WI567 Class 2

 

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

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

Writing Improvement 567

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Welcome

·      Housekeeping (preliminary information, matters to deal with)

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

·      Continue small group chatting- icebreaker

·      Student Questionaire

 

 

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New cell phone policy in BC schools, from BC Ministry of Education

personal digital devices- cell phone, tablet, laptop, ipad, iwatch

 

Personal Digital Device Usage

 

“To foster a safe and focused learning environment for students, the use of personal digital devices, that distract from learning, such as cell phones, tablets and electronic devices, are restricted during school hours and on school property. Educators and school staff will continue to model digital citizenship in the classroom and avoid the use of personal digital devices for non-instructional purposes.”

Personal digital devices must be turned off or placed on silent mode before entering the classroom and remain silent during instructional time.  Personal digital devices are not permitted for use during class/instructional time unless an educator has given permission.

The use of personal devices is permitted under the following circumstances:

For educational purposes, as directed by the educator in the classroom.

For health and medical purposes as outlined in an Individual Education Plan or Student Safety Plan.

To support special or diverse educational needs, such as assistive technology related to Individual Education Plans or Student Support Plans.

The expectation is that students will follow the personal digital device policy and school guidelines.”

 

*** IMPORTANT ***

Cell phones or other electronic devices are not allowed out during quizzes and test. They must be put away, out of sight. If it’s out visible, the school policy is to give a 0 for the quiz or test. If you forget, then remember. Put it away in your pocket, in your bag.

 

*** Class Blog ***

Everything that goes on this screen, I will put up on our class blog.

CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

It’s on the course handout.

You do not have to make notes as we go because everything on the screen will go onto the blog. Neverthless, making notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention. The best students usually make notes during a class or lecture.

You can review the class notes.

VOCAB retention(noun) – retain, remember (verb), recall(v), bring to mind

 

Making notes in a class helps you to retain information.

 

BLOG

VOCAB blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online diary, publish your thoughts

 

Some people are bloggers. They write blogs about what they are interested in. They share it on the internet.

 

the web- worldwide web- www, internet

 

log- written record

 

She is a knowledgable person. She is knowledgable about diet and nutrition.

 

Youtube channels- learning languages

** Steve Kaufmann- polyglot https://www.youtube.com/@Thelinguist

monolingual- speak one language

bilingual- speak two languages

trilingual- speak three languages

polygot- speak many languages

 

log -nurse in a hospital, truck driver- keep a log, weight loss plan-watching your diet- record events as they occur

 

web + log = blog

brunch= breakfast + lunch

smog= smoke+fog  dirty air above a city

FUNNY

Spanglish = Spanish + English

Penglish

Chinglish

Farglish

 

I will update my blog every day after class. You can check it and review what we did in class.

Reviewing material is the best way to help remember new information.

remember(v) - retain

 

VOCAB review(verb,noun) re- again view-see,watch,look

 

rewrite, redo, repeat, reheat, replace, remember, recognize

recognize- re  cogni-think

cognitive ability- smarts

Former President Biden showed signs of cognitve decline.

My grandmother is losing her cognitive ability.

 

Alzheimer’s- serious cognitive decline

Alzhiemer’s runs in families. It has a genetic component.

 

retain(v), retension(n) – hold information

 

recognize re-again cogn-understand cognitive(adj)

 

 

 

You can check the blog as much as you like.

There is no sign-in, no password.

It’s all public and accessible.

You can keep using it after the course is over.

I am planning to keep my blog up forever.

Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use.

 

My class blog goes back 11 years.

 

My blog is searchable. You can search for something specific that you are looking for.

The search bar is in the upper lefthand cornr of the main blog screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about. The search bar might not work on your phone.

Click on “View web version” on the bottom of the page.

 

***ACTION***

I will post out notes so far on the blog.

Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.

haleyshec.blogspot.com

Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.

Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out.

If yes? Good!

If no? Let me know, or ask somebody.

Excellent work!

 

 

***Covid protocols***

VOCAB protocol- accepted ways to act, best ways to do things

Wash your hands many times a day.

Use moisturizer/hand lotion/hand cream.

Use hand sanitizer.

In class:

Two bottles of sanitizer at the front

Feel free to wear a mask if you want.

When we wear a mask, we lose the facial expressions. We lose the lip reading.

We get a lot of information from facial epressions, lips reading, etc.

Talking on the phone is challenging. It is harder than talking face-to-face.

 

 

 

VOCAB challenging- difficult

EUPHEMISM – ‘you fem ism’ a word that we use instead of the less polite word

challenging- difficult, hard

die- pass away, pass

toilet- washroom, restroom, bathroom

 

 

**Emails***

I sent an email to you last week. If you received that email from me, than that means we can communicate via email. If you did not receive an email from me, that means I do not have your email in the computer system. We will have to fix that.

 

We can communicate via email.

VOCAB via (preposition)- by She gets to school by/via the bus.

He goes to work via car.

I drove to school via Knight Street.

via – the way that you go, your route, by, through

ViaRail- train

Amtrak- US

 

route - Hossein came to Canada from Iran via Germany.

He flew to Canada from China via Hong Kong.

Maria flew to Halifax via Toronto.

Halifax was the destination. Toronto was the transfer. The point of origin was Vancouver.

You can fly directly to Tokyo from Vancouver.

non-stop  It is a non-stop flight.

You fly to Ethiopia via Toronto.

 

She flew to Vancouver from Tehran via Istanbul and Montreal. She had a three-hour layover in Montreal

VOCAB layover(noun,verb)- waiting in the airport

delay(n)- unscheduled wait

 

career path-   She became a college instructor via nursing.

My wife became a college instructor via being a CDA.

CDA- certified dental assistant

 

prepositions- to from via

She became a cyber-security expert via sales.

 

 

EMAIL

I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your full name and the class you are in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email as I requested.

I responded “Thank you, Allan.”

If you got my response email, everything is ok.

Thank you for that. I want email communciation to be seamless between us.

 

SUBJECT LINE: Joe Chen WI567

 

VOCAB/IDIOM seamless(adjective)- easy, smooth, no problems , no confusion

seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough area, bumpy

seamless- not rough, smooth, easy

 

Registering for this class was seamless. adjective

Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.

Raising teenagers is rarely seamless. It is challenging. The road can be rocky.

 

Immigrating to Canada is not a seamless process. There is a lot of paperwork.

 

 

***IMPORTANT***

When you send an email to me, please put your full name and class that you are in in the subject line of the email.

Then I will know who you are and what class you are in.

Some people might not be familiar with email. I can help, or maybe a classmate can help.

 

***10-minute break***

 

 

**Course Outline**

 

 

Annual maintenance is very important.

HVAC is a good job. heating, ventilation, air conditioning

 

gourmet(n,adj)- fancy chef, nice food

gourmand(n)- enjoys good food, knowledgable about food

She is a gourmet chef.

He is gourmet chef of Italian cuisine.

cuisine(n)- style of food

 

 

 

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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.