EF67
Good afternoon, everyone.
REMINDER:
Registration for Q2 begins next Tuesday.
I
will teaching the following courses in Q2:
-P1
9:15-11:30 AM EF1/2, Speaking
Listening 1/2
-P2
12:00-2:15 PM EF5, Writing
Improvement 567
-Tuesdays
night ~5-6 PM Sentence Structure Tutorial on Zoom
(not
for marks) I will post the link to the Zoom class on my blog in a few weeks.
You
are welcome to study with me if you like.
Today’s agenda
·
Talk about reg
·
Return Test#2
Go over
Optional RW for Bonus pt- submit today or
first thing tomorrow
·
Continue complex sentences- noun clauses
Quiz #3 on noun quizzes tomorrow
Choose vocab for quiz
·
Listening fun exercise
Thursday
·
Quiz#3 noun clauses
·
Interim reports
·
Begin “I Confess”
Test#3 “I Confess” on Tuesday
·
Begin complex sentences- adjective clauses
Friday
·
Continue “I Confess”
·
OPTIONAL Retry Test#2- same story, new topic
·
HW Read
“Dead Man’s Path” Make notes for Thought Questions
Monday- No school
Thanksgiving
Tuesday
·
Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
·
We are at the
halfway point in the term.
Interim- midterm,
halfway point in the term
The midterm
recommendation is a snapshot of how you are doing at this moment, based on your
average so far.
Registration for November
courses will begin October 10th. You will be able to register via
the South Hill website as usual. You will be emailed a link to follow in order
to register. I will demonstrate what to do.
In order to
register, you need a recommendation from your teacher, me. On Thursday, I will
give you an interim recommendation for which English class you should register
for in November. If you are not going to take a class in November, then you
don’t need a recommendation from me.
We will have a
short chat in the hallway. We will talk about how things are going and what
your next course should/could be. 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, RW, Bonus.
New BC Ministry
of Education marking categories:
Emerging – first
steps, beginning, not ready to move up
Developing- partial
understanding, getting better
Proficient- have
skills and abilities
Exceeding-
sophisticated understanding and ability
REMINDER:
Tests are worth double
what quizzes are worth.
Test 1 X/6 = X/12
Test 2 X/6 = X/12
Quiz 1 X/6
Quiz 2 X/6
HW 0,1,2,3 pts
RW Bonus pt
0,1,2,3,4 pts
Spoken X/10
OPTIONS- Stay at
your current level or move up to the next level
EF6 – EF6 OR EF7 /
Lit Studies and Comp 10
EF7 / Lit Studies
and Comp 10 - English 11
Midterm recs
The South Hill
English department strongly recommends that students who are marginally
passing (50-60%) not advance to the next level.
People move up to
English classes that they are not prepared for.
This is up to
you. The passmark in BC is 50%.
We want to
encourage students who are doing well in classes to register early for the next
level. Therefore, the minimum average required to receive a recommendation from
me for early registration (starting Tuesday) for the next level is 65%.
This is to allow stronger students first chance 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 65%,
you will have wait a while to register for the next level.
NOTE: At the end
of the quarter,the passmark is 50%. That is your final mark on the last day.
The 65% is just
for early registration.
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.
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, essays, presentations,
plus other marks yet to come. Plus the in-class spoken mark and the HW and RW pts.
You can bring
your mark up.
Also, you can
bring your mark down.
This is the
halfway point.
SCENARIO #1
69%
OK for the next level
Proficient
SCENARIO #2
56%
This is good level to work at. Stay here.
Developing
SCENARIO #3
37%
Suggests some challenges that must be overcome.
Emerging
SCENARIO #4
96%
Exceeding
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 Thursday at our one-on-one meetings.
You can take two
courses each quarter.
A good second
course (supplementary course) would be Writing Improvement 567
We will have our one-on-ones during class.
Test#2
Do not write a plot summary.
Focus on the question.
STEPS TO FOLLOW
PREWRITING- planning stage
Step 1- Read the question carefully. Make sure that you
undestand what the teacher is asking you to do.
Step 2- Brainstorm some ideas that are on topic.
brainstorm- generate ideas
Step 3- Organize the ideas into an order.
WRITING- writing the sentences
Step 4- Write the rough copy.
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Step 5- Proofread and edit your sentences.
punc
vf
vt
sp
Step 6- Submit
Test#2 – “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
You can take your story out. Do not copy from the story.
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following
topic.
Submit by 1:30.
What would you have done if you had been one of the boy’s
deciding what to do about the pheasants?
REMINDER: You will have an opportunity to replace one of
your quizzes and tests on the last day of class.
Question: Should I write in present tense or past tense when
I am writing about fiction- short stories, novels?
-Use whichever tense is easier- likely past tense-
-College,university level – ask for present tense
Ask your teacher whether they would prefer present or past
tense.
Model answer- I will put one together tonight.
There is a vibe of dismay, sadness, disappointment. The
tears are falling.
Who wants to try again with a different question.
We can do a replacement test on Friday.
Verb tenses
present perfect- began in the past, continues to now
She has lived in
Vancouver for three years.
He has played badminton
since he was five years old.
past perfect- began in the past, ended in the past
She had lived in Japan
for two years.
TRUTH: Native English speakers rarely use past perfect. We
usually subsitute simple past.
She lived in Japan for
two years.
*know + why
Jun doesn’t know why Keiko is angry at/with him.
Jun didn’t know why Keiko was angry at/with him.
Rose knows why
the sky is blue.
Jacob knows why
Sarah quit her job.
Jacob doesn’t know why Sarah
quit her job.
I don’t know why
she is not feeling well.
Sarah knows why her sister is
smiling, but she doesn’t want to tell me. COMPOUND COMPLEX
Mei doesn’t know why her husband is
always forgetting his keys in the door.
Full spectrum
light- infrared to ultraviolet light
Why is Mei late today? question
I don’t know why Mei is late today. answer, with a
noun clause
I don’t know. SIMPLE
I don’t know why I can’t
remember the words that I learned yesterday. noun clause adjective
clause
I don’t know why
my car engine light is on. natural-sounding
I don’t know why
my car’s engine light is on. also ok
book smart- lots of knowledge but can’t use it in a
practical way
I don’t know why my son was working so hard yesterday.
I don’t know why you like to climb mountains in the rain.
* like how (very authentic sounding)
I like how you always listen to me.
pays attention to your words
Sarah doesn’t like how her husband loses
his temper easily.
Sarah doesn’t know why her husband loses
his temper easily.
lose your temper- get very angry
Sarah doesn’t like how it rains so much
in Vancouver. She doesn’t like this situation.
Sarah doesn’t like that it rains so much
in Vancouver.
Maria didn’t like how her daughter was talking
to her.
I like how you sang that song.
I like how you were showing her some
guitar chords.
She likes how he tells funny stories.
I like how you treated me when I was
sick.
Sarah likes how her mother makes her
favourite comfort food.
comfort food- food that makes you feel
better when you are not feeling well- congee (jok), chicken soup,
Soup is comfort food.
IDIOM comfort food- the food that you like
to eat, for example, when you are feeling sick, food that reminds you of your
childhood, nostalgia
* say that- very commonly used
Michelle said (that) she would come early today.
The teacher said (that) we will do a
quiz on Friday.
The little boy said that there was a
monster under his bed.
Sahara said that there will be a party
on Saturday.
I said that I would pick up some milk on
the way home.
My mother said that the recipe is easy
to make.
I didn’t say that I would do that.
My son said that he will treat us to lunch/ to dimsum next Sunday.
treat someone to lunch- you invite someone
and pay
My treat! It’s on me! I will treat you.
I insist.
We’ll split the bill.
Separate bills, please.
* forget why
Sharin forgot why she came into the kitchen.
I forget why I called you.
REMINDER:
A.
think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget,
remember, realize, etc.
B.
that, what, why, how
Knowing which A goes with which B is the tricky part. That
will take a lot of listening to English speakers, reading, etc.
Let’s take a few minutes and write some. We can read them
out loud in ten minutes.
Your examples:
1.
He said that we could borrow the car, not
me.
2.
I think that the only way to learn is to
study.
3.
I saw how the midwife helped the woman to
deliver her baby.
4.
I thought that you were going to buy
bread.
5.
I think that it will be great if you can join us for dinner tonight.
main cl noun cl adverb cl
6.
I wonder how long it will take for you to
finish your English.
7.
Our generation witnessed/is witnessing how
global warming happened/is happening. vt?
dumb- old word- can’t talk
blind- visually -impaired
deaf- hearing-impaired
I am little bit hearing-impaired.
sign language
8.
I wonder why we do not have air conditioning in
the school.
9.
When I saw the mountains on the horizon, I
realized that Vancouver is beautiful.
* believe how
I couldn’t believe how hard it was to
immigrate to Canada.
I don’t believe how much I miss my dog.
IDIOM can’t/don’t believe – am very
surprised
May doesn’t believe how much it rains in
Vancouver.
I can’t believe how expensive a purebred
puppy is.
shed(v)- a dog loses hair
Her dogs sheds a lot.
non-shedding
hypo-allergenic – will not bother people
with allergies
* understand + why
I understand why you want to stay in English
Foundation 5.
Jun’s mother understood why she wanted
to marry Taka.
I don’t understand why my brother won’t
forgive me.
Mary didn’t understand why her son could
not make it to school on time.
* understand how
I understand how hard it is to learn a
new language.
I understand how challenging it is to
...
I don’t understand how you could say
that to me.
I don’t understand how to do this math
problem.
I don’t understand how to make you
happy.
Mohamed didn’t understand how the
teaching method could be so different in Canada than it was back in his home
country.
* understand why
I don’t understand why my tomatoes are
not growing.
The little boy could not understand why
he was not allowed to stay up late.
I don’t understand why people came up
with segregation laws/rules.
Joan understands why she did not pass.
You probably know a lot of these already. To get comfortable
with these, you really need to use them in your daily life. It’s really important
for you to engage with authentic English daily.
A. think,
feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize,
worry,think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize, say,
yell, whisper, shout, suggest, find, speak, advise, holler, murmur,
stutter, call out, cry out, mention, wonder
B. that,
what, why, how
COMPLEX SENTENCE – two clauses
Michelle said that she would come
early today.
Michelle said – main clause, independent
clause
that she would come early today – subordinate clause, dependent clause,
noun clause
I think that you are a very kind
person. complex sentence
Quiz tomorrow:
Let’s choose ten verbs:
Mix and match A with B.
1.
think
2.
realize
3.
forget
4.
remember
5.
say
6.
understand
7.
wonder
8.
mention
9.
know
10.
feel
Let choose ten vocab words:
1.
helpless(adj)
2.
strength(n)
3.
aware(adj)
4.
challenging(adj)
5.
confess(v)
6.
easy(adj)
7.
flexible(adj)
8.
attempt(v,n)
9.
communication(n)
10.
tough(adj)
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