Good morning.
We will get started at
8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
· Explain midterm recommendations
· Midterm recommendations
Meet one-on-one
· Return Quiz#3
· Table work, exercises – sentence fragments
· Continue with definition writing
· Example sentences from homework
· Causal verbs
Wednesday
· Test#3 paragraph- definition writing
· Begin noun clauses
· Finish anything unfinished from Tuesday
Thursday
· Continue noun clauses
·
Friday
I will be away on Friday I
have a provincial meeting for adult educators, Friday and Saturday. There will
be a TOC (teacher on call, substitute).
Midterm Recommendations
Registration for Summer
course (July-August) will begin on Wednesday. You can register through the
South Hill website.
In order to register, you
need a recommendation. We can talk about it, and then I put it into a
spreadsheet for the advisors.
https://www.vsb.bc.ca/Student_Learning/Adult_Education/Registration/Pages/default.aspx
NOTE: I will be teaching
Composition 11 and Literary Studies 11 in the Summer. 8:30-12:00 Monday-Friday,
July 4- August 5.
Today, I will give you an
interim recommendation for which English class you should register for in the
Summer term. 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 5
based on how much speaking you do in class.
OPTIONS- Stay or move up
EF7- EF7 OR Eng11 level
E10 level- E10 level OR E11
level
Eng 11 level – E11 level OR
E12 level
Government distinction:
EF7 – graduated adults,
E10 – non-graduated adults
In this school, we teach them
together with the same curriculum.
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.
We want the strongest
students to have an opportunity to register first.
If you’re below, you will
have wait a while to register for Summer.
NOTE: 60% is the reasonable
cutoff point for early registration strarting tomorrow.
The final passmark for
courses in BC is 50%. That is your final mark on the last day.
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 starting tomorrow 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. Also, we will have an essay or two.
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, close to
the end of the course. Maybe you had a bad quiz or test. Maybe you missed a
quiz or test. You can do a replacement quiz or test.
REMINDER: When you are going
to miss a quiz or test, you can let me know beforehand. I will arrange a makeup
with you.
How to figure out your mark
so far:
Quiz 1 x/6
Quiz 2 x/6
Quiz 3 x/6
Test 1 x/6 X2 = x/12
e.g. 4/6=8/12
Test 2 x/12
Spoken 1* x/5
1,3,5
*Based on your demonstrated
ability to use English in a comfortable discursive manner.
X/47 = %
Quiz 1 3/6
Quiz 2 4/6
Quiz 3 4.5/6
Test 1 7.5/12
Test 2 8/12
Spoken 1 1/5
28/47 = 59.6% 60%
Likely pass, and high enough
for early reg.
You can figure out your own
average right now, expect for spoken.
Some students take Summer just
for practice.
Definition writing – define
what something is for a reader who doesn’t know
paragraph (150-200)
NOT NARRATIVE
mandolin- musical instrument
-made of wood
-small body shaped like
teardrop, with a small guitar neck on the pointy end
-eights strings
four sets of double strings,
tuned in fifths gg, dd, aa, ee
-string length 17”
-played with a pick
- hold it like a small guitar
-sweet melodic sound
Example topic- Write a
definition paragraph about a well-known dish from your home country.
Example from a former EF7
student:
Kungfu
Chinese Kungfu is a traditional Chinese physical activity
with thousands of years of history. It is well-known by many places in the
world. Chinese Kungfu is effective both in battle and building in physical
strength. In 16th century, the Kungfu founder Da Mo, traveled from India to
China to spread the world of Budha. He developed a series of movement and
breathing exercise based on movement of animals. It was basic of Kungfu. He
taught Shaolin monks who were live in the center of the vast Chinese nation
lied the montain of Songshan that he had created techniques. From that time,
Kungfu was born. Last century, Chinese Kungfu was first wide introduced aboard
to United States by Bruce Lee who is Kungfu master. His series of Kungfu movies
attracted many American audiences. Therefore, Kungfu soon well-known across the
world. From then on, Chinese Kungfu
learners can be found everywhere. Lee’s followers, Jacky Chan pushing
Kungfu to novel heights. Kung fu films have popularized traditional Chinese
martial arts
*** Writing a
good paragraph in a short amount of time is a skill. You get better with
practice. ***
Daily practice is the secret.
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