EF34 11:00 April 30

 

- test or quiz must be sent as an attachment to your email

readable by Microsoft Word

File types:  .doc  .rtf     .txt

 

If you have MicrosoftWord, use that.

If you don’t have MicrosoftWord, you can use WordPad on Windows PC.

For Apple computers, I don’t know.

Googledocs can be made to work- save the file on your computer and attach it to your email to me.

 

Attach the file to your email.

 

 

Email me at ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

1.    In the subject line of the email, put your Name, Class, and Time.

2.    Create a document and attach it to the email.

3.    I will open it and make a comment. Then I will send it back to you.

4.    You open it and read my comment.

If you can read my comment, everything is good.

If you can’t read it, we will figure it out.

 

 

Try it for homework. I will be around all weekend checking for emails.

 

Idiom: I feel like I got run over by a truck. -sore muscles, feeling sore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New topic:

Review of sentence styles

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES – easiest, most basic

* SV

subject + verb

The cat is asleep.

I like ice cream.

My grandmother is getting out of jail tomorrow.

 

* SSV

The cat and the dog are friends.

You and I like dancing.

 

* SVV

The little girl is singing and dancing.

Yuko wants to cut her hair and buy new clothes.

 

* Imperative – command, tell someone to do something

Be careful! You be careful.

Come in.

Have a cookie.

Let go.

Sit down.

Go to bed.

Shut up! Drop dead!

Go to hell!

Leave me alone!!

Come on.

Hurry up.

Have a good weekend.

Take care.

Relax.

Be careful.

Calm down.

 

* Interrogative -question

What time is it?

Do you know what time the bus is coming?

Do you have any plans this weekend.

Is that your phone?

Why are you crying laughing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EF6 8:30 April 30

 

 

 

Good morning, everyone.

This is English Foundations 6 at 8:30 am.

We will get started at 8:30.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

Today’s agenda:

 

1.                Zoom class DONE

2.                Class procedures DONE

3.                Overview of course DONE

4.                Quizzes and tests

5.                Email protocols

6.                Simple types – overview

7.                Homework activity

 

 

For people who missed yesterday, check our class blog to see what you missed.    haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

 

First quiz early next week

 

All quizzes, tests, essays

- timed, deadline will be posted

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.g.

Quiz#1

Write a sentence for each word.

Email it to me by 10:30am.

1.    dog

2.    cat

3.    fish

4.    aaa

5.    bbb

6.    ccc

 

 

You do the quiz. Email it to me as an attachment.

I will not accept late work. The deadline is the deadline.

If you need a lot of flexibility with time, self-paced courses may be a better choice for you.

Quiz – six sentences- 25m

Test – paragraph (150-200w) -50m

 

Documents and email attachments

- test or quiz must be in an email attachment

Your document must be readable by Microsoft Word

Files like this: .doc .rtf (preferred)              .txt (not as good)

Do you know what this means?

Some people know a lot about computers.

Some people don’t know a lot about computers. I will explain step by step.

 

*If you have Microsoft Word, use that. easiest and best way

Save your quiz as a .doc

 

If you don’t have MSWord, you can use WordPad on Windows.

WordPad is a free piece of software for word processing that comes with Windows.

 

For Apple/Mac computers, you can try Pages.

Pages? Can you save documents as .doc or .rtf?

Do that!

 

Googledocs can be made to work- save the file on your computer and attach it to your email to me.

https://docs.google.com

File - Download - .docx

 

 

After you have written the quiz and saved the file, attach the file to your email. Then send it to me.

 

In the Subject line of your email, you must put your name, class, time and quiz or test number.

For example: Joe Chen, EF6, 8:30, Test1

If you do not put this information in the Subject line of your email, I will not know who you are or what class you are in.

I will not be able to mark your work or record a mark for you.

 

Also, you should title your quiz or test with the same information. Then I have a record of your quiz or test if we ever have to go back to review it.

 

Name the file:

Name, Class, Time, Quiz or Test #

e.g. “SarahChenEF58:30Quiz1”

 

** It will be very difficult to try to do this class on a phone.

 

This is a link from our classmate, Vivian, that may be helpful:

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/subjects/microsoft-office/

 

 

“Email protocol and attachments”

 

Emails and attachments-

 

 

REVIEW

1.    Write your quizzes and tests using a word processing program like Word or Wordpad, Pages, Googledocs, or Textedit.

2.    Save your quiz or test file on your computer. This file will be the attachment.

3.    When you save your file, give your file a meaningful name.

e.g. Don’t name it “Document 15”

Name it      “Your name, class, time, Quiz#”

                     “Joe Chen, EF3, 11:00, Quiz2”

4.    Attach your quiz or test file to your email.

5.    In the subject line of the email, write “Your name, time, class, Quiz#”

6.    Send the email.

 

7.    I will get your email a few seconds later.

8.    I will read your writing and make comments.

9.    Then I will return your quiz or test to you by email.

10.                       You can open the file and read my comments.

 

If you can read my comment, everything is ok.

If you can’t read my comment, we will figure that out today.

 

Open up that attachment that I returned to you by email and check if you can read it.

 

Practice for now:

1.    Create a document with some text.

2.    Save it.

3.    Attach it to an email.

*Subject line: Name, Class, Time, Practice document

4.    Send it to me. I will send it back.

5.    Check that you can read my comment.

If you can read my comment, everything is good.

If you can’t read my comment, let me know.

 

I will check these through today.

We will figure this out in the next day or so.

 

 

New topic:

Overview of Sentence types and styles

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE – one clause, Subject and Verb, SV

SV The dog is sleeping.

I like ice cream.

 

SSV The dog and the cat are sleeping.

You and I are friends.

 

SVV I want to cut my hair and buy new clothes.

The puppy eats and plays.

 

Imperative – command, tell someone to do something.

Sit down. You sit down.

Watch out!

Have some tea.

Come here.

Be careful.

Shut up!

Get out!

Drop dead!

Take care.

 

Interrogative- question

What time is it?

Are you serious?

Is this your phone?

 

 

COMPOUND – 2 simple sentences joined together

, FANBOYS  for and nor but or yet so – Not good advice!

,for ,nor ,yet – We don’t use these very often. hardly at all.

 

, so , or, but ,and   We use these all day long.

 

I like ice cream. She likes cake. 2 simple sentences

Join these together to make one compound sentence.

I like ice cream, but she likes cake.

I like ice cream, and she likes cake.

SV, SOBA SV.

I like ice cream, and she likes cake.

 

It is raining, so we will not go to the park.

 

You can take the bus, or you can take a taxi.

 

We will continue this on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

COMPLEX – Will do on Monday

EF34 7PM April 29

 

Good evening. 

This class is for: English Foundations 3

English Foundations 4

Computer Tech- basic computer and email skills

This is a split class. We are all at the Foundations 3 and 4 level.

You are in the right place.

We will get started at 7:01.

Teacher: Al Haley

First name is fine- Al

If you are uncomfortable calling a teacher by the first name, call me what you like.

I will call you by your first name if you don’t mind.

Please change your Zoom name to your real name.

My email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Today’s agenda:

agenda – plan, what we want to do today, business term, professional vocabulary, sounds very professional

1. Zoom class

2. Class procedures

3. Overview of course

4. Quizzes and tests

5. Email protocols

You do not have to get any text books. I will provide everything to you.

Our classes will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

First day- Thursday, April 29

Final day – Wednesday, June 30

Holidays – Victoria Day, May 24

I wasn’t scheduled to teach this class. I don’t usually teach at night. However, the school didn’t have a teacher, so they asked me to teach it.

This will be a relaxed and fun class.

We will still do a lot of work and learn a lot.

We won’t be too serious.

How are you feeling right now?

ok?

wonderful?

tired?

hungry?

feeling great?

Many people are fasting because of Ramadan.

I just got my Covid vaccine a few hours ago.

No problems so far.

side effects- headache, sore muscles, fever, chills, pain in arm

I am not a scientist. Are you?

1. Zoom classes- 

Have you used Zoom before? First time?

Because of Covid, everybody knows about Zoom.

All of the classes will be on Zoom.

You can join the class early, before 7.

We will start at 7:00 sharp.

Change your Zoom user name to your real name.

Let’s leave our cameras on and our mics muted.

Let’s check our microphones and make sure they work.

Everybody’s microphone and camera works!

2. Class procedures

I will teach/lecture/talk about one hour and a half every day- 7:00 to around 8:30.

Then I will give you some homework. Many people are very busy. You can do as much as you can.

After I finish teaching at 8:30, you are free to go. I will stay on Zoom to talk with anyone who wants to discuss, talk about what we did in class.

Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my class blog after class.

blog – new word in English– web + log

web- internet

log – written report, driving log, work log

weblog

My class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Write this down!!! haleyshec.blogspot.com

All of my notes from all of my classes for the last 10 years are there.

My class blog is tremendous resource for you to use.

You can check the blog as much as you like.

You can use it from now until forever, the end of time.

No password. No sign in. No payments. All public and free.

You are welcome to talk as much as you like. When you are not talking, please keep your mic muted. This cuts down on noise (i.e. arguments, kids, dogs, vacuum cleaner, eating).

When you have something to say, unmute your mic and go for it. Don’t be shy. If you’re shy, it’s much harder to learn to speak. You really have to push yourself to talk. It is very important.

Language is social. You can’t learn it in a classroom. You can study, but to really get the language, you have to speak it with people.

-social interaction

play sports- volleyball

3. Overview of course

Course dates:

April 29 – June 30

Holidays- Victoria Day

When you are successful in this class:

English Foundations 3 – EF4

EF4-EF5

This adult education school:

English Foundations classes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Academic classes English 10,11,12

Government rule

EF7&English10 are the same class-two different kinds of students

Graduated Adults – finished high school anywhere in the world, EF7

non-grads- did not finish high school anywhere in the world, English10

Many people have not finished high school:

e.g. turned 19 before they could finish in BC, family trouble, health challenges (physical, mental, emotional, psychological), come from country with war, political unrest, have lived in Canada for a long time- working, raising kids, making money

Everyone is welcome in my class.

We are here to get a little better at English – for school, for life, for work, for yourself.

You should have a plan for yourself.

- improve English - writing, reading, listening, talking

- get a better job

- new career

- finish high school

- go to post-secondary (college or university)

Why are you here in this class?

THE MAIN THINGS WE WILL BE STUDYING:

*** a. writing

- very important, most important for school, high school, college, university, job, life

Being able to write well is a wonderful gift that you can give to yourself. I can help. I will teach you.

THREE SENTENCE TYPES

-SIMPLE

-COMPOUND

-COMPLEX

I will teach you these in great detail. I will answer all of your questions as well as I can. We will practice, practice, practice.

PARAGRAPHS- different kinds of paragraphs

- narrative writing – tell a story

- descriptive writing – describe something

- process/expository writing – teach someone how to do something

- persuasive writing – convince, tell your opinion

b. reading

- short stories

- non-fiction

- No novel for this class

** I encourage you to start reading books in English. Go to the library. vpl.ca

If you find reading in English to be difficult, that’s ok. 

My advice: Read Young Adult books. Read books for young teenagers. The stories may be childish, but the writing level will be good for EF3/4.

c. listening and speaking

The daily class is mainly 1 ½ hours of me talking.

I will speak at a normal pace, slightly slower than if I were talking with my friends.

Listen to CBC radio 690am. The announcers have a nice relaxed speaking pace/speed. Their pronunciation and voices are very clear.

The online class feeling is different from classroom. I like to have people in a room, talking with each other, looking at each other, meet some new friends, make some new contacts.

We will do our best to connect.

-speaking- You talk as much as you want. Chime in. Join the conversation. Don’t be shy. Ask as many questions as you want.

“Sorry. I have a question. May I ask a question?” YES!! Don’t be shy.

I will be paying attention to who talks and who is silent.

Talkers do better learning English.

Don’t be a Silent Sam or Quiet Quan.

Be a Talking Tim and a Chatty Cathy.

Speaking out loud is very importance for your confidence.

Some people avoid speaking out loud. Don’t.  Take every opportunity you can to speak English.

On Zoom, we are missing visual cues, subtle body language

We will do our best to connect.

We usually have a lot of fun in my classes. I hope you will have fun, feel relaxed, and learn a lot.

4. Quizzes and tests

Marks for this course

- Quizzes: worth about 30%, around 7 or 8 quizzes, worth 3 points each

sentence work based on grammar we have been learning, six sentences

We will do out first quiz early next week.

- Tests: worth about 60%, around 7 or 8 tests, worth 6 points each

paragraph writing about a story, article, topic of discussion

(100-150 words)

-Extras 2-5%

Quizzes + Tests + Extras = about 100%

All quizzes, tests

- timed, time limit, deadline will be posted

e.g. “Email me the test by 8:30pm.”

I will not accept late work, a couple minutes at my discretion

If you need a lot of flexibility with time, a self-paced course may be a better choice for you.

- test or quiz must be sent as an attachment to your email

readable by Microsoft Word

File types: .doc .rtf .txt

If you have MicrosoftWord, use that.

If you don’t have MicrosoftWord, you can use WordPad on Windows PC.

For Apple computers, I don’t know.

Googledocs can be made to work- save the file on your computer and attach it to your email to me.

Attach the file to your email.

Homework for tonight:

Email me at ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

1. In the subject line of the email, put your Name, Class, and Time.

2. Create a document and attach it to the email.

3. I will open it and make a comment. Then I will send it back to you.

4. You open it and read my comment.

If you can read my comment, everything is good.

If you can’t read it, we will figure it out.

For the people who understand, do they now. See you Monday.

EF34 11:00 April 29

 

Good morning. 

This class is for: English Foundations 3

English Foundations 4

Composition and Writing 3/4

Composition and Reading 3/4

This is a split class. We are all at the Foundations 3 and 4 level.

You are in the right place.

We will get started at 11:00.

Teacher: Al Haley

First name is fine- Al

If you are uncomfortable calling a teacher by the first name, call me what you like.

I will call you by your first name if you don’t mind.

My email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Today’s agenda:

agenda – plan, what we want to do today, business term, professional vocabulary, sounds very professional

1. Zoom class

2. Class procedures

3. Overview of course

4. Quizzes and tests

5. Email protocols

I will end the class today around 12:00. I have an appointment to get my Covid vaccine.

I hope there are no serious side-effects of getting the vaccine.

headache?

sore arm?

fever for two days?

feel sick?

Different people will have different reactions.

You do not have to get any text books. I will provide everything to you.

Our classes will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

First day- Thursday, April 29

Final day – Wednesday, June 30

Holidays – Victoria Day, May 24

This will be a relaxed and fun class.

We will still do a lot of work and learn a lot.

We won’t be too serious.

1. Zoom classes- 

Have you used Zoom before? First time?

All of the classes will be on Zoom.

You can join the class early.

We will start at 11:00 sharp.

Change your Zoom user name to your real name.

Let’s check our microphones and make sure they work.

Everybody’s microphone and camera works!

2. Class procedures

I will teach/lecture/talk about one hour every day- 11:00 to around 12:00.

Then I will give you some homework. Many people are very busy. You can do as much as you can.

After I finish teaching at 12:00, you are free to go. I will on Zoom to talk with anyone who wants to discuss, talk about what we did in class.

** Not today – I have to leave at 12 today to get my Covid vaccine.

Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my class blog after class.

blog – new word in English– web + log

web- internet

log – written report, driving log, work log

My class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Write this down!!! haleyshec.blogspot.com

My class blog is tremendous resource for you to use.

You can check the blog as much as you like.

No password. No sign in. All public.

You are welcome to talk much as you like. When you are not talking, keep your mic muted. This cuts down on noise (i.e. argument, kids, dogs, vacuum cleaner, eating)

When you have something to say, unmute your mic and go for it.

3. Overview of course

Course dates:

April 29 – June 30

Holidays- Victoria Day

When you are successful in this class:

English Foundations 3 – EF4

EF4-EF5

This adult education school:

English Foundations classes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Academic classes English 10,11,12

Government rule

EF7&English10 are the same class-two different kinds of students

Graduated Adults – finished high school anywhere in the world, EF7

non-grads- did not finish high school anywhere in the world, English10

Many people have not finished high school:

e.g. turned 19 before they could finish in BC, family trouble, health challenges (physical, mental, emotional, psychological), come from country with war, political unrest, have lived in Canada for a long time, working, raising kids, making money

Everyone is welcome in my class.

We are here to get a little better at English – for school, for life, for work, for yourself.

You should have a plan for yourself.

- improve English - writing, reading, listening, talking

- get a better job

- finish high school

- go to postsecondary (college or university)

THE MAIN THINGS WE WILL BE STUDYING:

a. writing

- very important, most important for school, high school, college, university, job, life

Being able to write well is a wonderful gift that you can give to yourself. I can help. I will teach you.

THREE SENTENCE TYPES

-SIMPLE

-COMPOUND

-COMPLEX

I will teach you these in great detail. I will answer all of your questions as well as I can. We will practice, practice, practice.

PARAGRAPHS- different kinds of paragraphs

- narrative writing – tell a story

- descriptive writing – describe something

- process/expository writing – teach someone how to do something

- persuasive writing – convince, tell your opinion

b. reading

- short stories

- non-fiction

- No novel for this class

c. listening and speaking

The daily class is mainly one hour of me talking.

I will speak at a normal pace, slightly slower than if I were talking with my friends.

Listen to CBC radio 690am. The announcers have a nice relaxed speaking pace/speed.

The online class feeling is different from classroom. I like to have people in a room, talking with each other, looking at each other, meet some new friends, make some new contacts.

We will do out best to connect.

-speaking- You talk as much as you want. Chime in. Join the conversation. Don’t be shy. Ask as many questions as you want.

“Sorry. I have a question. May I ask a question?” YES!! Don’t be shy.

I will be paying attention to who talks and who is silent.

Talkers do better learning English.

Don’t be a Silent Sam or Quiet Quan.

Be a Talking Tim and a Chatty Cathy.

Speaking out loud is very importance for your confidence.

Some people avoid speaking out loud. Don’t.  Take every opportunity to speak English.

On Zoom, we are missing visual cues, subtle body language

We will do our best to connect.

We usually have a lot of fun in my classes. I hope you will have fun, feel relaxed, and learn a lot.

4. Quizzes and tests

Marks for this course

- Quizzes: worth about 30%, around 7 or 8 quizzes, worth 3 points each

sentence work based on grammar we have been learning, six sentences

We will do out first quiz early next week.

- Tests: worth about 60%, around 7 or 8 tests, worth 6 points each

paragraph writing about a story, article, topic of discussion

(100-150 words)

-Extras 2-5%

Quizzes + Tests + Extras = about 100%

EF6 8:30 April 29

 

Good morning, everyone.

This is English Foundations 6 at 8:30 am.

Are you in the right place?

We will get started at 8:30.

Let’s turn our cameras on, please. 

Please keep your mic muted when you are not talking. Unmute when you want to say something.

This helps to cut down on the extra noise- kids, argument, dog barking, eating, TV, etc.

I don’t want to stay quiet. I want you to talk as much as you want. 

My opinion: Talking out loud is extremely important, and many people  avoid talking out loud. This is a shame. Talking is key to getting better at communicating.

Staying quite really hurts you when you are learning a language.

Hopefully everybody has access to a computer – laptop, tablet, etc.

It will difficult to do this class using a phone.

**

If you have a question or want to say something don’t be shy. Speak up! You don’t have to raise your hand first.

**

Teacher: Al Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

First name is fine- Al

This is a relaxed class.

If you feel uncomfortable calling a teacher by their name, that’s fine. Call me whatever you are comfortable with.

I will call you by your first name if you don’t mind. I will try to remember your English name. The name that I will likely go with is the name on your Zoom handle.

**

Today’s agenda:

agenda – the things we will do, the plan for the meeting, class

1. Zoom class

2. Class procedures

3. Overview of course

4. Quizzes and tests

5. Email protocols

6. Homework activity

1. Zoom classes-

Covid- 

All of the classes will be on Zoom.

  Classes have been online since last April.

I hope we will be back in school for September, but I don’t know. Nobody knows.

You can join the class early.

We will start at 8:30 sharp.

I will be getting emails from students for the day or so who are trying to figure out Zoom. People are becoming used to Zoom. A year ago, it was all new and there was a lot of confusing.

**

Everything that you see on this screen will be posted on my blog. I will talk more about that later.

**

We will use the same Zoom link for the whole course. That is the one I sent you Tuesday. Don’t lose it!

Everybody’s microphone and camera works. That’s fantastic!!

If you have a question, don’t be shy.

2. Class procedures

I will teach/lecture/talk about one hour every day- 8:30 to about 9:30. I won’t teach for the full two hours. I don’t think any school are doing that.

Then I will give you some homework to do.

After I finish my teaching and give homework, you are free to go.

I will stay on Zoom if anybody wants to talk or discuss the work.

Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my blog afterward.

I will update my blog every day after class.

Blog - new word in English– web + log

web-internet

log- written record, work log, driving log

Blog- online record of somebody’s writing

You can read or write a personal blog about whatever interests you: fashion, music, travel, food, etc.

My class blog is here: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Write it down! You need this URL: haleyshec.blogspot.com

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

My blog is a tremendous resource that you can use.

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

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

Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out. Let me know.

You are welcome to talk much as you like. I want to feel comfortable talking. When you are not talking, keep your mic muted. This cuts down on noise.

3. Overview of course

Course dates:

Thursday, April 29 – Wednesday, June 30 (final day)

Holidays –  Victoria Day, May 24

When you are successful in this class:

English Foundations 6 --- move up to 

English Foundations 7/Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10- same class

English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10

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

Government rules:

English Foundations 7 is for Graduated Adults. A Graduated Adult is a person who had finished high school anywhere in the world.

Composition and Literary Studies 10 is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.

e.g. under 19, turned 19 and aged out of regular high school in Vancouver, left school young for many reasons: family trouble, health trouble- physical, mental, pychological, war in their country, political unrest, got a job to support their family, not allowed to go or were not able to go to school when they young

There are many many reasons why people come to adult education.

In Vancouver School Board Adult Education, everyone is welcome.

In my class, you are welcome.

After EF7/CompLit10 – English 11 – English 12

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

Colleges and universities require English 12, for the most part.

You can apply for post-secondary with English 12.

e.g.

EF6 Apr-Jun

EF7/10 Summer

Eng11 Sept

Eng12 Nov

Plus, you will need other courses- Math?, Science?

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

GOOD QUESTION: What are your goals for adult education?

- finish high school

- improve English

- go to post-secondary

- get a better job

e.g. post-secondary

Choose your program and school. Go on to the school website and find the entry requirements.

We have academic advisors at South Hill Education Centre (SHEC) who can help you when it come time to figure post-secondary options.

Make a plan. Follow your plan.

Academic courses – English 12, Biology 12 -are good for a few years.

EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING Composition and Writing 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

** THE THINGS WE WILL BE STUDYING IN THIS CLASS

a. writing

- very important, most important for school, high school, college, university, job, life

Being able to write well is a wonderful gift that you can give to yourself. I can help. I will teach you.

THREE SENTENCE TYPES

-SIMPLE

-COMPOUND

-COMPLEX

I will teach you these in great detail.

PARAGRAPHS- different kinds of paragraphs

- narrative writing

- descriptive writing

- process/expository writing

- persuasive writing

ESSAY –  several paragraphs together, five-paragraph essay

b. reading

- short stories

- poems

- news articles

- non-fiction

- No novel for this class

c. listening and speaking

Every class will be about one hour of me talking.

I will speak at a normal pace, slightly slower than if I were talking with my friends. It helps people to understand if you speak a bit slower than usual. For expert examples, listen to CBC radio. Listen to how the announcers speak. 690 am They speak at a nice relaxed pace.

The online class feeling is different. I like to have people in a room, talking with each other, looking at each other.

-speaking- You talk as much as you want. Chime in. Join the conversation. Don’t be shy. Ask as many questions as you want.

“Sorry. I have a question. May I ask a question?” YES!! You don’t have to ask. Don’t be shy.

I will be paying attention to who talks and who is silent.

Don’t be a Silent Sam or a Quiet Quan.

Be a Talking Tim and a Chatty Cathy.

On Zoom, we are missing visual cues, subtle body language

We will do our best to connect.

Usually we have a lot of fun in class.

4. Quizzes and tests

Marks for this course

- Quizzes: worth about 30%, around 7 or 8 quizzes, worth 3 points each

sentence work based on grammar we have been learning, 

The quizzes are all six sentences. Very short.

We will do out first quiz early next week.

- Tests: worth about 60%, around 7 or 8 tests, worth 7 points each

paragraph writing about a story, article, topic of discussion

(150-200 words)

- Essay: worth about 10%, probably just one essay at the end of the course

longer writing , several paragraphs, (300-350+ words)

-Extras 3-5%

Quiz- about 30%

Test- about 60%

Essay- 10%

Extra- 2-5%

Pass mark in BC is 50%.

EF34 11:00 April 22

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Today’s agenda:

• Review

• Test#6-Persuasive paragraph 

Friday – no class together

- Email by after 11:30 and I will send you your final mark.

- I will put your marks into the office on Friday afternoon.

You can figure out your own mark by doing the average of the quizzes and tests.

Quiz: X/3

Test: X/6

Extra points: 1 or 2

Next term, 4th Quarter, begins Thursday, April 29.

You have Monday- Wednesday off.

Review 

Focus on sentences

*SIMPLE SV subject verb

SV 

SSV

SVV

Imperatives - command

Interrogatives- question

*COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

, SOBA  , so   , or   , but   , and

SV, and SV.

The math class is hard, but it is interesting.

Next steps for compound sentences (EF56) 

; semicolons The math class is hard; it is interesting.

; TRANS The math class is hard; however, it is interesting.

*COMPLEX SV SV 

-adverb clause  , comma or no comma?

When you are tired, go to bed.

Go to bed when you are tired.

-adjective clause – describe nouns

who that

Next step (EF56): which, where, whose

-noun clause – feel, think, say, understand, believe

that why how

I don’t understand how to fix this bicycle.

Maris knows why Janet is mad today.

Paragraph writing-

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

Modes of writing: different purposes on writing

narrative

descriptive

process

persuasive

Grammar – verbs, punctuation, parallelism, modals, prepositions, phrasal verbs, etc.

Thank you for the class. It was really enjoyable for me. I hope the course was worthwhile to you. I hope you got something or maybe a  lot things out of it.

FINAL FREE ADVICE: Keep at it! Make a plan. Follow the plan. Practice every day whether there is a teacher or not. Practice every day whether there is a class or not.

My 10-year plan is to get better every day at playing music. I practice guitar, mandolin, or pedal steel guitar every day, usually twice a day.

My 10-year plan is to get good as I can at music for when I retire. When I retire, I want to do music full-time.

I am four years into my 10-year plan. I have six more years to prepare. I feel pretty good about it. It is going well.

This is my plan.

What is your plan? You should have a plan. If you do not have a plan, then you are a leaf in the wind.

EF6 8:30 April 22

 Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s agenda:

• Write a five-paragraph essay (whole class, 2 hours)

I will mark these very quickly. I will give an overall mark and a few comments. I won’t be able to give detailed grammatical feedback. I have done that plenty, I feel.

I will start getting your final marks together.

Friday – Final day. We will not meet as a class. You can email me after 9:00, and I will email you back your final mark. I will put your final marks into the office on Friday afternoon.

You have a break from Monday to Wednesday.

The next quarter, 4th Quarter, begins Thursday, April 29.

Q4 April 29-June 30

Thank you for class. I really enjoyed it. 

FINAL FREE ADVICE: Keep at it! Make a plan. Follow the plan. Practice every day whether there is a teacher or not. Practice every day whether there is a class or not.

My 10-year plan is to get better every day at playing music. I practice guitar, mandolin, or pedal steel guitar every day, usually twice a day.

My 10-year plan is to get good as I can at music for when I retire. When I retire, I want to do music full-time.

I am three years into my 10-year plan. I have seven more years to prepare. I feel pretty good about it. It is going well.

This is my plan.

What is your plan? You should have a plan. If you do not have a plan, then you are a leaf in the wind.

EF34 11:00 April 21

 Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Today’s agenda:

• Prepositions, homework from yesterday

• phrasal verbs

• Persuasive writing 

Thursday – grammar review, Final test- persuasive paragraph

Friday – no class together

- Email by after 11:30 and I will send you your final mark.

- I will put your marks into the office on Friday afternoon.

You can figure out your own mark by doing the average of the quizzes and tests.

Quiz: X/3

Test: X/6

Extra points: 1 or 2

Next term, 4th Quarter, begins Thursday, April 29.

You have Monday- Wednesday off.

Prepositions – usually short words, very powerful and important

- convey a lot of meaning

- a really good measure of how well you know English

i.e. People who struggle with prepositions usually are not getting enough exposure to real English in their life.

preposition usage is all idiomatic- doesn’t follow rules well

in/on/at/from/to/for – idiomatic

Jun lives on the Earth.

Jun lives in Canada.

Jun lives in BC.

Jun lives in Vancouver.

Jun lives on Main Street.

June lives 2345 at Main Street.

meaningful rules?

The only to learn these is through usage of and exposure to authentic English.

Mai got on a bus.

Mai got on a plane.

Mai got on a train.

Mai got on a ferry.

similarities – public transportation?

big?

stand up?

Mai got in a car.

Mai got in a taxi.

Mai got in an Uber.

similarities – private transportation?

small?

sit down?

Mai got on a bicycle.

Very strange!

Free advice #9: Looking for rules will be frustrating. You can learn about prepositions by listening and talking.

Prepositions are real challenge. However, learning about them and getting comfortable using them will really help your English.

Besides school, Francine also has a job and a family.

Pedro took a nap on his bed. lying on top of the blankets

Pedro took a nap in his bed. lying under the blankets

Pedro took a nap under his bed. XXX unlikely

Maria found a nice dress shop on Fraser Street.

I read a book on French cooking. – serious, academic

I read a book about French cooking. -casual, everyday

I watched a documentary on Tibet.

I watched a documentary about Tibet.

Your choice- whichever sound better to you is ok.

** Do some of Exercise 3 and 4 for homework. We can share them tomorrow.

Introduction to prepositions.

Tomorrow – deeper level of prepositions- phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs- extremely important to learn 

verb + preposition

work + on “I have to work on my math.”

work + out – exercise

work + around – avoid a problem and keep working

work + for – employed, have a job “I work for the power company.” 

work + toward- strive

Changing the preposition changes the meaning a lot.

put + on – hold an event

put + off – postpone

put + out – bothered “I was really put out by the way you spoke to me.”

put+over+on -lie to, trick “The salesperson put one over on the customer.”

put+in – contribute money , apply for something “I put in for a vacation.”

These phrasal verbs are the heart of English.

Persuasive paragraphs

Types of paragraphs:

narrative- tell a story

descriptive – describe, 5 senses

process – teach

persuasive – convince, persuade, explain your position, make the reader understand why you think the way you do

Persuasive writing – give 3,4,5 good reasons why we hold an opinion

e.g. Why you should learn English.

reasons

1. live in an English-speaking country, responsibility, polite

2. increased job opportunities, business opportunities

3. more able to make new friends and companions

4. more opportunities for education and studying

5. everyday life – shopping, telephone, restaurant, doctor

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding

Think about this for homework:

Should you wear a mask in public?

3 reasons

Homework sentences from Exercises 3&4.

Put a few in chat:

1. Among the survivors, there is are some children.

2. Reminding people that covid-19 is not over XXX

3. Around the corner, there is a small restaurant.

4. Near the town of Roxbury, lived a lady called Sarah. punc

Near the town of Roxbury lived a lady called Sarah.

Near the town of Roxbury, there lived a lady called Sarah.

On the roof is a bird.

On the roof, there is a bird.

5. After the storm, a rainbow comes out in the sky.

6. Before breakfast, I want to talk to you for a couple of minutes.

After the storm, we saw that many branches have had fallen down.  fell down simple past

7. There is one way toward the exit.

8. After the storm, we took a seat beside the fireplace.

9. Before breakfast, I want to talk to you for a couple of minutes.

10. Among the survivors, there is a 5-year-old boy.

11. In my heart, I always remember the first day I came to Canada. , short pause, breath

12. The boy hid under the bed.

13. For the past three years, I have lived under the bridge.

have lived present perfect

14. The jewelry box is under the bed.

15. After the storm, I went for a walk.

16. Down by the river, there were many ducks and gooses geese.

17. For the past three years, I have learned a lot of knowledge.

18. I have an appointment on Thursday afternoon.

19. The little girls play with dolls.

She is separated with from her husband.

Ex 7, #8

Don’t forget to turn the TV off before you go to bed.

go to bed

go to Burnaby

go to the hospital (Can.) go to hospital (Brit.)

go to school

go to Japan ‘Maria will go to Japan next year.’

go downtown to

go home to ‘Maria will go home after work.’

‘Maria will go to home after work.’ XXX Sounds strange.

go + gerund ‘ing’ noun

go camping ‘I like to go camping as much as I can.’ 

go skiing ‘Fred doesn’t like to go skiing.’

go dancing ‘I took my girlfriend out to go dancing last week.’

I go to work and then go home.

I go to work and then go to Dave’s home.

I went home. Now I am home.

I went home. Now I am at home.

I went to my house. I went home.

Exceptions no ‘to’ -home, downtown

I will go to the gym tonight. I booked an appointment.

Ex.8 #8

I found your old love letter among some papers that I had left in desk drawer.

Phrasal verbs:

verb + preposition

Changing the preposition can really change the meaning.

look (verb)

look + preposition

look up – move eyes up, research

look out – watch for, be careful  Look out! There is a tree falling over.

look out for – watch out for someone else, keep an eye on someone else. “I will look for you.” I will take care of you.

look after – Parents look after their children.

look up to – respects ‘Shirin looks up to her mother.’

look down – move eyes downward ‘The kid is looking down at the ground.’

look down on – does not respect, judges harshly ‘The rich woman looks down on her poor neighbours.”

look into – investigate, gather information  ‘The police will look into the robbery.’ ‘I will look getting some new pickups for my guitar.’ ‘You should start looking into what colleges you may want to apply to.’

How many do you want to start with?

20 ? https://www.dynamicenglish.cl/blog-feed/phrasal-verbs

56? https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-phrasal-verbs/

390? https://www.skypeenglishclasses.com/english-phrasal-verbs/

2000? https://7esl.com/phrasal-verbs/

Learning more phrasal verbs and getting them into your everyday speaking and writing will be a HUGE help to your English. It will also help your listening a lot.

Your independent learning – spend time on phrasal verbs.

My belief: We learn better when we are having a good time.

Persuasive writing: persuade, convince, explain your opinion

Homework:

Should you wear a mask in public?

3 reasons

Key words

Brainstormed ideas:

Protract your family

Protect yourself and others

Follow the officer's advise

Stop spreading the virus

Keep the virus away

Wearing mask is good for stopping the spread of virus.

Protect ourselves

Protect others

Don’t worry the someone sneeze to my face.

To prevent virus transmission.-

block most of the germs

Wearing mask can remind people to keep social distance.

Masks are useful when everyonne wears it, also to help people avoid getting disease.

yes, we should a mask

- stops the spread of the virus

- reminds people to keep social distance

- makes people feel safer, more comfortable

Write these ideas into sentences.

Yes, in my opinion, we all should be wearing masks to reduce the affects of  Covid 19. First, wearing marks helps stop the spread of the virus and protects all of us. Also, when others see you wearing your mask, it reminds them to keep a social distance. Finally, when we wear  a mask around an elderly person or a person with compromised health, for example, they - makes people feel safer, more comfortable.

Tomorrow, I will give you an easy topic to write a persuasive paragraph about.