P1 EF71011 Class 11

 

UPCOMING SENTENCE WORK:

Parallelism

Sentence combining

Using quotations marks to incorporate borrowed text.

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·      Quarter 4-

Registration for Q4 will begin next month.

I do not know what I will be teaching in Q4 yet.

I will find out hopefully in a few weeks.

WI567- Writing Improvement 567- excellent course for writing

You are welcome to join if I am teaching it, if you want to.

I rarely teach Eng 11 or Eng 12.

When I find out what I am teaching, I’ll tell the class.

 

Composition 11 and Literary Studies 11- OPTION First Peoples 11

Composition 12 and Literary Studies 12- OPTION First Peoples 12

*Likely not at the same time. Comp/Lit11 and FP11

Composition – writing- sentences, paragraphs, essay, verb tense, verb form, etc.

 

English 12 New name- Composition 12 and Literary Studies 12

Media Studies 12 or Creative Writing 12- not in-class at SHEC, self-paced in Room 203

 

self-paced- you and a computer, no teacher, do at home, do your tests at SHEC

*We ask you to come in at least once a week to work in the school in Room 203.

Statistic- Across all of BC, 90+% of SP students do not finish their self-paced course.

Maybe you are the special 5-10%.

Analogy/comparison- January is the busiest month at the gym.

New Years Resolutions- lose weight, gain muscle

do not last long

What kind of person are you when it come to goals?
What is important for achieving goals:

consistency, hard work, motivation, discipline, schedule

short-term goals-

long-term goals-

 

cheapest gyms, fitness centre- Community Centre

 

Daily practice is the secret of achieving goals.

-writing

-speaking

-video games

-sports

-musical instruments

 

Tiny small steps add up.

 

Literary Studies- fiction and non-fiction

- fiction- short story, novel

-non-fiction-

 

·      Visual representations of Canadian nature

*Emily Carr paintings

lodge pole pine

cedar trees- cedar does not rot when it gets wet

https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/visit/

 

*Group of Seven paintings

 

·      Continue sentence work- “Complex Sentences”

·      Begin “I Confess”

 

Thursday

·      Continue sentence work

·      Continue “I Confess”

 

Return Test 2

Go over

Emphasis C1 & C5

Optional RW for one point.

Teach using quotation marks in academic writing “  ”

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Prepare for Test 3 on “I Confess” probably Monday

 

Monday

 

 

 

 

 

VOCAB

lit

literature- fiction, written stories- short stories, novels

literate(adj) able to read and write

illiterate(adj)- unable to read or write

Most humans were illiterate up to two hundred years ago.

literary(adj)- showing the traits of literature, stories

trait- characteristic

Honesty is a good trait in a person.

 

literacy(n)- the ability to read and write

When I was a kid, I wanted to teach literacy to adults.

 

WORD FORMS

happiness            honesty                freedom (n)

happy                   honest                  free (adj)

happily                 honestly               freely (adv)

In my country, people can not speak freely.

 

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Begin “I Confess”

Chat groups of 4-5 people

Work on “Thought Questions”