF6 or EF7

 

NOTE: At the end of the quarter,the passmark is 50%. That is your final mark on the last day.

You can move up to the next level with 50% at the end of the course, but I don’t think that is strong enough. You have to get better at your English.

 

You can figure out roughly your own average right now, except for spoken. Add up your quizzes and tests. Guess at your spoken mark.

 

We will talk on Thursday and Friday at our one-on-one meetings.

 

 

** I will teach P1 EF5 in the summer.**

Summer- Five weeks , 3½ hours a day, Monday to Friday, July 2-August 1

 

 

FRACTIONS

½   one half

¼   one quarter, one fourth

1/3   one third

 

1/5 one fifth

1/6 one sixth

 

 

zzzz   th

This thing is thin.

 

 

Japanese -  r / l

Vietnamese- end consonant

Spanish- j y

Farsi/Spanish/Portuguese- es    star- estar

 

We have to get used to different accents.

You need practice. Some accents are more challenging than others.

 

You’re too old to lose your accent. You can improve it. You need to have big ears.

 

Singing helps.

 

 

 

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Quiz4 Tuesday

 

Coordinating conjunctions/ transitional terms to review:

1.       so

2.       or

3.       but

4.       and

5.       however

6.       therefore

7.       also

8.       nevertheless

9.       meanwhile

10.     for example

 

 

Vocabulary to review:

1.       look

2.       bring

3.       walk

4.       give

5.       follow

6.       issue

7.       member

8.       community

9.       level

10.     area

nevertheless = however

Mary does not like to run, but she loves to walk.

Mary does not like to run; however, she loves to walk.

Mary does not like to run; neverthless, she loves to walk.

 

I will learn a new language; nevertheless, it is difficult.

Learning a new language is difficult; nevertheless, I will learn it.

I was exhausted; nevertheless, I persisted in doing my homework.

I enjoy eating chocolate; however, I am on a diet.

I am shy; nevertheless, I try to speak English in class.

I am a shy person; however, I try to speak English in class.

Every day I’m nervous; nevertheless, I will be here every day.

 

 

 

therefore bring

We are having a potluck tomorrow; therefore, I will bring some salad.

We are having a potluck tomorrow, so I will bring some salad.

My puppy is very/extremely/exceptionally cute; therefore, I bring her everywhere.

really cute, pretty cute- CASUAL

so cute – TALKING

 

 

meanwhile- at the same time

look

She is looking for a new hat at the mall; meanwhile, her daughter is having lunch at the food court.

 

I am learning English in this class; meanwhile, my husband is sleeping off jetlag.

 

She is talking to her boss; meanwhile, she is thinking about her vacation.

 

The injured soldier felt dizzy; meanwhile, he was running through the village. simple past of the verb ‘feel’

He feels ADJ  sad, happy, dizzy, confused, hungry, hangry, upset

She is ADJ.

I am teaching; meanwhile, I am typing on my keyboard.

 

two-faced – show a fake personality

 

 

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OUR DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

 

Focus on seeing- our sense of sight-

We will be using adjectives – descriptive words – to describe things

 

Descriptive words about how things look:

 

-opinion- beautiful, ugly, nice, pretty, handsome, gorgeous, adorable, cute, attractive, etc.

 

-colour- blue, dark blue, navy blue, sky blue, robin’s egg blue, turqoise

light green, forest green, seafoam green, lime green, neon green, hunters’ orange, fire engine red, burgandy, maroon, dark brown, chocolate brown, light brown, black, hazel

 

 -shape- triangular, round, square, pear-shaped, fat, skinny, full-figured, slim, rectangular, five-sided, six-sided, eight-sided (stop sign), pentagonal

 

-size – small, big, giant, huge, tiny, miniscule, skinny, immense, gigantic

 

-material- wood, wooden, metal, metallic, leather, plastic, cotton, nylon, silk, wool, down (small feathers of a goose or duck), Gore-Tex, fleece, velvet, lace, denim (jeans), burlap

 

facial hair- moustache, beard, scruff, clean-shaven, sideburns, chops, goatee

straight, curly, wavy, tight curls, loose curls, permed, layered, bob, ponytail, pigtails, dyed, coloured, highlights, balding, losing hair, shaved head

 

 

You need vocabulary to write good descriptions. You can use your dictionary or thesaurus to find vocabulary.

 

 

Dictionary- gives definitions of words

 

Thesaurus- useful tool for building and discoverng new vocabulary

- gives synonyms for words

-antonym – word with opposite meaning

 

WEBSITE:    thesaurus.com

 

You can use a thesaurus when you writing descriptive paragraphs in this class.

 

I use a thesaurus all the time when I am writing.

 

You can use a thesaurus to build vocabulary.

 

CLASS/HOMEWORK ACTIVITY:

 

Choose a photograph.

Brainstorm descriptive words to describe the photograph.

You can describe the entire picture of focus on just a part of it.

Write a short descriptive paragraph of at least 150 words.

Tomorrow- play a game. We will read them out loud and guess which picture you are writing about.