Good morning, everyone.
Welcome to your new class.
This is a split class:
English Foundations 3
English Foundations 4
Compostion Writing 3/4
We will get started at 11:00.
Are you in the right place?
Do you know which class you are in? EF3 or EF4?
If you can’t remember, I can tell you.
Teacher: Al Haley
‘Al’ is ok.
I will call you by your first name, if that’s ok with you.
This is my school email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Write it down!
We have a wide range of students- different home countries,
languages, cultures. From all over the world.
You are welcome here.
I am very glad you are here.
Today’s agenda:
agenda- plan, the topics to be dicusssed
A business meeting will have an agenda.
·
Welcome!
·
Discuss structure of course
·
Class procedures
·
Quizzes and tests
·
Chatting
·
Homework activity
** NOTE:
Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my class 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
blog – online writing
You can review what we cover each day by checking the blog.
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 topics.
o Go to the blog
right now. Make sure you can open it.
haleyshec.blogspot.com
haleyshec.blogspot.com
Open it. Bookmark 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 you do not have a phone or a computer, you can use the computers
in the Learning Centre, Room 203.
Also, you can use computers at the library. Vancouver Public
Library is next door.
Do you have a library card?
- books
-audio books
-music
-movies
-ebooks
-musical instruments
Yes? Good!
No? Go to the library tomorrow (Tuesday). Ask for a library card.
·
Overview of course
Course dates: Monday, November 15th to Friday, January 28th
(Last day)
Nine weeks of class
Holidays –
-Non-Instructional Day- Friday, November 26
-Christmas holiday, Winter Break- Monday, December 20 to
Monday, January 3rd.
Back to school on Tuesday, January 4th,, 2022.
-(New!) Professional Development- Friday, Jan 21, 2022
Other holidays? I don’t think so. I’ll let you know.
** This is a split
class:
English Foundations 3
English Foundations 4
Composition Writing 3/4
Around the same level- good split.
We will all learn the same material.
I will mark the EF4 students a little but tougher than the
EF3 students.
The EF3 students I will mark a little bit easier.
When you are successful in this class:
English Foundations 3 --- move up to EF4
EF4--- move up to EF5
Composition Wriitng 3/4 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. You have to do the work to learn
it.
THREE SENTENCE TYPES
-SIMPLE
-COMPOUND
-COMPLEX
I will teach you these in great detail.
Other points of grammar/writing 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
I teach you as much
as I can in nine weeks. You don’t have to learn it all in nine weeks. Learning
a language takes years.
All of the grammar that I teach you will be useful in your
daily life in English.
PARAGRAPHS- different kinds of paragraphs
- narrative
paragraph – tell a personal story
- descriptive
paragraph – describe what something or someone looks like
-
process/expository paragraph -teach someone who to do somethings
- persuasive paragraph
– convince somebody, explain your opinion
- MAYBE literary
paragraph – writing about a short story
EF56- literary paragraphs
*READING
- short
stories
- news
articles
- non-fiction
I like to do a mix of easier and harder challenging things
to read.
*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 of good spaaking, listen to CBC radio,
690 am. Listen to how the announcers speak. They speak at a nice relaxed pace. Excellent
pronunciation. News, interviews, interesting subjects
CBC radio, 690 am
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. Being silent only slows down
your progress.
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.
chatty – like to talk, talks easily
If you are quiet and shy, that’s ok. You will need to talk
to improve your English.
If you want to learn to swim, you have to jump into the
pool.
Sometimes we have to push ourselves. We have to get out of
our comfort zones.
Stretch yourself.
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YOUR MARKS WILL COME FROM THESE:
QUIZZES- worth about 26-28% 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. We will the vocabulary together as
a 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 55-58%
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
KEN WORK, PARTICIPATION, BEING ACTIVE IN CLASS- worth
whatever is left out of 100, usually around 10-15%: The pass
mark in BC is 50%.
Parking passes-
Date Pass# Name Licence
Plate
chat- talk, small talk, chew the fat
Introduce yourself to your partner.
Possible topics:
1.
Name
2.
Home
3.
Family
4.
Job
5.
Travel
6.
Hobbies
7.
Future plans
Be prepared to introduce yourself to the class.
Who would like to volunteer to introduce themself to us?
immigrate (v)
immigration (n)
immigrant (n-person)
veterinarian, vet – animal doctor
- CONTINUE TOMORROW-
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