Wednesday, 8 March 2023

EF67 Class 21- adverb clauses, International Women's Day

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15.

REMINDER: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

 

THEME: Powerful women fighting for their rights.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Talk about midterm recommendations

·      Finish practicing adverb clauses

·      “A Little Woman Who is Changing the Lives of Afghan Girls”

·      “International Women’s Day”

·      Choose vocab for the quiz

·      Back and Forth 3.1 A/B

·      HW

 

Thursday

·      Quiz #2- adverb clauses

·      Begin noun clauses

·      Continue “International Women’s Day”

 

Friday

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Midterm recommendations (last 90 minutes)

You can go after we have talked

 

 

-         SPRING BREAK -

 

1.    I am going to English school since I want to speak like English speakers.

2.    I didn’t check my mail box until I came home.

3.    I am writing a new story while my daughter is playing in the park.

4.    Sara will not buy anything this year even if she has a lot of money.

5.    This house is so old that I can’t get a loan .

6.    I am going to Sechelt Village during Spring Break even if I am have to go alone.

7.    I realized my parents loved me so much until they passed away. AWK

8.    Even though I am not good enough, my BFF still gives me backup. AWK

9.    I am going to buy an apartment unless if I win 6/49.

10.                       She went back home directly after she was coming out of left her office.

11.                       We are driving to Whistler even though the snow has been extremely heavy recently. present perfect

12.                       Although it’s challenging, I will try to learn swimming / how to swim.

13.                       We will go to the theater tonight unless it rains highly  heavily.

14.                       Alice tried to send a message so that the teacher knew would know why she was late for the class. 

15.                       If you do not book a ticket now, you will find have to get/buy a more expensive ticket. 

Book your ticket now. The price is only going to go up.

16.                       You do not need to go now unless you have an appointment. 

17.                       Even though I am tired, I need to wake up early tomorrow morning.

18.                       I will call my mother when she wakes up

 

 

CRA – tax seminar 2:30-3:30 today, student lounge

Learn about how to do your taxes.

Midterm Recommendations

We are at the halfway point in the term.

 

Interim- midterm, halfway point in the term

The midterm recommendaion is a snapshot of how you are doing at the moment.

 

Registration for Quarter 4 courses (April-June) will begin Monday, March 27th. You will be able register via the South Hill website as usual. You will be mailed a link soon.

 

In order to register, you need a recommendation from your teacher, me. On Friday, I will give you an interim recommendation for which English class you should register for in Quarter 4. I will put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors.

 

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. Plus there are a few points for submitting HW.

 

REMINDER:

Tests are worth double what quizzes are worth.

 

OPTIONS- Stay or move up

EF6- EF6 OR Lit10/Comp10/EF7 level

EF7- EF7 OR Eng 11

 

 

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, you will have wait a while to register for Quarter 4.

 

NOTE: 66% is the reasonable cutoff point for early registraton 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% at the end of the course, 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 is 65%.

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. 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.

 

REMINDER: 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 final week of the course.

 

 

SCENARIO #1

69%

65%+ = OK for the next level

 

SCENARIO #2

61%

65%- = this is good level to work at, stay

 

SCENARIO #3

37%

Suggets some challenges that must be overcome.

 

 

You can figure out roughly your own average right now, except for spoken. Add up your quizzes and tests. Guess at your spoken mark.

 

We will talk on Friday. We will have one-on-one meetings.

 

NEW NAME Writing Improvement 567- extra instructions focussed on writing

 

 

Let’s choose adverb clause words and vocab for the quiz tomorrow

1.    after/before

2.    because

3.    if

4.    when

5.    so ... that

6.    since

7.    unless

8.    even though

9.    whenever

10.                       while

 

Vocab

1.    progress

2.    international

3.    celebrate

4.    force

5.    country

6.    fight

7.    women

8.    concert

9.    money

10.                       poor

 

I will choose six of these for the quiz tomorrow

e.g.

1. because           country

Shira came to Canada because her country is not safe right now.

 

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE

COMPOUND SENTENCE

COMPLEX SENTENCE

-         adverb clauses

-         noun clauses

-         adjective clauses

 

 

Back and Forth 3.1 A/B

 

good posture / poor posture

The cans are stacked up in a pyramid.

four by four

kayak- closed top

canoe- open top

rowboat

 

 


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