EF34 Class 22

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Midterm recommendations

·      New dialogue “Going to the Bank”

·      “100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs”

·      Prepare for Quiz#3 Monday- simple and compound

 

Friday

·      Talk about paragraph structure and format.

·      Return Test#2

Go over.

“Paragraph StructureEF34”

RW for bonus point

·      Continue with dialogue “Going to the Bank”

·      Listening fun

 

Monday

·      Quiz#3- simple and compound sentences

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interim- halfway, not permanent

midterm-

 

Next week:

Thursday

·      Interim recommendation one-on-one meetings (1/2 class)

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Friday

·      Interim recommendation one-on-one meetings (1/2 class)

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Midterm Recommendations- next week

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

 

Registration for November courses will begin Tuesday, October 15^th. 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.

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

 

On Thursday and Friday next week, I will give you a midterm recommendation for which English class you should register for in November. If you are not going to take a class in November, you can use the midterm rec to register for February when the reg open in January.

 

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 five 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. Alternatively, 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 points for rewrites.

 

The minimum average for early registration 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

Extending- 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.

Essays (EF5,6.7)

Presentation

 

For the final four 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. Also, the EF5s will do an essay or two. Plus, we will do a presentation worth 10 points.

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

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

 

 

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

EF3- EF3 OR EF4

EF4 – EF4 OR EF5

EF5- EF5 or EF6

 

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.

 

This is approximately the halfway point.

 

 

 

** New dialogue “Going to the Bank”**

Let’s get into some chatting groups (4-5 people)

A.Warm-Up Questions

bank accounts-

chequing- write cheques

savings- daily banking

 

credit card- Visa, Mastercard, American Express

debit card- linked to your bank account

 

Visa will charge you interest. The rate can be high.

People carry a lot of consumer debt.

Many people pay cash.

Cash is king! If you have cash, you can get a better deal.

You have some emergency cash.

Nowadays we just tap. We pay with plastic.

 

In some cultures, people like to haggle.

VOCAB haggle(v)- argue, bargain, negotiate, get a discount

You can haggle over private sales.

It doesn’t hurt to ask! The worst thing they can say it ‘No’.

 

Marketplace:      $100 firm.

                               $100 obo  - or best offer

 

2. ATM – Automatic teller machine

teller(n)- the person who works at the bank

tell(v)- count, old word

A bank has a teller. A store has a cashier.

Some ATMs charge fees.

Some accounts have unlimited withdrawals.

ATMs have withdrawal limits.

 

3. service fees- monthly charges for your account, charges per use

 

4. monthly, weekly, daily, when there’s a problem

 

“suspicious activity on your account”

scams, identity theft, fraud

She is a victim of identify theft.

If you lose your card, call immediately and cancel the card.

You can report suspicious purchases.

Bank security is very high.

I have a Mastercard and Visa account.

You can investment accounts.

retirement savings accounts RRSPs- registered retirement savings plan

educations savings accounts RESPs- registered education savings plan

 

B.Vocabulary Preview

1. manager(n)- organize, act like the boss, supervisor, administrator, principal(school), director, dean(college), leader

3. application form- apply(v) for a job, apply for a loan, paperwork, immigration, travel visa

language barrier-

 

 

-loan(n,v) lend money, a bank gives money to you

Miquel got a car loan. He borrowed $3000 for a used car.

 

-mortgage(n,v)- money for a house, condo, building

condo- condominium- an apartment that you can buy

 

 

Test#2

Write a paragraph: at least 80 words for EF3 and at least 100 words for EF4

Focus on good sentences- simple, compound. Complex if you can- because, if, when

Pen

Paper

Full name and class

Phones away

Choose one topic:

1.    If you could have anything that you wanted (one thing), what would you choose?

2.    What are some things that annoy you?