P2 EF71011 Class 2

 

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housekeeping- preliminary work

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·         Structure of SHEC

·         Postsecondary opportunities

·         Course overview- handouts

·         Small group chatting- icebreaker

·         Student Questionnaire

·         Distribute “Literary Terms” and “What Happened During the Ice

Storm”

·         HW Read and make notes “What Happened During the Ice

Storm”. We will work on this Thursday

 

Wednesday Agenda

·      Talk about plagiarism, academic honesty

·      Start “Literary Terms”

·      HW

 

Thursday Agenda

·      Begin “Ice Storm” module

 

Friday Agenda

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1

 

 

 

 

 

***Course structure***

 

Split class- two or more classes put together

We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.

English Foundations 7 / Literary Studies and Composition 10- These classes are not identical, but close enough. In SHEC, we put them together.

 

***

Levels of classes in SHEC

English Foundations - EF - core course for adults

VOCAB core- centre, most important

apple core

computer core

  

EF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

 

TWO PATHS: EF7  OR  Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

  You go to one of these courses:

 

1.  English Foundations 7

OR

2. Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

EF7 and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same class at South Hill.

 

English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10

 

also Media Studies 10, 11, 12

 

EF7 / Composition 10, Literary Studies 10 – taught together, very similar courses

 

Ministry of Education rules:

 

-English Foundations 7 (EF7) is for Graduated Adults. A Graduated Adult is a person who has finished high school anywhere in the world.

 

-Composition and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10) is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.

 

e.g. under or are 19, students who turned 19 and ‘aged out’ of regular high school in Vancouver, left high school for many reasons: family trouble; health problems- physical, psychological- depression, anxiety, etc; war in their country; political unrest; not a safe country; got a job to support their family; not allowed to go or were not able to go to school when they were young

 

Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school.

Wide range of reasons why people are here at South Hill.

Everybody has a story.

 

**IMPORTANT**

No matter what the reason for being here, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re here.

 

I’ve been teaching at SHEC since 1993.

Adult Education was my first choice.

 

You are choosing to be here.

 

There are reasons why we are here.

Most of us have goals that we want to achieve.

-improve English for life in Vancouver

-get a better job

-go to college or university, post-secondary

-make new friends

-build a community

-English provided great opportunities

-start a business, establish a business

-get PR- Permanent Resident (Landed Immigrant), citizenship- English requirement

 

It’s your choice to be here. It’s my choice to be here.

Let’s bring our best to class. We’ll learn more and have much more fun.

 

One of the secrets of life: Convincing yourself that you are interested. You psyche yourself up.

 

 

EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10

 

EF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

EF 7 is the highest level of English Foundations

There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10

 

EF7 /CompLit10  ---  English 11

 

 

 

 

When you get to the English 11 level

Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11– choice to do First Peoples 11

First Peoples 11- focussed on First Nations, Inuit, Metis - Indigenous studies

 

-English 12 level

Literary Studies 12 & Composition 12 – choice to do First Peoples 12

 

First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations

Very useful and interesting.

In Canada, knowledge of First Nations is essential- good citizen, jobs, careers

 

 

***

IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING- sentence, paragraph, essay

Writing Improvement 567 is an auxiliary (extra) course. You will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move up.

 

I teach- details about sentence writing, paragraph writing

sentences- sentence types, clauses, punctuation, verb tense, verb form

 

VOCAB auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in your car, extra input

 

auxiliary(adj)- casual employee   She is an auxiliary worker. She has no set hours and no regular schedule. She is on-call.

 

Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

 

 

English 12 is the highest level English class for high school in BC.

Chemistry 12, Calculus 12, Biology 12 Anatomy and Physiology 12

 

Colleges and universities require English 12 and other 12-level courses, for the most part.

 

 

**

You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with English 12, Chemistry 12, Math 12, etc.

You can go to postsec if you want and if your marks meet the criteria.

You will be applying as a mature student.

VOCAB mature student- older than 21? 23?

 

You will have your courses and the marks.

 

 

**Vocab for levels of schooling in Canada

 

-preschool

 

-elementary – Kindergarten – Grade 7, K-7

German kinder- child  garten-garden

 

-secondary- high school

Vancouver- Grades 8-12

Toronto- Grades 9-12

Nova Scotia- Grades 10-12  

Elementary K-6

Junior High School (middle school) 7-9

High School- 10-12

 

 

-post-secondary – after high school- college, university

post- after

pre- before

-college program

-university- undergraduate program, bachelor degrees, BA- Bachelor of Arts, BSc- Bachelor of Science

 

-graduate school- masters degree  MA-Masters of Arts, MSc- Masters of Science, MEng- Masters of Engineering

 

-post-graduate- PhD- Doctor of Philosophy,  doctorate

 

-post-doctoral work- researcher, professor

 

 

**

-college- certificate, diploma, program

-university- grant degrees- bachelor, masters, doctorate

 

vocational school – skilled trades- VCC

skilled trade- good $$

 

 

**

MY FREE ADVICE Avoid private colleges and universities. The quality is low. The price is high.

Stick to the public colleges and universities if possible: VCC, Langara, Kwantlen, Capilano U., BCIT, SFU, UBC, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

***

All post-secondary programs will have their own entry requirements.

Do you have some ideas what you want to do after high school?

If you have ambitions to to go to college or university, you can start planning now.

e.g. entrepreneur- business owner

          carpenter- skilled trade

          medical lab assistant

          caregiver for seniors

          social worker

          librarian assistant

 

You can start to research what prereqs your postsec requires.

prereq- prerequisites

requisite- required

EF6 is a prereq to EF7.

 

 

 college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs

university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years

 

What kind of job do you want?

 

SILLY QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN

In your job:

1. Do you want to stand up or sit down?

2. Do you want to work indoors or outdoors?

3. Do you want to interact with people or be on your own?

 

 

 

 

 

WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:

Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca/

 

FREE ADVICE:

Start thinking about it. Start planning.

There is a lot of opportunity.

You can do it.

It will be difficult and expensive, but you can do it.

 

A lot of adults in Canada go to post-sec either part-time or full-time.

 

Our academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful:

Jacquie, Sylvia, Joanne, Dana.

Colleges and universities have their own advisors.

Look at the college/university website for information sessions.

 

 

 

 

 

**

plagiarism-

 

 

Ice-Breaker Exercise

 

IDIOM ice-breaker – warm up technique, social game

e.g. party, don’t know anybody- basic icebreaker nametag, invite to talk

 

*shy(adj)- afraid of being judged by others

 

*introverted- don’t like social contact, tires them out, drains their battery

 

*extraverted- love to be social, love being around people, social interaction charges their battery

 

 

 

 

Small groups (4-5 people, lots of energy in the group)

 

Choose people who do not speak your language.

Reason #1- easy to fall into mother language, forced to stick to English

Reason #2- getting used to different accents among English users

 

chat- casual talking, relaxed, pleasant

 

A.      Topics for chatting with your partner(s)

1.    Name

2.    Home

3.    Family

4.    Job

5.    Hobbies- things you do for fun, like to do, free time

6.    Special skills

7.    Travel

8.    Future plans

 

Let’s talk in English.

 

 

 

 

P1 EF71011 Class 2

 

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·         Postsecondary opportunities

·         Course overview- handouts

·         Small group chatting- icebreaker

·         Student Questionnaire

·         Distribute “Literary Terms” and “What Happened During the Ice

Storm”

·         HW Read and make notes “What Happened During the Ice

Storm”. We will work on this Thursday

 

Wednesday Agenda

·      Talk about plagiarism, academic honesty

·      Start “Literary Terms”

·      HW

 

Thursday Agenda

·      Begin “Ice Storm” module

 

Friday Agenda

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1

 

 

Ice-Breaker Exercise

 

IDIOM ice-breaker – warm up technique, social game

e.g. party, don’t know anybody- basic icebreaker nametag, invite to talk

 

*shy(adj)- afraid of being judged by others

 

*introverted- don’t like social contact, tires them out, drains their battery

 

*extraverted- love to be social, love being around people, social interaction charges their battery

 

 

 

 

Small groups (4-5 people, lots of energy in the group)

 

Choose people who do not speak your language.

Reason #1- easy to fall into mother language, forced to stick to English

Reason #2- getting used to different accents among English users

 

chat- casual talking, relaxed, pleasant

 

A.      Topics for chatting with your partner(s)

1.    Name

2.    Home

3.    Family

4.    Job

5.    Hobbies- things you do for fun, like to do, free time

6.    Special skills

7.    Travel

8.    Future plans

 

Let’s talk in English.

 

 

 

 

 

 

***Course structure***

 

Split class- two or more classes put together

We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.

English Foundations 7 / Literary Studies and Composition 10- These classes are not identical, but close enough. In SHEC, we put them together.

 

***

Levels of classes in SHEC

English Foundations - EF - core course

VOCAB core- centre, most important

apple core

computer core

  

EF 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

 

TWO PATHS: EF7  OR  Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

  You go to one of these courses:

 

1.  English Foundations 7

OR

2. Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

EF7 and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same class at South Hill.

 

English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10

 

also Media Studies 10, 11, 12

 

EF7/Composition 10, Literary Studies 10 – taught together, very similar courses

 

Ministry of Education rules:

 

-English Foundations 7 (EF7) is for Graduated Adults. A Graduated Adult is a person who has finished high school anywhere in the world.

 

-Composition and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10) is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.

 

e.g. under 19, students who turned 19 and ‘aged out’ of regular high school in Vancouver, left high school for many reasons: family trouble; health problems- physical, psychological- depression, anxiety, etc; war in their country; political unrest; not a safe country; got a job to support their family; not allowed to go or were not able to go to school when they were young

 

Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school.

 

Wide range of reasons why people are here at South Hill.

 

Everybody has a story.

 

**IMPORTANT**

No matter what the reason for being here, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re here.

 

I’ve been teaching at SHEC since 1993.

Adult Education was my first choice.

 

You are choosing to be here.

Most of us have goals that we want to achieve.

-improve English for life in Vancouver

-get a better job

-go to college or university, post-secondary

-make new friends

-build a community

-English provided great opportunities

-start a business, establish a business

-get PR, citizenship- English requirement

 

Your choice to be here. My choice to be here.

Let’s bring our best to class. We’ll learn more and have much more fun.

 

 

EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10

 

EF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

EF 7 is the highest level of English Foundations

There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10

 

EF7 /CompLit10  - English 11

 

 

When you get to the English 11 level

 

Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11– choice to do First Peoples 11

First Peoples 11- focussed on First Nations, Inuit, Metis - Indigenous studies

 

-English 12 level

Literary Studies 12 & Composition 12 – choice to do First Peoples 12

 

 

First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations

Very useful and interesting.

In Canada, knowledge of First Nations is essential- good citizen, jobs, careers

 

 

***

IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING- sentence, paragraph, essay

Writing Improvement 567 is an auxiliary (extra) course. You will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move up.

 

I teach- details about sentence writing, paragraph writing

sentences- sentence types, clauses, punctuation, verb tense, verb form

  

VOCAB auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in your car, extra input

 

auxiliary- casual employee   She is an auxiliary worker. She has no set hours and no regular schedule. She is on-call.

 

Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

 

English 12 is the highest level English class for high school in BC.

Chemistry 12, Calculus 12, Biology 12 Anatomy and Physiology 12

 

Colleges and universities require English 12 and other 12-level courses, for the most part.

 

 

 

**

You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with English 12, Chemistry 12, Math 12, etc.

You can go to postsec if you want and if your marks are good.

You will be applying as a mature student.

VOCAB mature student- older than 21? 23?

 

You will have your courses and the marks.

 

 

**Levels of schooling in Canada

 

-elementary – Kindergarten – Grade 7, K-7

German kinder- child  garten-garden

 

-secondary- high school

Vancouver- Grades 8-12

Toronto- Grades 9-12

Nova Scotia- Grades 10-12   Elementary K-6 Junior High School 7-9

 

-post-secondary – college, university

post- after

pre- before

university- undergraduate program, bachelor degrees, BA- Bachelor of Arts, BSc- Bachelor of Science

 

-graduate school- masters degree  MA-Masters of Arts, MSc- Masters of Science

 

-post-graduate- PhD, doctorate

 

 

 

**

 -college- certificate, diploma, program

 

-university- grant degrees- bachelor, masters, doctorate

 

 

MY ADVICE Avoid private colleges and universities. The quality is low. The price is high.

Stick to the public colleges and universities if possible: VCC, Langara, Kwantlen, Capilano U., BCIT, SFU, UBC, etc.

 

 

***

All post-secondary programs will have their own entry requirements.

Do you have some ideas what you want to do after high school?

If you have ambitions to to go to college or university, you can start planning now.

 

e.g. entrepreneur- business owner

          carpenter- skilled trade

          medical lab assistant

          caregiver for seniors

          social worker

          librarian assistant

 

You can start to research what prereqs your postsec requires.

prereq- prerequisites

requisite- required

EF6 is a prereq to EF7.

 

 

 

 

college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs

university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years

 

What kind of job do you want?

 

SILLY QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN

In your job:

1. Do you want to stand up or sit down?

2. Do you want to work indoors or outdoors?

3. Do you want to interact with people or be on your own?

 

 

WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:

Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca/

 

 

FREE ADVICE:

Start thinking about it. Start planning.

There is a lot of opportunity.

You can do it.

It will be difficult and expensive, but you can do it.

 

A lot of adults in Canada go to post-sec either part-time or full-time.

 

Our academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful:

Jacquie, Sylvia, Joanne, Dana.

Colleges and universities have their own advisors.

Look at the college/university website for information sessions.

 

 

 

**

plagiarism-

 

P2 EF710 Class 1

 

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

This is the Quarter 3 (Q3) Period 2 (P2) (12:00-2:15) class for these courses:

 

English Foundations 7

Literary Studies and Composition 10

 

Are you in the right class?

 

We will get started at 12:00

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·         Welcome

·         Parking

·         Wi-fi for students

·         Class blog

·         Communication via email

·         Covid protocols

·         Dates, times for our class

·         Course overview- handouts

·         Small group chatting- icebreaker

·         IF TIME Student Questionnaire

 

 

 

 

 

 

My name is Allan Haley.

You can call me Allan.

 

**

Attendance

 

 

**Parking**

Scan the QR code on the white piece of paper. You will need a cell phone.

Put it your licence plate of your car.

Put in your full name.

You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until August 31^st, 2026.

If you did last term, you should be ok.

 

Enter your licence plate on your car.

Not your DL- Drivers Licence

 

Names- confusing

First name- given name

Last name – family name, surname

 

Allan Haley

Allan – given name

Haley – family name, surname

sir

surname

 

legal name – name on your passport

 

 

 

 

Cultural- Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese- reverse of English

 

Mary Wong- English

Wong, Mei- Chinese

 

People make this mistake all the time.

quite confusing

filling out forms, applications- be cautious

 

 

The website will send you an email receipt if you tell it to. Keep that email as a record, as proof that you signed up for parking.

You may want to sign up again if you don’t a receipt.

The email receipt will act as proof if there is a problem.

 

 

**Wifi*

 

SHEC students can use SHEC wifi.

Wifi: VSB-Commons

Wifi password: It’s on the white piece of paper on the wall. Check it.

 

 

*** Class Blog ***

 

Everything that you see on this screen, I will put on our class blog.

Blog- website

 

CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

It’s on the course handout which you get in a few minutes.

 

I publish these notes on our blog every day at the end of each class.

 

You do not have to write every off the screen as we go.

 

Nevertheless, making notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention.

 

VOCAB retention(noun) – retain(verb), remember(verb)

Making notes helps you to retain information.

It’s hard to retain new vocabulary.

 

 

NEW VOCAB? blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online diary, publish your thoughts

older version of Substack -paid

 

Some people are bloggers. They write about their interests.

for examples: movies, travel, family, food, sports, politics, music, etc

 

portmanteau- two words put together

smog = smoke + fog – dirty air hanging over a city, pollution

brunch= breakfast + lunch, 11am, $$

 

 

web- World Wide Web (www), internet

log- written record

 

VOCAB

log- piece of a cut down tree

log- written record

 

keep a log-  nurse in a hospital, truck driver- record events as they occur

important notes, written record

 

Some people keep a workout log.

The pilot kept a flight log.

The daycare attendants keep a log of the kids’ activities.

 

We have a blog for the class.

 

I will update my blog every day after class. You can check it and review what we did in class.

 

You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no sign-in or no password. There’s no credit card. It’s all free. It’s all public and accessible.

 

Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can use it this quarter. You can keep using it after you finish this course. You can use it forever, until the end of time. I will keep it up forever.

 

My blog is searchable. You can search for something specific that you are looking for.

 

The search bar is in the upper lefthand corner of the main blog screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about.

 

The search bar may not appear on your phone. I will appear on a laptop, ipad, or PC.

On a phone, click on “View web version” on the bottom of the page. It should refresh with a search bar. The search bar will be very small.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

ACTION

I will post our notes so far.

Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.

 

haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.

Did it load?

If yes? Good!

If no? Let me know or ask a classmate.

 

Good job! Excellent job!

 

 

 

**Daily Agenda***

 

Every day I will post an ‘agenda’.

 

VOCAB agenda- used for meetings, business or professional meeting,

list of items to talk about, schedule, plan for the meeting or class

 

You can tell the Chair, “I want to put an item on the agenda.”

VOCAB chair- leader of a meeting, keeps the meeting on-track and moving along

 

-chairman, chairperson

non-gendered language- chair, not male or female

 

 

 

Western approach to naming jobs- non-gendered

councilman - councillor

 

Examples of non-gendered job titles:

policeman – police officer

fireman – firefighter

stewardess- flight attendant

waitress/waiter- server

barman(UK)- bartender

postman- letter carrier

handyman- ?

 

VOCAB handy(ADJ)- good at fixing things around the house

She is very handy.

I am not very handy.

 

 

Mei is the chair of the meeting. noun, person

Mei will chair the meeting today. verb- run, organize, lead, manage the conversation between the people

helps to keep the meeting on track, organized

lets everyone know what to expect, what is coming

 

He hosted a retirement party.

She hosted a Zoom meeting.

She is the hostess at the restaurant. gendered language

 

He is a maitre d’.  fancy host, French restaurant

 

IDIOM on track- organized, no digression, keep on the path

 

Sue is on track to finish high school next year.

Sue is in the process of finishing high school next year. in the middle

 

The little boy gets off track with his homework. He is distracted by his phone.

She tries hard to stay on track with going to the gym three times a week.

 

We have limited self-control.

IDIOM His plan went out the window.

 

Everyday, we will an agenda.

 

 

 

**Emails***

 

I sent you an email a few days ago.

Did you get it?

 

If you received that email from me, than that means we can communicate via email.

 

If you did not receive an email from me, that means I do not have your correct email in the computer system. We will have to fix that.

Check your JUNK folder.

If you did not get the email, the office may have your incorrect email address. You can change it with the office in the next few days. I can’t change your email through my computer. The office has to do it.

 

I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your full name and class in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email as I requested.

 

I responded “Thanks, Allan”

 

Thank you for that. I want email communication to be seamless between us.

 

VOCAB seamless(adj)- smooth, no problems , confusion

 

seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough area, bumpy

seamless- not rough, smooth

 

Registering for this class was seamless. adjective

Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.

Raising teenagers is rarely seamless.

Immigrating to Canada was not seamless. It can be a rocky road.

 

Is learning English seamless? It is very challenging. It is also rewarding.

 

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER

When you send an email to me or any teacher, please put your full name and class in the subject line of the email.

Then I will know who you are and what class you are in.

e.g. Joe Ahmed, EF7, P2

Sarah Wong, Comp10, P2

 

VOCAB

on the bed-

in bed-  under the covers, under the blankets

 

blanket, duvet, sheet

 

She was asleep in the armchair.

He was asleep on the chair.

She is on the waitlist.

 

 

 

 

 

***Covid Protocols***

 

VOCAB protocol- accepted ways to act or talk

 

1.    Use sanitizer.

Two bottles of sanitizer at the front

 

2. Wash your hands many times a day.

Use moisturizer/hand lotion.

You can get eczema.

 

3. Feel free to wear a mask if you want.

I will not wear a mask while I am teaching.

We lose the facial expressions. We lose the lip reading.

 

4. In general, if you’re sick, stay home.

 

You got me!

 

 

Talking on the phone is challenging.

 

EUPHEMISM – a word that we use instead of the less polite word

challenging- difficult, hard

 

BUSINESS TALK  The business has experienced some challenges this quarter.

 

She is a very challenging person.

 

euphemisms-  bathroom, restroom, washroom

 

teacher- Interesting.

 

 

 

**10-minute Break**

 

 

 

** Course Outlines**

 

English Foundations 7

Composition 10/Literary Studies 10

 

We will go over the course outlines tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

*** Course dates and times***

 

M-F 12:00-2:15

Monday, February 2^nd- Friday, April 17^th, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holidays- no school

-Friday, February 13, 2026 – SHEC Professional-Development

-Monday, February 16, 202 - BC Family Day

-Monday March 16-March 28, 2026- two-week Spring Break

 Monday, March 30 ,2026 – Back in school

-Friday April 3, 2026- Good Friday

-Monday April 6, 2026- Easter Monday

 

Kids in K-12 have more ProD days than Adult Education. In Adult Ed, we have two per year.

 

Professional Development- all professions have ProD

 

 

** CONTINUE TOMORROW**

 

 

**

Ice-Breaker Exercise

 

IDIOM ice-breaker – warm up technique, social game

e.g. party, don’t know anybody- basic icebreaker nametag, invite to talk

 

*shy(adj)- afraid of being judged by others

 

*introverted- don’t like social contact, tires them out, drains their battery

 

*extraverted- love to be social, love being around people, social interaction charges their battery

 

 

 

 

Small groups (4-5 people, lots of energy in the group)

 

Choose people who do not speak your language.

Reason #1- easy to fall into mother language, forced to stick to English

Reason #2- getting used to different accents among English users

 

chat- casual talking, relaxed, pleasant

 

A.      Topics for chatting with your partner(s)

1.    Name

2.    Home

3.    Family

4.    Job

5.    Hobbies- things you do for fun, like to do, free time

6.    Special skills

7.    Travel

8.    Future plans

 

Let’s talk in English.

 

 

**CONTINUE TOMORROW**

P1 EF71011 Class 1

 

 Good morning, everyone.

 

This is the Quarter 3 (Q3) Period 1 (P1) (9:15-11:30) class for these courses:

 

English Foundations 7

Literary Studies and Composition 10

Composition 11

 

Are you in the right class?

 

 We will get started at 9:15

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·         Welcome

·         Parking

·         Wifi for students

·         Blog

·         Communication via email

·         Covid protocols

·         Dates, times for our class

·         Course overview- handout

·         IF TIME Small group chatting- icebreaker

·         IF TIME Student Questionaire

 

 

 

 

 

 

My name is Allan Haley.

You can call me Allan.

 

**

Attendance

 

 

**Parking**

Scan the QR code on the white piece of paper.

Put in your full name.

Put it your licence plate.

You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until August 31^st, 2026.

 

Enter your licence plate on your car.

Not your DL- Drivers Licence

 

Names- confusing

First name- given name

Last name – family name

 

Allan Haley

Allan – given name

Haley – family name

 

Cultural- Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese- reverse of English

 

Mary Wong- English

Wong, Mei- Chinese

 

People make this mistake all the time.

quite confusing

filling out forms, applications- be cautious

 

The website will send you an email receipt if you tell it to. Keep that email as a record, as proof that you signed up for parking.

 

You may want to sign up again if you don’t a receipt.

 

The email receipt will act as proof if there is a problem.

 

 

**Wifi*

 

SHEC students can use SHEC wifi.

 

Wifi: VSB-Commons

 

Wifi password: It’s on the white piece of paper on the wall. Check it.

 

 

*** Class Blog ***

 

Everything that you see on this screen, I will put on our class blog.

Blog- website

 

CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

It’s on the course handout which you get in a few minutes.

 

I publish these notes on our blog every day at the end of each class.

 

You do not have to write every off the screen as we go.

 

Nevertheless, making notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention.

 

VOCAB retention(noun) – retain, remember(verb)

Making notes helps you to retain information.

 

 

NEW VOCAB? blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online diary, publish your thoughts

older version of substack

 

Some people are bloggers. They write about their interests.

for examples: travel, babies, food, sports, politics, music

 

web- WorldWide Web (WWW), internet

log- written record

 

log- piece of a cut down tree

log- written record

 

keep a log-  nurse in a hospital, truck driver- record events as they occur

important notes, written record

 

Some people keep a workout log.

The pilot kept a flight log.

 

 We have a blog for the class.

 

I will update my blog every day after class. You can check it and review what we did in class.

 

You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no sign-in, no password. There’s no credit card. It’s all free. It’s all public and accessible.

 

Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can use it this quarter. You can keep using it after you finish this course. You can use it forever, until the end of time. I will keep it up forever.

 

My blog is searchable. You can search for something specific that you are looking for.

 

The search bar is in the upper lefthand corner of the main blog screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about.

 

The search bar may not appear on your phone. I will appear on a laptop or PC.

On a phone, click on “View web version” on the bottom of the page. It should refresh with a search bar. The search bar will be very small.

 

**

ACTION

I will post our notes so far.

Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.

 

haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.

Did it load?

If yes? Good!

If no? Let me know.

 

Good job!

 

 

 

 

 

**Daily Agenda***

 

Every day I will post an ‘agenda’

 

‘agenda’- used for meetings, business or professional meeting

list of items to talk about, schedule, plan for the meeting or class

 

You can tell the Chair, “I want to put an item on the agenda.”

chair- leader of a meeting

chairman

Mei is the chair of the meeting. noun, person

Mei will chair the meeting today. verb- run, organize, manage the conversation between the people

 

helps to keep the meeting on track, organized

lets everyone know what to expect, what is coming

 

IDIOM on track- organized

Sue is on track to finish high school next year.

Sue is in the process of finishing high school next year. in the middle

 

The little boy gets off track with his homework. He is distracted by his phone.

 

She tries hard to stay on track with going to the gym three time a week.

 

Everyday, we will an agenda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Emails***

 

I sent you an email a few days ago.

Did you get it?

 

If you received that email from me, than that means we can communicate via email.

 

If you did not receive an email from me, that means I do not have your correct email in the computer system. We will have to fix that.

 

Check your JUNK folder.

 

If you did not get the email, the office may have your incorrect email address. You can change it with the office in the next few days. I can’t change it through my computer. The office has to do it.

 

I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your full name and class in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email as I requested.

 

I responded “Thanks, Allan”

 

Thank you for that. I want email communication to be seamless between us.

 

VOCAB seamless(adj)- smooth, no problems , confusion

 

seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough area, bumpy

seamless- not rough, smooth

 

Registering for this class was seamless. adjective

Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.

Raising teenagers is rarely seamless.

Immigrating to Canada was not seamless. It can be a rocky road.

 

Is learning English seamless? It is very challenging. It is also rewarding.

 

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER

When you send an email to me or any teacher, please put your full name and class in the subject line of the email.

Then I will know who you are and what class you are in.

e.g. Joe Ahmed, EF7, P1

Sarah Wong, Comp10, P1

 

 

***Covid Protocols***

 

protocol- accepted ways to act

e.g. shaking hands when meeting

saying “Hello” when you pick up the phone

 

 

Use sanitizer.

Two bottles of sanitizer at the front

 

Wash your hands many times a day.

 

Use moisturizer/hand lotion.

 

You can get eczema.

 

Feel free to wear a mask if you want.

 

 

I will not wear a mask while I am teaching.

 

We lose the facial expressions. We lose the lip reading.

 

Talking on the phone is challenging.

 

EUPHEMISM – a word that we use instead of the less polite word

challenging- difficult, hard

 

BUSINESS TALK  The business has experienced some challenges this quarter.

 

She is a very challenging person.

 

euphemisms-  bathroom, restroom, washroom

 

teacher- Interesting.

 

 

**10-minute Break**

 

 

 

** Course Outlines**

 

English Foundations 7

Composition 10/Literary Studies 10

Composition 11

 

We will go over the course outlines tomorrow.

 

 

**

Hollie Williams- principal of the school

 

 

 

 

*** Course dates and times***

M-F 9:15-11:30

Monday, February 2^nd- Friday, April 17^th, 2026

 

Holidays

-Friday, February 13, 2026 – SHEC Professional-Development

-Monday, February 16, 202 -BC Family Day

-Monday March 16-March 28, 2026-Spring Break

 Monday, March 30 ,2026 – Back in school

-Friday April 3, 2026-Good Friday

-Monday April 6, 2026-Easter Monday

 

Kids in K-12 have more ProD days than Adult Education.

 

 

 

**

Ice-Breaker Exercise

 

IDIOM ice-breaker – warm up technique, social game

e.g. party, don’t know anybody- basic icebreaker nametag, invite to talk

 

shy(adj)- afraid of being judged by others

*introverted- don’t like social contact, tires them out, drains their battery

*extraverted- love to be social, love being around people, social interaction charges their battery

 

 

 

 

Small groups (4-5 people, lots of energy in the group)

 

Choose people who do not speak your language.

Reason #1- easy to fall into mother language, forced to stick to English

Reason #2- getting used to different accents among English users

chat- casual talking, relaxed, pleasant

 

A.      Topics for chatting with your partner(s)

1.    Name

2.    Home

3.    Family

4.    Job

5.    Hobbies- things you do for fun, like to od, free time

6.    Special skills

7.    Travel

8.    Future plans

Let’s talk in English.

 

 

**CONTINUE TOMORROW**