Summer EF7/10 Class 22

 

Summer English Foundations 7/Composition and Literary Studies 10

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz 4

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Final dialogue “Handling a Medical Emergency”

·      Continue with essay work

·      Finish leftovers- work we haven’t finished

negative modals

·      Begin sentence combining

 

Thursday

·      Continue essay

·      Continue sentence combining

·      Optional opportunity to do one replacement quiz and/or one replacement test (last 1hr30m)

 

Friday- Final day

·      Return everything

·      FOR FUN 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

·      Cathleen’s class will watch a movie, The Truman Show

comedy, strange, not weird comedy

9:30- the end

 

Month off!!

Back on Tuesday, September 8^th?

**

 

 

Quiz 4

Dividers.

Devices and notes put away.

Take out several sheets of paper.

Write in blue or black pen.

Double space.

Write between the margins.

Full name, class, and date top right corner

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Pass in by 9:15

adjective clauses- some learners fins the adj cl to the most challenging

who- people

that- things and animals

which- special things, unique things

 

1.                colleague        who

The colleague who sits next to me is very hardworking.

 

2.                quarrel            that

VOCAB argument, tiff, row

We had a little quarrel that made us not talk to each other for a a few day / feel uncomfortable.

She regrets the quarrel that she had with her sister.

 

3.                envy                 who

We shouldn’t worry about people who envy others.

 

4.                opportunity   which

His boss gave him an opportunity which/that will really help his career.

 

5.                regulation       that

The school has regulations that all of the students and staff must follow.

 

6.                relative            who

Jun’s relatives who live in Calgary will come and stay with him for three months.

one relative

two relatives

 

relative- compared to

Vancouver is expensive relative to Calgary. SIMPLE

 

 relatively(adv) New phones are relatively expensive. pretty, a bit

less than ‘very’

 

Smoke from forest fires has been relatively light/heavy in Vancouver this year.

 

 

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10-minute break

 

 

 

 

 

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Next dialogue “Handling a Medical Emergency”

Let’s get into our chat groups (4-5 people). We can discuss the Warm-Up Questions and Vocabulary. Then we can practice the dialogue.

 

**Medical Emergencies**

choking

unconscious

having a heart attack

shooting, GSW-gunshot wound

stabbing

stroke

car accident

panic attack

concussion- brain injury

allergies

disease

rash

eczema

burn

scald- hot water

break a bone / fracture a bone

arm- ulna and radius

twist your ankle/knee/wrist

sprain – bad twist

dislocate your shoulder

 

acute injury- short term injury

chronic injury- long term injury

You can rehab weak muscles to protect you’re ankle.

 

poison

dehydrated

electrical shock/electrocution

 

Call 911. “911. Fire, police, or ambulance?”

 

shortness of breath- can’t breath easily

chest pain

overdose, drug overdose

 

Mental Health Hotline

Suicide Prevention Hotline- 988, 1-800-784-2433, 310-6789

 

Vocabulary

1.    lucid, responsive

not lucid, unresponsive

 

conscience(n)- the voice in your head that tell what it right and what is wrong

internal dialogue-

Psychopaths have no conscience.

 

2.    lose control of your emotions and sometimes your bodily functions, can’t control your anxiety

panic attack- emotions get away from you, medication can help mitigate the symptoms

SSRIs selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor- depression, stabilizes your emotions

3.    crossroads- intersection

a big decision in your life

She is at a crossroads. She has to decide what to do next.

4.     Don’t hang up.

5.    operator for 911

somebody who sends people to help- taxi, ambulance, police, etc.

6.    something stuck in your throat

IDIOM to do poorly on a test or in a game

I choked on the math test.

strangle- to choke somebody

I feel like strangling my husband sometimes.

7.    ingest- eat or drink poison or dangerous medication or drugs

The little kid ingested a coin.

My dog used to ingest rocks.

8.    chest compressions- for people whose heart has stopped

AED-

9.    seizure- epilepsy, fall down and body shakes, caused by nervous system

10.                       defibrillator- a machine that will restart your heart

 

phobia- an unreasonable fear of something

musophobia- fear of mice

arachnophobia- fear of spiders

 

OCD- obsessive-compulsive disorder

obsession – can’t stop thinking about something

compulsion- can’t stop yourself form doing an action

 

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Surprise Quiz- extra points

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Summer EF7/10 Class 21

 

Summer English Foundations 7/Composition and Literary Studies 10

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz 4- adjective clauses (25m)

·      Return Test 2

Go over

VOCAB       advices, advice, pieces of advice

immigrate, emigrate

Parallelism- advanced sentence writing, writing style

Opportunity to RW for one point- pass in today or first thing tomorrow

·      Continue with essay work

·      Verb tense exercises from last week

·      Finish leftovers- work we haven’t finished

·      Begin sentence combining

 

Wednesday

·      Return Quiz 4

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Essay work

·      Finish leftovers

·      Continue sentence combining

 

Thursday

·      Continue essay

·      Continue sentence combining

·      Optional opportunity to do one replacement quiz and/or one replacement test (last 1hr30m)

 

Friday- Final day

·      Return everything

·      FOR FUN 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

·      Cathleen’s class will watch a movie, The Truman Show

comedy, strange, not weird comedy

9:30- the end

 

Month off!!

Back on Tuesday, September 8^th?

**

 

IDIOM out to lunch- disorganized, not with it

I am out to lunch today.

 

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Return Test 2

Paragraph

-150-200 ww

-Format

-Structure

Grabber(optional, but recommended)

Topic sentence- address the question directly

Supporting sentences- 3-4 points

Concluding sentence

 

-Quality of sentences

real English sentences

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

verb tense

verb form

punctuation . , ;

spelling

preposition – tricky, but do not impede meaning

 

**

Skills of being a good learner

1.self-motivated

2.self-assessing

3.self-correcting

*Be open to instruction

 

VOCAB      

advices, advice, pieces of advice

Her mother gave her some good advice. uncountable/non-count nouns

Her mother gave her some good pieces of advice.

The kid had two pieces of pizza/cake/chicken.

I had a piece of cake. I had a cake.

She ate a chicken. She ate a piece of chicken.

 

End of the course- PLOs Prescribed Learning Outcomes

 

 

 

 

 

*immigrate, emigrate

immigrate(v) to come into a country as a newcomer

Mei immigrated to Spain.

 

emigrate(v) to permanently leave a country

Shira emigrated from Iran. She immigrated to Canada.

 

Opportunity to RW for one point- pass in today or first thing tomorrow

Pass it in today or first thing tomorrow.

 

EXAMPLES

*RO

                                                                            RO- run-on sentence

Don’t give your phone number to strangers you will get hundreds of scam calls.

FIXES

Don’t give your phone number to strangers. You will get hundreds of scam calls.

Don’t give your phone number to strangers, or you will get hundreds of scam calls.

Don’t give your phone number to strangers; otherwise, you will get  hundreds of scam calls.

 

*CS comma splice

Don’t give your phone number to strangers, you will get hundreds of scam calls.

FIXES

Don’t give your phone number to strangers. You will get hundreds of scam calls.

Don’t give your phone number to strangers; otherwise, you will get hundreds of scam calls.

Don’t give your phone number to strangers, or you will get hundreds of scam calls.

 

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Parallelism

 

parallel – geometry, math

 

Parallelism is a higher-level aspect of writing style. Parallelism means using words and phrases that are similar or in structure or form. This adds symmetry, strength, and balance to your writing.

 

symmetry- the same on both sides

Get my good side!

 

Words, phrases, and clauses have to go together, just like clothes. If they don’t go together well, they clash. When your writing clashes with itself, readers lose confidence and they stop reading.

Make sure words and phrases in a series match within your sentences. Adjectives go with adjectives, nouns go with nouns, and verbs go with verbs- including verb tense. This is also true for adjective/noun combinations and clauses.

 

A few examples of parallelism within sentences:

1.                You need to work quickly and decisively. adv

You need to work quickly, decisively, and careful. XXX

You need to work quickly, decisively, and carefully.

 

2.                This is not only just what I wanted, but also just what I needed.

3.                The municipal government needs to reduce spending or (to) raise taxes.

The municipal government needs to reduce spending or raise taxes.

4.                She is sneaky and manipulative. adj

5.                Mei was was very busy gathering the laundry, dusting the furniture and washing the dishes.

 

Exercise 1- Easier sentences.

Fix the parallelism error in each sentence. Write the corrected sentences on your own paper.

1.                She likes reading, to swim, and biking.

She likes reading, swimming, and biking.

She likes to read, swim, and bike.

 

2.                He is smart, hardworking, and has kindness.

He is smart, hardworking, and kind.

 

3.                My goal is to graduate, getting a good job, and I want to travel.

My goals are to graduate, get a good job, and travel.

 

4.                The teacher asked us to finish the homework, study for the test, and review notes.

 

5.                They spent the day cleaning the house, cooking dinner, and watching movies. gerunds

 

6.                The new student is friendly, helpful, and caring. adj

caring

The style is neat, elegant, and stylish.

 

7.                I enjoy drawing, painting, and designing clothes.

gerunds

8.                She wants fame, to be rich, and being successful.

FIXES

She wants fame, riches/money/wealth, and success. nouns

She wants to be famous, rich/wealthy, and successful. adj

 

9.                The dog was running in the yard, barking loudly, and chasing a squirrel.

RW

The dog was running and barking in the yard while it was chasing a squirrel. COMPLEX SENTENCE

The dog was running and barking in the yard while chasing a squirrel.

 

10.He promised that he would study hard, exercise daily, and eat healthy food.

 

Exercise 2- More challenging sentences.

Fix the parallelism error in each sentence. Write the corrected sentences on your own paper.

1.    The manager values honesty, hard work, and creativity in her employees.

2.    She decided to apply for the scholarship, attend the interview, and submit her portfolio early.

3.    The new policy aims to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction.

4.    He enjoys hiking in the mountains, swimming in the ocean, and biking long distances/going on long bike rides.

 

5.    The professor expected students to complete the assignment on time, participate in class discussions, and conduct independent research/ conduct research independently.

 

6.    The charity focuses on providing food to families, education for children, and support for healthcare programs.

7.    The job requires strong communication skills, ability to solve problems quickly, and attention to detail.

8.    She is known for her abilities to lead, mentor younger colleagues, and inspire confidence in others.

 

VOCAB mentor(n)-  a person who teaches and guides a younger member of a group

 

9.    The committee plans to review the proposal carefully, discuss possible revisions, and take a final vote.

 

10.                       Success in life depends on working hard, staying

determined, and having clear goals.

Success in life depends on hard work, determination, and clear goals.

 

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Modals-

authentic usage

 

*may

May I borrow your pencil?

 

I may might go to the party.

 

*should

You should exercise at least three times a week.

 

*ought to- authentic, not as common as ‘should’

You should/ought to exercise at least three times a week.

 

 

 

*had better-strong advice

You had better take your car to the repair shop/garage/dealer.

CASUAL You better take your car in.

 

 

*be supposed to- obligation, expectation

I am supposed to go to my sister’s party, but I think I’ll bail.

VOCAB SLANG bail- not go after you said they you would go

bail- bail out

The pilot bailed out of the plane.

Sorry for bailing last minute.

 

*must / have to – necessary, a necessity

 

*have got to- very strong ‘must’, absolutely necessary

You have got to pay your late taxes, or you will go to jail.

 

*will

*be going to

 

*can

Could/Can/May I borrow your pencil?

may- most polite

 

*

*be able to- shows ability

She was not able to fix my laptop.

 

*would

Would you mind if I pat your dog?

 

 

*used to- something you did in the past, but not anymore

She used to live in Iran, but now she lives in the UK.

I used to be pretty when I was young.

He used to be shy.

 

*can/could

I can speak French.

I could speak French when I was a kid.

 

could- possibility

I could take my car tomorrow.

can- ability

I can take my car tomorrow.

 

EXPRESSION

I would if I could.

I would if I could, but I can’t, so I won’t. FUNNY-SOUNDING

 

My mother has a dry sense of humour.

 

black humour/dark humour- funny but upsetting to some people

 

 

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

 

 

**

 

 

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?

**

 

 

 

 

 

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.