EF6 8:30 May 3

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Cameras on. Mics muted.

Today’s agenda:

1. Review emails and attachments

2. Review viewing comments

3. Talk about quiz and test format – font , timing, plagiarism

4. Sentence types overview-  continue

5. Homework activity- Prepare for Quiz#1 tomorrow on simple sentences

Today’s beautiful Canadian spot is Banff, Alberta.

Emails and attachments:

1. Subject line of your email must have certain information

Name, Class, Time, Quiz#

e.g. “Joe Chen, EF6, 8:30, Quiz#1”

*If you don’t put that information in the subject line, I will not take my time to figure it out.

2. Attach a .docx, .doc. or .rtf. file.

I can’t put comments on .pdf files.

I hope you figured it out. If not, keep working on it.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Viewing Comments

I understand that it is frustrating finding software that will allow you to write to me and for me to comment on your writing. VSB Adult Education does not allow student access to Microsoft Word, so we have to figure it out on our own. That is unfair, but that’s the way it is. We have to find ways to make this work.

Almost all of you have figured out how to send attachments to me and how to read my comments. Nevertheless,  a few students are still having trouble seeing my comments on their writing. 

I use Microsoft Word to mark your writing and provide comments.

Microsoft Word is the software that Vancouver School Board provides to teachers. If you have MSWord, you should be able to view my comments on your writing. 

Go to the Taskbar - Review - Show Markup - Comments.

Free advice #1: Purchase or download a good word processor. Learn 

how to use it. You will use it for years to come in school, work and life.

 

If you do not have MSWord, you may be able to view my comments on your writing using an online viewer.

I found this one: https://onlinedocumentviewer.com/Viewer/

You may be able to find another one that you like better.

Computer Basics and Writing- 11am, Kyle Kirkwood (computer genius)

**Quiz and Test Format

* Writing format

All writing must be all in English.

It can’t be in Chinese or Russian or Arabic.

Doublespace or use 1.5 space when writing paragraphs. It is much easier to read and comment on.

Use 14-16 point font

Sometime students use font that is too small. I can’t read that. This is too small to read. I will be blind if I try to read this. I won’t even try to read this.

Sometime students use font that is too big. This is too big. This is like a sign on the side of a business.

14-16 point font – standard for most writing, good balance of size

Try it now. Open a document and choose a 14-16 point font.

Choose easily legible font. – style of letters

This is an easily legible font. Calibri

This is an easily legible font. Time New Roman

This is an easily legible font. Arial

This is not an easily legible font. ALGERIAN

This is not an easily legible font. GOUDY STOUT

This is not an easily legible font. Jokerman

This is not an easily legible font. Comic Sans

Find a nice font that you like. Take a second and find one now.

Do you like this font? Georgia

Do you like this font? Snap ITC - No, please!

-Timing on quizzes and tests.

I will give a deadline (time that the quiz is due)

No lates. Send it in on time.

If you have trouble with the deadlines, then maybe self-paced would be a better choice for you.

e.g. Email the quiz to me as an attachment by 10:15.

10:15 is the deadline. 

If you email it to me at 10:19, I‘m not going to give it points.

If you email it to me at 10:16, that’s ok, I guess.

If you email it to me at 10:17, that’s not ok.

- Plagiarism and cheating on marked work

This is an online class, so that means that people have access to the internet while we are doing quizzes and tests. You may not  look up sentences, words, etc, during quizzes and tests. That is cheating.

When you do your driving test, are you allowed to check our phone for answers.

There is a certain level of trust that I have to have in you that you won’t cheat on my quizzes and tests.

If you cheat on my quizzes and tests, and I find out, you will get a 0 and a letter in your file. To be honest, I won’t really want to teach you anymore. I f I feel that I can’t trust you, I find it hard to have a good relationship with you as teacher/student. 

I won’t cheat you. Please, don’t cheat me.

Spellcheck can cause a lot of problems for people with beginner-level English.

Using grammarcheck is cheating on a test.

Turn them off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to hear what you have to say. Show me YOUR writing, and I will help you make it better. It doesn’t matter of you make mistakes. Mistakes are good. Don’t hide your mistakes by getting the computer to fix them. Show them to me, and maybe I can help you fix them yourself. Then you won’t have to use a translator, spellcheck, grammarcheck. You will be able to do it yourself.

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?

EXAMPLE QUIZ FOR TOMORROW:

Quiz#1

Write a sentence for each of the vocabulary words.

Email it to me as an attachment by 10:30am.

1. SVV dog

The dog is barking and growling at the letter carrier.

2. SSV cat

3. SV mouse

4. Imperative- command, tell someone to do someone

fish

Please, clean the fish.

5. Interrogative squirrel

6. SSV horse