Tuesday, 31 March 2026

P2 EF7/10 Class 30

 

Writing work coming up: essay writing

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz 2 tomorrow- short answer with “”

Explain

·      Animal Farm Chapter 4

Crossword, Thought Questions

·      Sentence combining work

 

Wednesday, April 1

·      Quiz 2- short answer (30m)

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter 5

Crossword, Thought Questions

 

Thursday, April 2

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 3

·      Statutory holiday

Good Friday

 

Monday, April 6

·      Statutory holiday

Easter Monday

 

Tuesday, April 7

·      Presentations 1

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Wednesday, April 8

·      Presentations 2

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Thursday, April 9

·      Presentations 3

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 10

·      Presentations 4

·      Animal Farm

 

Final week- essay, movie

Monday, April 13

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 15

 

Thursday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday, April 17- final day

·      One-on-one meetings, final marks and comments

 

Quarter 4 begins on Thursday, April 23rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

Quiz 2 tomorrow- short answer with “”

 

Question about first four chapters of Animal Farm

 

Short answer- less than a full paragraph

 

Full paragraph- at least 150 words

Topic sentence

3,4,5 Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Short answer- 3-4 sentences on the topic

Quiz 2- 6pts

Test-paragraph 12 pts

 

-shorter

-3-4 sentences

-include 2-3 quotations

 

Format

-double space

-indent

-margins

 

-like a paragraph answer but shorter, short answer

 

**No phones or devices

You will need the text on paper.

 

I will give two questions. You choose one of them.

30m- 3-4 sentences

 

Example question:

Is the cat a good worker?

 

Example answer:

 

          In the novel Animal Farm, the cat was not a good worker. In fact, the cat avoided work as much as possible. When it came time for the animals to do their farmwork, the cat would “vanish for hours”(19). Even though the cat did not work, it would always be present for “meal-times”. The cat was lazy, but it made “excellent excuses”, so the other animals put up with it.

         

Example question: broad question

 

 

**

Animal Farm Chapter 4

Crossword, Thought Questions

New vocab- difficult, but useful, passive vocabulary

 

-contemptible(adj)- someone worthy of contempt, someone who does not deserve your respect

-contempt(n)- lack of respect

 

-ignominious(adj)- negative- ignore, ignorant

 

-injustice(n)- inequality, unfairness

unfair(adj)

This is unfair. This is not fair.

 

-justice(n)- equality, fairness

the justice system -court system

judge- justice of the peace

just(adj)-fair

It is a just society.

 

just(adv)- only

He has just one cake.

I just got here.

two words same sound- homonyms

their they’re there

right write rite

 

homo- same

homogenous- homogenized milk

homosexual  same-sex marriage

gay, lesbian  LGBTQ+

TEENAGE SLANG- insult ‘gay’

 

homophobia- fear of gay people

 

harmony

 

-vengeance(n)(negative)- wrath, revenge, get even, get back at somebody

vengeful(adj)

If you carry a grudge, you will want to get revenge.

IDIOM Revenge is best served cold.

 

Karma- your actions will come back to you

 

- reincarnation – being born again in a new body, same soul, Buddhist

Buddhism- religion?, spiritual practice

 

Does religion require a god? Does religion require a holy book?

 

re- again

incarnate- alive

tion- noun

 

Buddhism

Christianity

Shinto

Islam

Hindu

 

religion- based on belief, not on reason-logic

 

atheist- someone who does not belief in any gods

a-not

the-god

atheism

 

agnostic- not sure, don’t know

She is agnostic.

 

humanist- do good things for others, no god, do the right thing

 

Pagan- belief in many gods in nature

 

guru- a spiritual leader, a spiritual guide

 

monotheism- one god

polytheism – belief in many gods

 

Animal Farm- religion? political system? Animalism

 

ideology- a system of beliefs

political systems- democracy, communism, theocracy

 

Squealer- important- tries to persuade the other animals, scare them

**

 

·      MY LECTURE NOTES

·      Chapter 4 notes

 

  Snowball and Napoleon spread news of rebellion via/by pigeons

VIA Rail, sent a message via email

She flew to Vancouver via/through Calgary.

She flew directly to Vancouver.

She had a three-hour layover in Calgary.

We flew around Russian airspace.

Iran closed its airspace.

 

  two close-by farms

  Foxwood- Mr. Pilkington, “easy-going”

  Pinchfield- Mr. Frederick, “tough” “shrewd”

     enemies,

     England and Germany

  Frederick and Pilkington spread propaganda about Manor/Animal Farm

  “Wave of rebelliousness ran through the countryside” (25)

  “Beasts of England” spread

 

Battle of the Cowshed

  Jones and others attempt recapture of farm

  Snowball, defensive strategist, leader

  Where is Napoleon?

  Men “ignomious” retreat

  Boxer shaken, no desire to kill

  Mollie coward

  medals awarded

 

  Mr. Jones gun to be fired ceremoniously on anniversary of Battle of the Cowshed and the Rebellion

  animals increasing use of symbolism, ritual

  KEY POINT-                          Snowball is the leader and the brave

hero. He was like the general. He was wounded by the gun.

Napoleon is nowhere to be found during this important battle.

 

VOCAB Snowball cried, “War is war!”

cry- yell with energy

The soldiers had a war-cry.

 

**

Prepare for Quiz 2

“ “

Prepare Chapter 5 for tomorrow- crossword and Thought Questions

**

 

 

 

P1 EF7/10/11 Class 30

 

Writing work coming up: essay writing

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz tomorrow- short answer with “”

Explain

·      Animal Farm Chapter 4

Crossword, Thought Questions

·      Sentence combining work

 

 

Wednesday, April 1

·      Quiz 2- short answer

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter 5

Crossword, Thought Questions

 

Thursday, April 2

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 3

·      Statutory holiday

Good Friday

 

Monday, April 6

·      Statutory holiday

Easter Monday

 

Tuesday, April 7

·      Presentations 1

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Wednesday, April 8

·      Presentations 2

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Thursday, April 9

·      Presentations 3

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 10

·      Presentations 4

·      Animal Farm

 

Final week- essay, movie

Monday, April 13

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 15

 

Thursday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday, April 17- final day

·      One-on-one meetings, final marks and comments

 

Quarter 4 begins on Thursday, April 23rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

Quiz tomorrow- short answer with “”

Explain

 

Question about first four chapters of Animal Farm

 

Short answer- less than a full paragraph

 

Full paragraph- at least 150 words

Topic sentence

2,4,5 Suppritng sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Short answer- 3-4 sentences on the topic

Quiz 2- 6pts

Test-paragraph 12 pts

 

-shorter

-3-4 sentences

-include 2-3 quotations

 

Format

-double space

-indent

-margins

 

-like a paragraph answer but shorter, short answer

 

**No phones or devices

 

I will give two questions. You choose one of them.

30m- 3-4 sentences

 

Example question:

Is the cat a good worker?

 

Example answer:

 

          In the novel Animal Farm, the cat was not a good worker. In fact, the cat avoided work as much as possible. When it came time for the animals to do their farmwork, the cat would “vanish for hours”(19) with no good excuse. Even though the cat did not work, it would always be present for “meal-times”. The cat was lazy, but it made “excellent excuses”, so the other animals put up with it.

         

 

 

**

Animal Farm Chapter 4

Crossword, Thought Questions

New vocab- difficult, but useful

 

-contemptible- someone worthy of contempt, someone who does not deserve your respect

 

-ignominious(adj)

 

-injustice(n)- inequality, unfairness

-justice(n)- equality, fairness

just(adj)-fair

just(adv)- only

 

-vengeance(n)(negative)- wrath, revenge, get even, get back at somebody

Karma- your actions will come back to you

 

- reincarnation – being born again in a new body, same soul, Buddhist

Buddhism- religion?, spiritual practice

 

Does religion require a god? Does religion require a holy book?

 

re- again

incarnate- alive

tion- noun

 

Buddhism

Christianity

Shinto

Islam

Hindu

 

religion- based on belief, not on reason-logic

 

atheist- someone who does not belief in any gods

a-not

the-god

 

Pagan- belief in many gods in nature

 

monotheism- one god

polytheism – belief in many gods

 

Animal Farm- religion? political system? Animalism

 

ideology- a system of beliefs

political systems- democracy, communism, theocracy

 

 

Squealer- important- tries to persuade the other animals, scare them

**

 

·      MY LECTURE NOTES

·      Chapter 4 notes

 

  Snowball and Napoleon spread news of rebellion via/by pigeons

VIA Rail, sent a message via email

 

 

  two close-by farms

  Foxwood- Mr. Pilkington, “easy-going”

  Pinchfield- Mr. Frederick, “tough” “shrewd”

     enemies,

     England and Germany

  Frederick and Pilkington spread propaganda about Manor/Animal Farm

  “Wave of rebelliousness ran through the countryside” (25)

  “Beasts of England” spread

 

Battle of the Cowshed

  Jones and others attempt recapture of farm

  Snowball, defensive strategist, leader

  Where is Napoleon?

  Men “ignomious” retreat

  Boxer shaken, no desire to kill

  Mollie coward

  medals awarded

  Mr. Jones gun to be fired ceremoniously on anniversary of Battle of the Cowshed and the Rebellion

  animals increasing use of symbolism, ritual

  KEY POINT-                          Snowball is the leader and the brave

                                              hero. He was wounded by the gun.

Napoleon is nowhere to be found during this important battle.

**

 

Prepare for Quiz 2

“ “

 

Prepare Chapter 5 for tomorrow- crossword and Thought Questions

 

 

**

 

 

 

Monday, 30 March 2026

P1 and P2 EF7/10/11 Class 29

 

Welcome back from Spring Break.

We have three weeks left in our course.

 

Sentence work coming up: sentence combining

Writing work coming up: essay writing

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      First day of registration for Q4

Did you try to reg?

Were you able to reg?

Self-paced courses are still available. You will have to finish by mid-late June.

Go to Room 203 to reg for SP.

The maximum number of courses that you can take at one time is two (2).

Reg for summer school will begin probably mid-June. We do not have the summer schedule done yet.

Summer school runs five weeks: July and the first week of August.

 

·      Talk about spoken presentations- next week

 

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over

Optional RW for a point

·      Finish Animal Farm Chapter 3

·      HW   Prepare Animal Farm Chapter 4

 

Tuesday, March 31

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter 4

 

Wednesday, April 1

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Thursday, April 2

·      Sentence combining work

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 3

·      Statutory holiday

Good Friday

 

Monday, April 6

·      Statutory holiday

Easter Monday

 

Tuesday, April 7

·      Presentations 1

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Wednesday, April 8

·      Presentations 2

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Thursday, April 9

·      Presentations 3

·      Animal Farm Chapter

 

Friday, April 10

·      Presentations 4

·      Animal Farm

 

Final week- essay, movie

Monday, April 13

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 15

 

Thursday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday, April 17- final day

·      One-on-one meetings, final marks and comments

 

Quarter 4 begins on Thursday, April 23rd.

 

 

 

 

**

Spoken Presentations: X/10, 10 points

Next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

 

These are fun and interesting.

 

Choose one of the topics:

What is your favourite place in your home country or elsewhere?

OR

Who is a person who you know in your life who you look up to?

PHRASAL VERB look up to- respect, admire

 

There will be two parts to this presentation:

 

1.    WRITTEN- a couple of paragraphs (2, 3 paragraphs)

-Write about the place or the person.

-Write about your relationship to this place or person.

          The writing will be in standard paragraph format, like we have practiced in this class.

 

2.    SPOKEN (3-5 minutes)

On your presentation day, you will tell the class about this place or person and your relationship to it or them. You will come up to the front of the class. You can take a few written notes in case you forget something. However, no reading. Also, please, do not recite a memorized speech.

You can practice at home. Time yourself.

 

Here are some possible topics to focus on:

Favourite place

The name of the place

Where the place is

When you went there

Who you went with

What the scenery was like

What you did there

What your memories are of the place

 

                     Admired person

                     Who the person is

                     Information about the person

Where you knew them

What you did together

What you like about them

What you learned from them

What your memories are of the person

 

Today, think about what person or place you want to tell us about.

Choose one person or place that would want to tell us about.

 

ACTION

Step 1- Choose the place or person that you would like to talk about. Email the name of the place or person to me by tomorrow 7PM. 7PM tomorrow is the deadline.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Value (1pt)

 

Remember to put your full name and class in the subject line of all emails to the teacher.

 

SUBJECT LINE: Mei Chen EF7

 

Hi Allan,

I will talk about my sister, Maryam.

OR

I will talk about Bushoi Park, which is in my hometown.

Thanks,

Mei

 

I will respond:

Thanks. Sounds good.

Allan

 

Step 2- Sign up for a presentation time.

 

Step 3- Begin to brainstorm ideas. Then begin to write.* We will take some class time to work on this.

 

*You could get ChatGPT or a translating app to write this for you in .003 seconds. Hopefully, you will take this as an opportunity to do some organization, planning, and writing on your own.

Of course, the VSB and SHEC policies regarding plagiarism and academic honesty apply. If I see that your work is plagiarized or translated, or AI-generated. it will get a 0 and a letter in your file.ope

I know what your writing looks like.

 

 

 

 

 

This will be a nice challenge, writing and speaking to the class.

Some people like to show some pictures. Some people are good at PowerPoint or presentation software.

You don’t have to, but pictures are effective.

 

IDIOM A picture tells a thousand words.

 

You can use your laptop or phone with the LCD projector.

We can check the tech any day before you present.

The LCD projector is a bit old. If the projector doesn’t work with your phone, maybe you can email your pictures to a classmate whose phone works with the projector.

 

Encouragement section!

We all want to hear what you have to say. We are interested in what you have to tell us.

We are on your side. We want you to be successful and feel successful with your presentation.

 

We will give helpful feedback to each person.

We will be positive and supportive of each other.

 

Marks x/10-

1 point email by tomorrow 7PM

                     1 point check-in on Thursday

4 points for the writing

                     4 points for the speaking

 

FAQ (Frequency Asked Questions)

-Will we do preparation work in class?

We will take some class time, and you will have to do much of it outside of class.

 

-Can I show pictures or videos?

Yes, absolutely. You can use your own computer or phone.

You can use the LCD projector to project them on the screen.

You can test the tech any day this week to make sure it works.

I have a C port and an HDMI connector.

I do not have Lightning connectors.

 

-When do I pass in the writing?

Pass in your writing first thing on the day you present.

 

Questions? Please ask.

 

 

 

***

P2

Quiz1

Phones and devices put away.

Write an appropriate sentence for each.

 

simple   compound   complex   compound-complex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vocab reviewed for HW

1.    or                 struggle

COMPOUND    SIMPLE

She can struggle to learn/with Math 12, or she can quit.

The old man struggles to walk or run.

You can overcome any struggle, or you can give up.

The man was struggling to breath when he ate peanuts or strawberries.

 

 

2.     because    secret

COMPLEX ADV CL

I will not tell anybody because it is a secret.

Don’t tell anyone your SIN/PIN because it is a secret.

SIN- social insurance number, 9-digit number

 

It is a secret. noun

It is secret. adjective

 

3.    since           complete

COMPLEX ADV CL   SIMPLE

Mai went home early since her work was completed.

His family has felt complete since they had their 10th child.

Some countries are facing a demographic crisis.

 

4.    however    suddenly

COMPOUND ;

We were having a nice day at the beach; however, it suddenly got cold.

 

5.    therefore   equal

COMPOUND ;

All animals are equal; therefore, humans should protect all animals.

In the eyes of the law, all people are equal; therefore, we can have a fair society.

 

6.    as                 remind

COMPLEX ADV CL      SIMPLE

The mother reminded her kids to put their shoes away as soon as they walked in the door.

I don’t want to remember my bad situation that I got into yesterday.

Please remind me to get milk as I will forget.

Her phone sent her a reminder as her appointment got closer.

As she was sick, her daughter reminded her to V eat take/have some medicine.

As a wife, I always remind my husband how lucky he is.

 

What kind of sentence do you want for each?

 

You can do an optional rewrite for a point.

Pass it in today or first thing tomorrow.

 

It rained suddenly.

It started raining suddenly.

 

 

**

Animal Farm Chapter 3 crossword

I chose words that are difficult and probably new, but also useful higher-level vocabulary.

 

grudging(a)- unwilling to give praise, unwilling to be positive or helpful

He grudgingly agreed to help. adv

 

 

 

grudge(n) – a bad feeling about someone

She has a grudge against her sister.

He holds grudges. He is resentful.

She forgives and forgets.

 

drudgery(n)- hard boring work

Some people find math to be drudgery. Some people find washing the dishes to be drudgery. Some people find doing their taxes to be drudgery.

 

leeching- a chemical leaks into the ground or water

leech(n)-

 

rite – ritual, ceremony

In Canada, getting your drivers license is a rite of passage.

rite of passage- becoming an adult

turn a new page in a life

 

right- homonym

write - homonym

 

 

rot(v)- spoil, go bad- food

 

malinger(v)- shirk, be lazy, do no work, fake being unable to work

mal- bad

soldiers- do not want to fight

On Animal Farm a few animals do not want to work.

He shirked his school work.

 

motto- slogan

Obama “Yes, we can!”

Trump MAGA “Make America Great Again.”

Nike “Just do it!”

MacDonalds “I’m Loving It!”

 

Your personal motto: Never give up.

Boxer’s motto: I will work harder. Napoleon is always right.

 

toil- hard work

She toils day and night.

He toils seven days a week to put bread on the table.

 

**

Animal Farm Chapter 3

         

Interesting quotations that point to important themes in the novel:

 

  “How they toiled and sweated...” (17)

“toiled and sweated”(17)

The animals “toiled and sweated”(17) to get the harvest in.

 

  “Gee up, comrade” (17)

gee-haw- cowboy

 

  “not an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful” (17)

 

  “Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them though”(18)

“tremendous muscles”(18)

 

naïve- will believe anything that someone tells you

 

  “Nobody shirked- or almost nobody” (18)

 

  “Donkeys live a long time” (19) taciturn, close-lipped

 

  “these two were never in agreement” (20)

 

  “Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could... be reduced to a single maxim...” (21)

 

  “the education of the young was more important...” (22)

 

  “who wants to see Jones come back” (23)

 

Teacher’s example

  “Everyone worked according to his capacity” (18)

  Refer to Marx “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”

 

Chapter 3

         

Interesting quotations that point to important themes in the novel:

 

  “How they toiled and sweated...” (17)

“toiled and sweated”(17)

The animals “toiled and sweated”(17) to get the harvest in.

 

  “Gee up, comrade” (17)

gee-haw- cowboy

 

  “not an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful” (17)

 

  “Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them though”(18)

“tremendous muscles”(18)

 

naïve- will believe anything that someone tells you

 

  “Nobody shirked- or almost nobody” (18)

 

  “Donkeys live a long time” (19)

 

  “these two were never in agreement” (20)

 

  “Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could... be reduced to a single maxim...” (21)

 

  “the education of the young was more important...” (22)

 

  “who wants to see Jones come back” (23)

 

Teacher’s example

  “Everyone worked according to his capacity” (18)

  Refer to Marx “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”

 

MY LECTURE NOTES Chapter 3

  Mollie shirking

  Cat shamelessly lazy, charmer

  Old Benjamin “unchanged” “would express no opinion” “cryptic answer”

  regular Sunday ceremony, “the meeting”

  flag- symbolism, representative of ideal

“the hoof and horn”- looks like the USSR flag “the hammer and sickle”

 

  pigs put resolutions- animals vote

  meeting ends “Beasts of England”- song

  Napoleon & Snowball “never in agreement” (20), beginnings of power struggle

  pigs have headquarters

  Snowball- Animal committees, all failures, animals reverting to type

  literacy program, Benjamin “nothing worth reading” (21), most animals functionally illiterate, illiterate masses

Boxer tried to learn to read

  therefore Snowball reduces seven commandments to “single maxim” slogan

  “essential principle of animalism” 4 legs good, 2 legs bad

FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD!

 

  Napoleon takes the puppies, young dogs to raise

 

  milk and apples go to the pigs, Squealer spins it with fallacious argument evoking science, specter of Mr. Jones, pigs sacrificing for animals