EF6,7,10 Class 1

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

This is the Quarter 3 (Q3) Period 2 (P2) (12:00-2:15 noon) class for these courses:

English Foundations 6

English Foundations 7

English 10 (Composition 10/Literary Studies 10)

 

We will get started at 12:00

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Welcome

·      Parking

·      Communication via email

·      Covid protocols

·      Dates, times for our class

·      Begin course overview, finish tomorrow

·      IF TIME Small group chatting- icebreaker

·      IF TIME Student Questionaire

·      Minimal Pair of the Day

 

 

My name is Allan Haley

Please call me Allan

Email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Everything that you see on the screen, I will post on my class blog at the end of every class.

 

 

*** 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 (noun) – retain, remember (verb)

 

Making notes helps you to retain new information.

 

NEW WORD IN ENGLISH blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, public online diary, publish your thoughts about whatever topics you are interested in

 

Some people are professional bloggers.

 

substack – paid blog

 

blog – weblog

web- www, world wide web, internet, like a spider’s web

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.

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 it up forever.

 

My class blog goes back 12 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 appear on your phone. You will have to use laptop, tablet or computer.

Scroll down to “Use web version”. Click it and you will get the search bar.

 

*** 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.

If yes? Good!

If no? Let me know, or ask a young person.

 

 

**Wifi*

Wifi: VSB-Commons

Wifi password: AeQACYUf

 

 

 

 

**Parking**

Scan the QR code on the neon green piece of paper.

Put it your licence plate.

Enter your last name and first name.

You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until April 27th, 2024.

SHEC- South Hill Education Centre

 

Last name- Family name, Surname

First name- Given name, Middle name, Middle initial, Christian name (outdated term)

 

Initials- first letters of your names- used on contracts, legal documents, bank documents

 

Allan Haley

Haley Allan- Chinese,Vietnamese, Korean order

 

 

**Daily Agenda***

Every day I will post an ‘agenda’

VOCAB ‘agenda’- used for meetings, school, 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 via email

·      Covid protocols

·      Dates, times for our class

·      Begin course overview, finish tomorrow

·      IF TIME Small group chatting- icebreaker

·      IF TIME Student Questionaire

·      Minimal Pair of the Day

 

 

**Emails***

I sent an email to you on Friday. If you received that email from me, than that means I have your correct email. Therefore, 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 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 my response, everything is ok.

Thank you for that. I want email communciation to be seamless between us.

NEW VOCAB

IDIOM seamless- smooth, no problems , no 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.

Immigrating to Canada is not a seamless process.

Applying to postsecondary insitutions is not 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

Touching the queen is a breach in protocol.

VOCAB breach – breakdown

YVR had a breach of security last night.

 

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.

I won’t wear a mask when I’m teaching.

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

 

 

*** Course dates and times***

Monday-Friday 12-2:15

Monday, February 5th- Friday, April 19^th, 2024

 

Holidays

Friday, February 16 – Professional Development

Monday, February 19 – BC Family Day

Monday, March 18 - Schools closed for Spring Break

Tuesday, April 2 – Schools open

 

 

**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.

 

EF6/EF7/Eng10- 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 10 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/or 12 focussed on First Nations

 

After English 12 level, university, college, good job, easier life…

 

 

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. I will post the Zoom link next October.

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 to post-secondary (college, university) with your SHEC 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.

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

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

 

You can start to research what prereq your postsec requires.

 

prereq- pre requisite  requisite- require

 

college- offers programs, diploma, certificates, often eight months, 1-2 years

university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years

Bachelor, Masters, Doctorate

 

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

 

There is a huge demand for skilled trades in Canada.

There is a push to get more women into skilled trades.

skilled trades- electrician, plumber, mechanic

 

https://www.bcit.ca/programs/trades-discovery-for-women-associate-certificate-full-time-1190acert/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAq4KuBhA6EiwArMAw1IuDiWFut3ZQemeYE7bXb5LkxrD9uP-n8UsFQx4MkL2BCw6_O7bBJhoCKesQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

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.

 

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