Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
Today’s Agenda
·
Finish course structure and course outline
·
Continue introductions of our
classmates/colearners
·
“Canada Day”
·
HW
Thursday
·
Continue “Canada Day”
·
Begin simple sentences
·
Talk about PLOs
·
“Questionnaire” (finish for homework)
·
Writing to pass-in – short paragraph, not for marks
I want to see what your writing looks like.
That will direct me as to what I will teach this summer.
·
HW Read
over PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes) Core Skills
document
Friday
·
continue simple sentences
Choose vocabulary for the quiz
Monday
·
Quiz#1 – simple sentences
This is a two-hour bus ride to Whistler. two-hours?
This is a five-week class.
two words modifying a
noun
most common -adjectives modifying nouns “a red pen”
quite common - nouns modifying nouns “ my work laptop”
a water bottle
a plastic bottle
two nouns that fit together as one modiying a noun use - hyphen
a water bottle, a 988ml bottle
an English class, a three-hour class
Her brother-in-law is a nice guy.
a three-hours class XXX
a three-hour class
a 988 millilitres bottle XXX
a 988 millilitre bottle
She has a 14-year-old son. correct
She has a 14-years-old son. XXX wrong
*Small error, people will still know what you mean
She has two brother-in-laws. XXX
She has two brothers-in-law. correct
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- pastime, activities in your freetime
7.
Future plans
B. Choose one of
your partners. Make notes about that person. (5m)
C. Introduce one
of your partners to the class.
** Course Outline**
EF4- EF5- EF6- EF7/English 10- English 11- English 12
Often the class are split classes- EF4/5 EF6/7
EF - English Foundations-
core courses
core-centre apple
core
EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7
There is no 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.
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 were 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
After EF7/CompLit10--- 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
First Nations issues are a major Canadian society and
workplace.
EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7 English10,11,12
***
New initiative for people to have their international
credentials recognized in BC.
***
*** 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 Advanced 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 on my blog in late October. Check my blog
for the Zoom link or scan the QR (quick response) code posted in our room.
You don’t have to sign up. It is drop-in. You can come to
one, two or all of them.
-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
German Kinder- child garden
Kinder Surprise
-junior high school- grades 7-9
-secondary- high school, Grade 8-12, 10-12
-post-secondary
post-after
–college- program, certificate, diploma
-university- degree- Bachelor Degree- BA, BSc
-graduate school- Masters Degree- MA, MSc, MPsych
-post-graduate- Doctorate, PhD
All post-secondary programs will have their own entry
requirements.
entry requirements – prerequisites, prereqs, requisite-
requirement
“The prereq for EF4 is usualy EF3.”
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
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?
extraverted and introverted people
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.
**10-minute Break#1 9:55-10:05 **
quicker post-sec route
trades- skilled trades- electrician, plumber, drywaller,
HVAC (furnace repair, AC), 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 not 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.
Call and make an appointment.
***Continue introductions of our classmates/colearners***
colearners- co-together
coworker(n)
cohabitation -live together, roommate, spouse
cosigner – two people take out a loan together
cooperate(v)- operate-work, help each other
cooperation(n)
cooperative(adj) He is not a very cooperative person.
colleague(n)
She plans to go to her home country, Nicaragua, for three
months.
She plans to take a three-month trip to her home
country, Nicaragua.
She was a notary public in her home country.
hobby(n)- something you do for fun
habit(n)- a routine activity that you do, not for fun
good habit-
bad habit-
It is cold and snowy now. adjectives rainy,
sunny, hot, cloudy, foggy
She is married. He got married. They are married.
She is single. He is a bachelor. They got divorced. He is divorced.
She is a widow. He is a widower.
sewing- needle and thread, sewing machine
She is a seamstress. She wants to become a tailor.
knit(v)- ball of yarn and two knitting needles
She likes reading books. Her hobby is reading. She is a
bookworm.
IDIOM bookworm(n)- a person who loves reading
She has a busy work schedule. She is up to her ears in work.
IDIOM up to her ears- very busy
I am up to my ears with kids and work.
***BREAK#2 10:55-11:05***
“Canada Day”
parade(n)-
multicultural
multilingual
bilingual
trilingual
polyglot(n)- She is a polyglot.
I am monolingual. unilingual
Independence Day – US July 4
Canada Day- Canada
pretty amazing beautiful
wonderful nice awesome
great
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