Good morning, everyone.
This is the Quarter 3 (Q3) Period 1 (P2) (9:15-11:30) class
for these courses:
English Foundations 4
English Foundations 5
We will get started at 9:15
Is everybody in the right class?
I will take attendance in afew minutes.
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
·
Minimal Pair of the Day
My name is Allan Haley
Please call me Allan. First is name is fine.
Email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
I sent you an email on Friday. Did you get my email?
Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Everything that goes on the screen, I will post on my blog.
*** 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.
Please take the course handouts for your class.
You do not have to make notes as we go; neverthless, making
notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention.
VOCAB retention(noun) – retain, remember (verb)
Making notes in a class helps you to retain information.
NEW WORD blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet,
online diary, publish your thoughts-
Some people are bloggers.
the web- worldwide web- www, internet
log- written record
nurse in a hospital, truck driver- keep a log, 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.
Reviewing material is the best way to help remember new
information.
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 am planning to keep
my blog 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. The search bar
might not work on your phone.
***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*
We have school wifi for students.
Wifi: VSB-Commons
Wifi password: AeQACYUf
**Parking**
Scan the QR code on the orange piece of paper.
Put it your licence plate.
Put it in your first name and last name.
English
first name – given name
last name- family name, surname
sir
Chinese and Vietnamese is opposite.
Ling Yan- English
Yan Ling – Chinese, Vietnamese
Source of confusion- order of names
You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until April
27th, 2024.
SHEC- South Hill Education Centre
**Daily Agenda***
Every day I will post an ‘agenda’
‘agenda’- used for meetings, school, business or government
agenda- 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
**Emails***
I sent an email to you on Friday. If you received that email
from me, than that means we can communicate via/by 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.
VOCAB
He goes to work via/by the bus.
via – the way that you go
Hossein came to Canada from Iran via Ukraine.
She became a college instructor via nursing.
Did you get my email?
YES- Great!
NO- Check your Junk folder. If I have the wrong email for
you, you can change your email address through the office.
I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your full name
and class in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email
as I requested.
I responded “Thank you. See you in class.”
If you got my response email, everything is ok.
Thank you for that. I want email communciation to be
seamless between us.
VOCAB
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.
***IMPORTANT***
When you send an email to me, please put your full 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***
VOCAB 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.
VOCAB challenging
EUPHEMISM – a word that we use instead of the less polite
word
challenging- difficult, hard
“Funny” – not funny
**10-minute break**
*** Attendance***
*** Course dates and times***
M-F 9:15-11:30
Monday, February 5th- Friday, April 19th, 2024
Holidays
Friday, February 16 – Professional Development Day
Monday, February 19 – Family Day
Monday, March 18 - Schools closed for Spring Break
Tuesday, April 2 – Schools open
Friday, April 19 – Last day of term for February quarter day
and afternoon classes
We will continue with the course outline tomorrow.
Last 30 minutes- small group chatting
FIRST DAY ICEBREAKER:
Get into groups of 4-5 people. Choose some people who you
don’t know yet. Ideally choose people who do not speak your mother language.
A. Chat with
your partners.
1. Name
2. Home
3. Family
4. Job
5. Travel
6. Hobbies
7. Future plans
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