Good morning, everyone.
These are my courses for September-
Period 1 (9:15-11:30) EF23
Period 2 (12-2:15) EF45
Quarter 1 September-Nov (nine weeks)
Q2 Nov-Jan (nine weeks)
Q3 Feb- Apr (nine weeks)
Q4 Apr-June (nine weeks)
Summer July-Aug (five weeks)
Today’s Agenda
·
Talk about midterm recommendations
·
“Self Assessment Reflection” Week 2
Link to PLOs
·
Continue compound sentences
“Forms for Compound Sentences”
·
“100 Most Used Nouns”
·
Vocab “Odd Word Out 2”
·
Song lyrics
·
Listening fun
Monday
·
Return Test1
Optional RW for bonus point
·
Continue compound sentences
“Forms for Compound Sentences”
·
Continue verb tenses- present progressive, past
progressive
Tuesday
·
Continue compound sentences
Quiz2 on Wednesday
Wednesday
·
Quiz2- compound sentences
COMING UP
·
Hyphenated modifiers
·
Modals/modal auxiliaries
**
Midterm/Interim Recommendations-
We are almost at the halfway point in the term. We have only three
weeks left.
Registration for September courses will begin Monday, July 21st. 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 that day. 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.
Next Friday, I will give you a midterm recommendation for which English
class you should register for in September. If you are not going to take a
class in September, you can use the midterm rec to register for next November when
registration opens.
Next Friday, we will have short one-on-one chats 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 three of five weeks. “So
far’ means ‘up to now’.
I make comments about ORAL and WRITTEN for each student. Also, I
will make a comment about NEXT STEP. 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. These comments will eventually be on your final report card.
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 three 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, if time, 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
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 at our one-on-one meetings.
**
Self-Assessment Reflection
-
every Friday
Don’t write on it yet.
self- myself, yourself, personal, not teacher
assessment(n)- assess(v)- test, quiz, evaluation, how good,
level, examination, mistakes, correct, check, mark, solve, estimate
reflection- feedback, thinking, check, consider, mirror,
compare, deep thinking, internal process
Focus: Your work in this class this week.
Strengths- power, ability, mentality, skills, achievement,
development, improvement, success
Challenges- difficulties, problems, negatives, going wrong,
tricky, obstacles, areas for improvement
Goals- target, aims, dream, approach, future dream, the
things you want, hopes, reach
Plans- project, program, schedule, practice regime,
organized, step-by-step, commitment, solution
HW read and consider PLOs
-weekly “Self-Assessment Reflection”
refer directly to PLOs or you can use your language
choose one or two ideas for each category
Let’s take a few minutes and do Week 2.
You can pass it in to me by the end of the class today.
**
Three types of sentences:
SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX
4th kind-
mix COMPOUND COMPLEX
Sentence types:
SIMPLE SENTENCES
– SV
SSV SVV SSVV
SSSV SVVV Imperative
Interrogative
New kind of
sentence:
COMPOUND SENTENCES
Most teachers teach
FANBOYS
7 coordinating
conjunctions in English
FANBOYS for and nor
but or yet so
Some of these are
used often- low-frequency words for compound sentences
HIGH-FREQUENCY very
often used
LOW-FREQUENCY rarely
used
FANBOYS for
and nor but or yet so
EXAMPLES OF for,
nor, yet- low-frequency, grammar book
*for
Maria brought an
umbrella today, for it is raining.
-low-frequency
usage, grammar-book style of English
AUTHENTIC
Maria brought an
umbrella today because it is raining. COMPLEX SENT
high-frequency
usage-
‘for’ preposition
phrases
for example
She got some coffee
for you.
He brought a cake
for the birthday party
Thanks for your
help.
SV, for SV. low
frequency
She got you a
present, for it is your birthday. Unusual, grammar-book,
not authentic
English
She got you a
present because it is your birthday. authentic
She got a present
for you.
VOCAB authentic –
real, not fake, the real deal
I bought you a
coffee. I bought a coffee for you.
I stayed at home,
for I was feeling sick. XXX
AUTHENTIC, REAL
ENGLISH I stayed at home because I was feeling sick.
FANBOYS for
and nor but or yet so
*nor
either or neither nor low-frequency
Neither Maria nor Sarah
is going to the theatre. grammar-book
They aren’t going
to the theatre. authentic
Neither of them are
going to the theatre. authentic
Maria isn’t going.
Neither is Sarah.
Me neither. CASUAL
Me too. CASUAL
I bought neither a
pen nor a pencil. grammar-book
I didn’t buy (either)
a pen or a pencil. authentic
compound sentence
with ‘nor’
We didn’t go to the
museum, nor did we go to the art gallery. grammar-book English
We didn’t go to the
museum or the art gallery. SIMPLE SENT
I am looking for
students who are speaking (either) English or their mother tongue.
She is going to get
(either) an ice cream or an iced coffee.
FANBOYS for
and nor but or yet so
SIMPLE SENTENCES-
yet
Not, yet.
I didn’t have my
supper/dinner, yet.
He didn’t finish
his homework, yet. SIMPLE SENT
I don’t know yet.
I didn’t buy it
yet. I’m waiting for a sale.
CONTRACTION I am –
I’m ‘ apostrophe
‘yet’ for compound
sentences
It is a sunny day,
yet it is chilly. low-frequency
It is a sunny day,
but it is chilly. high-frequency
It is a sunny day;
however, it is chilly.
Use ‘but’ ‘however’
It is a sunny day.
However, it is chilly. 2 SIMPLE SENT
It is a sunny day;
however, it is chilly. 1 COMPOUND SENT
FANBOYS for
and nor but or yet so
FANBOYS and but or
so
SOBA- so or but and
These are the
high-frequency coordinating conjunctions.
Soba are Japanese
buckwheat noodles.
Italian explorer- Marco
Polo went to China.
Chinese noodles- Italian
spaghetti?
rice noodles,
semolina noodles
Japan – buckwheat noodles
We will focus
on: , so , or
, but , and
EXAMPLES of SOBA , so
, or , but , and
, so- give a
reason, result
My friend was sick. I went to visit her. 2 SIMPLES
My friend was sick, so I went to visit her. 1 COMPOUND
It is raining. You
brought an umbrella. 2 SIMPLES
It is raining,
so you brought an umbrella. 1 COMPOUND
It is going to
rain, so don’t forget your umbrella.
Don’t forget your
umbrella. IMPERATIVE no ‘you’
She is hungry, so
she needs to eat something.
SLANG hungry +
angry = hangry
I am hangry. I need
a snack.
The weather was rainy, so we decided to stay (at) home.
The weather is rainy, so? CASUAL TALKING
It’s Friday, everyone is feeling relaxed.
, or – choice, A or
B
You can go to
school, or you can go to work.
Would you like
pizza, or would you prefer pasta? COMPOUND
Would you like
pizza or pasta? SIMPLE
Would you like
coffee or tea? SIMPLE SENT
Do you like coffee,
or would you prefer tea? COMPOUND
SV, or SV.
COMPOUND SENT=
SIMPLE SENT , SOBA SIMPLE SENTENCE
, or – two different
options
You can stay home with mom, or you can go/come downtown with me.
(Either) You can go
by bus now, or you can wait for me to drive you.
NEXT CLASS ‘ ;
semicolons
You can stay home with mom; alternatively, you
can go downtown with me.
Give me a ring, or
it’s over!
Beyonce song All
the Single Ladies
“If you liked it,
then you should have put a ring on it.”
Please give me a
new schedule, or should I keep using the old schedule?
Please give me a
new schedule. IMPERATIVE
Will you give me a
new schedule, or should I keep using the old schedule? Very gentle question,
very polite
Could you give me
my new schedule?
Will I work Monday,
or will I be off?
DIFFERENT VERB
TENSES:
Eat your dinner, or
you will be hungry.
Bring a sweater, or
you’ll be cold.
Clean your room up,
or you won’t be able to play X-Box.
You have to
practice your English, or you won’t get better.
(You) Quit
smoking, or you are going to get sick.
Imperative
Sit down, and shut
up.
Sit down, and do
your homework.
Speak English in
class, or go outside.
Put your phone on
silent, and listen to me.
Turn off your
phone, and put your seatbelt on.
Fasten your
seatbelt.
Put your seatbelt
on.
Hurry up , or you will
miss the bus.
, but – shows difference,
unexpected, negative and positive
I would love to go
to your birthday party, but I’m working that night.
Learning English is
hard, but it is fun.
I love raising my
kids, but they drive me bananas sometimes.
IDIOM drive me
bananas – makes me crazy, bother you, irritates you
My mother-in-law
drives my bananas sometimes. I drive her up the wall, too.
IDIOM They drive me
up the wall.
SLANG piss me off –
not polite
He pisses me off.
Imperative – magic word
to make it polite ‘please’
Shut the window,
please.
She is very smart,
but she doesn’t study enough.
She doesn’t study
enough, but she is very smart.
NEXT CLASS ; Learning
English is hard; however, it is fun.
Maria likes ice
cream, but Jose likes gelato.
Rice Dream- made
with rice
, and adding one more thing, addition
She likes to eat
rice, and she likes to eat noodles. COMPOUND
She likes to eat
rice and noodles. SIMPLE
She likes to eat
rice, and he likes to eat noodles. COMPOUND
I went to
Superstore, and I bought pita bread.
pita, naan, roti,
dosa – flatbread, unleavened bread
taco
I went to get some
bread, and I saw bread called ‘country bread’.
‘ ‘ single
quotation marks
“ “ double quotation marks
She said, “Give me
a ring!”
The word ‘supper’
means your evening meal.
My friend said,
“Pick me up at 6 o’clock.” direct quotation, direct speech
Tom said that
Michell that you said that you didn’t like me new hair cut.
I told her that you
told me that you like him.
say –
You said that you
will be late tomorrow. indirect speech
You said, “I will
be late tomorrow.” direct speech
tell- somebody Your told me that you will be late tomorrow.
Your told me that
you would be late yesterday.
I will be late
tomorrow.
I’m going to be
late tomorrow. Good choice- a bit more authentic
REVIEW , SOBA
IDIOMATIC ENGLISH
There you go. Here
you go. Here you are. There you are.
Here we are. We
arrived
Here we go. We’re
leaving.
Hi there. Hello.
Hi. CASUAL
He gave me a fist
bump. FREIENDLY, COOL
High five.
SLANG Don’t leave
me hanging.
though It’s slang for teenagers. You can use it,
though.
It’s raining. We
can walk though.
English is really
hard. You can learn it though.
First level of compound sentences:
SV, SOBA SV.
Let’s practice writing some compound sentences with , SOBA.
Work together. It’s more fun.
Beyonce- singer
fiancé- person you will marry
Imperative
Sit down and relax.
What I am teaching today – basic. Sit down,
and relax.
AUTHENTIC USAGE Sit down
and relax. very short, prob no comma
Come in and sit down.
Take the boxes to the basement, and put the paint in the
garage.
Ambiguity- grey area – not black or white
Last week, I went to play golf and pickleball, as well.
SIMPLE
Last week, I went to
play golf, and I tried to play pickleball,
as well. COMPOUND
CONTINUE MONDAY
**
“100 Most Used Nouns”
noun- person, name, place, thing, idea
nature(n) natural(adj)
I like to spend time in nature. I like to spend time in natural
settings.
natural settings- forests, woods, lake, camping, mountain
forest/woods- area full of trees
jungle- hot and steamy, hot countries
tropical forests- hot, steamy
mosquito, fly, horsefly
IDIOMS She is as stubborn as a donkey.
IDIOM monkey-business - fooling around, joking, having fun, being
silly
New nouns?
13. state(n)- country, place in a country
state- situation She
was in a state of shock when she won the lottery.
20. part- section, piece
The Ikea bed has many parts.
part-time job
22.case- situation
legal case
immigration case
phone case
suitcase-luggage
briefcase- business
24.company- business
accompany(v) -go with somebody, spend time I accompanied my wife to her appointment.
company – visitors to your house We had company last night. Our friends came
over for dinner.
45.book(n)
book(v) reserve a flight
booking(n) He got a
booking/reservation for Tuesday.
50.issue- problem He
is having issues with his laptop.
She is having emotional issues.
MEDICAL chief complaint- main issue
**
Lyrics- “Young at Heart”
fairy tales
happen
it’s hard
narrow of mind- narrow-minded, closed-minded
not open-minded
He is a very open-minded person. I am open-minded.
to extremes
laugh dreams
fall apart at the seams
life gets more exciting
either in your heart
treasure on Earth
rich as you are
it’s much better
should survive
being alive
best part
head start Taking
EF5 in the summer will give you a head start for EF5 in September.
look
**
Test 1
Phones and devices put away
Write in pen
Name and class top right
Doublespace
Lined, ruled paper
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following
topic:
Why do you want to get better at English?
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