Good morning, everyone.
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Postsecondary opportunities
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Course overview- handouts
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Small group chatting- icebreaker
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Student Questionnaire
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Distribute “Literary Terms” and “What Happened
During the Ice
Storm”
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HW Read and
make notes “What Happened During the Ice
Storm”. We will work on this Thursday
Wednesday Agenda
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Talk about plagiarism, academic honesty
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Start “Literary Terms”
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HW
Thursday Agenda
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Begin “Ice Storm” module
Friday Agenda
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1
IDIOM ice-breaker –
warm up technique, social game
e.g. party, don’t
know anybody- basic icebreaker nametag, invite to talk
*shy(adj)- afraid
of being judged by others
*introverted- don’t
like social contact, tires them out, drains their battery
*extraverted- love
to be social, love being around people, social interaction charges their
battery
Small
groups (4-5 people, lots of energy in the group)
Choose
people who do not speak your language.
Reason
#1- easy to fall into mother language, forced to stick to English
Reason
#2- getting used to different accents among English users
chat-
casual talking, relaxed, pleasant
A. Topics for chatting with your partner(s)
1.
Name
2.
Home
3.
Family
4.
Job
5.
Hobbies- things you do for fun, like to do, free
time
6.
Special skills
7.
Travel
8.
Future plans
Let’s talk in
English.
***Course structure***
Split class- two or more classes put together
We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.
English Foundations 7 / Literary Studies and Composition 10-
These classes are not identical, but close enough. In SHEC, we put them
together.
***
Levels of classes in SHEC
English Foundations - EF - core course
VOCAB core- centre, most important
apple core
computer 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 were 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 for being here, you are welcome
here. I am really glad you’re here.
I’ve been teaching at SHEC since 1993.
Adult Education was my first choice.
You are choosing to be here.
Most of us have goals that we want to achieve.
-improve English for life in Vancouver
-get a better job
-go to college or university, post-secondary
-make new friends
-build a community
-English provided great opportunities
-start a business, establish a business
-get PR, citizenship- English requirement
Your choice to be here. My choice to be here.
Let’s bring our best to class. We’ll learn more and have
much more fun.
EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10
EF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
EF 7 is the highest level of English Foundations
There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10
EF7 /CompLit10 -
English 11
When you get to the English 11 level
Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11– choice to do First
Peoples 11
First Peoples 11- focussed on First Nations, Inuit, Metis - Indigenous
studies
-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.
In Canada, knowledge of First Nations is essential- good
citizen, jobs, careers
***
IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING- sentence, paragraph,
essay
Writing Improvement 567 is an auxiliary (extra)
course. You will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move up.
I teach- details about sentence writing, paragraph writing
sentences- sentence types, clauses, punctuation, verb tense,
verb form
VOCAB auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in
your car, extra input
auxiliary- casual employee
She is an auxiliary worker. She has no set hours and no regular schedule.
She is on-call.
Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course,
extra writing instruction
English 12 is the highest level English class for high
school in BC.
Chemistry 12, Calculus 12, Biology 12 Anatomy and
Physiology 12
Colleges and universities require English 12 and other 12-level
courses, for the most part.
**
You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with
English 12, Chemistry 12, Math 12, etc.
You can go to postsec if you want and if your marks are
good.
You will be applying as a mature student.
VOCAB mature student- older than 21? 23?
You will have your courses and the marks.
**Levels of schooling in Canada
-elementary – Kindergarten – Grade 7, K-7
German kinder- child
garten-garden
-secondary- high school
Vancouver- Grades 8-12
Toronto- Grades 9-12
Nova Scotia- Grades 10-12
Elementary K-6 Junior High School 7-9
-post-secondary – college, university
post- after
pre- before
university- undergraduate program, bachelor degrees, BA- Bachelor
of Arts, BSc- Bachelor of Science
-graduate school- masters degree MA-Masters of Arts, MSc- Masters of Science
-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.
Stick to the public colleges and universities if possible:
VCC, Langara, Kwantlen, Capilano U., BCIT, SFU, UBC, etc.
***
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.
e.g. entrepreneur- business owner
carpenter-
skilled trade
medical lab
assistant
caregiver for
seniors
social worker
librarian
assistant
You can start to research what prereqs your postsec
requires.
prereq- prerequisites
requisite- required
EF6 is a prereq to EF7.
college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs
university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years
What kind of job do you want?
SILLY QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN
In your job:
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.
There is a lot of opportunity.
You can do it.
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, Dana.
Colleges and universities have their own advisors.
Look at the college/university website for information
sessions.
**
plagiarism-
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