WI567 Class 1

 

 

Old name: Composition and Writing 567

New name: Writing Improvement 567

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

My name is Allan Haley

 

This is the Period 2 (P2) (M-F 12-2:15) class for this course:

Writing Improvement 567

 

First come, first served for seats.

 

Are you in the right class? I sent you an email a few days ago. If you got my email, you are in the right class.

If you did not get my email, you may not be in the right class, or the office may have an incorrect email for you.

If you are on the waiting list, you should have gotten an email from the school. If not, go to the office. I can’t fix your email from here.

 

 

NOTE: Everything that you see on this screen, I will put on our blog every day.

You can find my school blog here: haleyshec.blogspot.com

I will talk more about the blog later.

 

 

 

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Handouts- Course outline, Prescribed Learning Outcomes

 

I will take attendance.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Welcome

·      Housekeeping (preliminary information, matters to deal with)

o   Student wifi

o   Parking

o   Covid protocols

·      Communication via email

·      New cell phone policy for BC

·      Curriculum- education, class, course

o   Dates, times for our class

o   Course overview- handout

·      Small group chatting- icebreaker

·      IF TIME Student Questionaire

 

 

Every day I will post an ‘agenda’

VOCAB ‘agenda’- used for meetings, school, business or government

-the things that we are going to talk about, plan, schedule

-business, education world- business meetings always have agendas, Strata council meetings

agenda- list of items to talk about, schedule for the meeting or class

 

helps to keep the meeting or class on track, organized

You will know what to expect.

 

VOCAB schedule- organizing your time

VOCAB daily routine- same thing every day

VOCAB itinerary(n)- the activities that you will do, on a trip, on a vacation, travel plans

 

AGENDA -lets everyone know what to expect, what is coming

 

IDIOM stay on track, keep on track – stay organized, not get distracted, have a plan, stick to the plan

IDIOM stick to your plan– follow your plan

 

She wants to go to college, so she will stick to her plan of finishing her courses at SHEC.

The little boy finds it hard to stay on track with his homework. He is easily distacted.

Are you staying on track with your English? It’s up to you.

 

IDIOM it’s up to you- it is in your power, it depends on you

 

Shelley finds it challenging to stay on track with her gym routine.

VOCAB track- path, road, trail

VOCAB challenging- hard, difficult

challenge(n,v) challenging(adj)

Math 12 is very challenging for me.

Math is not challenging.

EUPHEMISM- pron ‘you fem ism’ polite word instead of a harsher, rough, not gentle word

die- pass away

bathroom, restroom, washroom- pee room

 

dentist- You will feel some pressure. PAIN! hurt

 

VOCAB curriculum- the topics that you study in a school, course

 

 

*Welcome

My name is Allan Haley

Please call me Allan. Calling me by my first name is fine. I will call you by your first name, too.

Email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

Regular high school: Mr. Lee. Ms. Sanchez

Chinese: Teacher Lee

Spanish- Professor-

 

English- university professor

 

 

Intrductions:

Hello, Mr. Wong.

Please call me Joe.

I go by Joe. – not real name, your preferred name that you gave yourself

I go by Tia.

 

nickname- family name, close friends

 

My legal name Masoomeh. Please call me Shohre. I go by Shohre.

My name is Allan. My friends call me Al.

 

IDIOM the baby of the family- the youngest child

IDIOM- first-born-

She is the second youngest.

 

sibling- brother or sister

 

 

**Parking**

Scan the QR code on the pink piece of paper.

Put it your licence plate.

Put it in your first name and last name.

You can park in SHEC parking lot until August 31, 2025.

SHEC- South Hill Education Centre

Canadian spelling- centre

American spelling - center

Canadian- colour   American- color

flavour, flavor

 

Canada and US- elevator  UK, England- lift

Canada and US- apartment    UK, England- flat

Canada and US- trunk(car)   UK, England- boot

Canada and US- hood(car)   UK, England- bonnet

Canada and US- candies   UK, England- sweets

Canada and US- dessert   UK, England- pudding

Canada and US- subway   London- the tube

 

Canada and US often use the same words but with different spelings.

 

ridiculous- stupid, crazy idea, outrageous

 

*10-minute break**

 

Confusion about names in English

First name – given name

Last name- family name, surname

Confusing when filling out forms and documents.

Chinese and Vietnamese is opposite.

 

 

Allan Haley

Haley, Allan

 

 

Ling Yan- English

Yan Ling – Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean

 

Source of confusion- order of names

 

You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until August 31, 2025.

SHEC- South Hill Education Centre

 

*If you brought your car, sign up in the app so that you do not get a ticket. Your car will probably not get towed away. I have never a tow truck in the parking lot at SHEC. Plenty of people have gotten tickets.

 

Your horse was walking.

The other horse was galloping.

 

**Wifi*

We have school wifi for students.

Wifi: VSB-Commons

Wifi password: FZUVvsdR

 

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SNOW CLOSURES- vsb.bc.ca

OR listen to the radio

 

 

**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.

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST DAY ICEBREAKER:

A.   Get into groups of 4-5,6 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.