Good morning, everyone.
Deep Thought of the day:
Most people overestimate what they can
do in a year and underestimate what they can do in ten years. Bill Gates
My music playing- 10-year plan for learning to play the pedal
steel guitar.
Today’s agenda:
·
Continue criteria module
·
HW Paragraph
structure- overview
Wednesday
·
Paragraph structure- overview
·
Test#1?
·
Begin sentences styles- overview
Thursday
·
Continue sentence styles- overview
·
HW Prepare
“What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Thursday
·
“Ice Storm”
Small group (4-5 people) discussion,
chatting.
Share our ideas.
Clarify points. Figure out meaning.
Opportunity to talk
in English about big ideas.
Report out.- share
ideas from the groups
Ministry of
Education in BC
from
www.bced.gov.bc.ca
criteria- level,
standards, measures, expectations
You have meet
certain critieria to come to South Hill.
“Criteria for a
Good Thinker”
“Criteria for a
Good Speaker and Listener”
“Criteria for a Good
Reader and Viewer”
“Criteria for a
Good Writer and Representer”
You read the
document over the weekend.
BIG QUESTIONS to
think about while I teach and explain
1. Which
criteria seem most important to you? Which ones resonate with you? Which ones
stand out to you as being relevant to your life?
resonate- vibrate,
shake, has deep meaning
relevant- related,
connected to
2. Which
of the criteria do you feel you already do well? Which ones are already your
strengths. Which one are you already good at?
3. Which
of the criteria do you feel you have/want to improve upon? Which ones reveal
some weakness that could strenghtened? Which ones do feel would be worthwhile working on?
Let’s
go over these- read them, talk about vocab, meaning
ambiguous-
unclear, not black or white
Small group discussion:
Small group (4-5
people) discussion, chatting, casual talking
Share your ideas.
Clarify points. Figure out meaning.
Opportunity to talk
in English about big ideas.
Report out- share
ideas from the groups
open-minded
respect a person’s
different opinion, still keep your own thoughts
*tolerance-
IDIOM We can agree
to disagree.
good at speaking-
good at listening-
easier, listening to radio
weakness – spelling
app “Duolingo” language-learning app, game format, fun
spelling in English-
challenge- mix of many languages- ancient Latin and Greek, German, French,
Anglo-Saxon
PLUS many historical
attempts to fix English spelling
e.g. q- French “qu”
one-syllable words-
Germanic – concrete word, things
three or more
syllables- Latin and Greek- abstract ideas
80% of the group - speaking
and listening- everyday usage
20% of the group- good
thinking
40% of the group-
feel their speaking is weak
20% of the group –
feel their thinking is weak
It’s a big world.
Don’t hide under the bed.
Be braver than you
feel.
good speaker- body
language- hand movement, eye contact,
-
voice- tone, speed (pace), volume, emphasis
emphasis- English
is a stressed language. Avoid speaking in a monotone.
monotone- flat
voice, no emotion, no up and down
CBC radio (690am) announcers-
excellent speakers, great to copy
-very expressive,
engaging,
-non-commercial radio
commercial radio –
high-energy radio, not a great model for us
PROBLEM listening
to radio – passive, not active
passive- you are
doing anything, not producing anything
active – you have
to struggling to produce language
most important –
self-disciplined, self-directed...
self management- set
goals, work to achieve the goals
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