EF34
Good morning, everyone.
This is our B Group.
We will get started at 11:00.
Reminder:
From Monday, we will all be together.
We will be together from then on.
No more online, Zoom, classes. All of the classes are
in-person.
Today’s agenda
1. Review
from Wednesday.
2. Quizzes
and tests – paper or email
3. Small
group discussion
Interviews
4. Begin
sentence overview
5. Something
Fun on Fridays?
play game
dance party
Every week I could teach you a knot.
6. HW Read “Election Day”. I emailed you this yesterday.
***
Not for our school- for your life
in Vancouver
Proof of vaccination –
BC Vaccination Passport
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/vaccinecard.html
Register- usually a wait time
***
Blog- haleyshec.blogspot.com
Reminder- all of these notes will
go up onto the blog at the end of class
My name?
Al Haley “Al” is ok.
We don’t have a special title for teachers in English.
For university teachers ‘professor’
Chinese- lao shu
Japanese – sensei
Farsi/Arabic- moallem
Submitting quizzes and tests- choice: on paper or by email
Paper option
-regular 8 ½ X 11 inch lined paper
-doublespace – skip a line
I write comments and corrections on the empty line.
- keep your writing between the margins (red lines), neat,
easy to read
- name, class, date in the upper righthand corner
- Write in pen, please. Blue or black ink. Black ink gets
higher marks (a little joke). No red, no pink, no green, no silver.
Email option
-We do not have computers for students in our little school.
You would have to bring your own device: laptop, tablet, phone.
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- Write your quiz or test using a word processing program. Microsoft
Word is easiest. There are other free options: Googledocs, OpenOffice, Wordpad
(Windows), Apple users?.
- Save your file on your computer.
- Email the file as an attachment to me.
REVIEW – email quiz or test
1. Write
your quizzes and tests using a word processing program like Word, Wordpad or
Textedit. We can talk about these later.
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.
Two choices for writing quizzes and tests– paper or email.
It’s all about the same to me- six of one, half dozen of the
other
idiom: six of one, half dozen of the other – a choice where
both options are about the same
FREE ADVICE #2- Don’t avoid email because you don’t know how
to do it. You can learn it.
GENERAL ADVICE FOR WRITING ON COMPUTER
-Use a legible font size. font- the type of letter, font
size- 8-72
Use a 14 to 16 point font size. 16pt
Use a 14 to 16 point font
size. 14pt
Use a 14 to 16 point font
size. 12pt
Use a 14 to 16 point font
size. 8pt Too small!
Use a 14 to 16 point font
size. 48pt Too big!!
14-16 is a nice legible font size.
* Good for all email correspondence or letters.
- Pick a nice-looking font.
e.g. Calibri Arial
Times New
Roman Georgia
Not good choices: Snap
Goudy Stout
Comic Sans Jokerman
Choose a font that looks professional.
Calibri
Calibri Light
Angsana
Century
Gothic
Yu Mincho – classy, sophisticated looking
Yu Mincho will be my new favourite font.
- spacing – double spaced or 1.5 spaced
Example paragraph (single spaced):
Canada is one of the best countries
in the world to live in. First, Canada has an excellent health care system. All
Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price. Second, Canada
has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well‐trained teachers
and are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada's cities
are clean and efficiently managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of
space for people to live. As a result, Canada is a desirable place to
live.
Example paragraph (double spaced):
Canada is one of
the best countries in the world to live in. First, Canada has an excellent
health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a
reasonable price. Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are
taught by well‐trained teachers and are encouraged to continue studying at
university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently managed.
Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a
result, Canada is a desirable place to live.
Example paragraph (1.5 spaced):
Canada is one of
the best countries in the world to live in. First, Canada has an excellent
health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a
reasonable price. Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are
taught by well‐trained teachers and are encouraged to continue studying at
university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently managed.
Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a
result, Canada is a desirable place to live.
1.5 spacing - nice compromise
*You can use the school wi-fi.
“VSB-Visitors” Password-
BackToSchool
The school wifi can be dodgy and slow.
You do not need any book deposits. Everything will be
provided for you either online or on paper. You can print the material if you
want or view it on a device.
***
10-minute break
EF3- finish – EF4 in November
EF4- finish- EF5
Based on your final mark, which I will give you on the last
day.
EF English Foundations 1-7
1,2,3,4,5,6
NO EF 8/9
EF7 / Eng 10 – same thing
Eng 11
Eng 12
Sept EF4
Nov EF5
Feb EF6
April EF/Eng10
Summer Eng 11
Sept Eng12
Post secondary? college / university
Ice-Breaker- an exercise to help people relax in a new
environment, with new people
Interviews
1. Talk
to your table partner. Get some information on the following topics:
a) Home
b) Family
c) Job
d) Hobbies
e) Travel
f) Future
plans
Relaxed, nice chatting.
2. Make
some notes so you don’t forget the information.
3. HW Write a short intro for your partner. Be
prepared to introduce your partner to the class on Monday and submit your short
piece of writing. This won’t be for marks- this is a dry run for passing in
written work. You can submit your little intro on paper or by an emailed
attachment.
HOMEWORK
- Write the little intro for your partner.
- Read “Election Day”
Monday
1. Begin
sentence overview
2. “Election
Day”
3. Intros
– You introduce your partner (~1m).
Teach a knot
bowline – bow lin
- most useful knot
I use it all the time.
loop – strong loop, easy to untie
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