EF12 First day

 

 

 

Good evening, everyone.

 

This is the Period 4 (7:00-9:30) class for these courses:

 

-English Foundations 1

-English Foundations 2

-Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

We will get started at 7:00.

 

Teacher: Allan Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

I also sent you an email yesterday.

Did you get my email?

 

Please call me by my first name: Allan

 

I teach in the days. I don’t teach at night very much. I will be your teacher for this week. You will get your permanent teacher next week.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Welcome!

·      Protection against Covid

·      Discuss structure of course

·      Class procedures

·      Student questionaire

·      Spoken work

·      Reading “The Kiwi”

·      Grammar- start to talk about verbs

·      Homework activity

Take attendance-

 

 

Spanish speakers  ‘j’    ‘y’

Juan- Hwan

Juanita- Hwanita

jojoba-  

 

 

*** IMPORTANT ***

***CLASS BLOG***

Everything that you see on this screen, I will put up on our class blog.

I will put all of this online.

CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my class blog afterward.

I will update our class blog every day after class.

 

You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no sign in, no password. It’s all public. People from all over the world visit my blog. It’s cool.

 

ACTION

·      Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.

 

haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

·      Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.

·      Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out. Let me know.

 

If yes? Good!

If no? Let me know. I can help.                                                      

 

 

 

You can check our class blog any time you want to. You can check today, tomorrow, next week, ten years from now.

 

 

 *** Covid19 protocols: wear masks, clean hands***

Feel free to wear a mask if you want to.

 

problem with masks – can’t see our faces, lose a lot of non-verbal communication- facial expressions, lip reading

 

This is the reason that talking on the telephone is not easy.

 

My glasses fog up.

 

Sometimes you can get a rash on our face from wearing a mark.

You can get a rash from allergies.

skin sensitivity

allergy- you can’t eat certain food, tomato, nuts, eggs, strawberries, eggplant

 

Regularly spray your hands with the spray bottle.

Spray and wipe your desk.

 

Wash your hands often.

Our skin gets dry. We have to use moisturizer.

If your skin gets too dry, you will have skin irritation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

**wifi***

 

capital letters  A B C D

small letters a b c d

If you have a problem with wifi, I can help.

 

 

*** Course dates ***

 

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 to Thursday, November 2, 2023. (Final day)

Monday to Thursday, 7:00-9:30

Our classes are two and a quarter hours long.

Nine weeks of class

 

Holidays – No school

-Monday, Oct. 2 – National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

-Monday, Oct. 9 –Thanksgiving

-Friday, Oct. 20 – Schools Closed: Professional Developmen

 

 

Tests and quizzes

Your teacher next week will tell you about tests and quizzes.

I will give you a quiz or a small writing test today or tomorrow.

 

 

*** Parking***

Scan the QR code on the wall. Make an account. You will be able to park in our parking lot until the end of the quarter.

 

 

I have talked enough for now. Let’s take a ten-minute break.

 

When you are successful in this class:

English Foundations 1 --- move up to next level, EF2

English Foundations 2 --- move up to next level, EF3

Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

EF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7/English 10, 11, 12

There is no EF8, 9

 

After English 12 – college, university

 

You can do it!

There are lots of opportunities for adults to go to college and university.

 

skilled trades $$ - electrician, plumber, carpenter, painter

 

profession – nursing, counselling, finance

 

college- BCIT, VCC,

 

https://www.bcit.ca/programs/trades-discovery-for-women-associate-certificate-full-time-1190acert/

 

You can do it!

 

 

Let’s switch to reading.

“The Kiwi”

-Read it by yourself.

-We will read it out loud.

-Each person read one sentence.

 

maybe some new vocabulary words

New Zealand- close to Australia, in the south, in the southern hemisphere

strange- incredible, weird, odd

strong- powerful, muscular

A butterfly has wings.

An airplane has wings.

A bee has wings.

An ostrich has wings.

A turkey has wings.

All insects have wings.

An angel has wings.

 

Many male animals are more beautiful than the female animals.

 

beak – a bird’s mouth and nose

 

likes to have

likes having

 

Mariah likes to hike in the mountains.

Mariah likes hiking in the mountains.

hike- walk on the mountain trails

 

I like to ride my bicycle.

I like riding my bicycle.

 

I don’t like to go to parties.

I don’t like going to parties.

 

I like dancing.

I like to dance.

I like to dancing. XXX

 

I like music. I like to listen to music.

 

I like driving. I like to drive.

I like cooking. I like to cook.

I don’t like cooking.

I do not like to cook.

I not like cooking. XXX

 

I like to drink tea.

I like drinking tea.

 

I like to read books.

I like reading books.

I like to play soccer.

I like playing soccer.

 

I like hiking. I like to study.

 

I like hiking.

 

I likes to listen to music.

I like listening to music.

He / She likes listening to music.

 

The sunlight hurts her eyes, so she wears sunglasses.

 

It has a good sense of smell.

 

Five senses

sense of smell

sense of touch

sense of taste

sense of sight

sense of hearing

 

Some people think they have a 6^th sense.

 

better

butter

badder

bidder

bitter

 

very

berry

 

Kiwis are endangered.

I do not often see my sisters.

 

New Zealand- New Zealander

Canada- Canadian

Iran- Iranian

Sudan- Sudanese

Japan- Japanese

China- Chinese

Vietnam- Vietnamese

Turkey- Turkish

Ireland- Irish

 

Colombia- Colombian

Mexico – Mexican

Korea- Korean

Australia- Australian

Sri Lanka- Sri Lankan

Ukraine- Ukranian

Italy- Italian

Spain- Spanish

USA- American

Greece- Greek