EF23 Class 29

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15

 

Today’s agenda

·      Talk about midterm recommendations

·      Continue new dialogue “Going to the Hairdresser”

·      “100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs”

·      Listening questions

 

Thursday

·      Talk about registration process, how to register

·      Midterm recommendations (first half of the class in alphabetical order)

The recs willed be based on quizzes, tests, and spoken. Plus, I will  make comments of strengths and challenges.

·      Begin complex sentence- because,if ,when

 

 

Friday

·      Talk about registration process, how to register

·      Midterm recommendations (second half of the class in alphabetical order)

The recs willed be based on quizzes, tests, and spoken. Plus, I will  make comments of strengths and challenges.

·      Test#3 Write a paragraph of at least 80 words on a topic that I will give you. (the last 55m of class)

 

 

Monday

* First day of early registation for summer term

 

 

Midterm Recommendations- this week

We are past the halfway point in the term. We have only three weeks left.

 

The midterm recommendation is a snapshot or picture of how you are doing at this moment, based on your average so far.

 

Registration for summer courses will begin Monday, June 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 show the class how to register. I will demonstrate what to do.

 

In order to register, you need a recommendation from your teacher, me. On Thursday and Friday this week, I will give you a midterm recommendation for which English class you should register for in summer or September. If you are not going to take a class in summer, you can use the midterm to register for September.

 

On Thursday and Friday, we will have a short chat at my desk. We will talk about how things are going so far in this course and what your next course should/could be. I will put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors.

By ‘so far’, I mean we have finished six of nine weeks. “So far’ means ‘up to now’.

 

If you want a copy of my comments, email me when we meet, and I will email you the comments when we finish chatting. Alternativel, you can take a picture of the comments on your phone.

 

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 rewrites.

 

The minimum average for early regiatration is 65%.

The final pass mark at the end of course is 50%.

If you are between 50-64%, we can talk again next week.

 

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  X/6 = X/12

Quiz  X/6 = X/6

RW Bonus 1 pt each

Spoken1  X/10

Spoken 2 X/15 (last half of the course) Spoken mark is worth 25% in total.

 

For the final three weeks, we will keep doing tests and quizzes until the end of the course. Plus, there will be a second spoken mark for the final few weeks worth X/15. Plus, we will do a presentation worth 10 points.

You will have lots of opportunity to bring your marks up in the last three weeks of class.

You will also have lots of opportunity to bring your marks down of you stop working.

 

 

 

 

OPTIONS for registration- Stay at your current level or move up to the next level

 

EF2 – EF2 OR EF3

EF3- EF3 or EF4

 

Midterm recs

The South Hill English department strongly recommends that students who are marginally passing (50-60%) not advance to the next level.

People sometimes 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 Monday, June 10th) 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 three 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 second 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 approximately the halfway point.

 

 

 

You click your tongue.

You snap your fingers.

 

 

five dollars $5 (in English)

June 5^th, 2024

It’s the fifth of June.

It’s June fifth.

 

 

“Going to the Hairdresser”

Dialogues

Read aloud and repeat.

 

popular magazines available in the library: Vogue (fashion), Bon Appetit (cooking), Sports Illustrated (sports), Car and Driver (cars), etc.

 

Reading books for kids is a great idea for us.

You can go to Vancouver Public Library.

You can ask a librarian.

“I am learning English. I want to take out some easy books to read. Do you have kids’ books that would be good for me?”

A librarian can give you some recommendations.

 

 

Listening Questions

11.                       Which animals have feathers and beaks? Birds or insects?

12.                       What three numbers come between 18 and 22?

13.                       What do you call a round map of the earth? a globe

14.                       What is 3 plus 6? 3+6=9  equals nine

15.                       Is BC an eastern province or a western province?

16.                       Which is smaller: a van or a minivan?

17.                       If you cut an apple in half, how many pieces will you have?

18.                       Does the Arctic Ocean cover the North Pole or the South Pole?

19.                       Which shape is not round: a circle, a square, or a sphere?

20.                       To hit a golf ball, would you use a racquet, a club, or a bat?

 

Canada is not that expensive in Canada.