Wednesday, 6 September 2023

EF67 Class 2

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

This is the Period 2, P2, (12:00-2:15) class for these courses:

-English Foundations 6

-English Foundations 7

-Composition and Literary Studies 10

 

Please take a course outline from the front table.

 

Check the class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Communication – via email

·      Course overview- handout

·      Spoken- icebreaker

·      Questionnaire – finish for homework

·      HW   Finish Questionnaire. Pass in tomorrow at beginning of class

 

Thursday

·      Collect Questionaires

·      Explore educationplannerbc.ca

·      Continue intros

·      Begin overview of types of sentences

·      Talk about “Criteria”

Read over the “Criteria”. Choose two to focus on.

 

Friday

·      Continue overview of types of sentences

·      Writing – short paragraph

·      Work with “Criteria”

 

Monday

·      Return paragraph

Address areas

Optional RW for Bonus pt

·      Continue sentence work- simple sentences

·      Work with “Criteria”

·       

 

 

***Makeup of the class:

Split class- two or more classes put together

We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.

EF6/ EF7 / English 10 (Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10) - These classes are identical.

 

EF - English Foundations

 

TWO PATHS: EF7  OR  Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 (not called English 10 anymore)

 

 You go to one of these courses:

1.  English Foundations 7

OR

2. Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

EF7 and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same class at South Hill.

 

IDIOM not a big deal- nothing to worry about, small problem

e..g He made a big deal out of his shoes getting dirty.

IDIOM make a mountain out of a molehill –

Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. Don’t be so dramatic.

 

English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10

also Media Studies 10, 11, 12

 

EF7/Composition 10, Literary Studies 10 – taught together, very similar courses

 

 Ministry of Education rules:

-English Foundations 7 (EF7) is for Graduated Adults. A Graduated Adult is a person who has finished high school anywhere in the world.

-Composition and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10) is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.

e.g. under 19, students who turned 19 and ‘aged out’ of regular high school in Vancouver, left high school for many reasons: family trouble; health problems- physical, psychological- depression, anxiety, etc; war in their country; political unrest; not a safe country; got a job to support their family; not allowed to go or were not able to go to school when they young

 

Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school.

Wide range of reasons why people are here at South Hill.

Everybody has a story.

 

**IMPORTANT**

No matter what the reason, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re here.

 

EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10

There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10

 

English 11 level

Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11– choice to do First Peoples 11

English 12 level

Literary Studies 12 & Composition 12 – choice to do First Peoples 12

 

First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations

 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING

EXTRA COURSE: Writing Improvement 567 is an auxiliary (extra) course. You will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move up.

*auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in your car AUX, extra input

 

Consider Composition Writing 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

 

***

I do on online sentence structure tutorial every November-January on Tuesday nights on Zoom. I usually do nine or ten sessions. Check my blog in late October for the Zoom link for the next tutorial.

You don’t have to sign up. It is drop-in.

-45m, usually 5-6PM

You are welcome to attend.

***

 

English 12 is the highest level English class for high school in BC.

Colleges and universities require English 12, for the most part.

You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with English 12.

 

elementary – Kindergarden – Grade 7

secondary- high school, Grade 8-12

post-secondary – college, university, bachelors

graduate school- masters

post-graduate

 

All post-secondary programs will have their own entry requirements.

Do you have some ideas what you want to do after high school?

If you have ambitions to to go to college or university, you can start planning now.

 

You can start to research what prereq your postsec requires.

prereq- pre requisite

 

college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs

university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years

 

What kind of job do you want?

BASIC QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN

1. Do you want to stand up or sit down?

2. Do you want to work indoors or outdoors?

3. Do you want to interact with people or be on your own?

 

WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:

Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca/

 

FREE ADVICE:

Start thinking about it. Start planning.

You can do it. There is a lot of opportunity.

It will be difficult and expensive, but you can do it.

 

Our academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful.

 

***Communication via email***

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Please write your name and class in the subject line of the email.

That’s how I will know who you are.

 

SUBJECT LINE: Name, Class

 

FREE ADVICE: Get an email account for school and business. Not your personal account.

Choose an email name that is more professional sounding.

 

fancycatpinkgirl@gmail.com

 

 

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PAPER FORMAT

Quizzes and tests, paragraphs, essays

Please use lined 81/2 X 11 inch paper.

You can get it at a dollar store. $1.25

*lose ½ point

 

ORIENTATION of the paper

right side up, not upside down

three holes to the left

*lose ½ point

 

NAME CLASS DATE

Put your full name, class, and date in the top/upper righthand corner above the line.

*lose ½ point

 

TITLE

Title line -Name of test, quiz

Quiz 1, Test 1, Essay 2

 

FORMAT

-Write in pen- black or blue ink

NOTE: Black ink gets higher marks on provincial exams.

Please! No pencil.

*lose ½ point

 

-Double space. Write on a line; then skip a line.

*lose ½ point

 

-Write between the margins.

*lose ½ point

 

-Indent the first word of each paragraph- ¾”  1”

“ inch e.g. 2”

1 foot 1’

 

6’2”  5’10” 

5’4”   “Doris is five four.”

 

If you are writing on a computer, how do you indent? What key do you press to indent?

Use the TAB key.

Press SPACE five times- amateur hour

 

Canada is a metric country; however, we still use Imperial measurements for a lot of things.

Imperial – measurement – mile, foot, inch, gallon, pound

The US uses the Imperial system.

It’s easy to forget these details when you are focussed on writing.

 

I will keep reminding you.

 

When the formatting is right, it looks better.

 

 

Paragraph Format

 

format- layout

 

-         how a paragaph is presented on a page

 

 

 

1.    Use 8 ½ * 11 inch ruled paper

ruled – lined paper with margins

2.    Paper orientation- rightside up, not backwards

3.    Write between the margins (the red lines).

4.    Write in black or blue pen.

5.    Doublespace.

6.    Full name and class in top right corner

7.    Indent the first word of the paragraph

 

 

***Marks***

Assessments- marks

 

~6 Quizzes 6pts each – sentence types, grammary things

~5 Tests 12pts each- paragraphs

~1,2 Essays- 20pts each

~1,2 Presentations – 10pts each

Spoken (vocal participation) in-class- 20pts

Rewrites- OPTIONAL- 1pt each

Bonus points- 1pt each

Average of all of the marks

 

 

Yesterday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small groups (4-5 people)

A.      Chat with your partner(s)

1.    Name

2.    Home

3.    Family

4.    Job

5.    Hobbies

6.    Special skills

7.    Travel

8.    Future plans

 

B.       Make notes about one of your partners.

C.       Spoken intro your partner, 4-5 things.

 

calligraphy- fancy letter-writing

horror stories- scary stories

Spanish “She has is twenty years old.”

 

likes + infinitive OR gerund

She likes to bake. infinitive

She likes baking. gerund

She likes to baking. XXX

 

We’ll continue tomorrow.

 

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