Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
Today’s agenda:
·
Midterm recommendations- Go over process
·
Return Quiz5- adjective clauses
Go over
frag, punc
Wednesday
·
“Roses Sing on New Snow” small group work
Give reading
Watch video
·
Begin
noun clauses
Thursday
·
Test#3 – paragraph on “Roses Sing on New Snow”
·
Continue with noun clauses
·
·
Quiz on noun clauses
Registration for Quarter
2 courses (November-January) begins today, Tuesday, October 11th. You can
register through the South Hill website.
https://moodle.vsb.bc.ca/moodle3/local/intake/Nov2022/start.php
In order to
register, you need a recommendation. Today, we will talk about it; then I will put
your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors.
Today, I will
give you an interim recommendation for which English class you should register
for in Quarter 2. 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. Plus there are a few points
for submitting HW.
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.
OPTIONS- Stay or
move up
EF5- EF5 OR EF6
EF6- EF6 OR Lit10/Comp10/EF7
level
CW567- auxiliary
course, extra
Government
distinction between English Foundations 7, Literary Studies 10 and Composition 10.
English Foundations
7 – graduated adults- already finished high school anywhere in the world
Literary Studies
10 and Composition 10 – non-graduated adults- did not finish high school yet
In this school,
we teach them together with the same curriculum.
English Foundations
7, Literary Studies 10, and Composition 10 are all taught in the same classroom
with the same curriculum at SHEC
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 starting tomorrow.
However, 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 2-3 quizzes and 3-4 tests yet
to come this term. Also, we will likely have an essay. Plus the in-class spoken
mark and the HW pts.
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.
How to figure out
your mark so far:
Quiz 1 x/6
Quiz 2 x/6
Quiz 3 x/6
Quiz 4 x/6
Quiz 5 x/6
Test 1 x/6
X2 = x/12 e.g. 4/6=8/12
Career pres x/10 2ptHW, 8pts PRES
Test 2 x/12
Spoken 1* x/10
*Based on your demonstrated ability to use English in a discursive
manner. Do you talk?
HW pts
X/68 = %
60%+ = OK for the next level
60%- = this is good level to work at
You can figure out roughly your own average right now, except for
spoken.
I will go into the hallway and call people out one-by-one.
You can come out and we can discuss how things are going.
Meanwhile, you can work on Adjective Clause quiz corrections
and the new Noun Clause quiz work.
Pro football teams have training camps where they
do repetitive drills on blocking and tackling, throwing and catching…things
they have been doing for years by this point. The greatest hitters in baseball
go to batting practice. NBA champions shoot endless free throws.
Why? Because those are the foundational skills needed to excel in their chosen
fields of competition. We can’t reach the highest levels without constantly
reviewing, honing and perfecting the basics. If we are stuck on any level,
focusing on these tools will get us unstuck.
Paul Franklin- musician
Quiz#6
Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.
1.
restaurant which
Joe recommended the seafood restaurant which has really good
oysters and shrimp.
2.
compliment that
The compliment that Sarah gave to Fran was very sweet.
3.
flavour that
The soup has a flavour that I can’t identity.
spicy – not a flavour
The rose has a nice smell/scent/aroma/bouquet.
a bouquet of roses – a dozen roses in a bunch
4.
garden that
We visited a rose garden that looked pretty.
5.
arrive who
My sister who arrived here last night. sentence fragment
My sister, who arrived here last night, is jetlagged.
This is my sister who arrived here last night.
6.
order who
I don’t know who ordered the chicken wings for the table.
Adjective clauses are the hardest one to figure out. They are complicated
than the other clauses.
Why does Maylin argue with the governer?
Why does Maylin work so hard in the restaurant?
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