Summer English Foundations 7/Composition and Literary
Studies 10
Good morning, everyone.
South Hill Education Centre- VSB, provincial funding through
Ministry of Education
LINC and SUCCESS are facing big cutbacks
SHEC- Adult Education- VSB
VSB- focus is K-12
33 years ago – 8 schools, 1 ½ schools
-250
instructor, 20?
Every year, we have to fight to stay alive. AE is not the core
mandate, not the main focus of VSB. K-12 is the core mandate.
Every year there is a new budget with cutbacks.
Become active, express your thoughts and opinions
VSB Budget public meetings- early spring
Burnaby, Richmond, Port Coquitlam, Surrey- all different school
boards
Vancouver AE is biggest in BC.
AE
-
newcomers
-
low-income Canadians
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Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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“Learning Reflection and Goal Setting” Week 4
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Vocabulary exercises
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Essay work
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Continue adjective clauses
Choose vocab for Quiz 4 on Tuesday- adjective clauses
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IF TIME Verb tense exercises from yesterday
·
Test 2 Paragraph related to theme of “Dead Man’s
Path” (last 1 hr)
FINAL WEEK
Monday – Holiday BC Day
No school
Tuesday
·
Quiz 4- adjective clauses
·
Essay-
·
Finish leftovers
·
Begin sentence combining
Wednesday
·
Essay-
Thursday
·
Essay
·
Continue sentence combining
·
Optional opportunity to do one replacement quiz
and/or one replacement test (last 1hr15m)
Friday- Final day
·
Return everything
·
Vocabulary exercises
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Marks due by 9am
Non-instructional day
No quizzes or tests
One-on-one conferences about
final reports, if you want.
You can get your final report
from the office usually the next
week. It will have the final mark
and the comments:
ORAL WRITTEN
NEXT STEPS
Month off!!
Back on Tuesday, September 8th?
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1. The researcher decided to analyze
the results thoroughly.
a) summarize
b) examine
c) create
thorough
sorrow
analysis(n) examination
2. The movie was so captivating
that the audience couldn’t look away.
a) fascinating-
b) boring
c) confusing
captivating(adj) The painting
was captivating.
captivated(adj) She was
captivated.
boring
bored
interesting
interested
3. The team needs to evaluate
the effectiveness of the new method.
a) judge
b) neglect
c) assume
evaluation(n)
judgement(n)
4. The explanation was too vague
for anyone to understand.
a) brief
b) specific
c) unclear
vague(adj)- leg
She gave a vague answer about
the purchase.
5. The scientist proposed a
new theory to explain the phenomenon.
a) hypothesis
b) experiment
c) fact
Scientific vocab- Biology and
Physics courses
phenomenon(n)- an occurrence,
something experienced
COMMON USAGE phenomenal(adj)-
terrific, amazing
6. Her ideas were so innovative
that they transformed the entire project.
a) unoriginal
b) traditional
c) creative
innovate-
nov- new
Nova Scotia- ‘New Scotland”
7. The design of the building
is efficient and cost-effective.
a) messy
b) ineffective
c) productive
efficient – how much output
is produced by a certain input
The car is very efficient on
gas. You can get 35km/l.
My car is not efficient. It gets
16km/l.
She works quickly and
efficiently.
8. The data must be interpreted
carefully to avoid errors.
a) explained
b) confused
c) disregarded
9. The student provided a valid
argument during the debate.
a) outdated
b) weak
c) credible
invalid- weak, not a good
reason
10. The solution to the
problem was feasible given the available resources.
a) impossible
b) possible
c) unclear
doable
unfeasible- not possible
11. The professor highlighted
the contrast between the two theories.
a) difference
b) similarity
c) complexity
12. The details in the
painting were so intricate that they amazed everyone.
a) simple
b) random
c) complex
intricate- detailed, complex
The henna design on her hands
was intricate.
13. The company’s growth is dependent
on market trends.
a) insignificant
b) independent
c) reliant
depend(v) rely
Children depend/rely on their
parents.
14. The report must comply
with ethical standards.
a) follow
b) break
c) question
15. The teacher provided a comprehensive
review of the topic.
a) confusing
b) partial
c) complete
16. The manager had to allocate
resources effectively to meet the deadline.
a) withhold
b) remove
c) distribute
17. The team will implement
the new strategy next week.
a) apply
b) create
c) reject
implementation(n) application
18. The lawyer will mediate
between the two parties to resolve the conflict.
a) intervene
b) escalate
c) ignore
mediator(n)- a person who
helps two adversarial parties find common ground
IDIOM find common ground-
find a solution that you can agree on
adversarial(adj)
adversaries(n)- people in a conflict
The husband and wife got a
mediator to help them settle their differences.
19. The teacher encouraged
the students to participate in group activities.
a) join
b) avoid
c) reject
20. The report includes a
detailed analysis of the data.
a) examination
b) collection
c) prediction
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Quiz 4 on Tuesday
Let’s choose 10 words of vocabulary to review. I will choose
six of them for the quiz.
1.
colleague(n)
2.
passion(n)
3.
envy(n,v)
4.
downcast(adj)- sad, blue, depressed
5.
quarrel(v)
6.
opportunity(n)
7.
conflict(n)
8.
suggest(v)
9.
regulation(n)
10.
relative(n,adj)
FOCUS who that which
‘Who’, ‘that’, and ‘which’ will be the focus.
MODEL
Quiz 4
Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.
1.downcast who
I talked to the lady who seemed downcast.
2.conflict that
The conflict that happened/is happening between Russia
and Ukraine is terrible.
3.
4.
5.
6.
denigrate(v)- to criticize harshly
denigration(n)- heavy criticism
sound(adj)- strong
sound(n)- noise
He had had a sound education.
good education
had had past perfect
Most English would substitute simple past: ‘had’.
That guy said that that store that is on the corner is
having a sale.
pivotal(adj) pivot(n,v)- turn or go in a different direction,
change directions
pivotal(adj) – having to do with making a change
Coming to Canada was a pivotal experience for me.
She was a teacher, but then she pivoted and became an
advisor.
VOCAB pivot
We were working on vocab, but now let’s pivot, and work on adjective
clauses.
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I would like to write an essay. We don’t have enough time to
prepare.
Let’s just talk about essays. We don’t do one for marks.
English 11 and 12- focus is on essays.
Haley EF56
SHEC
THE BARE BONES OF THE
FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY
IDIOM- the bones- the basic idea. skeleton
e.g. This old house has good bones.
five-paragraph essay- basic academic model, standard form
A) Introductory
paragraph- begins the essay by
outlining the topic to be covered explaining to your reader what to expect
1) Grabber/Hook- an optional attention-getting device, 7
ways to choose from
2) Thesis
statement- states specific focus of the essay and
opinion to be argued
paragraph – topic sentence
essay – thesis statement
thesis- idea
3) Preview of three
points- stated, but not explained
-
all sentences, no listing or numbering
B) Body
paragraphs- deals with each of the previewed points in
turn using three unified paragraphs (as covered in class)
1) topic sentence -supporting sentences
-explanation
-examples
2) topic sentence -supporting sentences
-explanation
-examples
3) topic sentence -supporting sentences
-explanation
-examples
C) Concluding
paragraph- restates the
introduction (restates the thesis
statement, opinion to be argued and three points)
- ends with an
optional clincher
Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and
then tell them what you told them.
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