Tuesday, 4 March 2025

EF34 Class 20

 

I will talk to Hollie this week

As soon I know what I’m teaching next quarter, I will let you know.

I will talk to Hollie this week.

 

**I want you to be successful in your English.**

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Explain recommendation slips- process

·      Review of simple verb tenses

- simple present, simple past, simple future

Exercises

Practice

Quiz on simple verb tenses Wednesday

Choose vocabulary to review

·      Finish dialogue “Handling a Medical Emergency”

·      New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

 

Wednesday                     

·      Quiz 3- simple verb tenses

·      New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

·      FINAL TYPE OF SENTENCE! Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses- FOCUS ON: because, if , when, after, before

 

Thursday

·      Continue dialogue

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Review paragraph structure and format

Practice

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Test2

·      Vocab or lyrics

·      Test2- paragraph

 

 

 

Next Monday

·      One-on-one meetings for midterm recommendations

Registration for Quarter 4 (April-June) begins Wednesday, March 12

*I do not know what I will be teaching next quarter. If will let you know when I talk with Hollie.

 


Midterm Recommendations-

 

We are at the halfway point in the term. We have only four and a half weeks left.

 

Registration for April-June courses (Quarter 4) will begin next Wednesday. 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 on Wednesday. I will demonstrate how to register.

 

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.

 

Next Monday, I will give you a midterm recommendation for which English class you should register for in Q4. If you are not going to take a class in Q4, you can use the midterm rec to register for Summer or next September when registration opens for those terms.

 

Next Monday, 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’.

 

I can’t email the comments to you. The software will do that. If you want a copy of my comments, you can take a picture of the comments on your phone.

 

The interim/midterm 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.

 

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

 

The minimum average for early registration is 65%. If your average is over 65%, you can register for the next level on the first day of reg, which is Wednesday.

 

If you are between 50-64%, you will have to wait until Friday to register.

 

**At SHEC, we want the strongest students moving up first.

 

 

REMEMBER: The final pass mark at the end of course is 50%.

 

REMINDER: Teachers in BC use this vocabulary for assessment.

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

 

 

 

 

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. Plus, we will do a presentation worth 10 points.

 

You will have lots of opportunity to bring your marks up in the last weeks of class. You will also have lots of opportunity to bring your marks down if you stop working.

 

This is just the halfway point.

 

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

EF3- EF3 or EF4

EF4- EF4 or EF5

 

 

Verb Tense Review 1

Exercises 1,2, and 3.

Ex1

1.    jumped

2.    will sing   ‘k-wire’

3.    runs

4.    They will leave   OR They are going to leave

5.    sits

6.    talked     

teach     taught        will teach

 

Exercise 2- negative forms

1.    will not go  - simple future

won’t go  - simple future – contraction  ‘ apostrophe

2.    studies / does not study = doesn’t study

3.    hit / did not hit = didn’t hit

4.    do not wash = don’t wash

5.    won / did not win = didn’t win

6.    will finish / will not finish = won’t finish

 

Exercise 3

1.    bought

2.    eats – simple present

3.    is – simple present

POSSIBLE was- simple past

Two different meanings, different time frames

4.    will not arrive = won’t arrive

5.    will come – simple future

6.    was not = wasn’t  – simple past

7.    Would you call me?

Could you call me?

Will you call me? – simple future

Modals/Modals Auxiliaries- Learn another day

can   could   might   must   should   will would  

8.    does not go = doesn’t go- simple present

POSSIBLE will not go – simple future

9.    Did ... visit

10.                       Does ... wear

 

Choose the best answer. It’s not just right or wrong.

The best answer is the one that make most sense in context.

 

Quiz tomorrow-

6 sentences as usual

Example quiz

 

Write an appropriate sentence for each.

1. simple present         kids park

The kids play in the park every day.

The kids never/often/usually play in the park.

2.simple past                 drive Surrey

We drove to a party in Surrey, but we got lost.

3. simple present        

4. simple future           

5. simple past               

6.simple future            

 

The sentences can be any type of sentence: simple, compound, complex

 

Let’s choose ten verbs to review for the quiz. I will choose six of them.

1.drink

2.visit

3.bring

4.travel

5.take

6.make

7.find

8.study

9.clean

10.forget

 

Let’s choose ten vocab words to review for the quiz. I will choose six of them.

1.cake

2.book

3.game

4.sick

5.library

6.school

7.meeting

8.email

9.car

10.party

 

 

 

**New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

Small group chat

A.Warm-Up Questions

B.Vocabulary Preview

1. personnel(n)- workers

personal(adj)- private

personnel director- HR (human resources), hiring manager

CEO- chief executive officer, big boss

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