Wednesday, 12 November 2025

P1 EF12 SL12 Class 1

 

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

·      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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·      Small group chatting

Topics to discuss

§  Name

§  Home country

§  Family

§  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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