EF34 Interim recommendations day

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

We will be on Zoom for this week. Hopefully we will be back next week.

When we do the classes on Zoom, we usually go about an hour. Then I will give you some homework.

**      Please change your Zoom name to your real name so that I know   who you are.

 

The next few days will be uncertain and confusing.

Nevertheless, we will continue as best we can.

No big deal. We’ll just keep going.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Midterm recommendations

 

 

Midterm Recommendations

 

Registration for Third Quarter courses (February to April) will begin today. You can register through the South Hill website.

You can register from home.

https://www.vsb.bc.ca/Student_Learning/Adult_Education/Registration/Pages/default.aspx

 

I just found out which courses I will be teaching in the Third Quarter.

Period 1 8:30-10:45     EF5/6

Period 2 11:00-1:15     EF3/4

 

If you want to stick with me, great!

If not, that’s ok. There are other courses that you can take.

 

Today, I will give you an interim recommendation for which English class you should register for in the Third Quarter. The interim mark is the halfway mark. This interim recommendation will be based on the quizzes and tests you have done so far this term. Also, I have given you a spoken mark out of 10 based on how much speaking you do in class.

 

REMINDER: 

Quizzes are worth about 25-30% of your mark.

Tests are worth approximately 50-60% of your mark.

Spoken is worth approximately 10-15% of your mark.

 

The South Hill English department strongly recommends that students who are marginally passing (50-60%) not advance to the next level. Therefore, the minimum average required to receive a recommendation to register early for the next level is 60%. This is to prevent students who are not ready from registering in a class that may be too high for them.

NOTE: 60% is the reasonable cutoff point for early registration.

 

The final passmark for courses in BC is 50%.

You can move up to the next level with 50%, but I don’t think that is strong enough. You have to get better at your English.

 

IMPORTANT:      The minimum average for a recommendation to register early for the next level is 60%.

The final passmark is 50%.

  

We have four weeks left in our course. You can change your mark significantly depending on the quizzes and tests yet to come. We have about 3-4 quizzes and 3-4 tests yet to come this term.

 

You can bring your mark up.

Also, you can bring your mark down.

 

This is the halfway point.

 

You will have an opportunity to replace one of your quiz marks in the next few weeks. You will have an opportunity to replace one of your test marks in the next few weeks. Maybe you had a bad quiz or test. Maybe you missed a quiz or test. You can do a replacement quiz or test.

 

** When you are going to miss a quiz or test, you can let me know beforehand. I will arrange a makeup with you.

 

Today, I will meet with everyone seperately on Zoom to talk about your midterm recommendation.

 

This is your current average based on the quizzes, tests, and spoken we have done so far:  X%

60% + You should register for the next level.

59% - You should not register for the next level yet.

 

I will not do any instruction tomorrow. I will be spending the whole class meeting with all of you individually and giving midterm recommendations.

 

I will talk to everyone one by one. You can wait on Zoom until I get to you. It might be a boring waiting, but not much else we can do.

Once I talk with you, you don’t have to stay.

We will have a regular class tomorrow.