Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Eng 10 11- 15 class- jobs, careers, school , adverb cl

 

Good morning.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s Agenda:

·      Organize Quiz#2 adverb clauses tomorrow

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#2 – adverb clauses

·      Writing Process – ‘Prewriting and Writing for Paragraphs”

·      Begin types of paragraphs- narrative, definition, descriptive, opinion, process, literary

·      Begin narrative writing

 

Friday

·      Continue narrative writing

Writing process

Finish for homework

·      Begin adjective clauses

 

I will be here Friday. I have an Adult Ed conference all day. There will be a subsitute teacher here on Friday.

 

Monday- Holiday, Victoria Day, NO SCHOOL

 

Tuesday

·      Test #2 Narrative paragraph

·      Finish adjective clauses, quiz Wednesday

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz 3- adjective clauses

·      Begin

·      Definition writing

 

 

 

 

Adverb clauses

** When you learn these 24, you will be a star in your English class!

 

time-           after, before, since, ever since, until, when, whenever,

while

place-                    wherever

condition -           if, even if, provided that, unless

manner-               as, as if, though, although, even though, so ... that

cause-                   because, since

purpose-              in order that, in order to, so that,

 

What have we not covered that you want to cover?

 

*in order that

in order to

similar to “so that”

 

in order that

Shira wants to go to VCC to become a CDA.

Shira is finishing Bio12 in order that she can apply to VCC.

Shira is finishing Bio12 in order that she can to apply to VCC.

in order to V

In order to get a job, you have to make a resume.

Majid has started walking around the park every evening in order to strengthen his cardiovascular system.

 

cardio – heart

vascular- veins and arteries, circulatory system

circulate, circle-

anemia – low iron in your blood, Fe

 

IDIOM Cold hands, warm heart.

 

VCC – Vancouver Community College

CDA- Certifies Dental Assistant/Assisting

 

skilled trades- demand for skilled trades- plumber, carpenter, electrician, welder, chef, baker

 

unskilled labour – mover

 

There is a push in Canada to get more women into skilled trades.

skilled trades- women dominate – hair cutting, health care, CDA, dental hygenist, LPN- Licensed Practical Nurse

 

blue collar job- working with your hands- skilled or unskilled labour

 

white collar job – professional,

 

cardiac surgeon- cardio, heart

 

Aim high!

 

My friend, Doug, was a helicopter pilot until he was 56.

He pursued his dream- to become a doctor. He went to UBC to study medicine.

I had a student a few years ago – Wally, ~74 years old.

 

-doctorate- PhD in Education or Literature or Music?

 

-balancing school and family and career- PT or FT-

 

** NOTE ABOUT SUMMER TERM **

I will be teaching this summer. When I find out what class, I’ll let every home know.

 

 

Job finder questionaire

What Color is Your Parachute?

-helping people find new careers after they have been laid off

career finding books

 

-golden parachute- big severance package when you leave a job

$$ when you leave a job, early retirement packages

 

 

 

Let’s choose ten for the quiz. I will choose six of the quiz.

1.    since

2.    so ... that

3.    unless

4.    while

5.    in order to

6.    even if

7.    wherever

8.    even though

9.    until

10.                       when

 

Let’s pick 10 vocabulary words. I’ll choose six for the quiz.

1.celebrate

2.recognize

3.lay off

4.exhausted

5.suffer

6.establish

7.instead

8.prolong

9.advertise

10.invent

 

 

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