Summer school - five weeks
Monday- Friday
First week of July to the first week of August (the schedule
is not our yet).
The days are longer- 3½ hours a day.
Our class is 2¼ hours a day.
All of the classes will be in-class. There is no online, SP
(self-paced) in the summer.
Normal secondary students can do VLN (Virtual learning Network).
Ask an advisor. I’m not sure about it.
SP- 90%+ of all students do not finish, across all of BC.
self-motivated, self-directed – you can be your own teacher
Most of us need someone to push us.
coach, teacher, trainer- health, exercise, role model, tutor-one-on-one
usually private teacher
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
·
Distribute “Thought Questions” for Animal
Farm
Link to the text: https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/orwellanimalfarm.pdf
We will begin
our novel later next week.
Starting late next
week, we will do approximately one chapter a day. There are 10 chapters. Add a
few days for test, essay, etc.- I expect we we get in done in three weeks.
DISTRIBUTE “Thought
Questions Chapters 1-10”
·
“Parallelism”
·
Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
Friday- end of 4th week
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4
·
Begin final kind of sentence “Compound-Complex
Sentences”
·
Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
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Monday
·
Continue final kind of sentence “Compound-Complex
Sentences”
·
Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
Prepare for Test 4
Later next week- begin novel Animal Farm- next three
weeks of so
I will pass out the novels early next week. Usually, students
have pay to use the novels. They have to leave a deposit in the office. I am
not going to do that. I will hand out the novels to you. I trust that you will
take care of them and return them to me.
If you decide to leave the class, please give me my novel
back.
I will email you a link for a pdf of the novel if you want
to get started on it.
Link to the text: https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/orwellanimalfarm.pdf
Hopefully you will take this as an opportunity to read a fun
but serious novel in English.
Some of you may be familiar with it already, in another language.
Novel about animals taking over a farm from the farmer. Then
they run their own farm. Will they be successful?
*Tuesday, March 10
Opportunity to replace one quiz, test, both or neither
*Wednesday and Thursday, March 11 &12
Midterm recommendations
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Parallelism
Parallelism is a higher-level aspect of writing
style. Parallelism means using words and phrases that are similar or in
structure or form. This adds symmetry, strength, and balance to your writing.
parallel-
geometry, algebra(Arabic), physics, math, mathematics, maths(UK), medicine
They led
parallel lives.
parallel
parking- parking between two cars
Parallel
parking is tricky at first.
You can
do a three-point turn.
You can
do a U-turn.
Words, phrases, and clauses have to go together,
just like clothes. If they don’t go together well, they clash. When your
writing clashes with itself, readers lose confidence and they stop reading.
Make sure words and phrases in a series match within
your sentences. Adjectives go with adjectives, nouns go with nouns, and verbs
go with verbs- including verb tense. This is also true for adjective/noun
combinations and clauses.
A few examples of parallelism within sentences:
1.
You need to work quickly and decisively.
adverbs
decisive(adj) able
to make decisions
indecisive
He is a very indecisive person.
2.
This is not only just what I wanted, but also just what I needed. repetition- very effective
Fake it til you
make it! parallel, also rhymes
No pain, no gain.
parallel, also rhymes
Never say never.
Happy wife, happy
life. parallel, also rhymes
3.
The municipal government needs to reduce spending/costs/ expenses/expenditures or raise taxes.
4.
She is sneaky and manipulative. adj
manipulative- uses
emotion to control you,
passive-aggressive
5.
Mei was was very busy gathering the laundry, dusting the furniture and washing the dishes.
parallel
structures
ageism-
discrimination based on age
sexism-
discrimination based on sex or gender
racism-
discrimination based on race, colour, ethnicity
classism-
discrimination based on social class, economics
nationalism
Exercise 1- Easier sentences.
Fix the parallelism error in each sentence. Write the
corrected sentences on your own paper.
1.
She likes
reading, to swim, and biking.
She likes reading, swimming, and biking.
gerunds- ‘ing’ nouns
She likes to read, to swim, and to
bike. infinitives
She likes to read, swim, and bike.
2.
He is smart,
hardworking, and has kindness.
He is smart, hardworking, and kind.
adj
3.
My goal is to
graduate, getting a good job, and I want to travel.
My goal is to graduate, get a
good job, and travel.
4.
The teacher
asked us to finish the homework, studying for the test, and that we should
review notes.
The teacher asked us to finish the
homework, study for the test, and review (the) notes.
5.
They spent
the day cleaning the house, cooking dinner, and watching movies.
6.
The new
student is friendly, helpful, and caring about others.
She is very
caring. considerate, thoughtful
7.
I enjoy drawing,
painting, and designing clothes.
8.
She wants
fame, to be rich, and being successful.
She wants fame, riches/wealth/money,
and success.
She wants to be famous, rich, and successful.
Health is more important than wealth.
What is success to you?
-feel happy
-feel content, at peace
-health
-feel gratitude- grateful,
thankful for what you have
-enough money, some extra would
be nice
$1 000 000 000? one billion
$70 000 000? 70 million
We need enough to cover your
needs and wants, within reason.
-
education
Canada- scholarships, bursaries,
grants, student loans-have to pay back, low-interest loans
9.
The dog was running
in the yard, barking loudly, and chasing a squirrel. gerunds
The dog
ran in the yard, barked loudly, and chased a squirrel.
The dog
was running in the yard and barking loudly; it was chasing a squirrel.
COMPOUND SENTENCE
10.
He promised
that he would study hard, to exercise daily, and eating healthy food.
He promised that he would study hard, would exercise
daily, and would eat healthy food.
would study- modal, modal auxiliary
can could should must might will
would
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Let’s change gears.
Let’s get into our chat groups (4-5 people)
We can discuss “Dead Man’s Path Thought Questions”
**
Test 3
Divider
Phones, devices away
You can have your story out for the test.
Write a paragraph of least 150 words on the following topic.
Include quoted material.
Why did Mr. Wei, the teacher, choose to confess his mistake
to his class of students?
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Return Test 3
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