Good morning, everyone.
This is the Period 1 (9:15-11:30 am) class for these
courses:
English Foundations 1
English Foundations 2
Speaking and Listening 1/2
-split class, common in small schools
-SHEC - South Hill Education Centre
We will get started at 9:15.
Teacher: Allan Haley
Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Everything that you see on the screen will be posted on my
blog. I will post it on the internet at the end of class.
Our class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
You will find all of this writing on the blog at the end of each
class.
We will practice later this morning.
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I also sent an email a few day ago.
Did you get my email?
Yes. Great.
No. Check your email. Check your JUNK folder.
Some of the students replied to my email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
I asked you to put your full name and course in the SUBJECT
LINE of your email to me.
Please call me by my first name: Allan
Some students may feel uncomfortable calling their teacher
by their first name.
You can call me whatever you want. First name is fine.
Today’s class plan:
·
Welcome!
·
Covid
·
Discuss structure of course
·
Class procedures
·
Quizzes and tests
·
Small group talking
Introductions
·
Numbers and dates
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HOMEWORK Read
“Making Introductions”
Thursday lesson plan
·
Continue introductions
Writing sentences for personal introductions.
·
“Making Introductions”
·
Family vocabulary
·
Everyday I will put a class plan on the screen. You will
know what we are going to do each class.
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Welcome to the school. SHEC
You need to learn more English.
This is your time to learn.
I can help with that.
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First languages in this class
What is your mother tongue.
first language
Hindi
Farsi
Kurdish
Spanish
Vietnamese
Cantonese- Chinese (south China and Hong Kong)
Mandarin- Chinese (official language of China)
Arabic
Tamil- Sri Lanka
Where are you from?
I come from northern China.
I come from Iran.
I am from Hunduras.
I was born in Sri
Lanka.
My home country is Chad. Chad has a lot of desert.
VOCAB desert(noun) –
What do you see in a desert?
There is a lot of sand.
It is very hot.
There is no water.
Some deserts have camels.
How many humps does a camel have?
2? 1? 3?
Camels have one or two humps.
Does Vietnam have camels?
No, there are no camels in Vietnam.
We can see camels in zoos in many countries.
in the zoo
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Student parking
Scan the QR code.
Fill out the information.
Let’s do that now.
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Wifi
Students can use SHEC wifi.
Network: VSB-Commons
Password: LTXFvSLD
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Course handouts
English Foundations 1
English Foundations 2
Speaking and Listening ½
I will take attendance. You can pick your course handout.
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Course outline
First day- Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Last day- Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Our class goes Monday to Friday.
Holidays:
Winter Break / Christmas Break- Saturday, December 20th- Sunday,
January 4th?
We will come back on Monday, January 5th. ?
We will have a two-week break.
Our Winter Break is the same as other VSB schools.
I call it Christmas Break. Some people call it Winter Break
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Course Outlines
English Foundations 1
English Foundations 2
Speaking and Listening 1/2
**Let’s take a 10-minute break
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Small group chatting
Topics to discuss
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Name
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Home country
§
Family
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Job
§
Travel
§
Hobbies
§
Future plans
VOCAB chat(verb)- talk casually, friendly
talking, not serious
Let’s get into groups of 4-5 people. We can
talk about these topics. We will chat in English.
·
Personal introductions
Do you like to travel? OR Do you like travelling?
Do you like to eat sushi? OR Do you like eating sushi?
Do you like to live in BC? OR Do you like living in BC?
VOCAB hobby(noun)- something you do for fun in your freetime
My hobby is playing football. soccer
My hobbies are cooking, basketball, and learning English.
hobby- singular, 1
hobbies- plural, 2 or more
His hobbies are basketball, football, and cricket.
Her hobbies are swimming, dancing, and hiking.
Topics to discuss
-Name
What is your name?
My name is Banana Apple.
My first name is Yun. My given name is Yun.
My last name is Li. My family name is Li.
My first name is Allan. My last name is Haley.
His name is Lucas Alaberto-Turcios.
How do you spell your name?
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Z- US- zee
Z- Canada- zed
VOCAB nickname(noun) – a special name that your friends or
family call you
My nickname is Sharmi.
My nickname is Al.
-Home country
Where are you from?
I am from China/Mexico/Hong Kong.
My home country is Canada/Japan.
I come from Sri Lanka.
I was born in Vietnam.
-Family
Are you married?
I am married.
Are you single?
I am single. I live alone. I live with my daughter/cat/ten
cats.
Joe and Sarah are common-law. They live together, but they
are not married.
-CONTINUE TOMORROW
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