Good afternoon, everyone.
This is the Quarter 2 (Q2) Period 2 (P2) (12:00-2:15) class
for these courses:
English Foundations 6
Writing Improvement 567
We will get started at 12:00
SHEC- South Hill Education Centre
We have four quarters at SHEC per year
Quarter 1 Sept-Nov
Q2 Nov-Jan
Q3 Feb-Apr
Q4 Apr-Jun
Summer Jul-Aug (five
weeks)
My name is Allan Haley.
You can call me Allan.
**Parking**
Scan the QR code on the white piece of paper.
Put it your licence plate.
You will be able to park in the SHEC parking lot until
February 2, 2024.
Enter your licence plate on your car.
First name- given name
Last name – family name
Cultural- Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese- reverse of English
My name is Allan Haley
Haley Allan
The website will send you an email receipt if you tell it to.
You may want to sign up again if you don’t a receipt.
The receipt will act as proof if there is a problem.
**Wifi*
SHEC students can use SHEC wifi.
Wifi: VSB-Commons
Wifi password: It’s on the white piece of paper on the wall.
Check it.
*** IMPORTANT ***
*** 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 which you get in a few minutes.
I publish these notes on-line every day at the end of each
class.
You do not have to write every off the screen as we go.
Nevertheless, making notes during class is an excellent way
to improve retention.
VOCAB retention(noun) – retain, remember(verb)
Making notes helps you to retain information.
NEW VOCAB? blog – weblog- keep a written
record on the internet, online diary, publish your thoughts-
Some people are bloggers. They write about their interests.
for examples: travel, baby, food, sports, politics, music
web- internet
log- written record
keep a log- nurse in
a hospital, truck driver- record events as they occur
The pilot kept a flight log.
I will update my blog every day after class. You can check
it and review what we did in class.
You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no
sign-in, no password. It’s all public and accessible.
Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can
use it this quarter. You can keep using it after you finish this course, until
the end of time. I will keep it up forever.
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 corner of the main
blog screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about.
The search bar may not appear on your phone. I will appear
on a laptop or PC.
On a phone, click on “View web version” on the bottom of the
page. It should refresh with a search bar.
ACTION
I will post our notes so far.
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.
Did it load?
If yes? Good!
If no? Let me know.
Good job!
**Daily Agenda***
Every day I will post an ‘agenda’
‘agenda’- used for meetings, business or government
list of items to talk about, schedule, plan for the meeting
or class
helps to keep the meeting or class on track, organized
lets everyone know what to expect, what is coming
Van Morrison – blue-eyed soul music
soul music-
Homework – Listen to Van Morrison “Haunts of Ancient Peace”
Today’s agenda
·
Attendance *
·
Welcome *
·
Parking *
·
Wifi *
·
Communication - email
·
Covid protocols
·
Dates, times for our class
·
Course overview- handout
·
IF TIME Small group chatting- icebreaker
·
IF TIME Student Questionaire
**Emails***
I sent an email to you a few days ago.
Did you get it?
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.
Check your JUNK folder.
I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your full name
and class in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email
as I requested.
I responded “Thanks.”
Thank you for that. I want email communication to be
seamless between us.
IDIOM seamless(adj)- smooth, no problems , confusion
seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough
area, bumpy
seamless- not rough, smooth
Registering for this class was seamless. adjective
Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.
Raising teenagers is rarely seamless.
Immigrating to Canada was not seamless.
Is marriage seamless? Marriage can be challenging.
It can be a rocky road.
Is learning English seamless? It is very challenging. It is
also rewarding.
REMINDER
When you send an email to me or any teacher, please put your
full name and class in the subject line of the email.
Then I will know who you are and what class you are in.
***Covid protocols***
protocol- accepted ways to act
Use sanitizer.
Two bottles of sanitizer at the front
Wash your hands many times a day.
Use moisturizer/hand lotion.
You can get eczema.
Feel free to wear a mask if you want.
We lose the facial expressions. We lose the lip reading.
Talking on the phone is challenging.
EUPHEMISM – a word that we use instead of the less polite
word
challenging- difficult, hard
*** Course dates and times***
M-F 12-2:15
Wednesday, November 12th- Friday, January 23rd, 2026
12th- twelve twelfth
23rd twenty third sird
Spanish – y j
yellow jello
Spanish and Farsi
words beginning with ‘s’
special – especial
school- eschool
Vietnamese – no last consonant in words
cat
Japanese- most words
end in a vowel
cat – gato
book- booku
dog- dogu
McDonalds-
If you have some
trouble with pronunciation, this may be why.
-Let’s take a ten-minute
break
**Holidays
Christmas Break, Winter Break –
Saturday, December 20th, 2025 to January 4th, 2026
(last day of school is Friday, December 19th, 2025; first
day back is Monday, January 5th)
Kids in K-12 have more ProD days than Adult Ed.
***Course structure***
Split class- two or more classes put together
We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.
EF6/ Writing Improvement 567- These classes are not
identical, but close.
Most of you are in EF6.
Six of you are in WI567.
We will find a balance.
I focus a lot on sentence writing, grammar, talking and
reading.
***
Levels of classes in SHEC
EF - English Foundations-
core course
VOCAB core- centre, most important
apple core
EF 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
TWO PATHS: EF7
OR Composition 10 & Literary
Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)
You go to one of
these courses:
1. English
Foundations 7
OR
2. Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called
English 10)
EF7 and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same
class at South Hill.
English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies
10
also Media Studies 10, 11, 12
EF7/Composition 10, Literary Studies 10 – taught together,
very similar courses
Ministry of Education rules:
-English Foundations 7 (EF7) is for Graduated Adults. A
Graduated Adult is a person who has finished high school anywhere in the world.
-Composition and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called
English 10) is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the
world.
e.g. under 19, students who turned 19 and ‘aged out’ of
regular high school in Vancouver, left high school for many reasons: family
trouble; health problems- physical, psychological- depression, anxiety, etc;
war in their country; political unrest; not a safe country; got a job to
support their family; not allowed to go or were not able to go to school when
they young
Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school.
Wide range of reasons why people are here at South Hill.
Everybody has a story.
**IMPORTANT**
No matter what the reason, you are welcome here. I am really
glad you’re here.
EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10
There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10
-English 11 level
Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11– choice to do First
Peoples 11
-English 12 level
Literary Studies 12 & Composition 12 – choice to do
First Peoples 12
First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations
Very useful and interesting.
***
IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING
EXTRA COURSE: Writing Improvement 567 is an auxiliary
(extra) course. You will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move
up.
*auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in your
car AUX, extra input
Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course,
extra writing instruction
English 12 is the highest level English class for high
school in BC.
Colleges and universities require English 12, for the most
part.
You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with
English 12.
You can go if you want and if your marks are good.
You will be applying as
a mature student.
**Levels of schooling in Canada
-elementary – Kindergarten – Grade 7
German kinder- child
garten-garden
Kinder Surprise
-secondary- high school, Grade 8-12
-post-secondary – college, university
post- after
university- undergraduate program, bachelors degrees
-graduate school- masters degree
-post-graduate PhD, doctorate
-college- certificate, diploma, program
-university- grant degrees- bachelor, masters, doctorate
MY ADVICE Avoid private colleges and universities. The quality
is low. The price is high.
All post-secondary programs will have their own entry
requirements.
Do you have some ideas what you want to do after high
school?
If you have ambitions to to go to college or university, you
can start planning now.
You can start to research what prereqs your postsec
requires.
prereq- prerequisites
pre-before
requisite- required
EF5 is a prereq to EF6.
college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs
university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years
What kind of job do you want?
BASIC QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN
1. Do you want to stand up or sit down?
2. Do you want to work indoors or outdoors?
3. Do you want to interact with people or be on your own?
WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:
Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca/
FREE ADVICE:
Start thinking about it. Start planning.
You can do it. There is a lot of opportunity.
It will be difficult and expensive, but you can do it.
A lot of adults in Canada go to post-sec either part-time or
full-time.
Our academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful.
Jacquie, Sylvia, Joanne
Colleges have their own advisors.
Look at the college website for information sessions.
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