· Good morning, everyone.
Welcome
to your new class.
This
is a split class:
English
Foundations 3
English
Foundations 4
Writing
3/4
Are
you in the right place?
We
will get started at 11:00.
It’s a good mix.
· 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.
· Teacher:
Al Haley
‘Al’
is ok.
I
will call you by your first name, if that’s ok with you.
Email
address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
· Please
change your Zoom name to your real name.
PRO TIP #1: Use a capital letter at the beginning of your name. It
looks better, more professional.
Let’s make sure everyone’s mic works. Let’s do a mic check. Take
half a minute and tell us about yourself.
We have a wide range of students- different home countries, languages,
cultures. From all over the world.
You are welcome here.
REMINDER:
Today will be the only class that we have on Zoom. After today, we
will be in class at South Hill.
-due to Covid-19
***
Tomorrow (Thursday) half of the class, Group A, will come to
school.
Friday, the other half of the class, Group B, will come to school.
From Monday, we will all be in school together.
Divide the class into two groups:
Thursday- Group A
Friday- Group B
Would you prefer to be in Group A (Thursday) or Group B (Friday)?
We’ll divide ourselves up later.
Today’s agenda:
1.
Discuss structure of course
2.
Class procedures
3.
Overview of course
4.
Quizzes and tests
5.
Homework activity
6.
Divide the class into Group A and B
NOTE:
Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my blog
afterward.
I will update my blog every day after class.
The 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. I have people from all over the world visit my blog.
It’s cool.
· Our
blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can also search it for
specific topic.
o
Go to the blog right now. Make sure you can open it.
Bookmark
it.
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Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.
o
Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out. Let me know.
Yes?
Good!
No?
Let me know.
· Overview
of course
Course
dates: Wednesday, September 8 to Friday, November 5. (Final day)
Nine
weeks of class
Holidays
–
Thursday,
Sept. 30- National Day for Truth and Reconcilation (First Nations)
Monday,
Oct. 11- Thanksgiving
Other
holidays? I don’t think so. I’ll let you know.
Split
class:
English
Foundations 3
English
Foundations 4
Composition
Writing 3/4
Composition
Reading 3/4
· When
you are successful in this class:
English
Foundations 3 --- move up to EF4
EF4---
move up to EF5
Composition ¾ is an auxiliary course. You will still have to take
your regular EF3 or EF4 to move up.
auxiliary – extra, back of your TV- AUX
· **
THE THINGS WE WILL BE STUDYING IN THIS CLASS
FOCUS
OF MY CLASS
* 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.
Other points of grammar I will be teaching:
-
main and subordinate clauses
-
verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds
-
subject verb agreement
-
phrasal verbs
-
prepositional phrases
-
modal auxiliaries
-
verb tenses
-
nouns as modifiers
-
causative verbs
-
passive and active voice
-
sentence fragments
-
run-on sentences
-
adjective form
-
appositives
All of the grammar that I teach will be useful in your daily life
in English.
· PARAGRAPHS-
different kinds of paragraphs
-
narrative paragraph
-
descriptive paragraph
-
process/expository paragraph
-
persuasive paragraph
-
literary paragraph
*READING
-
short stories
-
news articles
-
non-fiction
*LISTENING AND SPEAKING
I
will be talking a lot. You will be talking too.
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, 690 am. Listen to how the announcers
speak. They speak at a nice relaxed pace. News, interviews, interesting
subjects
Commercial
radio announcers tend to talk much more quickly.
e.g. KISS FM,
· Speak
as much as you want. Chime in. Join the conversation. Don’t be shy. Being quiet
only holds you back.
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.
****************************************
·
YOUR MARKS WILL COME FROM THESE:
QUIZZES- worth about 25% of your mark
Quiz1- 6 simple sentences
Quiz2- 6 compound
sentences
Quiz3- 6 complex
sentences with adverb clauses
Quiz4- 6 complex
sentences with noun clauses
Quiz5- 6 complex
sentences with adjective clauses
Vocabulary for the quizzes will
come from the non-fiction and news articles we read together in class.
After we have finished all of the
quizzes, there is a POTENTIAL opportunity for a replacement quiz, with which
you may replace one of your quiz marks. The replacement quiz will cover all of
the sentence types, not just the topic of the quiz you are replacing. You will
have to sign up for this replacement quiz.
·
TESTS- worth about 50% of your mark
Test1,2,3,4,5?- 100-150 word paragraphs on
the topic we are covering at the time.
After we have finished all of the tests,
there is a POTENTIAL opportunity for a replacement test, with which you may
replace one of your test marks. The replacement test will cover a new topic,
not the topic of the test you are replacing.
You will have to sign up for this
replacement test.
·
EXTRAS, BONUS – 2-5%
Little things, HW, extra task
·
SPOKEN WORK, PARTICIPATION, BEING ACTIVE IN
CLASS- worth
whatever is left out of 100, usually around
15%.
NOTE:
The pass mark in BC is 50%.
WRITING QUIZZES AND TESTS
You can write your quizzes, tests, and essay
on paper or in a word processor on computer (e.g laptop). If you use a word
processor, you must turn spellcheck and grammar check off.
You will have 20 minutes for a quiz and
about 55 minutes for a test.
I don’t take late work, so you must pass-in
or email your work to me by the deadline, which will be during class time. My
email is ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
All quizzes and tests will be written in
class, during class time.
I do not do take-home tests, etc. If you
need take-home tests, you can take a self-paced class.
If you need alot of flexibility with your quizzes, tests,
and essay, you can take a self-paced class.
·
This is a chockful class and we will get through
a lot of material. If you miss class time, I can’t go back and reteach things. You
can always check the blog, but it’s not the same as being in class. If you miss
a quiz or test, you can use the replacement quiz or test to make it up. If you
know you are going to miss a quiz or test, let me know a couple of days before,
and we can arrange another time for you to take the quiz or test.
EMAIL
PROTOCOL:
· In
the Subject line of your email, you must put your name, class, time.
For
example: Joe Chen, EF4, 11:00
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 spend time figuring out who you are.
REMINDER:
Class will be Monday to Friday, 11:00-1:15.
Room 202
All of our classes will be in person, after today.
Divide class into A and B groups. The A group will meet in
school on Thursday. The B group will meet in school on Friday.
Who wants to come Thursday? Who wants to come Friday?
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