Good morning, everyone.
Today’s agenda:
·
Continue with stucture of course/overview of
course
·
ICEBREAKER Spoken work- introductions
·
Begin simple sentences
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HW Please
send me an email by 4PM today. Use a proper
subject
line. You can write something very short. I will respond.
Read “Daylight Saving
Time”
-CONTINUE MARKS-
Quizzes
Tests
**MAYBE**
ESSAY- worth about 10% of your mark
One 300+ multiparagraph essay on a general topic
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 10-12%.
Incentive to talk more. You should be doing that anyway.
TRUTH- If you feel uncomfortable speaking in English, that
has to change. You will have a tougher life in Canada.
Add it all up- about 100 – My computer does the math for the
marks, averages.
Tests- just under 2/3
Quizzes just under 1/3
Spoken is the rest, about 1/10
The only widcard is the esssay MAYBE , about 1/10
NOTE: The pass mark in BC is 50%.
At the halfway point of the course, I will give midterm
recommendations for the next term. The required average for midterm
recommendation to register early for the next level is 65%.
REMEMBER: The final pass mark is 50%.
The 65%
is just for early recommendations.
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. If I see you are using spell check or grammar check, you
will not be allowed to submit quiizes and tests by computer anymore.
If you use paper, please 8 ½ X 11 inch lined paper. I have some
if you don’t have any.
1.
Orient the paper properly.
2.
Respect the margins (red lines)
3.
Doublespace. Write on a line. Skip a line. On computer,
1.5 space should be ok.
4.
Name, class, and date in the upper right corner
Choice- paper or computer. Go back and forth between them.
TIME- You will have 15-20 minutes for a quiz, 50-60 minutes
for a test, and 2 hours for the essay (MAYBE).
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.
e.g.
Test#1
Submit it to me by 9:55.
Write a 150-200 word paragraph about your favourite ice
cream.
This is my work email. Use it for quizzes and tests, etc. 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.
EMAIL PROTOCOL:
You can communicate with me by email any time. I usually
check my email starting at 6am, and I shut it down around 5pm or so.
In the Subject line of your email, please put your name,
class, time, subject.
For example: Joe Chen, EF6, 8:30, Quiz#1
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.
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. You can
check the blog to see the basic outline of what we did that day. 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.
** You must keep up the work. If you miss classes, are late,
or miss quizzes and tests, you will fall behind. **
ICE BREAKER - TALKING WORK:
A. Interview your partner.
1.
Name
2.
Home
3.
Family
4.
Job
5.
Hobbies
6.
Travel
7.
Future plans
B. Make notes so you don’t forget.
C. Later in class, you can volunteer to introduce your
partner to the
class.
We will listen and enjoy.
1.
Stand up.
2.
Slow down your speaking pace 20%.
3.
Speak up a little bit louder 20%
4.
Look around a little, eye contact
-Wide range of students.
-ages, home countries, mother tongues, cultures
Like the UN, United Nations
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