WI567 Class 2

 Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Curriculum- education, class, course

·      Course overview- handout

·      Begin “Overview of Sentence Types”

·      Small group chatting- icebreaker

First writing

·      IF TIME Student Questionaire

 

Next couple of weeks – deep dive on sentences

 

 

** English Foundations courses- Academic courses

English Foundations courses- adults

 

EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5, EF6, EF7/English 10- English 11- English 12

EF - English Foundations-  core courses

core-centre  apple core

 

EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7 + English 11,12

There is no EF 8 or 9

 

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.

I want you to win!

 

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 dp First Peoples 12

First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations

First Nations issues are a major Canadian society and workplace.

 

For math and science courses, talk to an advisor.

 

EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7/English10,11,12

 

 *** 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.

*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 an online Advanced Sentence Structure Tutorial every November-January, Quarter 2, on Tuesday nights 4:30-5:15pm 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.

CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR- Hollie got me to teach a P3 class.

 

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.

SHEC courses are good for post-sec.

 

VOCAB for levels of schooling

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

German Kinder- child garden  Kinder Surprise

-junior high school- grades 7-9

-secondary / high school, Grade 8-12, 10-12

-post-secondary - after high school

post-after

–college- certificate, diploma, program, VCC, BCIT, Langara

-university- grant degrees- Bachelor Degree- BA, BSc

-graduate school- Masters Degree- MA, MSc, MPsych

-post-graduate- Doctorate, PhD

 

All post-secondary programs for colleges and universities have their own entry requirements.

entry requirements – prerequisites, prereqs, requisite- requirement

 

“The prereq for EF4 is usually 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 get organize your prereqs.

You can start to research what prereqs your postsec requires.

prereq- prerequisite

 

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.

Explore the website.

 

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.

 

Survival jobs- just to make $$, not the dream

The dream is achievable.

 

Our SHEC academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful.

-         Sylvia, Joanne, Jacquie, Dana

 

Colleges and universities have their own academic advisors.

Call and make an appointment.

 

 

***Course Outline***

 

 

 

***Begin “Overview of Sentence Types”***

 

 

 

 

 

**Small group chatting

Let’s change gears.

Small group chatting

-chat(verb,noun) - casual talking, friendly, chew the fat

IDIOM chew the fat – nice friendly chatting

We went to a coffee shop and chewed the fat.

discuss- serious

 

 

**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.

Chat with your partners.

·      Name

·      Home

·      Family

·      Job

·      Travel

·      Hobbies- pastime, activities in your freetime

·      Future plans

 

Of course, we will chat in English.

 

 

 

TOMORROW

 

Choose one of your partners. Make notes about that person.

 

Write sentences to Introduce one of your partners to the class.

REMINDER: Everything will go on the blog every day.

 

Writing Improvement 567 Sentence Types

 

Three types of sentences: SIMPLE SENTENCES, COMPOUND SENTENCES, COMPLEX SENTENCES

Fourth type- COMPOUND-COMPLEX mix

 

Teach and practice, practice, practice.

 

 

SIMPLE

Subject and verb.  Begin with a capital letter. End with a period or question mark. Exclamations points are not commonly used in school or business writing. They are often used in casual writing, texting, etc.  !

-SV

NOUN/PRONOUN  +  ACTION WORD (verb)

The dog is sleeping on the bed. SV

We are learning English.

I get up at 7 o’clock in the morning.

 

PHRASAL VERB get up  verb+preposition

get up- get out of bed

get out-

get down- dance(slang)  We all got down at the party.

get along- act friendly, be peaceful with each other  He gets along with his mother-in-law. The dog does not get along with the cat.

get away-

get off-

FREE ADVICE: Start to learn as many phrasal verbs as you can. Phrasal verbs are the heart of English.

 

 

-SVV

Jun walks in the park and listens to a podcast.

The kids are weeping screaming and are crying. verbs

The kids are upset and tired/disappointed. adjectives

*Words in an order should be the same type of word. This is called parallelism.

Parallelism  noun, noun, and noun

He likes sports, skiing, and to hike. XXX

FIX

He likes running, skiing, and hiking. Much more polished with.

 

-SVVV (probably the maximum)

I am writing and listening and checking my phone.

POLISH

I am writing, listening and checking my phone.

I am writing, listening, and checking my phone. Oxford comma

 

Your choice:

A, B and C. -more modern

A, B, and C. -a little old-fashioned

 

COMMON ERROR

I am writing, checking my phone.

A, B

FIX

I am writing and checking my phone.

 

-hyphens – more casual punctuation

 

-SSSV

Jun, Sarah, and Shira went for a hike yesterday. more common

Jun, Sarah, and Shira went hiking yesterday.

 

-SSVV

Mohammed and Joseph went downtown and bought some business clothes.

formal clothes- formal wear, a suit and tie, business attire

The office dress code is business attire.

casual attire

uniform- everybody dressed exactly the same- McDonalds, air hostess stewardess flight attendants, Ikea-same top, sports team(jersey), police, fireman fire fighter, mail man a letter carrier, security guard

 

-imperative sentence- command

(You) Open the window, please. You – implied subject

Watch out!

Go to bed. Brush your teeth.

Sit down. Have some coffee.

Try again.

Take a break.

Say sorry.

Help yourself.

Stay calm.

Relax.

Take it easy. – goodbye

Take care.

Have a good one.- casual goodbye