EF45 Class 26

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test2

Optional RW for one point

·      Vocab exercises

·      Midterm recommendations

One-on-one meetings

·      Finish if necessary “Talking to the Police”

 

Thursday

·      Midterm recommendations

One-on-one meetings

·      Continue past progressive verb tense

·      New dialogue

 

Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm/Interim Recommendations-

 

We are past the halfway point in the term. We have only three and a half weeks left.

 

Registration for November courses will begin Tuesday, October 14th. You will be able to register via the South Hill website as usual. You will be emailed a link on Tuesday to follow in order to register.

I will show the class how to register on that day. 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.

 

Today and tomorrow, 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 next January when registration opens.

 

Today and tomorrow, we will have short one-on-one chats at my desk. We will talk about how things are going so far in this course and what your next course should/could be. By ‘so far’, I mean we have finished until today. “So far’ means ‘up to now’.

 

I will put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors. I make comments about ORAL and WRITTEN for each student. Also, I will make a comment about NEXT STEPS. The comments are based on the PLOs.

I use the vocabulary for your level:

EMERGING   DEVELOPING   PROFICIENT   EXTENDING

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

 

 

Unfortunately, I can’t email the comments to you. The school software will not do that. If you want a copy of the comments, you can take a picture of the comments on your phone. These comments will eventually be on your final report card.

 

The interim/midterm recommendation will be based on the quizzes and tests you have done so far this term. Also, you have a spoken mark out of 10 based on how much speaking you did in class for the first four weeks. Plus there are points for rewrites.

 

REMINDER:

Tests are worth double what quizzes are worth.

Quiz  X/6 = X/6

Test  X/6 = X/12

Optional RW 1 pt each

Spoken1  X/10

 

 

**At SHEC, we want the strongest students to move up.

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. We want to dissuade students who are not ready from registering in a class that may be too high for them. Everybody wants to feel competent and challenged.

 

NOTE: At the end of the quarter, the passmark is 50%. That is your final mark on the last day.

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.

 

**The final few weeks of the course:

 

For the final three and a half 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. EF5- Also, there will be an essay.

 

IMPORTANT: 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 past the halfway point.

 

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

EF4 – EF4 or EF5

EF5- EF5 or EF6

 

 

You can figure out roughly your own average right now, except for spoken. Add up your quizzes and tests. Guess at your spoken mark.

 

We will talk at our one-on-one meetings.

 

 

 

 

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“Multiple-Choice Vocabulary 1”

He was confident speaking in front of the crowd.

He was nervous to speak in front of the crowd.

 

cheerful(adj)- upbeat, smiling, joyful

 

exhausted- very tired, bone-tired, dog-tired

 

hilarious- side-splitting, knee-slapping

 

He burst out laughing/crying.

 

My little sister was annoying me.

The sound of him eating is annoying me.

 

furious- very angry, seeing red

She saw red when her husband gambled away his money.

 

The Fast and Furious

 

amazed- captivated, in awe

 

She was/felt proud. She felt pride.

He takes pride in his work.

She takes pride in her appearance.

 

IDIOM paid off- worked hard and got a good result

You learning English will pay off in your life.

 

 

generous- giving(adj) 

She is a very giving person.

 

stingy – greedy, tight-fisted, cheap, cheapskate

 

careful

careless- doesn’t pay attention

 

observant- watches closely, pays attention to other people or their surroundings

 

indifferent- don’t care, not bothered , unconcerned

 

He was indifferent to her feelings.

 

charismatic- people are drawn to them, very inviting personality

 

adaptable- flexible, able to get along, easy to fit in

 

adventurous

timid, meek, hesitant,

 

She is very hesitant about speaking out loud.

hesitate(v)

 

stubborn He is as stubborn as a mule.

mule- donkey

 

A horse mates with a mule. The offspring is a donkey.

 

shy- taciturn, reserved, quiet, introverted

timid- negative sound

reserved, quiet, shy- neutral word

 

talkative(adj) likes to talk, garrulous

IDIOM motor mouth- never shuts their mouth

yapper

 

punctual- always on time, careful about not being late

 

The meeting starts at 3 sharp.

The meeting will start around 3.

 

innovative-  nova- new

Apple is a very innovative company.

He is an innovative filmmaker.

 

unoriginal- not new, same old thing

The music was unoriginal.

 

second-hand- used, previously owned

compassionate- caring, empathetic, sympathetic, understanding

 

 

fake- cheap copy, not real

He has a fake Rolex.

He has a fake smile.

She bought some fake flowers.

 

 

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“Talking to the Police”

 

ticket – pay it or contest it, fight it

If the police officer doesn’t show, the ticket will be thrown out.

 

run a light- go through a yellow  He ran the light.

She ran a red. She went through a red light.

 

He made a California stop.

 

You can get a fine and lose points on your licence.

https://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/tickets/Driver-Penalty-Points

 

Montana-

 

 

Listening questions

17.                       What is 10% of 100. percent

 

 

 

 

18.                       How many strings are on a violin?

19.                       Does the sun rise in the west or in the east?

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

sunrise- dawn   sunset- dusk

 

20.                       Dog is to paw as horse is to ...what?   hoof

21.                       Was Vincent Van Gogh an explorer or a painter?