Good morning, everyone.
This is the Summer Period 1, P1, (8:30-12:00 noon) class for these
courses:
English Foundations 5
English Foundations 6
Take a course outline from the front table.
We will get started at 8:30
If you are on the waiting list, I will talk to you during class.
Allan Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s agenda
·
Collect student Questionaire from homework
·
FINISH Course overview- handout
·
Email format
·
Paper format
·
Continue small group chatting- icebreaker
Student introductions
·
Writing – not for marks
·
HW Read
over criteria. Choose one you are already good at.
Choose one
you feel you must get better at.
Wednesday
·
Overview of sentence types
Begin simple sentences
·
Criteria module
***Course outline***
No book deposit required
usually terms are nine weeks- summer is five weeks
Quiz usually 7, summer 4-5
Test usually 8, summer 5-6
*** Email format***
I put this in the email that I sent you on Monday.
Please always put your name and class in the subject line of
your email. Then I will know who you are.
If you are unsure, try it. Send me an email now with your
name and class in the subject line. I will check it and respond to you.
*** Paper format***
For quizzes, tests, and any kind of writing that you submit to
me, please follow these guidelines:
1.
Use ruled, lined paper 8 1/2*11” A4- lined paper
2.
Paper should rightside up, not upside down. The
top is the big empty space. The three holes go on the left.
3.
Write in black or blue pen. No pencils.
4.
Doublespace. Write on one line, skip a line,
write on the next lines
5.
Full name and class in top righthand corner.
VOCAB right-
righthand (adj)
top- topmost
(adj)- the very top
bottom-
bottommost- the very bottom, the lowest
“He is the
bottommost salesperson in the company.”
“She is the
topmost scientist in global warming.”
midwife- a woman who helps women
deliver babies
He has is 17 years old.
You are 35 years old.
age – 35, 35 years old, 35-year-old
(like an adjective)
two or three modifiers
together- - hyphen
She is 19 years old.
She is a 19 years old
19-year-old woman.
She is a 19 years old woman. XXX
common error
He is in his 70s.
time, distance,size
This is a five-week class. This
class is five weeks.
The screen on my phone is
six inches in size. My phone has a six- inch screen.
on- preposition-
prepositions- idiomatic, very tricky,
few rules, authentic usage
She wants to study in at BCIT. I am taking an English
course at SHEC.
SHEC - South Hill Education Centre
He is working at Starbucks in Richmond. He lives in Langley.
She lives on Smith Street. He lives at 1234 Jones Crescent.
Pronunciation- stressing syllables
90 19 ninety nineteen
80 18 eighty
(d) eighteen
70 17
60 16 sixteen
50 15
40 14
30 13
he/she-
Country Language
(and often nationality)
France French
Germany German
Spain Spanish
England English
China Chinese
Japan Japanese
Yemen Arabic
(person-Yemeni)
Mexico Spanish (person-Mexican)
Italy Italian
Portugal Portuguese
The Philippines Filipino
The Democratic Republic of Congo
El Salvador
The Vatican
Chad Chadian
Vietnam Vietnamese
The Ukraine Ukranian
The US The States
America
She is a Canadian citizen. She has Canadian citizenship.
citizen- person
citizenship- nationality your legal status, the passport
that you hold
Some countries allow dual citizenship.
HOMEWORK
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”
Read the document over for homework.
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?
Writing to pass in.
Write a good paragraph introducing your partner.
This is not for marks. This is for me to get a sense of your writing
strengths and challenges regarding vocab, sentence structure, verb form,
punctuation, etc.
Submit it when you are finished.
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