EF67 Class 5- Test1 corrections, Goalsetting

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

This is the Period 1, P1, (9:15-11:30 am) class for these courses:

 

English Foundations 6

English Foundations 7

 

We will get started at 9:15.

 

Teacher: Allan Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Test#1- correct, rewrite

·      Finish overview of sentences- complex sentences

·      Begin Goalsetting module

·      Listening exercise

 

Monday

·      Begin simple sentences

·      Continue with simple sentences, if necessary

·      Continue with Goalsetting module

 

Tuesday

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

 

Butter

- 7 years old

- Golden Doodle—half Golden Retriever, half poodle

-only cares about affection, doesn’t care about food

-very loyal to me, always wants to be around me

-loves people very much

-not a big fan of dogs

-Feel free to pat him if you like.

-I usually bring Butter to school every Friday

 

 

 

Test #1

Paragraph

-         Range of 150-250 ww- not too long, not too short

Goldilocks zone - Goldilocks and Three Bears

-         Paper orientation

-         Write in blue or black pen

-         Doublespace

-         Name and class in top righthand corner

 

Structure

-Grabber

-Topic sentence

-4,5,6 supporting sentences

-Concluding sentence

 

Let’s do some corrections.

 

 

“Correction Codes”

 

sp - spelling

punc- punctuation   , . ;

CS- comma splice  -two sentences with only a comma between them

RO- run-on sentence - two sentences with no punctuation between them

frag- sentence fragment- not a complete sentence, only part of a sentence

vf- verb form – not an English tense   I be go to school.

vt- verb tense – past, present, future

prep – preposition

art -articles   a, an , the

 

 

I can study with diversity people. wf – word form

diversity(n) diverse(adj)

I can study with diverse people.

I can study with a diversity of people.

I can study with a group of people.

 

 

And I’m planning to get a new job. ww- wrong word

**Don’t start a sentence with SOBA in schoo writing. It’s too casual.

Also,  I’m planning to get a new job.

As well, I’m planning to get a new job.

In addition, I’m planning to get a new job.

 

So

Or

But

And

 

 

Many countries speak English and use it everyday. phrasing

FIX

People in many countries speak English.

 

Many countries people speak English. phrasing

FIX

People from many countries speak English.

Many countries have people who speak English.

 

I want to learn more vocabularies. #- number

FIX

I want to learn more vocabulary.

I want to learn more vocabulary words.\

 

It is not easy for an immigrate to go to college. vf

immigrate(v) immigrant(n-person)

FIX

It is not easy for an immigrant to go to college.

It is not easy for a person who is an immigrant to go to college. adj cl

 

 

 

Goalsetting-

goal- aim, somthing you want to accomplish

 

-setting achievable goals for ourselves

- things that we would like to accomplish

 

Goal setting: goalsetting

-         set a goal

-         make a plan to achieve the goal step by step

 

 

Educational Goal

 

Personal Goal

 

Career Goal

 

personal goals- e.g. eating more healthily, lose weight

 

professional goals- e.g.

 

educational goals- e.g.

 

SMART Goals – nmemonic – memory trick, memory device

 

SOBA so or but and

FANBOYS

 

nmemonic- north east south west

“Never eat sour weiners.”

 

Roy G. Biv- red orange yellow green blue indigo violet – 7 colours of the rainbow

 

*Specific – focused, not broad, not general

“I want to get better at English.”- broad, not specific enough

FOCUS IT TO ONE THING- “I want to learn how to use commas.”

FOCUS “ I want to learn verb forms.”

 

*Measurable- How can you tell if you are getting better? How can you evaluate it?

 

*Attainable- Realistic, doable, possible.

 

*Relevant – Engaging, important to you

 

*Time-bound – deadlines, time-frame 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goalsetting work

 

Step 1

Small group chatting about various goals. Relaxed talking.

Focus is talking and listening- normal discursive conversation.

Make notes for yourself on your own goals.

 

HOMEWORK, CONTINUE MONDAY

Step 2

Choose one of your goals. Write your goal in one clear sentence. Be specific.

 

Step 3

Brainstorm and organize the steps that you will have to take to achieve this goal.

Use key words (good vocab, specific vocab), not sentences

 

thesasurus- like a dictionary, but gives you words that have similar meaning, synonyms, antonyms

thesaurus.com