Good afternoon, everyone.
This is the Quarter 1 (Q2) Period 2 (P2) (12:00-2:15 noon)
class for these courses:
English Foundations 5
Writing Improvement 567
We will get started at 12:00
Take a course outline from the front table.
My name is Allan Haley
Please call me Allan
Email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
*** IMPORTANT ***
*** Class Blog ***
Everything that goes on this screen, I will put up on our
class blog.
CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com
It’s on the course handout.
You do not have to make notes as we go; neverthless, making
notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention.
VOCAB retention – retain, remember
Making notes helps you to retain information.
blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online
diary, publish your thoughts-
Some people are bloggers.
web- internet
log- written record
nurse in a hospital, truck driver- record events as they
occur
I will update my blog every day after class. You can check
it and review what we did in class.
You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no
sign-in, no password. It’s all public and accessible. People from all over the
world visit my blog.
Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can
use it this quarter. You can keep using it after you finish this course, until
the end of time. I will keep it up forever.
My class blog goes
back 11 years.
My blog is searchable. You can search for something specific
that you are looking for.
The search bar is in the upper lefthand corner of the main
blog screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about.
ACTION
Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.
haleyshec.blogspot.com
haleyshec.blogspot.com
Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.
Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out.
If yes? Good!
If no? Let me know.
**Wifi*
Wifi: VSB-Commons
Wifi password: AeQACYUf
**Parking**
Scan the QR code on the orange piece of paper.
Put it your licence plate.
You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until
February 2, 2024.
**Daily Agenda***
Every day I will post an ‘agenda’
‘agenda’- used for meeting, business or government
list of items to talk about, schedule for the meeting or
class
helps to keep the meeting or class on track, organized
lets everyone know what to expect, what is coming
Today’s agenda
·
Welcome
·
Parking
·
Communication - email
·
Covid protocols
·
Dates, times for our class
·
Course overview- handout
·
IF TIME Small group chatting- icebreaker
·
IF TIME Student Questionaire
**Emails***
I sent an email to you yesterday. If you received that email
from me, than that means we can communicate via email. If you did not receive
an email from me, that means I do not have your email in the computer system.
We will have to fix that.
Did you get my email?
YES- Great!
NO- Let me know. We can fix it.
I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your name
and class in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email
as I requested.
I responded “Thanks.”
Thank you for that. I want email communciation to be
seamless between us.
IDIOM seamless- smooth, no problems , confusion
seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough
area, bumpy
seamless- not rough, smooth
Registering for this class was seamless. adjective
Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.
Raising teenagers is rarely seamless.
When you send an email to me, please put your name and class
in the subject line of the email.
Then I will know who you are and what class you are in.
***Covid protocols***
protocol- accepted ways to act
Use sanitizer.
Two bottles of sanitizer at the front
Wash your hands many times a day.
Use moisturizer/hand lotion.
Feel free to wear a mask if you want.
We lose the facial expressions. We lose the lip reading.
Talking on the phone is challenging.
EUPHEMISM – a word that we use instead of the less polite
word
challenging- difficult, hard
“Funny” – not funny
*** Course dates and times***
M-F 12-2:15
Tuesday, November 14- Friday, January 26th, 2024
Holidays
Monday, November 13- Remembrance Day Holiday
Christmas Break, Winter Break – Monday, December 25, 2023 to
January 7, 2024 (last day of school is Friday, December 22; first day back is
Monday, January 8)
Professional Development Day in January date?
**Attendance***
**10-minute break**
***Course structure***
Split class- two or more classes put together
We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.
EF5/ Writing Improvement 567- These classes are not identical,
but close.
EF - English Foundations-
core course
EF 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
TWO PATHS: EF7
OR Composition 10 & Literary
Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)
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 for the Zoom link or scan the QR code posted in our room..
You don’t have to sign up. It is drop-in.
-45m, usually 5-5:45
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/
certificate- 8m-1yr
diploma – 1 yr
degree- 3-4 yrs
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.
A lot of adults go to post-sec either part-time or
full-time.
Our academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful.
Colleges have their own advisors.
***Marks***
Quizzes- six sentences 6pts
each
Tests- paragraphs 12pts
each
Essay 18pts
each
Presentation 10pts
Spoken – in-class 20pts
Rewrites 1pt
each
Bonus 1pt
each
50% is the passmark in BC.
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