· Good
morning, everyone.
This
is the 8:30 am class for these courses:
English
Foundations 5
English
Foundations 6
Composition/Writing
567
Are
you in the right place?
We
will get started at 8:30.
· Please
change your Zoom name to your name.
· 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.
These
classes are at similar levels, so it is a good split class.
· Teacher:
Al Haley
Email
address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
‘Al’
is ok.
Today will be the only class that we have on Zoom. After today, we
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.
Let’s do a mic check and make sure everyone’s mic works.
Take a half minute and tell us about yourself.
-Wide range of students.
-ages, home countries, mother tongues, cultures
Like the UN, United Nations
Feel free to talk. This is a relaxed class. We will do a lot of
good work, but I try not to be really serious.
Have fun. Laugh a little bit. Learn a lot.
· 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 & B
· IMPORTANT
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 use it now and lonf
after you finish in my class, until the end of time.
o
Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.
o
Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.
o
Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out. Let me know.
If
yes? Good!
If
no? Let me know.
REMINDER
Class
today will be on Zoom.
Class
tomorrow will be in class for half of the students.
Class
Friday will be in class for the other half of the students.
On
Monday, we will all be in class together. We will be in class together from
Monday on.
· Overview
of course
Course
dates: Wednesday, September 8 to Friday, November 5. (Final day).
Monday
to Friday, 8:30-10:45am
Nine
weeks of class
Holidays
–
Thursday,
September 30 National Day for Truth and
Reconciliation
Monday,
Oct. 11 Thanksgiving
Other
days? I don’t think so, but I will let you know.
· Split
class EF5, EF6 and EF567 writing
· When
you are successful in this class:
English
Foundations 5 --- move up to next level, EF6
English
Foundations 6 --- move up to next level
Not
called English 10 anymore.
You
go to one of these courses:
1.English
Foundations 7
2.Composition
10 and Literary Studies 10
EF7
and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same class at South Hill
· 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 (used to be called English 10) is for people who have
not finished high school anywhere in the world.
e.g.
under 19, students who turned 19 and aged out of regular high school in
Vancouver, left school young for many reasons: family trouble; health problems-
physical, 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
Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school before they
are 19. No matter what the reason, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re
here.
EF5 move up to EF6
Composition/Writing 567 is an auxiliary (extra) course. You will
still have to take your regular EF5 or EF6 to move up.
Sometimes people take EF6 and Comp/Writing 567 at the same time.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING Composition and Writing
567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction
There is a Writing Support 567 at 11am. Teacher is Rob, very friendly,
very loud!
auxiliary- extra – on the back of your TV AUX, in your car AUX, extra
input
· After
EF7/CompLit10 – English 11 – English 12
English
11 – just one class, everyone together
English
12- just one class, every together
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.
post-secondary
– college, university
· All
post-secondary programs will have their own entry requirements.
Do
you have some ideas what you want to do after high school?
You
can start to research what prerequisites your postsec requires.
We
have academic advisors at South Hill Education Centre (SHEC) who can help you
figure out post-secondary options, what programs are available, and what the
prereqs are.
FREE ADVICE: Start to
make a plan now. Don’t wait.
Make a plan. Follow your plan.
If
you don’t have a plan yet, do some deep thinking about it.
What
is it you want to do?
Do you have a plan?
-graduate from high school
-You can do it! Have confidence. Believe in yourself. When you
look in the mirror, say something nice to yourself.
** 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.
· FOUR
SENTENCE TYPES
-SIMPLE
-COMPOUND
-COMPLEX
-COMPOUND
COMPLEX
I
will teach you these in great detail.
We
will do quizzes on sentence types.
· PARAGRAPHS-
different kinds of paragraphs
-
narrative writing
-
descriptive writing
-
process/expository writing
-
persuasive writing
-
literary paragraph
We will tests on paragraph writing.
· ESSAY
– several paragraphs together, five-paragraph essay
Essay#1
– big test
* READING
-
short stories
-
poems
-
news articles, current events
-
No novel for this class
*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. 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
POSSIBLY Quiz2b- 6
compound sentences
Quiz3- 6 complex
sentences with adverb clauses
Quiz4- 6 complex
sentences with noun clauses
Quiz5- 6 complex
sentences with adjective clauses
Quiz6- 6 compound
complex sentences
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?- 150-200 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.
·
ESSAY- worth about 10% of your mark
One 300+ multiparagraph essay on a general
topic
There will be NO opportunity for a
replacement essay, as your essay will be written on the second to last day.
·
EXTRAS, BONUS – 2-5%
Little things, HW, extra task
·
SPOKEN WORK, PARTICIPATION, BEING ACTIVE IN
CLASS- worth
whatever is left out of 100m, usually
around 15%.
Add it all up- about 100
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). If you use a word processor, you
must turn spellcheck and grammar check off.
You will have 15 minutes for a quiz, 50
minutes for a test, and 2 hours for the essay.
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 of the quizzes and tests will be during
class time at school. I do not do take-home tests, etc. If you need take-home
tests, you can take a self-paced class.
If you need a lot of flexibility with your
quizzes, tests, and essay, you can take a self-paced class.
·
This is a chockful class and we get through a
lot of material. If you miss class time, I can’t go back and reteach things. 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, please put your name, class, time.
For
example: Joe Chen, EF6, 8:30
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.
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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