Summer EF7/10 Class 20

 

Summer English Foundations 7/Composition and Literary Studies 10

Good morning, everyone.

 

South Hill Education Centre- VSB, provincial funding through Ministry of Education

LINC and SUCCESS are facing big cutbacks

SHEC- Adult Education- VSB

VSB- focus is K-12

33 years ago – 8 schools, 1 ½ schools

                     -250 instructor, 20?

Every year, we have to fight to stay alive. AE is not the core mandate, not the main focus of VSB. K-12 is the core mandate.

Every year there is a new budget with cutbacks.

 

Become active, express your thoughts and opinions

 

VSB Budget public meetings- early spring

 

Burnaby, Richmond, Port Coquitlam, Surrey- all different school boards

Vancouver AE is biggest in BC.

 

AE

-         newcomers

-         low-income Canadians

 

 

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Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Learning Reflection and Goal Setting” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Essay work

·      Continue adjective clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 4 on Tuesday- adjective clauses

·      IF TIME Verb tense exercises from yesterday

·      Test 2 Paragraph related to theme of “Dead Man’s Path” (last 1 hr)

 

FINAL WEEK

Monday – Holiday BC Day

No school

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz 4- adjective clauses

·      Essay-

·      Finish leftovers

·      Begin sentence combining

 

Wednesday

·      Essay-

 

Thursday

·      Essay

·      Continue sentence combining

·      Optional opportunity to do one replacement quiz and/or one replacement test (last 1hr15m)

 

Friday- Final day

·      Return everything

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Marks due by 9am

Non-instructional day

No quizzes or tests

One-on-one conferences about final reports, if you want.

You can get your final report from the office usually the next

week. It will have the final mark and the comments:

ORAL   WRITTEN   NEXT STEPS

 

Month off!!

Back on Tuesday, September 8^th?

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1. The researcher decided to analyze the results thoroughly.

a) summarize

b) examine

c) create

thorough

sorrow

analysis(n) examination

 

 

2. The movie was so captivating that the audience couldn’t look away.

a) fascinating-

b) boring

c) confusing

captivating(adj) The painting was captivating.

captivated(adj) She was captivated.

boring

bored

interesting

interested

 

 

3. The team needs to evaluate the effectiveness of the new method.

a) judge

b) neglect

c) assume

evaluation(n)

judgement(n)

 

 

4. The explanation was too vague for anyone to understand.

a) brief

b) specific

c) unclear

vague(adj)- leg

She gave a vague answer about the purchase.

 

5. The scientist proposed a new theory to explain the phenomenon.

a) hypothesis

b) experiment

c) fact

Scientific vocab- Biology and Physics courses

 

phenomenon(n)- an occurrence, something experienced

COMMON USAGE phenomenal(adj)- terrific, amazing

 

6. Her ideas were so innovative that they transformed the entire project.

a) unoriginal

b) traditional

c) creative

innovate-

nov- new

Nova Scotia- ‘New Scotland”

 

7. The design of the building is efficient and cost-effective.

a) messy

b) ineffective

c) productive

efficient – how much output is produced by a certain input

The car is very efficient on gas. You can get 35km/l.

My car is not efficient. It gets 16km/l.

She works quickly and efficiently.

 

 

8. The data must be interpreted carefully to avoid errors.

a) explained

b) confused

c) disregarded

 

9. The student provided a valid argument during the debate.

a) outdated

b) weak

c) credible

invalid- weak, not a good reason

 

 

10. The solution to the problem was feasible given the available resources.

a) impossible

b) possible

c) unclear

doable

unfeasible- not possible

 

 

11. The professor highlighted the contrast between the two theories.

a) difference

b) similarity

c) complexity

 

 

 

12. The details in the painting were so intricate that they amazed everyone.

a) simple

b) random

c) complex

intricate- detailed, complex

The henna design on her hands was intricate.

 

 

13. The company’s growth is dependent on market trends.

a) insignificant

b) independent

c) reliant

depend(v) rely

Children depend/rely on their parents.

 

14. The report must comply with ethical standards.

a) follow

b) break

c) question

 

15. The teacher provided a comprehensive review of the topic.

a) confusing

b) partial

c) complete

 

16. The manager had to allocate resources effectively to meet the deadline.

a) withhold

b) remove

c) distribute

 

17. The team will implement the new strategy next week.

a) apply

b) create

c) reject

implementation(n) application

 

18. The lawyer will mediate between the two parties to resolve the conflict.

a) intervene

b) escalate

c) ignore

mediator(n)- a person who helps two adversarial parties find common ground

IDIOM find common ground- find a solution that you can agree on

adversarial(adj) adversaries(n)- people in a conflict

The husband and wife got a mediator to help them settle their differences.

 

 

19. The teacher encouraged the students to participate in group activities.

a) join

b) avoid

c) reject

 

20. The report includes a detailed analysis of the data.

a) examination

b) collection

c) prediction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Quiz 4 on Tuesday

Let’s choose 10 words of vocabulary to review. I will choose six of them for the quiz.

1.                colleague(n)

2.                passion(n)

3.                envy(n,v)

4.                downcast(adj)- sad, blue, depressed

5.                quarrel(v)

6.                opportunity(n)

7.                conflict(n)

8.                suggest(v)

9.                regulation(n)

10.           relative(n,adj)

 

FOCUS who that which

‘Who’, ‘that’, and ‘which’ will be the focus.

 

MODEL

Quiz 4

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

1.downcast   who

I talked to the lady who seemed downcast.

2.conflict    that

The conflict that happened/is happening between Russia and Ukraine is terrible.

3.

4.

5.

6.

 

denigrate(v)- to criticize harshly

denigration(n)- heavy criticism

 

sound(adj)- strong

sound(n)- noise

He had had a sound education. good education

had had past perfect

Most English would substitute simple past: ‘had’.

 

That guy said that that store that is on the corner is having a sale.

 

pivotal(adj) pivot(n,v)- turn or go in a different direction, change directions

 

pivotal(adj) – having to do with making a change

Coming to Canada was a pivotal experience for me.

 

She was a teacher, but then she pivoted and became an advisor.

VOCAB pivot

We were working on vocab, but now let’s pivot, and work on adjective clauses.

 

 

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I would like to write an essay. We don’t have enough time to prepare.

Let’s just talk about essays. We don’t do one for marks.

English 11 and 12- focus is on essays.

 

 

Haley EF56

SHEC

 

 

THE BARE BONES OF THE

FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY

 

IDIOM- the bones- the basic idea. skeleton

e.g. This old house has good bones.

 

five-paragraph essay- basic academic model, standard form

 

A)      Introductory paragraph-       begins the essay by outlining the topic to be covered explaining to your reader what to expect

1)  Grabber/Hook-       an optional attention-getting device, 7 ways to choose from

2)       Thesis statement- states specific focus of the essay and

opinion to be argued

paragraph – topic sentence

essay – thesis statement

thesis- idea

 

3)  Preview of three points- stated, but not explained

                                                                                  - all sentences, no listing or numbering

 

 

 

 

B)      Body paragraphs- deals with each of the previewed points in

turn using three unified paragraphs (as covered in class)

1)       topic sentence    -supporting sentences

-explanation

-examples

2)       topic sentence    -supporting sentences

-explanation

-examples

3)       topic sentence    -supporting sentences

-explanation

-examples

 

C)      Concluding paragraph-         restates the introduction (restates the thesis

statement, opinion to be argued and three points)                    

 - ends with an optional clincher

 

Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them.

Summer EF7/10 Day 19

 

Summer English Foundations 7/Composition and Literary Studies 10

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue last kind of clause- complex sentences- adjective clauses

·      Finish “Dead Man’s Path”

·      Continue essay work

*Grabbers

·      IF TIME Verb tense exercises

 

Friday

·      “Learning Reflection and Goal Setting” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Essay work

·      Continue adjective clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 4- adjective clauses

·      Test 2 “Dead Man’s Path”

 

FINAL WEEK

Monday – Holiday BC Day

No school

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz 4- adjective clauses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

·      Essay- pass-in

Does not have to be a 5-paragraph essay.

The writing just has to be a multi-paragraph essay.

Length 300ww+

I will mark all of the essay Wednesday night. I will have to mark them quickly. The focus will be on evaluation rather than correction. I will not have time to do detailed feedback on grammar.

 

Everyday topic, not related to the short stories.

e.g. Why did you choose Vancouver as your new home?

 

 

Thursday

·      Optional opportunity to do one replacement quiz and/or one replacement test

·      E

 

Friday- Final day

Marks due by 9am

Non-instructional day

No quizzes or tests

One-on-one conferences about final reports, if you want.

You can get your final report from the office usually the next

week. It will have the final mark and the comments:

ORAL   WRITTEN   NEXT STEPS

 

Month off!!

Back on Tuesday, September 8^th?

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Commas around adj cl

 

The substitute teacher who taught us yesterday did a great job.

commas or not commas

substitute teacher- How many substitute teachers are there?

who taught us yesterday - restrictive clause, essential clause

 

The substitute teacher who taught us yesterday did a great job. no commas

The substitute teacher did a great job. not enough information

The substitute teacher who taught us yesterday did a great job.

 

Our English teacher, who was sick yesterday, is back. non-restrictive non-essential GOOD, 1 English teacher

Our English teacher, who was sick yesterday, is back. still makes sense

 

Our English teacher who was sick yesterday is back. NOT SO GOOD

comma- breath mark, take a beat 2+ English teachers

 

The student is from Korea.

The student who is in the left front row is from Korea.

essential clause, restrictive

 

Tokyo is a huge metropolis.

Tokyo, which is the capital of Japan, is a huge metropolis.

non-essential clause, non-restrictive clause

 

A Your son, who is very tall, plays computer games. 1 son

Your son plays computer games.

B Your son who is very tall plays computer games. 2+ sons

Your son who is very tall plays computer games.

How many sons for A and B? 1 or 2+

B one son out of several

 

SHEC, which is an adult secondary school, is on Fraser Street.

 

My mother who lives on Beijing is retired. Sounds funny

My mother, who lives on Beijing, is retired. Sounds better

My mother, who lives on Beijing, is retired. Sounds better

My mother is retired. Sounds better

 

Her sister who is a nurse plays hockey. 2+

Your sister, who is a teacher, lives in Iran. 1

Your sister who is a homemaker lives in Istanbul. 2+

 

things

The AC unit that is in Room 304 is broken.

Room 304, which is on the second floor, gets cold in the winter.

 

Tim Hortons which is Fraser Street is always busy. essential, restrictive

 

 

Sunset Community Centre, which is on Main and 51^st, has a new addition.

The community centre which is on Main and 51^st has a new addition.

 

I am obsessed with the chocolate cake that grandma made.

I bought some candies that my grandmother used to eat.

I love Kerr’s Black Licorice Scotch Drops, which my grandma also liked.

 

I like my mother’s apple pie.

 

Exercise 2 & 3

Let’s try some. Please work together. It’s more fun.

1.    The book that I read it was good.

I read a book that was good.

The Bible, which I read, was good.

2.    I liked the woman who I met her at the party last night.

I liked the woman who I met at the party last night.

liked the woman whom I met at the party last night. very formal

‘whom’ is unusually formal- most people just say ‘who’

GRAMMAR BOOK whom

 

3.    I liked the composition that you wrote.

4.    The people who we visited yesterday were very nice.

 

Exercise 3

1.    The meeting was interesting. I went to it.

The meeting that I went to was interesting.

I went to a meeting that was interesting.

I went to an interesting meeting. SIMPLE

I went to the meeting, which was interesting.

 

I went to the PNE, which was fun.

I went to the PNE, which is always fun.

which- special or unique

 

2. The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.

The man was very kind who I talked to yesterday. misplaced modifier

The man who I talked to yesterday was very kind.

Brad Pit , who I talked to yesterday, was very kind.

Angelina Jolie, who used to be married to Brad Pitt, likes to adopt children.

The guy who is sitting in the front row is falling asleep.

 

The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.

I talked to the man who was very kind yesterday.

Yesterday, I talked to the man yesterday who was very kind.

 

 

The man was very kind who I talked to yesterday. misplaced modifier

misplaced modifier- sound funny or confusing

 

I gave a table to my sister that has wooden legs. misp mod

FIX

I gave a table that has wooden legs to my sister.

I gave my sister a table that has wooden legs.

 

He gave a toy to his son.

He gave his son a toy.

You give something to somebody.

You give somebody something.

 

Vancouver is one of the cities that/which were chosen to host the FIFA World Cup.

Vancouver, which is in Canada, is one of the cities that/which were chosen to host the FIFA World Cup.

 

 

The man saw a cat that was driving a motorcycle. misp mod

The man who was driving a motorcycle saw a cat.

 

3.I must thank the people who I got a present from. awk

I must thank the people who gave/got me a present. RW

 

GRAMMAR BOOK I must thank the people from whom I got a present.

 

4.    The picture that she was looking at was beautiful.

The Mona Lisa, which she was looking at, was beautiful.

 

5.    The man who I was telling you about is standing over there.

I was telling you about the man who is standing over there.

 

REVIEW

who that which

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW-

 

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Test 2- paragraph

 

General topic “Dead Man’s Path”

Vocabulary

enthusiasm(n) enthusiastic(adj)- show a lot of energy, excitement, eager

IDIOM eager beaver-somebody who is ready to participate, ready to work

CANADA He is beavering away at his math.

 

The fur trade was a very important part of European coming to Canada in the 1600s.

 

First Nations- southern Canada

Inuit (Eskimo-old name, don’t use it anymore)- northern Canada

Metis- mix of First Nations and French

 

First Peoples 11&12

 

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Grabbers

Structure of a Paragraph:

Grabber/Hook

Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Grabber- hooks your reader’s attention, grabs their attention

OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph or essay, begin your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.

Grabbers/Hooks- used in advertising

Grabber/Hook

-usually first sentence, before the Topic Sentence

-grabs the reader’s attention, hooks your reader attention

-makes them pay attention, makes them want to read your writing

-effective attention-getting device for writing, highly recommended

 

MY ADVICE: Use a grabber. It will make your writing way more interesting.

 

PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE

Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Good for paragraphs, for essays, for speeches, e.g. TED Talks https://www.ted.com/  TEDVancouver- downtown VPL

 

 

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Seven different kinds of grabbers/hooks to choose from:

 

1.    - a funnel, general to specific statement

-say something big and general, then narrow it down to you specific topic funnel

 

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NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH- Your first day in Vancouver

 

                     Travelling to a new country is very exciting and often overwhelming. My first day after arriving in Vancouver was both of these.

GRABBER FUNNEL – TOPIC SENTENCE

 

NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH- An embarrassing experience that you had

 

                     Everybody has had an embarrassing experience. The time I met my husband’s parents for the first time was very embarrassing for me.

GRABBER FUNNEL – TOPIC SENTENCE

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER FUNNEL Often we are faced with difficult dilemmas in life.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

 

PROCESS

How to eat a taco.

GRABBER-FUNNEL

Some food is eaten with knife and fork; some food is eaten with chopsticks. However, tacos are eaten by hand. It can be a mess! TS

 

 

 

 

 

2.    -write a short anecdote- short personal story to illustrate a point, very short (1-2 short sentences)

VOCAB anecdote- a short personal story that illustrates a point

 

personalizes your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,

establishes empathy- same feeling

anecdote is told first-person point-of-view “I”

first person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER ANECDOTE I was a teacher in ABCLand. I often had to make decisions about how open/honest/vulnerable I would be with students.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

*The anecdote has to be really short- one or two sentences. No long stories.

 

 

 

PROCESS

                     I eat a lot of tacos because my mother used to make them for me. They can be messy, but I will teach how to eat them.

 

 

 

3.    -historical reference- knowledge about history

PROCESS

                     Tacos are a traditional food from Mexico. However, that have spread of over the world. However, if you don’t know how to eat it, it will spread all over your shirt.

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER HISTORY Teachers in China acted very differently than teachers in Canada.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

 

 

 

4.    -fact or statistic- numbers

          80%, four out of five, 2/3 of ..., 37,000,000 people...

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER STATISTIC 90% of / Most people would prefer to hide their mistakes rather than own up.

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

 

PROCESS How to Eat a Taco

       10 million tacos are eaten every day in North America; also, billions of napkins are wasted wiping food off tables. I will teach you how to eat a taco more neatly.

 

 

 

 

5.    -ask a question, the topic sentence or thesis statement will be the answer PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY

PROCESS How to Eat a Taco

                     Are you a messy eater? Have you ever made a big mess eating tacos? Have you ever embarrassed yourself eating a taco?

If so, I can tell you how to do it right.

 

TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER QUESTION Have you ever been in a situation where you had to own up to a mistake in public?

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

VOCAB IDIOM own up- admit your error

I owned up to breaking the printer.

Come on. Own up! Be honest.

 

 

6.    -relevant quotation by a famous/important person

PROCESS How to Eat a Taco

James Beard said, "Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” Another universal experience is dropping taco all over yourself. I will teach how to eat a taco without making a big mess.

 

TEST 1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?

GRABBER QUOTATION My grandmother always said to be honest no matter what it costs.  INDIRECT SPEECH

My grandmother always said, “Be honest no matter what it costs.”

DIRECT SPEECH- her exact words

TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.

 

***PRO TIP: Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very helpful to reference when you are writing.

Look up quotations organized by theme.

Debating teams- technique to begin with a relevant quotation

 

GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION FOR QUOTING DIRECT SPEECH

Jun said, “I will be early tomorrow.”

direct speech – exact word

Her mother said, “Be home by 10.”

“ “ quotation marks

single quotation marks ‘   ‘

double quotation marks “  “  99.99% of the time

 

7.                 -relevant idiom, proverb, or saying from any language,

                     -sometimes don’t translate well

                     -have a lot of meaning

                     -these can be really fun and colourful

 

In Japanese, people say “Even monkeys fall from trees.”

In Mandarin, we say “If you are gold, you will shine eventually.”

In English, we say, “Cream rises to the top.”

In French, they say, “La creme de la creme.” The best of the best.

We say, “All that glitters is not gold.”

In Ukranian we say “A little gold is expensive, too.”

In Korean, we say, “Time is golden.”

In Chinese, we say that a good government job is a ‘golden rice bowl.’

In Farsi, we say that a person who is making good money at a job has their “bread in the oil.”

In Farsi, we say a person fell in honey. That means that they got very lucky.

 

 

 

OTHER IDIOMS

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. (English)

Christmas cake. (Japanese) December 25^th

Playing piano/violin (music) to a cow. (Chinese)

Reading to a donkey. (Farsi)

Pearls before swine. (English) -showing beautiful pearls to a pig

In one ear and out the other.(English and other languages) – a person won’t listen to you

 

REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:

1.    funnel

2.    anecdote

3.    history

4.    fact/statistic

5.    ask a question EASIEST

6.    quotation

7.    idiom/saying

 

Choose one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay, or presentation more lively and engaging.

 

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Verb Tense Exercises- harder, more challenging

 

 

Nice place to visit- The Sunshine Coast

Gibsons and Sechelt

Ferry from Horseshoe Bay(35m)

 

Lynn Valley

 

Seymour Demonstration Forest- biking, walking

 

Dog Mountain - hike