EF45 Class 2

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

REMINDER: Everything that goes on this screen will be on my blog after class. haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

TGIF- Thank god it’s Friday!

IDIOM- catch up – talk about our lives, what has happened since the last time we met

Let’s grab a coffee and catch up.

We have to catch up, soon.

do chores- clean, mop, sweep, do laundry, get groceries

I will cook Persian food at a restaurant.

I will be working all weekend.

IDIOM/PHRASAL VERB pack up – get ready to move

We are packing up our house.

You will pack up your school stuff at 2:15 today.

I will get my garden ready for planting.

He will apply for accounting jobs online.

I am going to go to Vancouver airport (YVR) and pick up my husband.

I will go indoor climbing with my husband.

She will take her cat to the vet for an annual/yearly checkup.

vet-animal doctor, veterinarian

 

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Finish course overview- handout

·      Minimal Pair of the Day

·      Student Questionaire

Pass-in writing- This is not for marks. I want to see what your writing looks like, so I can adapt what I teach to help you most.

Policy on phones and devices

·      HW  

 

Monday

·      Paper format

·      Small group chatting- icebreaker

Introducing one of your partners.

·      Talk about PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)

·      Begin sentence work

 

Tuesday

·       Continue introducing one of your partners.

 

 

 Small group chatting

-chat- casual talking

Last 25 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

 

B. Tomorrow- Introduce one of your partners to the class.

 

***Course structure***

 

 

Split class- two or more classes put together

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

EF4/ EF5- These classes are not identical, but close.

 

EF - English Foundations-  core courses

 

EF 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

There is not EF 8 or 9

 

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.

 

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

 

 

BC 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) are 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

 

 

 

 

 

*** Extra writing help***

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.

 

Writing 3/ 4?

 

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

 

Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

 

***

I do on online sentence structure tutorial every November-January on Tuesday nights 5-5:35pm on Zoom. I usually do nine or ten sessions. I will post the Zoom link in late October. 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.

-35m, usually 5-5:35

You are welcome to attend.

Check my blog in late October for the Zoom link.

***

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

VOCAB for levels of schooling

-elementary, primary – Kindergarden – Grade 7, K-7

-junior high school- grades 7-9

-secondary- high school, Grade 8-12

-post-secondary – college- program, certificate, diploma

-university- degree- Bachelor Degree- BA, BSc

post- after

-graduate school- Masters Degree- MA, MSc

-post-graduate- Doctorate, PhD

 

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

entry requirements – prerequisites, prereqs

 

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 prereqs your postsec requires.

prereq- prerequisite

postsec- post-secondary

 

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 WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE

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 BC https://educationplannerbc.ca/

Use it for your own plans or for your children, friends, relatives.

 

trades- skilled trades- electrician, plumber, drywaller, HVAC (furnace repair), barber, hair stylist, mechanic,

-         good money!

 

certificate- 8m-1yr

diploma – 1 yr

degree- 3-4 yrs

 

In Canada, there is a big push to get young people into skilled trades.

In Canada, there is a huge push to get young women into skilled trades.

 

https://www.bcit.ca/programs/trades-discovery-for-women-associate-certificate-full-time-1190acert/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzoeuBhDqARIsAMdH14G2Op-6_PS8OiTDER8g0qg4U3AXyHlWFr0fYFIh0G68rjstPzEW7VEaAjN-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

 

MY 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. It might be as common in your home country.

 

Our SHEC academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful.

-         Sylvia, Joanne, Jacquie, Dana

 

Colleges and universities have their own advisors.