EF45
Today’s agenda:
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Explain interim recommendations
·
Return quiz on adverb
clauses
Go over, fix
·
Continue present
perfect / present perfect continuous
Go over your examples from homework
·
Focus on sentences and
verb tenses so far
·
Phrasal verbs-verbs
with prepositions
·
“Yoga” Read aloud
Wednesday
·
Focus on sentences and
verb tenses so far
·
Phrasal verbs
·
“Yoga”
·
Listening
Thursday
·
Test- paragraph
·
Phrasal verbs
Friday
·
Midterm recommendations
·
Xmas class
*** Two-week break for Christmas
***
Registration for Quarter
3 courses (February to April) will begin Wednesday, January 4th 2023.
You will be able to register via the South Hill website as usual.
In order to
register, you will need a recommendation from me. On Friday, I will give you an
interim recommendation for which English class you should register for in Quarter
3. I will put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors.
Interim- midterm,
halfway point in the term
The interim recommendation
will be based on the quizzes and tests you have done so far this term. Also, I will
give 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.
OPTIONS- Stay or
move up
EF4- EF4 OR EF5
EF5- EF5 OR EF6
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 for early registration for
the next level is 60%. This is to allow stronger students first shot at registering.
This is also to dissuade 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
60%, you will have wait a while to register for Quarter 3.
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 3 quizzes and 3-4 tests yet to
come this term. Plus the in-class spoken mark.
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 final week of the course. You
will have an opportunity to replace one of your test marks in the final week of
the course.
How to roughly figure
out your mark so far:
Quiz 1 x/6
Quiz 2 x/6
Quiz 3 x/6
Test 1(paragraph) x/6
X2 = x/12 e.g. 4/6=8/12
THURSDAY Test 2(paragraph) x/12
Spoken 1* x/10
*Based on your demonstrated ability to use English in a discursive
manner.
SCENARIO #1
Quiz1 4.5/6
Q2 4/6
Q3 2/6
T1 7/12
T2 8/12
SP1 6/10
RW 1pt
32.5/52
Average: 62.5%
60%+ = OK for the next level
SCENARIO #2
Average: 55%
60%- = this is good level to work at, stay
SCENARIO #3
37%
Suggests some challenges that must be overcome. Something has to
change. Practice.
You can figure out roughly your own average right now, except for
spoken.
Add up your
quizzes and tests. Guess at your spoken mark.
I’d be happy to
show your mark so far. It will change with Test 2 on Thursday.
Quiz3
Write a sentence with an adverb
clause for each.
Submit it to me by 12:40
1.
before advanced
I must finish my basic
class before I will go to an advanced class.
2.
because health
I eat more vegetables because I
care about my health.
more – more than what?
I eat more vegetables than I used
to because I care about my health.
I eat a lot of vegetables because
I care about my health.
I use a lot of vegetables in my
cooking because I care about my health.
I use more vegetables than I used
to in my cooking because I care about my health.
Simplest is best.
3.
when comfortable
I am/feel
comfortable when I do my work.
When we
finish our exercise, we feel much more comfortable. COMPLEX-adverb cl.
4.
if improve
If I
improve my English, I will be able to get a job very quickly.
If he
improves his loyalty, I will accept his apologize. wf
apologize(v)
apology(n)
apologies(n)
If he improves
his acts more loyally, I will accept his apology.
If he
shows more loyalty, I will accept his apology.
My dog
is loyal to me. My dog has loyalty to me.
If we
work hard, we can improve our position at
work.
If I can find a good deal, I will buy you a new phone.
If I can get a good rate, I will lock in my mortgage.
mortgage-
loan for a house
loan- money
borrowed for a purchase
line of
credit- money that you can borrow without having to talk to a banker
floating
rate- changes all the time
fixed
rate- doesn’t change for a set amount of time
5.
since practice
I have
been practicing the piano since I was a child.
6.
until connect
I can’t
connect to the wifi until I pay the bill.
until I
know the password.
We
cannot establish unity until we connect to each other. XXX
We
cannot build a close friendship until we find something to bond over.
We bonded
while we were hiking up a mountain.
I tried to connect with the
maintainence people/workers until they respond. XXX
Call maintainence.
I tried to connect with maintainence
until they responded got back to me.
get back to someone- answer their
message
I tried to connect with maintainence
until they responded to me.
Idiomatic ways to express our
ideas.
soothing(adj)- I like to listen to
soothing music when I am upset.
A warm bath is very soothing after
a long day at work.
She decided to rest for soothing
herself when she argued with her friend. SIMPLIFY
She soothed
herself with a cup of tea after she argued with her friend.
She usually soothes herself with a cup of tea after she finishes work.
These are your examples from homework of setnences that use
present perfect or present perfect progressive.
1-
I have been living in Canada since I moved from the
US in 2021.
2-
I have studied English for 6 months.
3-
My father has been working in Saudi Arabia for
27 years.
4-
She has finished her chores.
5-
We have arrived in Hawaii.
6-
He has broken his leg.
7-
She didn't go to bed until she had finished/finished
her work.
8-
He has been in the army for more than five
years.
9-
He has been sleeping for ten hours.
10-
I have lived in Richmond since 2019. So I
moving to Vancouver just for three years.
11-
My daughter has been studying piano since she
was seven years old.
12-
When I was a child, I learned how to drive since
I was seven years old. simple past
13-
I have been visiting Toronto for 10 years.
14-
He has been writing the novel since 2000.
15-
He has driven his car everyday.
16-
I have been living Vancouver for seven years.
17-
My husband has worked in a hospital for 28 years.
18-
I have been cooking since I got married.
19-
She has learned French since she was in Grade 5.
20-
My country has been at war since 2013.
21-
The economy has gotten bad since the pandemic
started.
Excellent work! Pat on the back.
I used to study French.
I studied French when I was a kid.
I have studied French for six
years.
I have been studying French for
six years. – probably keep going
What we will review this week- focus of the this week
SENTENCE TYPES SO FAR
*Simple SV SSV
SVV Imperative(Command) Interrogative(Question)
Compound SV, SOBA SV.
Complex- adverb clauses
SV because SV. because if
when until while
VERB TENSES SO FAR
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future
Present progressive
Past progressive
THIS WEEK VERB TENSES
Present perfect
Present perfect progressive
Modals – not a verb tense, suggests past, present, future
can could might must will
be going to
Work to come in January
SENTENCE TYPES
Complex- noun clauses
Complex- adjective clauses
Appositives
Phrasal verbs– verb + preposition
Causative verbs
Parallelism
Sentence combining
Passive voice/active voice
What would you like to cover in
class?
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